Author: DELMONTE, MARY

Meet our Clinical Pharmacists

April Letcher, PharmD
Dr. Letcher is a board certified ambulatory care clinical pharmacist, who joined the Dunham US Army Health Clinic team in March 2012. She feels privileged to promote health and readiness for Active Duty Service Members and all our Tricare beneficiaries. She grew up in Pennsylvania and received her undergraduate and doctorate degrees from Wilkes University, Nesbitt School of Pharmacy in 2005. Dr. Letcher enjoys spending time with her family, reading, and being outdoors. She is passionate about empowering patients to fulfill their healthy lifestyle goals.

Thomas (Tom) Williams, PharmD
Dr. Williams has been a Clinical Pharmacist with the Dunham US Army Health Clinic team since March 2019. He began his career in 2006 after graduating from the University Of Maryland School Of Pharmacy and began federal civilian service at the Baltimore VA Medical Center in 2018. In addition, Dr. Williams is serving as a Commissioned Officer in the US Army Reserve Medical Service Corps since 2012. His goal is to collaborate with his Dunham colleagues to provide the best possible care to his patients, and their families, and assist them in achieving their healthcare vision.

Dunham US Army Health Clinic
450 Gibner Rd, Suite 1
Carlisle Barracks, PA

Welcome to the Primary Care Medical Home (PCMH)
MEET OUR PROVIDERS

Michael D Kennedy, DO
(PCMH Clinic OIC)
Dr. Kennedy grew up under the shadows of the Rocky Mountains. He joined the National Guard at age 17 and went to Fort Leonard Wood for basic training. Dr. Kennedy subsequently attended Idaho State University to study biology and endocrinology. He then received an Army HPSP scholarship to attend Midwestern University Medical School. After graduating, he completed a Family Medicine Residency at St Joseph’s Medical Center in Phoenix. Dr. Kennedy later worked at Langley Air Force Base and then Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. He now lives locally in PA with his beautiful family.

Earle “Bud” Morton, MD
Dr Morton grew up in New Jersey, outside of Philadelphia.
He enlisted in the USMCR at age 18 and served as a communications centerman and ammunition technician for 7 years while attending undergraduate and graduate school at Clemson University, ending in a MS in microbiology. He attended Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in NJ under a HPSP scholarship. After graduating in 1992, he completed a Family Practice Residency at Womack Army Medical Center at Ft Bragg. He served at DUSAHC at different times over the years (1995-1998; 99-2000; 2017) as well as a variety of mission medical clinics

Dawn Ahern, PA-C
Dawn Ahern is a Board-Certified Physician Assistant. She was born and raised in a small rural community in Northeast Pennsylvania. She grew up on her family farm until she moved away to start her own career. She attended Lock Haven University to obtain her bachelor’s and went on to receive her master’s degrees from California University of Pennsylvania in Athletic training.
Her training as a Physician Assistant was completed at Red Rocks community College, near Denver, Colorado. She then completed another master’s degree in Physician Assistant studies from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. After being away from family she moved back to Pennsylvania where she worked in orthopedics, urgent care and at the Lebanon VA Center in Mechanicsburg, PA.
Mrs. Ahern started her military career in the Colorado Air National Guard and transitioned to Pennsylvania Air National Guard once moving home. She is married and enjoys outdoor activities.
Suzan Lowry, MD
Dr. Lowry is a Board Certified Pediatrician. She has provided pediatric and adolescent medicine care in academic centers, military treatment facilities, urban settings, and on overseas missions. Dr. Lowry holds a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from University Maryland, a Masters of Health Informatics from Johns Hopkins University, and a Medical Degree from Howard University. She is married and enjoys spending time with her family as well as hiking, gardening, and following baseball.

CPT Emmanuel Nkengeh, FNP
CPT Nkengeh is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner. He was born in Cameroon, West Africa and emigrated to the U.S in 2006 for greener pastures. In 2012, he obtained his BSN from Coppin State University in Baltimore, MD, then received his MSN in 2018 from Maryville University in St. Louis, MO. He went on to complete his Doctorate in Nursing Practice in 2021 with Northern Kentucky University. CPT Nkengeh got his first nursing job in Columbus, OH, at Mount Carmel Hospital Trinity Health, Neuroscience step-down unit, where he worked from 2012-2016. He later transferred to Cardiovascular ICU care from 2016-2018. CPT Nkengeh also has experience in travel nursing at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. He commissioned directly into the U.S Army in January 2020 and was assigned to Dunham U.S Army Health clinic after completing BOLC. CPT Nkengeh is married with three kids. He enjoys dining out with family, traveling, and listening to music.

Paulette Mattis, FNP
Born and raised on the beachside of sunny Ocho Rios Jamaica, Ms. Mattis was overseas trained as a Registered Nurse at Excelsior College with internships and later employment at The University of the West Indies Hospital in Kingston Jamaica W.I. She later transitioned to Community Public Health, running the clinic in her home town of Ocho Rios. In the early 1990’s, she returned to cardiovascular nursing and joined the open heart cardiovascular team at Mount Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL. She moved to Florida in 1992 and continued as a National Certified Critical Care nurse until 2014. Ms. Mattis trained at Florida International University to become a Family Nurse Practitioner, graduating in 2011 and practicing Family Medicine and Internal Medicine throughout Florida. She loves shopping and attending live theater. Her loving, considerate husband and 4 adult kids all reside in sunny Florida. She enjoys Carlisle and experiencing the true meaning of all seasons.