Heading

Science Director, Naval Medical Research unit INDO PACIFIC

Hailing from Center Moriches, New York, CAPT Andrew G. Letizia, MD attended Davidson College on the William Holt Terry Leadership Scholarship. He graduated from The Mount Sinai School of Medicine on the US Navy Health Professions Scholarship Program in 2003 earning the Ellen Parker Award for Outstanding Performance in Geriatrics. After completing his internship at Naval Medical Center San Diego, he served as a flight surgeon at Naval Hospital Naples, Italy and then at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. He completed both his residency in Internal Medicine and an Infectious Disease Fellowship at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center receiving multiple awards including the James Leonard Award for Teaching (2013), Fellow Teacher of the Year (2014), and Internal Medicine Mentor of the year (2015). In 2016, he completed his Master’s Degree in Tropical Medicine from the Uniformed Services University (USU) where he was recognized for excellence in Public Health Research.

He served as the Officer in Charge, Naval Medical Research Unit-3’s Ghana detachment from 2016-19 and then as the Deputy Director for the Infectious Disease Directorate at the Naval Medical Research Center from 2019-21. As the Principal Investigator on the COVID-19 Health Action Response for Marines (CHARM) Study, he won the Department of Defense’s Military Health System’s Award for “outstanding leadership in pursuit of excellence for their country” and Department of the Navy’s Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientist Award for “research highly beneficial to national defense”. In the summer of 2021, he reported to Naval Medical Research Unit INDO PACIFIC as the Science Director where he leads a team of 10 PhDs and 3 MDs conducting over $9 million worth of research annually in 10 countries and again won the Department of Defense’s Military Health System’s Award for Outstanding Research Accomplishment in 2024.

CAPT Letizia is a practicing Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases physician holding the position of Associate Professor at USU and adjunct faculty at Wake Forest University with over 85 peer-reviewed publications including first authored research articles in The New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Journal of Infectious Diseases. He is a Fellow in the Infectious Disease Society of America. His military honors include a Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), Joint Commendation Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (two awards), a Joint Achievement Medical, and a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.