BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRICAN AMERICAN " BRIG. GENERAL NADIA WEST " BECOME ARMY MEDICINE'S FEMALE TWO STAR GENERAL : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK HEROES "

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Brig. Gen. Nadja West to Become Army Medicine’s First African American Female Two-Star General

Brig. Gen. Nadja West, deputy chief of staff, G-1/4/6 for the United States Army Medical Command will be promoted to Major General. This promotion will make West the first African American two-star general in the United States Army Medical Command.


Gen. West, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy with a bachelor of science in engineering and attended the George Washington University School of Medicine, where she earned a Doctorate of Medicine degree.  She completed an internship and a residency in family practice at the Martin Army Hospital. Dr. West did a second residency in dermatology at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center and the University of Colorado Medical Center.

Later, she was assigned chief of dermatology service at the Heidelberg Army Hospital in Germany, and served as the division surgeon of 1st Armored Division in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, deploying to Macedonia and Kosovo as the deputy task force surgeon. She graduated from the National War College, earning a master’s degree in national security strategy. She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and the American Academy of Family Practice.