Jeffrey S. Morgan

In this role, he provides strategic leadership and oversite for more than 2,500 employees, 85,000 Veterans, at 15 locations in 19 counties in southeast North Carolina, with an overall operating budget of more than $750 million.

He joined VA in September 2017 as  an orthopedic surgeon after retiring from the U.S. Army as a Colonel. Subsequently he served as Deputy Chief of Surgery, Chief of Surgery, Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief of Staff.

During his military career he served in a variety of leadership, medical and staff positions to include assignments as U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) Surgeon Fort Bragg, N.C.; Deputy Commander for Clinical Services (Chief Medical Officer) for Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg; USASOC THOR3 (Human Performance program) Program Director, responsible for worldwide development and execution of the largest elite human performance and rehabilitation program in the world, and Chief, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, Texas.

Dr. Morgan is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and the East Tennessee University James H. Quillen College of Medicine. He has a Master of Business Administration from the Duke University Fuqua School of Business with a concentration in Health Sector Management.

He is certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery.  He is  a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.