Dr. Lanny Boswell, Captain, United States Navy (Retired) is the Founder and President of Trident Integrative Solutions, Inc. A scientific consulting firm working to advance innovation and leadership within operational military settings.  He has a record of four decades of proven executive success in a broad range of leadership positions in the medical, scientific, and military settings.  He has extensive experience in the restructuring and cross-functional alignment of organizations with an emphasis on creating innovative solutions and the optimization of military personnel.

Dr. Boswell’s vision for Trident is to deliver consulting services to commercial and government clients by providing advice and counsel in strategic planning and executive coaching.   Trident specializes in integrating science, technology, and innovation for mission success.

Throughout his career, Dr. Boswell has worked to coordinate research efforts to meet the needs of future deployment requirements of our military forces.  He has served in a variety of positions to identify, prioritize, and fund science and technology efforts for the advancement of warfighters and operational capabilities.  He has served as the Naval Special Warfare representative to the U.S. SOCOM Biomedical Research Committee (BISC), on the Neuro-Musculoskeletal Injuries Research (NMSI) for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) and Military Operational Medicine Research Programs (MOMRP), as well as the Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes Research Program (OPORP) at Fort Detrick, MD.

Dr. Boswell is currently serving on the Federal Advisory Committee (FACA) for the Veterans Administration Musculo-Skeletal Health and Function Research.  He is on the Board of Directors of Musculoskeletal Injury Rehabilitation Research for Operational Readiness (MIRROR) at the School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University.

In his current position, Dr. Boswell is a senior scientific advisor and coordinator with Naval Health Research Center San Diego, Warfighter Performance and Operational Readiness Directorate.  His principal efforts are to integrate medical and scientific advancements for the optimization of Joint Service operational capabilities and warfighter performance. His current effort is to develop an operational capability that utilizes wearable technologies to monitor warfighter fatigue risk, health, and operational stressors. 

During his 35 years of service in the United States Navy, Dr. Boswell held many joint-service, leadership, and operational positions.  He served throughout the world to include Europe, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.  His operational deployments included Carrier Strike Groups to the Arabian Gulf, humanitarian assistance missions to Kenya, Tanzania, Haiti, Cuba, and Romania, as well as medical civic actions in Iraq and tribal outreach missions in Afghanistan.  He has also deployed to Iraq embedded with SEAL Team FIVE as part of the Navy’s first expeditionary musculoskeletal care team assigned to Special Operations Task Force West.

Dr. Boswell served as Commanding Officer of the United States Naval Hospital Ship, USNS COMFORT (T-AH-20), the Commanding Officer of Naval Health Research Center in San Diego, CA and held Operational Command as Theater Director of the CENTCOM Joint Combat Casualty Research Unit in Afghanistan.  As a senior leader, Dr. Boswell served as National Director of Research and Surveillance for the DoD-VA Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence (EACE), Director of Strategic Analysis for the Naval Service Training Command, and Director of Warfighter Performance Research Laboratory at the DoD’s Deployment Health Research Center.

Dr. Boswell’s military awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, four Navy and Marine Corps Meritorious Service Medals, five Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals, two Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, and the Air Force Commendation Medal.

Dr. Boswell holds a PhD in Sports Medicine/Physiology from the University of Virginia, a Masters Degree in Physical Therapy Neuro-Muscular Skeletal Medicine from Baylor University.He holds a board certification specialty in orthopedics andisacredentialedelectromyographerandneuro-musculoskeletalprimarycareprovider.