Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
Hospitalist and Emergency Room Physician
Fayetteville, NC
Dr. Darrell Edward Jones is a board-certified family medicine physician, a designated focused practice hospitalist, and a retired Colonel in the United States Army. Following a distinguished military medical career that concluded in 2026, he currently practices as a hospitalist and emergency room physician across multiple facilities in North Carolina. He also holds a faculty appointment as an Assistant Professor with the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences Department of Family Medicine. During his active-duty service, Dr. Jones spent over a decade supporting special operations. His extensive operational experience includes deploying twice to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom with the 3rd Special Forces Group, serving in Syria and Iraq as a Joint Task Force Surgeon, and working as a Military Free Fall Flight Surgeon.
Dr. Jones earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his family medicine residency at Womack Army Medical Center. Later in his career, he completed a hospitalist fellowship and subsequently served as the Director of the Department of Defense’s only Family Medicine Hospitalist Fellowship, where he trained physicians in advanced inpatient medicine, critical care, and point-of-care ultrasound. A Fellow of both the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Society of Hospital Medicine, Dr. Jones is a highly decorated educator and an active contributor to clinical research. He has published multiple articles on operational and inpatient medicine and frequently lectures for national organizations on clinical fundamentals, acute care, and advanced ECG interpretation.