NORFOLK—L.D. Britt, M.D., MPH, Brickhouse professor and chairman of surgery, recently received the Distinguished Service Medal from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) for his work during his four-year term on the school’s Board of Regents.

It is the highest award given by the USUHS.

“Dr. Britt brought his intellectual capital, his national reputation and his wide experience in academic and clinical medicine to his role as a board member and provided both his fellow Regents and the University perspectives well grounded in first-hand knowledge,” according to the citation from the school.

Britt, who served on the school’s Board of Regents from 2002 to 2006, said he is “honored and humbled” that the school selected him for the award. Britt was appointed to the board by President George W. Bush.

The USUHS, the nation’s federal health sciences university, trains health professionals dedicated to career service in the Department of Defense and the United States Public Health Service.

Everett Alvarez, Jr., a past president of the Board of Regents and an 8-year prisoner of war in Vietnam, and USUHS President Charles Rice presented Britt with his award.

Britt has been involved in military medicine since early in his career, including through his department’s role in educating surgery residents at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. He will soon visit Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany as a senior consultant.

The USUHS honor is one of many for Britt, who has received numerous accolades for his teaching and service to the medical profession. Among his recent honors, he was elected to a two-year term as a member-at-large of the Executive Board of the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) and to the Editorial Board of the journal Surgery.

Britt is a Norfolk resident and a graduate of Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. He joined the EVMS faculty in 1986.

For more information, contact:

Doug Gardner, Director of News and Publications
EVMS Office of Institutional Advancement
(757) 446-6070 - gardneda@evms.edu

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