Dr. Kat Landa on Finding Your Way
In episode 1, Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Kat Landa, MD FACEP is an Active Duty, Assistant Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine at the Uniformed Services University and Clinical Faculty at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, San Diego.
In this episode, Dr. Landa discusses her unique role as the very first woman physician to be assigned to a Marine Ground Combat Unit. She discusses the challenges and how she navigated being a woman in an alpha male culture. She shares her tips for embracing your authenticity and learning to establish boundaries.
LCDR Landa has been deployed to various emergency medicine platforms. From 2018-19, Kat deployed to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan in support of OPERATION RESOLUTE SUPPORT and OPERATION FREEDOM’S SENTINEL where she served as Mass Casualty Director and Trauma Team Lead at the NATO Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit. She again deployed with the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command as Officer-in-Charge, Shock Trauma Platoon (enhanced Role 1) from March—October 2021 to various locations in US Central Command and supported OPERATION ALLIED REFUGE during the evacuation of Kabul, Afghanistan in August 2021.
Dr. Landa is board-certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. She lives in Oceanside, CA with her husband Carlos Poni. Her professional interests include prehospital trauma care, humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, and team performance dynamics.
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