 Dr. Sanchez was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico on 7 October 1955, the 3rd son of his parents, Jose Luis (Pepe) and Ada Sanchez. He graduated from high school in the year 1972, obtained a Bachelor’s in Science (BS) degree in 1976 and an MD degree from the University of Puerto Rico’s Medical School in 1979. Completed an internship in internal medicine at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, in 1980 and obtained his Master’s in Public Health (MPH) from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health in 1981. Went on to obtain his residency in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) in 1982. After one year at the Division of Preventive Medicine, WRAIR, was assigned two operational tours as a preventive medicine officer at the Gorgas Army Community Hospital, Panama (1983-86) and at the Womack Army Community Hospital in Fort Bragg, NC (1986-88). Returned to work at the WRAIR in 1988 as Chief, Department of Field Studies, Div Preventive Medicine, in charge of the WRAIR’s Epidemiology Consultation Service (EPICON) until 1993-94 when he was on duty as the Cholera vaccine study project officer at the US Navy’s Medical Research Institute Detachment (NAMRID) in Lima, Peru. Served a 3-year tour of duty at the US Army Medical Research Unit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, including the last 2 years (1995-97) as Commander, USAMRU-B. Returned to CONUS to serve as Chief, Epidemiology Services, US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM) during the period of 1997-2000. Served his 4th and last assignment overseas at the US Navy Medical Research Center Detachment in Lima, Peru (NMRCD-Lima) during the period of 2000-03, returning to work at the Division of Retrovirology, WRAIR until his retirement from active duty on 31 Jan 05. He then went on to work with the US Military HIV Research Program (USMHRP), WRAIR, coordinating HIV/PEPFAR work in Africa until the end of 2005 when he took a position as consultant scientist at the US Army Medical Research and Development Command (Dec 05-Jun 06). Dr. Sanchez now serves as the DoD Global Emerging Infections and Surveillance System’s (DoD-GEIS) Influenza Team Leader working with CONUS and OCONUS laboratories and DoD stakeholders since Jun 06. Dr. Sanchez’ family consists of his wife, Raquel, two sons (Martin and Jose III) and three daughters (Joyce, Joellie and Elaine).
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