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NEWS | Sept. 15, 2022

Navy Surgeon General visits with NAMRU San Antonio during 2022 Military Health System Research Symposium

By Burrell Parmer Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio Public Affairs

Rear. Adm. Bruce L. Gillingham, Surgeon General of the Navy, visited with leadership and research scientists of Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio during Poster Session I on day two of the 2022 Military Health System Research Symposium, or MHSRS, held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida, Sept. 13.

The 2022 MHSRS brings together military, government, academia, and industry experts for four days of critical conversations and intensive idea sharing.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – (Sept. 13, 2022) – Dr. Erica Molina, of San Antonio, a research scientist assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, briefs the Surgeon General of the Navy, Rear. Adm. Bruce L. Gillingham during a poster session held on day two of the 2022 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center. The 2022 MHSRS brings together military, government, academia, and industry experts for four days of critical conversations and intensive idea sharing. Presenters will share their latest research findings and challenges on topics including combat casualty care, military operational medicine, clinical and rehabilitative medicine, medical simulation and information sciences, military infectious diseases, and the radiation health effects. NAMRU San Antonio is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the Department of Defense and is one of eight subordinate research commands in the global network of laboratories operating under the Naval Medical Research Center in Silver Spring, Md.  Its mission is to conduct gap driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of DOD personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released)
Dr. Erica Molina, of San Antonio, a research scientist assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, briefs the Surgeon General of the Navy, Rear. Adm. Bruce L. Gillingham during a poster session held on day two of the 2022 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center Sept. 13. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer)
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – (Sept. 13, 2022) – Dr. Erica Molina, of San Antonio, a research scientist assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, briefs the Surgeon General of the Navy, Rear. Adm. Bruce L. Gillingham during a poster session held on day two of the 2022 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center. The 2022 MHSRS brings together military, government, academia, and industry experts for four days of critical conversations and intensive idea sharing. Presenters will share their latest research findings and challenges on topics including combat casualty care, military operational medicine, clinical and rehabilitative medicine, medical simulation and information sciences, military infectious diseases, and the radiation health effects. NAMRU San Antonio is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the Department of Defense and is one of eight subordinate research commands in the global network of laboratories operating under the Naval Medical Research Center in Silver Spring, Md.  Its mission is to conduct gap driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of DOD personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released)
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Dr. Erica Molina, of San Antonio, a research scientist assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, briefs the Surgeon General of the Navy, Rear. Adm. Bruce L. Gillingham during a poster session held on day two of the 2022 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center Sept. 13. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer)
Photo By: Burrell Parmer
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Presenters will share their latest research findings and challenges on combat casualty care, military operational medicine, clinical and rehabilitative medicine, medical simulation and information sciences, military infectious diseases, and the radiation health effects.

NAMRU San Antonio is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the Department of Defense and is one of eight subordinate research commands in the global network of laboratories operating under the Naval Medical Research Center in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Its mission is to conduct gap-driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve the survival, operational readiness, and safety of DOD personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – (Sept. 13, 2022) – Surgeon General of the Navy, Rear. Adm. Bruce L. Gillingham visits with Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio Commanding Officer Capt. Gerald DeLong, of Belvidere, Ill., and Dr. Heuy-Ching Hetty Wang, of San Antonio, director of Combat Casualty Care and Operational Medicine during a poster session held on day two of the 2022 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center. The 2022 MHSRS brings together military, government, academia, and industry experts for four days of critical conversations and intensive idea sharing. Presenters will share their latest research findings and challenges on topics including combat casualty care, military operational medicine, clinical and rehabilitative medicine, medical simulation and information sciences, military infectious diseases, and the radiation health effects. NAMRU San Antonio is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the Department of Defense and is one of eight subordinate research commands in the global network of laboratories operating under the Naval Medical Research Center in Silver Spring, Md.  Its mission is to conduct gap driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of DOD personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released)
Rear. Adm. Bruce L. Gillingham, Surgeon General of the Navy, visits with Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio Commanding Officer Capt. Gerald DeLong, and Dr. Heuy-Ching Hetty Wang, director of Combat Casualty Care and Operational Medicine, during a poster session held on day two of the 2022 Military Health System Research Symposium held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida. The 2022 MHSRS brings together military, government, academia, and industry experts for four days of critical conversations and intensive idea sharing. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer)
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – (Sept. 13, 2022) – Surgeon General of the Navy, Rear. Adm. Bruce L. Gillingham visits with Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio Commanding Officer Capt. Gerald DeLong, of Belvidere, Ill., and Dr. Heuy-Ching Hetty Wang, of San Antonio, director of Combat Casualty Care and Operational Medicine during a poster session held on day two of the 2022 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center. The 2022 MHSRS brings together military, government, academia, and industry experts for four days of critical conversations and intensive idea sharing. Presenters will share their latest research findings and challenges on topics including combat casualty care, military operational medicine, clinical and rehabilitative medicine, medical simulation and information sciences, military infectious diseases, and the radiation health effects. NAMRU San Antonio is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the Department of Defense and is one of eight subordinate research commands in the global network of laboratories operating under the Naval Medical Research Center in Silver Spring, Md.  Its mission is to conduct gap driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of DOD personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released)
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Rear. Adm. Bruce L. Gillingham, Surgeon General of the Navy, visits with Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio Commanding Officer Capt. Gerald DeLong, and Dr. Heuy-Ching Hetty Wang, director of Combat Casualty Care and Operational Medicine, during a poster session held on day two of the 2022 Military Health System Research Symposium held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida. The 2022 MHSRS brings together military, government, academia, and industry experts for four days of critical conversations and intensive idea sharing. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer)
Photo By: Burrell Parmer
VIRIN: 220913-N-ND850-0003