Rear Admiral Kathleen Lousche Martin[1] (born January 14, 1951) served as Deputy Surgeon General of the Navy/Vice Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery from October 2002 until her retirement in September 2005.

She serves on the board of directors for Caliburn International, a military contracting conglomerate that also oversees operations of Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children.

Following duty under instruction, she was assigned to Naval Medical Clinic, Port Hueneme, California, as the Director of Nursing Services.

She was promoted to the rank of rear admiral and assigned as the medical inspector general from August 1998 to October 1999.

She is a member of the American Society for Public Administration, the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States and Sigma Theta Tau.