DiLorenzo Pentagon Health Clinic Leadership

Colonel Chelsea Hamilton

Colonel Chelsea D. Hamilton currently serves as the Director for Branch Clinics at the Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center. She oversees the A.T. Augusta Ambulatory Care Centers at Dumfries and Fairfax as well serves as the Director of the DiLorenzo Pentagon Health Clinic. 

Colonel Hamilton graduated from the University of Oregon in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and an Honors College Minor from the Robert D. Clark Honors College. In 2007 she graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine with her medical degree. 

Colonel Hamilton began her career as a Medical Corps Officer in 2003 as she accepted the Health Professions Scholarship. Upon completion of medical school, she transitioned to a Neurology Internship and her Post-Graduate Year Two (PGY-2) training in Neurology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Following her PGY-2 year of Neurology, she deployed to Afghanistan as a flight surgeon with the 82nd Airborne, 122 Support Battalion for the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade.  

Colonel Hamilton completed her Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) residency at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. She then went to Womack Army Medical Center where she served as the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the PM&R Clinic. In 2014, Col. Hamilton moved to Fort Belvoir where she assumed the OIC position over the PM&R and Chiropractic Clinics. During her tenure at Fort Belvoir, her leadership roles included Deputy Chief of the Department of Ortho and Rehab, Deputy Chair of the Executive Committee on Medical Staff (ECOMS), Chair of ECOMS, Deputy Director for Branch Clinics at Fairfax and Dumfries, Va., and Deputy Director for Medical Services.

In June of 2020 Col. Hamilton deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan as a Flight Surgeon with Special Missions Wing in support of Special Operations Joint Task Force—Afghanistan where she taught flight surgery curriculum to Afghan Air Force Special Operations Aviators.

Colonel Hamilton’s military education includes Officer Basic Courses, Captain Career Course, and Command and General Staff College. Her awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal (2 Awards), the Army Achievement Medal (2 Awards), the National Defense Service Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal—Combat, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the NATO Medal, the Flight Surgeon Badge and the Parachutist Badge.