S5 Ep7 Dr. Jeremy Cannon on Military Medical Readiness and Project 100k

On this episode, initially released in March 2025 as a
collaboration with The Emergency Mind Podcast, Chief Medical
Officer Dan Dworkis speaks with Dr. Jeremy Cannon. They delve
deeply into military medical readiness and the intriguing concept
of the "peacetime effect”. Whether you're in the military or a
civilian, you'll gain insights into optimizing medical readiness
and saving lives on and off the battlefield.


Dr. Cannon is a Professor of Surgery at the University of
Pennsylvania, where he champions the Penn Medicine-US Navy Trauma
Training Partnership. A graduate of the US Air Force Academy and
Harvard Medical School, Dr. Cannon also holds a Master of Science
in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. He's a former President of
the Excelsior Surgical Society and edited the 2024 Edition of
Edward D. Churchill's Surgeon to Soldiers. Currently, he's a
Veteran Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University,
focusing on military health policy.


Listen and explore the steep learning curves experienced in past
conflicts and why it's so crucial to maintain and improve
readiness in military medical systems. This conversation covers
the necessity of military-civilian partnerships, the evolution of
trauma care, and the critical need for effective policy.