Renée I. Matos

Colonel Renée I. Matos, MD, MPH, FAAP, FCCM serves as Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Uniformed Services University and Chief of Pediatrics at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), overseeing pediatric care for 50,000+ military beneficiaries. She leads the DoD's largest pediatric residency program, 13 pediatric subspecialties, and acts as Pediatric Critical Care Consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General while co-chairing the DHA Critical Care and Trauma Clinical Community.

Education:

• B.S.E. Civil & Environmental Engineering, Princeton University (2001, Honors)
• MD, University of California San Francisco (2005)
• Residency, Pediatrics, SAUSHEC (2008)
• Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (2012)
• MPH, University of Pittsburgh (2012)

Currently pursuing M.S. in Health Professions Education at USU.

Dr. Matos specializes in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Critical Care Air Transport, with significant contributions to quality improvement, patient safety, and resuscitation. Her research extends to military medical education, healthcare leadership, and burnout prevention, highlighted by her leadership in editing the DoD COVID-19 Practice Management Guide during the pandemic.

Her 22 publications (2008-2022) demonstrate evolving expertise from combat zone pediatrics to pandemic response. Recent work (2020-2022) focuses on healthcare system resilience, patient safety training, and critical care resource utilization, while earlier studies analyzed pediatric trauma outcomes in Iraq/Afghanistan and burn care, establishing military-civilian healthcare integration frameworks.

Awards:

• MHS Female Physician Leadership Excellence Award (2022)
• MHS DoD Advancement toward High Reliability in Healthcare Award (2015, 2016, 2020, 2021)

Dr. Matos mentors residents and fellows across BAMC's pediatric programs while directing IRB-approved research on critical care transport and leadership-burnout dynamics. She develops training curricula including the Military Health System Female Physician Leadership Course and BAMC Code Team Training, enhancing clinician capabilities across military facilities.

She leads BAMC's Department of Pediatrics with 13 subspecialties and the Pediatric Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT), coordinating global patient evacuations. As DHA CCCC Co-Chair, she standardizes critical care practices across military treatment facilities while deploying operationally for national disasters and combat casualty care.