Executive Officer

A native of Oxford, New York, Captain Shattuck was accepted as a U.S. Navy direct accession and commissioned in May 2001, after graduating from Niagara University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. In September 2001, she reported to Officer Indoctrination School in Newport, Rhode Island where she received orders to National Naval Medical Center (NNMC), Bethesda, Maryland. While at NNMC she served as a staff nurse in the inpatient Hematology/Oncology Unit and deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, to the Persian Gulf aboard USNS Comfort (T-AH 20).

In 2004, she reported to Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for duty as a staff nurse. Shattuck applied for Duty Under Instruction (DUINS) in 2007, and she was selected for Emergency/Trauma/Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS). Captain Shattuck reported to Naval Health Clinic Annapolis, Maryland, where she attended The University of Maryland Graduate School of Nursing in August 2008, and she graduated with her Master of Science in the specialty track of Advanced Practice Trauma and Critical Care Emergency Nursing, Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) in 2010.

Following graduation, she reported to Naval Medical Center San Diego, California, where she completed her utilization tour as the CNS in the Emergency Department. During this tour she was selected to represent the command on the BUMED Nurse Corps CNS Strategic Goal Team, and the CNS Advisory Board. Additionally, she was directly involved in the BUMED Nurse Corps Research Strategic Goal Team, where she planned and coordinated NMCS’s first 2-day regional Evidenced Based Practice Course.

Captain Shattuck reported to Fort Belvoir Community Hospital (FBCH), where she served as the first CNS in the Emergency Department. During this tour she worked as the sole Emergency/Trauma Critical Care CNS and was the first Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP-BC) in the department. While stationed at FBCH, she deployed in direct support of CONTINUING PROMISE 2015 aboard USNS Comfort to provide humanitarian and civil assistance efforts in 11 countries in U.S. Southern Command Area of Responsibility.
In 2016, she reported to U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Sigonella, Italy, where she served as the Department Head of the Emergency Department head and Director of Medical Services. She reported to Naval Leadership and Ethics Center Detachment Dam Neck in September 2019 where she led and facilitated the Navy Intermediate Leadership and Senior Leadership Courses, and she completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice in December 2019 from Duke University.

Captain Shattuck reported to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) as the Trauma Management Strategy Officer and the Chief Nursing Officer/Deputy Chief Medical Officer in 2022.
As of April 2024, she serves as the Deputy Commander of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Portsmouth and the Deputy Director of Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. Her personal awards include a Defense Meritorious Service Medal, three Meritorious Service Medals, three Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medals, and three Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medals.
 


Executive Officer

Captain Heather A. Shattuck

Nurse Corps, United States Navy

Updated 12 August 2024
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