Joseph Caravalho

Joseph Caravalho
Caravalho in 2017
Birth name	Joseph Caravalho, Jr.
Born	1957 (age 59–60) Kaneohe, Hawaiʻi, United States
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army
Rank	Major General
Commands held	Southern Regional Medical Command Brooke Army Medical Center Medical Research and Materiel Command
Awards	Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal

Major General Joseph Caravalho, Jr., M.D., (born c. 1957) is a physician and career officer in the Medical Corps of the United States Army. He has held specialized staff medical positions, served in operations at hospitals, and commanded major medical installations across the United States as well as operations in actions overseas. In December 2015 he was appointed as the Joint Staff surgeon, the chief medical advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Joseph Caravalho, Jr. was born in 1957 in Hawaii to Agnes and Joseph Caravalho, Sr. and grew up in Kaneohe, Oahu. His family is of Filipino descent. He attended St. Louis High School in Honolulu. He graduated from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington with a BS in Mathematics in 1979 and was commissioned a second lieutenant through the Army ROTC Program. He then completed his medical degree at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences School of Medicine, and was commissioned a captain in the United States Army Medical Corps. He is also a graduate of the Army War College, where he earned a master's degree in strategic studies.

He is married to Lorraine Caravalho. They have a son Joseph (Joe) and daughter Amanda.

Caravalho held positions as a staff internist, nuclear medicine physician, and cardiologist. He served as Chief of Cardiology at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, and as Deputy Commander for Clinical Services at Womack Army Medical Center in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.