By Kristen Moulton

| The Salt Lake Tribune

Army Reserve’s 807th Medical Command, headquartered at Fort Douglas, may soon have a new commanding general.

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced late Monday that Brig. Gen. Craig A. Bugno has been nominated to become a major general and for assignment as the 807th’s commanding general.

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If his appointment is approved by the U.S. Senate, Bugno will replace Maj. Gen. Lie-Ping (L.P.) Chang, of Alexandria, Va., who has been commanding general since 2008.

Matthew Lawrence, a spokesman for the 807th, said the change of command ceremony likely would be later in the spring.

The commanding general, like the soldiers in his charge, is a reservist with a civilian life, and Bugno is not likely to move to Salt Lake City, Lawrence said. Bugno is a family medicine doctor in Fulton, Ind., according to a biography on the Army’s website.

Although the 807th is based at Fort Douglas, it manages all the Army Reserve field medical units from Ohio to California.

It has more than 11,000 soldiers in 116 units in 26 states, and provides general, surgical, dental, ambulance, behavioral health, preventive maintenance and veterinary support to Army units and to civilians. Its soldiers range from nurses to biomedical equipment repair technicians to nutritionists.

Bugno, a native of Camden, N.J., currently serves as deputy commander for professional services, 3rd Medical Command in Forest Park, Ga.

He joined the Army in 1981 and was mobilized during peacekeeping missions in Bosnia in the 1990s and during the Iraq War. He commanded the U.S. Army Hospital in Kuwait and was deputy commander for clinical services at the U.S. Army Hospital at Abu Ghraib, Iraq, according to his biography.

In his civilian career, the decorated soldier practices family medicine, serves as the Fulton County (Indiana) Health Officer and manages the county health department, the biography said.

kmoulton@sltrib.com