Billie J. Randolph, PhD, PT (Colonel, U.S. Army Retired) serves as the Deputy Director of the Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence—a joint effort between the Department of Defense and Department of Veteran’s Affairs— and the nation’s premiere center for promoting excellence and research related to traumatic extremity injuries and amputations. In 1978, Randolph received a direct commission and entered military service. She is a graduate of the Army Combined Arms Services Staff School, the Command and General Staff College, the Army War College, and the Federal Executive Institute. She served in clinical assignments at Ft. Knox, Kentucky, Ft. Stewart, Georgia, Tripler Army Medical Center, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, and Walter Reed Army Medical Center.