John Ogle, MD, MPH, FACEP

President, Boulder County Medical Society

Dr Ogle is an Emergency Physician at Longmont United Hospital and a Flight Surgeon in the Air Force. Colonel Ogle has 28 yrs military experience and serves as Chief of Clinical Services, 153 Medical-Dental Group. He served as the ICU doctor at th 332nd AFTH in Balad, Iraq during the 2007 "surge." A distinguished graduate from the US Air Force Academy (1985), John flew AWACS aircraft for 5 years then earned an MD and Masters of Public Health in Biostatistics with honors from the Univ. of N. Carolina (1995). Following Emergency Medicine residency at Stanford University, he attended as faculty 4 yrs before returning to Colorado.

John deploys frequently on humanitarian and combat missions with the Air National Guard and civilian relief organizations; he ran a field hospital in devastated New Orleans after Katrina, and worked in impoverished hospitals in Mexico and Africa. Military decorations include the Commendation Medal, Air Medal, Antarctic Service Medal, Governor’s Award, and Outstanding Flight Surgeon of the Year.

Widely published and passionately outspoken about inefficiencies in our health care system, Dr Ogle aims to assemble a statewide clinical data network. Long overdue, a secure, patient-centric exchange system would improve emergent and routine care for all. John and his wife Heather enjoy skiing, aviation, music and playing with their dog Suki.

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