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397: Your Body Is Not a Rental Car. With Dr. Matthew Provencher, Naval Special Warfare Doctor

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Management, History, Business

4.831.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 189 minutes

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Dr. Matthew Provencher is one of the nation’s leading orthopedic surgeons specializing in the surgical treatment and rehabilitation of injuries to the knee and shoulder.

Captain Matthew T. Provencher, MD MBA MC USNR (Ret.), a native of Barrington, New Hampshire attended Oyster River High School in Durham, New Hampshire and then the United States Naval Academy, where he was appointed the Deputy Brigade Commander (Second in command), graduated with Distinction (Highest Honors) with a Major in Electrical Engineering, and was designated as Secretary of the Navy Distinguished Graduate. He was also inducted into Phi Kappa Phi (The National Honor Society), Tau Beta Pi (The National Engineering Honor Society), and Sigma Pi Sigma (The National Physics Honor Society). During his undergraduate years, Dr. Provencher was also a 4-year varsity oarsman and First-Team All-American at Navy and named Most Valuable Oarsman. He completed his medical education at Dartmouth Medical School where he graduated with Honors and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society.



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0:00.0

This is the jockel podcast number 397 with echo Charles and me jockel willing good evening echo good evening

0:06.9

The president of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of merit to captain Matthew T. Preventure

0:14.0

Medical Corps United States Navy for exceptionally maritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service as the command medical officer at

0:22.4

4 C air and land seal team 17 from June 2013 to June

0:29.5

2022 captain Preventure

0:32.1

displayed extraordinary leadership world class professional expertise and provided unmatched care and treatment for the service members within his command and

0:40.2

Throughout the naval special warfare community. He was instrumental and implement in the implementation of policy

0:46.3

processes and procedures that optimize the operational readiness of both reserve and active force seal operators a

0:54.2

World renowned orthopedic surgeon and educator he delivered at databases to track treatment efficacy

1:01.3

wearable devices that provided remote assessment of individual motion patterns and leading edge science that will improve human performance and longevity

1:10.6

His contributions extend far beyond the naval special warfare medical community to programs and cutting edge science treatments that have been adopted by the Navy and Department of Defense

1:21.3

Captain Preventures superior performance of duties culminated in his 27 years of honorable and dedicated military service

1:29.6

By his dynamic direction keen judgment and loyal dedication to duty captain Preventure

1:36.6

Reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the United States naval service

1:46.2

And that is an award. That's actually an understatement

1:51.2

It's an understatement for someone that had a huge impact on the seal teams

1:57.6

Putting broken seals back together

2:01.0

That one of my friends tell me about doc and he said he repaired both my left and right shoulders

2:07.5

My left one after a vehicle roll over in Iraq 2008. He's been a huge reason. I've been able to keep pushing my body so hard

2:15.4

Him and others like him are the unsung heroes of the seal teams

2:19.9

Helping hurt and damaged guys come back and operate again

2:24.5

I and so many other seals appreciate him with the greatest sincerity

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