Maj. Louis N. Lachman, MD

United States Air Force, Uniformed Services University

Maj. Louis Lachman, MD is a board-certified general and child and adolescent psychiatrist. He is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University (USU) and currently serves as the Psychiatry Clerkship Director. Dr. Lachman graduated summa cum laude from McDaniel College in 2012 with majors in Biochemistry and Chemistry. He earned his medical degree from the USU in 2016. He then completed his psychiatry residency followed by his child and adolescent fellowship in 2021 at the University of Texas Health San Antonio, where he served as chief fellow. His next duty assignment was Medical Director of the Mental Health Flight in the 316th Operational Readiness Squadron at Joint Base Andrews. There, he frequently served as acting Flight Commander and intermittently as acting Chief of Medical Staff and Operational Readiness Squadron Commander. He came to USU as faculty in 2025, where, in addition to his role as Psychiatry Clerkship director he also serves as a Scientist for the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress.