Lee grad to begin residency with U.S. Navy after attending McGovern Medical School

Published 4:30 pm Monday, March 18, 2019

McGovern Medical School senior Logan Oliver will do his medical residency training at Naval Medical Center San Diego. (Photo by Victoria Tagg/UTHealth)

A Robert E. Lee High School graduate is about to begin a residency with the U.S. Navy after attending one of the top medical schools in the country.

McGovern Medical School senior U.S. Navy Ensign Logan Oliver, 26, is scheduled to start his internal medicine residency at the Naval Medical Center San Diego in June.



Unlike their civilian counterparts, students pursuing careers in military medicine get their assignments months ahead of time. As a member of the Navy Medical Corps, Oliver’s job is to make sure sailors, Marines and their families and retirees are healthy, ready and on the job.

“My dad showed me the value of service to country and community. I think this is a great outlet to give back to the community,” said Oliver, whose father, Larry Oliver, graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and served as an Army captain.

Oliver is not the only doctor in the family, Oliver’s sister Rachel Oliver has already earned her medical degree and is doing an emergency medicine residency in Tampa, Florida.

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Once the general part of his residency is complete, Logan Oliver plans to specialize in gastroenterology.

“A lot of people have gastrointestinal issues. This is an area where I can make a big difference to a lot of people,” he said.

Oliver graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler and earned a chemistry degree at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

He said his time in the Tyler Independent School District helped him earn the degree and succeed in medical school.

“I thought the advanced placement classes and teachers at Lee prepared me very well for the courses I took in college and eventually for medical school,” said Oliver, who was on the high school swim team, band and choir.