USUHS Assistant Professor
Air Force
Lt Colonel David Bradley is an Assistant Professor for the Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Program for the Daniel K. Inouye Graduate School of Nursing at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, MD.
Lt Col Bradley first started off enlisted in 1996 as an Army combat medic. He was selected for the Green to Gold scholarship and commissioned in the U.S. Army in 2003, and attended the Army Perioperative Nurse Course in 2005. In 2008, Lt Col Bradley transitioned into the Air Force as a perioperative nurse. In 2009, Lt Col Bradley received his Perioperative Nurse certification, and has nineteen years of military nursing experience which includes case management, medical-surgical nursing, and perioperative nursing. In 2015, Lt Col Bradley earned his Master of Science degree in Nursing from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and his Doctor in Nursing Practice in 2020 from the University of Alabama. Lt Col Bradley is a board certified CNS as well as a certified perioperative nurse. Prior to his current assignment, Lt Col Bradley served as the Perioperative CNS, as part of the Center for Nursing Science & Clinical Inquiry (CNSCI), who led clinical practice for four departments, involving 357 staff, for the largest military treatment facility and only Level 1 Trauma Center for the Department of Defense.
His ingenuity, resourcefulness, and vision for scholarly outcomes driven excellence earned him numerous recognitions such as the Daisy Award for Scholarly Practice, the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching , and Military APRN of the Year for the largest military facility in the continental US. Lt Col Bradley was also inducted recently as a Fellow for NACNS.