Propelling Your Organization Forward
Trajectory Group was established by Dr. J. Christopher Farmer. His main goal was to provide healthcare-focused management consulting services, where decades of career experiences about “what works” could benefit others.
By healthcare professionals, for healthcare professionals.
“Making a difference” is a journey that must be mapped, traveled and shared as a team. An effective consulting engagement requires a consultant who is a humble leader, an insightful coach, an experienced partner and a high-reliability team member…side-by-side, all along the way.
This approach continues to work well, and to date Trajectory Group is successfully working with groups and organizations in the US and other countries.
Healthcare Consulting is not a report or a slide deck…it is an active, “get your hands into the surgical field” effort to support transformation and assist change.
We embrace the following shared values:
Absolute Integrity
Mutual Respect
Service First
Excellence Always
Build Together
By working hand-in-hand with our clients, we enable results, transform leadership and manage change.
J. Christopher Farmer, MD, MCCM, FACP, FCCP
For more than 25 years as a C-suite physician executive, Doctor Chris Farmer has made bedrock contributions to healthcare organizations and agencies in the US and abroad. Additionally, he has more than 20 years of leadership service excellence on behalf of tier one non-profit and for-profit Boards of Directors.
His career service includes: • Emeritus Professor and Chair, Mayo Clinic • Past President, Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) • Past Chair, Critical Care Medicine Board, American Board of Internal Medicine • Colonel (retired), United States Air Force • Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic • Medical Liaison for Homeland Security, United States Air Force • Medical Director, Disaster and Pandemic Preparedness, Mayo Clinic • Chief, Critical Care Medicine and Chief, (Group Commander) Inpatient Services, Wilford Hall Medical Center, United States Air Force • Chief Medical Officer, TRICARE Southwest, Federal Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) • Medical Director, Federal Healthcare Group Purchase Organization (GPO).
Dr. Farmer received multiple awards from Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, including a Lifetime Achievement Education Award from the Critical Care Fellowship training programs. He is Distinguished Alumnus, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas. He twice received the Distinguished Service Award from the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Most recently, the Society of Critical Care Medicine recognized him as Recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award for meritorious contributions in the field of critical care medicine. He has been additionally recognized as Recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award, International Pan-Arab Critical Care Medicine Society.
As a nationally and internationally recognized innovator and leader in medicine, Dr. Farmer received the Air Force Association (AFA) Paul W. Myers Outstanding Physician Award, US Air Force, and the Zachary Fisher Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Award, Department of Defense.
He is a developer of several “game changer” global programs, including his foundational work with the Critical Care Aeromedical Transport Team (CCATT) program for the US military.
Vision isn’t about seeing the future…
…vision is recognizing relationships that others don’t see.
– J. Christopher Farmer
James A. Geiling, MD, MPH, FCCM, FACP, FCCP, FAWM
Doctor Jim Geiling serves as a senior management consultant for U.S.-based and international healthcare enterprises, medical universities, hospitals, and other government and non-government health agencies. He is an internationally acknowledged and respected critical care leader and dedicated educator with a long record of stellar healthcare leadership and “in-the-trenches” experience. He is renowned globally for his experience, knowledge, and skills as a disaster medical expert and leader.
Doctor Geiling has practiced critical care medicine in small hospitals, academic medical centers, and resource-limited and disaster settings, both in and outside the military as well as a variety government and academic organizations. Most recently, his leadership and clinical expertise have been vitally important during the COVID-19 pandemic impact in the northeastern United States. He also cares for patients and advances healthcare infrastructure in East Africa. Doctor Geiling is fluent in English, speaks German casually, and is studying Swahili.
A 25-year career US Army physician, Dr. Geiling, served nine years in Germany and deployed to Ukraine, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and elsewhere. His military leadership service included: • Colonel (retired), US Army • Medical Director, Landstuhl Germany Regional Medical Center where he oversaw US military critical care support to Europe, Africa, and Southwest Asia • Disaster Preparedness and Medical Response Fellowship, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Emergency Preparedness • Commander, Pentagon Health Clinic, a leadership position where he was called upon to practice his training in disaster response on September 11, 2001 and later that year during the anthrax attack.
In addition to his clinical, teaching, and administrative activities, Doctor Geiling serves as: • Professor of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, • Fellow, American College of Physicians • Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians • Fellow, American College of Critical Care Medicine • Fellow, Academy of Wilderness Medicine • Chair, CHEST Disaster Response and Global Health Network • CHEST COVID-19 Task Force • Past Co-Director, Dartmouth New England Center for Emergency Preparedness
Doctor Geiling has written and spoken extensively in the fields of critical care and disaster medicine, with recent work focusing on the provision of mass critical care in resource poor settings. He enjoys spending time outdoors, to include volunteering with Dartmouth College’s Ski Patrol where he earned its prestigious Patroller’s Cross.
