{{Short description|American military doctor}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = | name = Christian Macedonia | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | other_name = | nickname = | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} if dead --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} death date first, then birth date --> | death_place = | burial_label = | burial_place = | burial_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} --> | allegiance = | branch = United States Army | service_years = | service_years_label = | rank = Colonel | rank_label = | service_number = <!-- Do not use data from primary sources such as service records --> | unit = | commands = the Gray Team | battles_label = | battles = | awards = | memorials = | spouse = <!-- Add spouse if reliably sourced --> | relations = | other_work = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | module = }}
'''Christian Macedonia (COL, US Army, ret)''' is a medical doctor and a retired United States Army officer. From 2009 to 2011, he led the Gray Team which was tasked to improve the care of American forces serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
==Early life and education== He attended Bucknell University and graduated with a degree in chemistry in 1985.<ref name="dartmouth.edu">{{cite web|url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/~engs05/syllabus/macedonia.christian.html|title=Engs05 Lecture - Speaker Page|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-25|archive-date=2016-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916045919/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~engs05/syllabus/macedonia.christian.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He attended medical school at the Uniformed Services University.<ref name="dartmouth.edu"/>
==Military career== He served as an ambulance platoon leader in Goeppingen, Germany for three years with the 1st Infantry Division, from 1985-1988.<ref name="dartmouth.edu"/>
He was part of a medical team on Mount Everest (Everest Extreme Expedition, or E3) in 1998 and 1999, caring for patients and analyzing biometrics for telemedicine monitoring.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Angood |first1=P. B. |last2=Satava |first2=R. |last3=Doarn |first3=C. |last4=Merrell |first4=R. |last5=E3 Group |date=2000 |title=Telemedicine at the top of the world: the 1998 and 1999 Everest extreme expeditions |journal=Telemedicine Journal and e-Health|volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=315–325 |doi=10.1089/153056200750040174 |issn=1530-5627 |pmid=11110635}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1998 Everest Expedition : Medical Team |url=http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~nmarmas/Everest/medical.html |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=alumni.media.mit.edu}}</ref>
On 9/11 he was a first-responder to the attack on Washington DC as part of the medical unit attached to the US Park Service SWAT Team. He was awarded the Bronze Star and Combat Action Badge (Battle of Fallujah) for his service in the Iraq war.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Emerald Hometown Hero February 2021: Christian Macedonia M.D. |url=https://emeralde.org/post/our-emerald-hometown-hero-christian-macedonia-m-d/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=Emerald Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref>
From January 2009 and September 2011, he commanded the Gray Team<ref name="Hamilton">{{cite web|last1=Hamilton|first1=Jon|title=How A Team Of Elite Doctors Changed The Military's Stance On Brain Trauma|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/06/10/481568316/how-a-team-of-elite-doctors-changed-the-military-s-stance-on-brain-trauma|website=NPR|publisher=All Things Considered, NPR|accessdate=23 August 2016}}</ref> and served as chief medical adviser to the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen.<ref name="harvard.edu">{{cite web|url=http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/11/a-better-welcome-home/|title=A better welcome home|date=3 November 2011|publisher=Harvard University}}</ref>
He served as a program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,<ref name="harvard.edu" /><ref name="Shachtman">{{cite magazine|last1=Shachtman|first1=Noah|title=Seeing Tongue, Spray-On Skin, Transplanted Hand: Top Officer Encounters Military's Extreme Medicine Wing|magazine=Wired|date=April 19, 2010|url=https://www.wired.com/2010/04/spray-on-skin-and-seeing-tongues-top-officer-meets-militarys-extreme-medicine/}}</ref> where one of his projects involved developing new technologies to treat brain and spine injuries.<ref name="Macedonia">{{cite book|last1=Macedonia|first1=Christian|last2=Zamisch|first2=Monica|last3=Judy|first3=Jack|last4=Ling|first4=Geoffrey|chapter=DARPA challenge: Developing new technologies for brain and spinal injuries |title=Sensing Technologies for Global Health, Military Medicine, Disaster Response, and Environmental Monitoring II; and Biometric Technology for Human Identification IX|journal=Proceedings of SPIE|date=5 May 2012|volume=8371|doi=10.1117/12.924571|bibcode=2012SPIE.8371E..0IM|s2cid=119772356}}</ref> Another program he oversaw, Biochronicity, examined how biological clocks affect living systems.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Search for the Body's Keys to Time |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna46874317 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924071839/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna46874317 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2021 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref>
He has since retired from the military after 27 years of distinguished service.<ref name="Alexander">{{cite journal|last1=Alexander|first1=Caroline|title=The Invisible War on the Brain|journal=National Geographic|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/healing-soldiers/blast-force.html|accessdate=25 August 2016}}</ref>
==Civilian Medical and Scientific Career==
Currently, runs a successful maternal fetal medicine practice that he co-founded in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Lancaster Maternal Fetal Medicine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://health.usnews.com/doctors/christian-macedonia-308945|title=Dr. Christian Macedonia, Obstetrician-Gynecologist in Lancaster, PA - US News Doctors|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=YDOP |title=LMFM |url=https://lancastermfm.com/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=Lancaster Maternal Fetal Medicine |language=en-US}}</ref>
Dr. Macedonia also serves as Chief Executive Officer for {{Proper name|iReprogram}}, a biotech company with a patented technology for direct cell reprogramming, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Their system determines which transcription factors to deliver to an initial cell type, and the timing during the cell cycle for the delivery, to directly reprogram the cell into any other cell type, without the need for intermediary steps.<ref>{{Cite news |title=iReprogram Home |language=en-US |work=iReprogram |url=https://ireprogram.com/ |access-date=2022-10-25}}</ref> Early stage angel investors include Gil Omenn, [https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/people/roger-newton/ Roger Newton], and [https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/cancer-biology/max-wicha-md Max Wicha.]
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
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