Col. Dr. David Crudo is a pediatrician and deputy surgeon in the U.S. Army Pacific at Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) in Honolulu. A fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Crudo is also the former deputy director of the Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance at TAMC. In this vein, he has led several humanitarian missions, in the Philippines, Mongolia and Madagascar.