BRIGADIER GENERAL (DR.) ROBERT "LANCE" CHU Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Robert "Lance" Chu is mobilization assistant to the Assistant Surgeon General, Health Care Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C. The general was born in Hong Kong but became a naturalized citizen after immigrating to the United States at the age of two. General Chu's Air Force career began as an ROTC cadet in college. He was a distinguished military graduate and commissioned a second lieutenant in 1972. General Chu has been an attending physician and now senior faculty in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at a prominent medical center in Los Angeles since 1984. He is a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He is also an Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. EDUCATION 1972 Bachelor of Science degree in biology, Fordham University, N.Y. 1976 Doctor of Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Neb. 1977 Internal medicine internship, University of Southern California Medical Center 1980 Obstetrics and gynecology residency, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco, Calif. 1986 Aerospace Medicine Primary Course, Brooks AFB, Texas 1989 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence 1995 Air War College, by correspondence ASSIGNMENTS 1. July 1980 - July 1982, obstetrician-gynecologist, U. S. Air Force Hospital, Yokota Air Base, Japan 2.July 1982 - July 1984, obstetrician-gynecologist then Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology, U. S. Air Force Hospital, Nellis AFB, Nev. 3. July 1984 - April 1986, obstetrician-gynecologist, Chief of Professional Services, and then Commander, Detachment 2, 12th U.S. Air Force Contingency Hospital, March AFB, Calif. 4. April 1986 - October 1993, Commander, Detachment 4, 11th U. S. Air Force Contingency Hospital, March AFB, Calif. 5. October 1993 - April 1998, Commander, 452nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, March AFB, Calif. 6. April 1998 - September 2002, mobilization assistant to the Commander, 74th Medical Group, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 7. October 2002 - February 2004, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Air Force Medical Operations Agency, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C. 8. March 2004 - present, mobilization assistant to the Assistant Surgeon General, Health Care Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C. FLIGHT INFORMATION Rating: Chief flight surgeon Flight hours: More than 800 Aircraft flown: KC-10, C-141, KC-135, C-130, C-5, T-38 and F-4 MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Legion of Merit Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster Air Force Achievement Medal Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with two oak leaf clusters EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant June 15, 1972 First Lieutenant June 15, 1974 Captain June 15, 1976 Major July 5, 1982 Lieutenant Colonel March 10, 1989 Colonel June 1, 1993 Brigadier General April 3, 2005 (Current as of December 2008)