COL (Ret.) Dr. Andrew Cap, MS, MD, PhD, retired in 2023 from the U.S. Army after 22 years of service. His was as Director of Research at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR) in San Antonio, Texas, where he led 300 researchers and directed a $60 million research program. He served as Chief of Blood Research at USAISR and as Consultant to the U.S. Army Surgeon General for Hematology and Medical Oncology, Clinical Advisor to the Armed Services Blood Program and to the Joint Trauma System, and Co-Chair, NATO Blood Panel. He is an attending Hematologist at Brooke Army Medical Center, Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University, Hematology Consultant to the Biomedical Advanced Research & Development Authority of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Chief Scientific Officer and Board Director of Velico Medical.