Lieutenant Commander T. Wolfgang Klotz was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He completed a bachelor’s degree in international relations with honors from the University of Southern California in 2008. He worked briefly in foreign policy studies before transitioning his career to medicine.  He joined the Navy via direct accession as an Ensign in the Medical Corps and trained at the Officer Development School in Newport RI in 2012. He completed his medical training at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD in 2016 and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He was stationed at Naval Medical Center San Diego for specialty training in Psychiatry and completed his residency in 2020. He obtained his board certification as a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in 2020.

LCDR Klotz received his first operational assignment in 2020 as the Psychiatrist for Fleet Surgical Team – ONE and deployed in support of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit in October of 2020. His deployment included assignments in 3rd, 7th, and 5th Fleets. Upon return he received his second operational assignment as the Operational Stress Control And Readiness Officer (OSCAR) for the 5th Marine Regiment. He promoted to Lieutenant Commander in September of 2022. He has been granted a request to retour with 5th Marines through 2028.  

LCDR Klotz’s personal decorations consist of the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (2), and appointments to the Gold Humanism Honor Society and the Alpha Omega Alpha medical Honor Society. LCDR Klotz uses his middle name Wolfgang or “Wolf” to distinguish himself from his father Thomas A. Klotz, MD, who is also a psychiatrist in the Southern California area. LCDR Klotz married Cheyenne Steel his college sweetheart from USC in 2013. The couple have a son, Declan Wolfgang Klotz born in 2019, and daughter, Charlotte Piper Klotz born in 2022.