Brigadier Isaac Seidl is the Director General Operational Health in Joint Health Command, a specialist medical administrator and general practitioner. He completed his medical training at UWA, and has undertaken a number of Army appointments across various military environments, including deployments to East Timor, Pakistan and the Middle East Region. He has also served in Qld Health in an executive role in Townsville Health Service. Brigadier Seidl has published in the literature and presented at national and international conferences on subjects including health leadership, clinical governance, veterans’ health and ethics. He has held academic appointments at the University of Queensland and James Cook University.