Biographical information on James Peake

NAME — Dr. James Benjamin Peake

AGE-BIRTH DATE-LOCATION — 63; June 18, 1944; St. Louis, Mo.

EXPERIENCE — chief medical director and chief operating officer, OTC Management Inc., 2006-present; chief operating officer and executive vice president, Project Hope, 2005-06; army surgeon general and commander, U.S. Army Medical Command, 2000-04, when he retired with rank of lieutenant general; commander, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, 1996-00; installation commander, Fort Sam Houston, 1996; deputy commander, U.S. Army Medical Command, 1996-97; commanding general, Madigan Army Medical Center/Northwest Health Service Support Activity; commanding general 44th Medical Brigade/Corps Surgeon, XVIII Airborne; deputy director, professional services/chief consultant, Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army; commander 18th Medical Command and 121st Evacuation Hospital; deputy commander for clinical services, Tripler Army Medical Center; staff general surgeon/chief, General Surgery Clinic, DeWitt Army Hospital; assistant chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center; general surgery resident, Brooke Army Medical Center.

EDUCATION — B.S., United States Military Academy, 1966; M.D., Cornell University, 1972; graduate, U.S. Army War College, 1988.

FAMILY — Wife Janice, two children.