Assistant Inspector General for Healthcare Inspections

Julie Kroviak, MD, is the Principal Deputy Assistant Inspector General, in the role of Acting Assistant Inspector General for Healthcare Inspections (OHI) within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG). Previously, she was a Deputy Assistant Inspector General for OHI. She began her career at the VA OIG as a senior physician. Before joining the OIG, she served as the medical director of the Washington DC VA Medical Center, Fort Belvoir Community Based Outpatient Clinic for 11 years.

Dr. Kroviak is board certified in internal medicine. She obtained her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and her medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham, Alabama. She completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center.

Dr. Kroviak has served as a project leader and medical consultant on many high-profile initiatives. In her current position, she oversees all OHI publications, including inspections prompted by OIG hotline complaints or congressional requests; statistically supported national reviews that are applicable across the Veterans Health Administration; and cyclical inspections of individual medical centers, healthcare systems, networks, vet centers, and community providers.

She resides in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband and four children.