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Warren Lockette, M.D. is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Clinical and Program Policy and the Chief Medical Officer of the TRICARE Management Activity. He is responsible for Department of Defense programs in clinical informatics, military public health, women's health issues, quality management, health promotion and disease prevention, biomedical ethics, mental health policy, patient advocacy, graduate medical education, and patient safety. Warren and all of his Military Health System colleagues are dedicated to ensuring that each beneficiary in the Military Health System receives the best health care possible.

Dr. Lockette received both his undergraduate and doctor of medicine degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Following post-graduate training at the University of California, he was recruited to the faculty of the Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, and he was a tenured professor of endocrinology and medicine. Dr. Lockette was also appointed Adjunct Associate Professor of Physiology at the University of Michigan and Professor of Medicine and Faculty Fellow of the International House at the University of California, San Diego. In addition to his clinical service, Warren studies the molecular genetics of complex quantitative traits and human performance in extreme environments.  

Dr. Lockette has broad experience in operational medicine; he served as a senior advisor to the Commander of the Naval Special Warfare Command and the U.S. Special Operations Command. At Naval Medical Center, San Diego, Dr. Lockette helped guide the growth of the largest military clinical research program in graduate medical education. Most recently, he served as Special Assistant to the Commander, U.S. Navy Fourth Fleet, where he forged partnerships between military and civilian organizations of health care and public health practitioners to provide collaborative humanitarian assistance and disaster relief training in Latin America.

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