NCR PDI 2020

Guy Kiyokawa
Deputy Director DHA
DDS


Guy Kiyokawa is the Deputy Director of the Defense Health Agency (DHA), Falls Church, VA. DHA is a joint Combat Support Agency enabling the Army, Navy, and Air Force medical services to provide a medically ready force and ready medical force in peacetime and wartime. As Deputy Director, he helps lead a workforce of over 10,000 military and civilian personnel at locations around the world. DHA manages ten enterprise activities to include the TRICARE Health Plan, pharmacy operations, health information technology, medical logistics, research & development, education & training, public health, facility management, resource management, and contracting. DHA currently oversees health care delivery at more than 10 military installations, to include Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and it is in the process of accepting responsibility for the management of military hospitals and clinics world-wide. Prior to joining the Senior Executive Service, Mr. Kiyokawa served in the U.S. Army as a Medical Service Corps officer. Initially an Aeromedical Evacuation Pilot, flying UH-1V Hueys, he served at all levels of the Military Health System in clinics, community hospitals, regional medical centers, regional medical commands, including time as the Executive Assistant to the Army Surgeon General, Lieutenant General James B. Peake. As the Director for Facilities, US Army Medical Command, Mr. Kiyokawa was responsible for all facets of life cycle management for 33.4 million square feet of medical infrastructure. He completed his military service as the Chief of Staff of the DHA, where he played a pivotal role in standing up the DHA. Mr. Kiyokawa holds a master’s degree in Health Administration from Baylor University and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Southern California and is a Diplomate in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

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