#31: Medical Leaders in Crisis (COVID-19) with Dr. Tom Hustead & Dr. Scott Steele

<p class="">Today, I’m excited to bring you an interview I did with Dr. Kevin Kniery, Dr. Tom Hustead, and Dr. Scott Steele.  This is a rapid-release bonus episode for medical leaders during a time of crisis as the world combats the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> <p class=""><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-kniery-b40942b5/"><strong>Dr. Kevin Kniery</strong></a> is a vascular surgery fellow in New York City and he is the co-host of two podcasts—<a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/behind-the-knife-the-surgery-podcast/id980990143">Behind the Knife</a> and <a href= "https://www.audiblebleeding.com/">Audible Bleeding</a>. Dr. Kniery is one of my best friends and a West Point classmate.  Dr. Kniery got his MD and MPH from Tulane University. </p> <p class=""><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-hustead-m-d-2384585/"><strong>Dr. Tom Hustead</strong></a> graduated from West Point in the top 3% of his class and received his medical degree from Case Western University School of Medicine. As a retired Army Colonel, highlights from his distinguished career include deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, being awarded Flight Surgeon of the Year for his service in combat, Outstanding Faculty of the Year for his medical teaching, and board selection as Department Chair for a family medicine residency department. As a result of his appointment by the Army Surgeon General to be the “face of military medicine” to recruit and share the Army Medicine story, Dr. Hustead recognized a need and developed a passion for teaching physicians across the country to be effectively engaged leaders. In his final appointment in the military, Dr. Hustead was the commander/CEO of a NATO military medical facility at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Belgium. Dr. Hustead currently practices as a family physician at Hardin Memorial Health and serves as Medical Director for their employed medical group. Dr. Hustead also co-founded <a href="https://www.thereferentgroup.com/"><strong>The Referent Group</strong></a>, which