Captain Michael Weiner
Chief Medical Officer
Defense Systems

CAPT Michael Weiner is the Acting Deputy Program Manager and Chief Medical officer for the Defense Health Information Management System (DHIMS). He is responsible for overseeing the development and deployment of the Department of Defense (DoD) electronic health record (EHR) systems operating in Military Treatment Facilities worldwide. As an advocate for the military’s medical community, CAPT Weiner advises DHIMS senior leadership and drives delivery of usable solutions to equip health care providers with technology that supports the usability and quality of software applications built to meet the military’s clinical needs.

Prior to joining DHIMS, CAPT Weiner served as the Director of Information Technology (IT) Plans and Policy and Governance and Enterprise Architecture for the Chief Information Officer of Navy Medicine at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED). Previously, CAPT Weiner served in Little Creek, Va., as the plank owner of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC). He was the Senior Medical Officer to more than 200 medical departments supporting 40,000 sailors worldwide. He leveraged IT capabilities within the healthcare arena to include voice recognition with the Navy Theater Electronic Medical Record and digitalized healthcare records for contingency operations worldwide. His team also created and globally deployed “blow out injury” kits that provide Service members immediate care during deployment at the point of injury. His team’s medical work was praised by the House Appropriations Committee and has become the standard for many international forces. Before working with the NECC, CAPT Weiner attended the Navy’s dive school in Panama City, Fla., earning his certification as a Navy Diving Medical Officer. Subsequently, he served as Director of Ambulatory Care in Yokosuka Naval Hospital in Yokosuka, Japan. As the head of outpatient medicine there, he revitalized the directorate and created unprecedented patient satisfaction. His past assignments also include two tours as a flight surgeon in Cherry Point, N.C., with VMAT-203, the Marine Corps Harrier training squadron, and VQ2 Navy in Rota, Spain.

CAPT Weiner graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and attended medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his internship in family medicine at the Jacksonville Naval Hospital and proceeded to Flight Surgery School in Pensacola, Fla. CAPT Weiner completed his residency in internal medicine at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego earning his board certified in internal medicine. He also served as a staff internist at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland.

CAPT Weiner also holds advanced degrees in management and a Master’s Degree in Information Systems Technology from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He has received numerous awards from the Navy, including two Meritorious Service Medals, an Air Medal, an Air Medal Single Strike Award, Navy Commendation Medals and a Navy Achievement Medal.

CAPT Weiner is an active member of the American College of Physicians, the American Osteopathic Association and the American Telemedicine Association. He is the military representative to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Alumni Board. He is also a Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems(CPHIMS) and certified by the National Defense University as a Chief Information Officer (CIO).