[8] In 2009, Faison served as Deputy Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), for Current and Future Health Care Operations.

He coordinated Navy Medicine's response and sent the hospital ship, USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), fully staffed and prepared, within five days of the earthquake to aid in relief efforts.

This triggered a tsunami to crash through the northeastern Honshu coast, flooding the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant, leaving more than 20,000 dead or missing.

[6] Early commands held by Faison after his commission include; Amphibious Group 3; USS Texas (CGN 39); Naval Hospital Lemoore; U.S.

Naval Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan; Chief Information Officer, Navy Medicine; Director of DoD Telemedicine, Washington D.C.; Group Surgeon, 3rd Force Service Support Group, Fleet Marine Forces, Pacific; and Deputy Commander, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia.

He is also the recipient of the California Medical Community's Lighthouse Award for visionary leadership and inspiring health innovation, as well as the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Commendation Medal.

He is also a guest lecturer at Harvard Business School, in addition to being a senior member of the American Associates for Physician Leadership.