About Us

​​​​​Capt. Michael G. Mercado 

Medical Corps, U.S. Navy
Director, U.S. Naval Hospital Rota
Commanding Officer, U.S. Navy Medicine
            Readiness & Training Command, Rota                

Capt. Michael Mercado entered naval service via the Health Professional Scholarship Program and earned his Doctor of Medicine from Loma Linda University in 2004. In 2007, he completed a residency in Family Medicine at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton.

He most recently served as Executive Officer, U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness & Training Command Sigonella, Italy; Detachment Souda Bay, Greece; and U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness & Training Unit, Bahrain.

His staff assignments include Director of Force Medical Readiness (N34), Bureau of Medicine & Surgery; Director of Medical Services, Naval Hospital Bremerton; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, NHCP; and Department Head of Family Medicine, U.S. Naval Hospital Guam.

Operationally, Mercado served as Regimental Surgeon, 6th Marine Regiment, Second Marine Division; he deployed as an embedded medical advisor to the 1st Brigade, 203rd Corps, Afghan National Army (ANA), Afghanistan Regional Security Integration Command-East during Operation Enduring Freedom; and as Task Force Surgeon, Task Force Southwest, Rotation 1 in support of Operation Freedom Sentinel and Resolute Support Mission, where he advised the Medical Commander, 215th Corps, ANA, on health service support delivery and tactical combat casualty care training in support of kinetic operations in Helmand province.

A committed educator, Mercado served as core residency faculty at NHCP, and teaching consultant at the Camp Lejeune and Fort Belvoir Family Medicine residency programs. He has a faculty appointment to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences as an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, and he has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications.

Mercado is a diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine, a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, and a member of the Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians where he served on the Board of Directors from 2016-2019. He is the recipient of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award for the Military Health System, NHCP Family Medicine Staff of the Year, Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians President’s Award, Department of Defense Innovation Award, and the Surgeon General’s Team Power Award.

His military decorations include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (two awards), Combat Action Ribbon, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal (two awards), in addition to other personal and unit awards

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Capt. Joshua A. Miller

Medical Service Corps, U.S. Navy

Executive Officer, U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness & Training Command, Rota

Capt. Miller currently serves as the Executive Officer of U.S. Naval Hospital Rota, Spain. He is a 1996 graduate of the University of Evansville where he played football and earned his B.S. in Business Administration, with a focus in Healthcare Management. He honed his business skills in the Indianapolis healthcare market and in 2002 was competitively selected for Navy Medicine’s Health Services Collegiate Program. He was commissioned in 2004 upon completion of his Master of Health Administration from Indiana University. His diversity of assignments, on land and at sea, and at home and abroad have allowed him to operate at the tip of the spear and at the edge of a smile!

He served operationally as the Patient Admin Officer during the 2006 USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) Humanitarian Assistance Mission to Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, and Indonesia, and set the standard for subsequent Pacific Partnership missions. In 2008, he volunteered to deploy to Kuwait where he served as the Operations Officer and Medical Regulating Officer for Medical Task Force-Kuwait and its five down-trace units. In mid-2008, and while deployed to MTF-Kuwait, he was highly recruited and selected for a hot-fill Medical Admin Officer billet aboard the forward deployed amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA-5).

During his tours ashore, he served in various positions throughout Navy Medicine to include three consecutive milestone Director for Administration tours at NHC Hawaii, USNH Okinawa and most recently at NMC San Diego. During his first assignment at NMC San Diego, he served as the Medical Admin Officer for the Director for Medical Services and the Executive Assistant to the Executive Steering Committee. In 2007, he transferred to NH Camp Pendleton where he was dual tasked as the Medical Admin Officer for both the Medical and Surgical Directorates, and also served as the Command Suite Action Officer. He also trained as a member of the Fleet Hospital Team, and led daily staff and dependent accountability requirements during the 2007 Camp Pendleton wildfires. In 2010, he served as a Department Head of Human Resources at USNH Yokosuka and was instrumental to mission success and personnel accountability during Operation Tomodachi following the March 2011 Tohuku earthquake and tsunami. In 2012 he returned to NMC San Diego and served in leadership roles in Human Resources and Patient Administration before being hand-selected to serve as the Assistant Director for Administration launching him along his current Executive Medicine career path. He has been a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives since 1999.

His personal achievements include the Navy and Marine Corps Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (two awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (three awards), various unit and campaign awards, and he is a qualified Surface Warfare Medical Department Officer.

​​​​​Master Chief Wasim S. Mohamed  

HMCM (SW/EXW/FMF), United States Navy
Command Master Chief, U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness & Training Command, Rota /U.S. Naval Hospital Rota                

Master Chief Petty Officer Wasim S. Mohamed enlisted in the Navy in February 1998. Following graduation from basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois, he reported to Hospital Corpsman (HM) A School. He later graduated from Fleet Marine Force Training in Delmar, California.

Master Chief Mohamed afloat and overseas tours includes Expeditionary Strike Group Seven Detachment Sasebo, Japan, Naval Special Warfare Group TWO Logistics Support Unit, SEAL Team EIGHT, USS FARRAGUT (DDG 99), USS DEWERT (FFG 45), NSA Souda Bay, Greece, 3rd Medical Battalion Camp Hansen Okinawa, Japan, and Individual Augmentee assigned to Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Ashore tours include Naval Branch Health Clinic Mayport, Florida, Independent Duty Corpsman School San Diego, California, Branch Health Clinic Quantico, Virginia, Pharmacy Technician School Portsmouth, Virginia.

Master Chief Mohamed is a graduate of the Navy Senior Enlisted Academy Class 241. He is designated Surface Warfare, Expeditionary Warfare Specialist, and Fleet Marine Force. He is authorized to wear the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (6th Award), Army Commendation, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal and various unit and campaign awards.

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