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SAN ANTONIO--Maj. Gen. Brian Lein, commanding general of the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School/Health Readiness Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is announcing the promotion of Lt. Col. (Promotable) Ronald S. Gesaman to Colonel US Army at 1 p.m. March 8 at the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School-Health Readiness Center of Excellence, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Gesaman of Winona, Gesaman is a master's prepared and Nationally Certified Nurse Executive with a diverse Army career. He graduated from George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. with a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1996, via the Army Enlisted Commissioning Program (AECP). In 2010, he obtained his Master of Health Administration from Baylor University Graduate School of Healthcare and Business Administration and was a member of the Upsilon Phi Delta-Healthcare Administration National Academic Honor Society.
Gesaman is a graduate of the U.S. Army Basic Combat Training, Combat Medic AIT, PLDC, Practical Nurse Course Phase I, Practical Nurse Course Phase II, BNCOC, AMEDD Wardmaster Course, Officer Basic Course, Medical Management of Biological Casualties, Trauma Nurse Care Course, AMEDD Critical Care Nurse Course, AMEDD Officer Advanced Course, Field Management of Chemical and Biological Casualties Course, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, U.S. Army Nurse Corps-Advanced Nurse Leadership Course, and the U.S. Army Medical Department-Executive Skills Course.
Gesaman entered the Army in 1986 and held numerous assignments in deployed and garrison settings, recently as Chief, Nursing Operations, Brooke Army Medical Center JBSA-FSH TX and currently the Deputy Director (Business of Medicine) Army-Baylor MHA/MBA Graduate Program, AMEDD Center & School/Health Readiness Center of Excellence. The soon to be Col. Gesaman will next be assigned as the Deputy Commander/Chief Nurse of the 86th Combat Support Hospital at Fort Campbell, Ky.
His awards include Meritorious Service Medal (five oak leaf clusters), Army Commendation Medal (four oak leaf clusters), Army Achievement Medal (second oak leaf), National Defense Service Medal (bronze star), Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal (3rd Award), the Overseas Ribbon (3), NCO Professional Development Ribbon (2nd Award), Expert Field Medical Badge, and the Order of Military Medical Merit (O2M3).
Gesaman is married to DJ (Peppel) Gesaman of Columbiana. They have two children, Andy of New Waterford and Stacey Hock of Augusta, Ga., as well as nine grandchildren.