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Youth volunteers gain valuable experience at BAMC
August 9, 2019
Youth volunteers Sierra Trapolsi and Amber Miller intubate a simulated pediatric patient in the Simulation Center at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston July 9. BAMC’s Summer Youth Volunteer Program is an extension of the commanding general’s Community Outreach Program and is sponsored by the American Red Cross.
BAMC volunteer honors his calling by helping others
July 24, 2019
Phillip Lewis (right), on-call chaplain and post anesthesia care unit volunteer, talks with a family in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit at Brooke Army Medical Center, while Air Force Maj. Katherine M. Slogic, pediatric anesthesiologist, listens to the patient’s lungs April 16.
BAMC unveils painting by wounded warrior
July 23, 2019
Retired Sgt. Mario Lopez poses for a photo with Brooke Army Medical Center staff members after his painting of the American flag is unveiled in the Medical Mall of the hospital at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. Lopez, a former BAMC patient who was severely injured in an IED attack in Afghanistan in 2008, learned to use painting therapeutically to help him overcome an array of challenges he has faced over the past decade. The painting was donated to BAMC by former United Nations Ambassador Warren W. Tichenor.
BAMC laboratory services accredited for more than 50 years
July 23, 2019
Brooke Army Medical Center Department of Pathology and Area Laboratory Services has been recognized as one of the longest College of American Pathologists-accredited laboratories in the United States.
BAMC welcomes first woman commander
July 17, 2019
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Johnson (right), Regional Health Command-Central commanding general, presents the guideon to U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Wendy L. Harter (left), Brooke Army Medical Center commanding general, at a change of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston July 16. Harter is BAMC’s first female commanding general.
Clinics, patients turn to hyperbaric medicine at BAMC
July 16, 2019
Gennette Jones, a hyperbaric patient, wears an oxygen hood inside a hyperbaric chamber at Brooke Army Medical Center May 31. Typical hyperbaric patients suffer from post-radiation injuries, decompression sickness, arterial gas embolism, chronic wounds, diabetics that have end-organ disease and poor circulation, sensory hearing loss, and burns.
BAMC offers new treatment option for certain types of tumors
July 1, 2019
Danielle Gonzales and Ric Torres, nuclear medicine technologists, demonstrate how the lutetium Lu 177 dotatate is administered to a patient in the Nuclear Medicine Department at Brooke Army Medical Center June 27. Nuclear medicine technologists are specially trained to administer radiopharmaceutical to patients.
Brooke Army Medical Center receives multiple environmental awards
June 24, 2019
Margarita Reed, a cook at Brooke Army Medical Center’s dining facility, cleans the flattop cooker following breakfast June 21. BAMC earned three Practice Greenhealth Environmental Awards at the CleanMed2019 conference, including its first Circle of Excellence-Chemicals Award, for its overall commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainability practices.
Soldiers compete in BAMC Best Medic Competition
June 18, 2019
Army 1st Lt. Samantha Frank low crawls during the Brooke Army Medical Center Best Medic Competition at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis June 12. BAMC Soldiers competed for the title of Best Medic during the grueling competition with included an obstacle course.
Ceremony honors 228 graduating military physicians, health care professionals
June 12, 2019
Dr. Arthur L. Kellermann, dean of the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, speaks during the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium graduation ceremony at the Lila Cockrell Theatre in downtown San Antonio June 7. The ceremony honored 228 Army, Air Force, Navy, Public Health and civilian medical education and allied health graduates.
Cross-functional team receives national award for BAMC Secretarial Designee program
June 11, 2019
Members of the Brooke Army Medical Center Secretarial Designee Cost Analysis Team receive the 2018 Distinguished Team Award from the American Society of Military Comptrollers at the ASMC Professional Development Institute May 29 in San Antonio. The SECDES program gives BAMC the ability to treat critically injured patients who would not otherwise be eligible to receive care at a military treatment facility.
Beads of Courage mark milestones during a child’s medical treatment at BAMC
June 6, 2019
Brooke Army Medical Center Retiree Activity Group volunteer Elvira Morales sorts beads in the neonatal intensive care unit at BAMC May 29. The beads tell the child’s medical story and are symbols of courage that acknowledge milestones they have achieved and procedures they have gone through as part of their medical treatment plan. The Beads of Courage Program is a resilience-based, arts-in-medicine, supportive care program designed to support children and their families coping with serious illness. The beads tell the child’s medical story and are symbols of courage that acknowledge milestones they have achieved and procedures they have gone through as part of their medical treatment plan.
BAMC volunteers earn presidential award for devotion to patients, staff
June 6, 2019
Brig. Gen. George Appenzeller, BAMC commanding general, and Command Sgt. Maj. James Brown present Shirley Adcock with the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award May 30 for her more than 12,000 service hours at Brooke Army Medical Center. Adcock has volunteered as a tour guide, a ward listener and, currently, as a greeter for the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center intensive care unit.
Former Center for the Intrepid patient brings barbecue lunch to BAMC
May 24, 2019
Brig. Gen. George N. Appenzeller, Brooke Army Medical Center commanding general; Command Sgt. Major Thomas Oates, BAMC command sergeant major; and Sgt. Major James Brown, chief clinical sergeant major, serve lunch to BAMC staff, patients and family members during the Operation BBQ Relief event at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston May 20. Volunteers provided 8,000 meals during the event.
BAMC Day of Remembrance event teaches about Holocaust, honors survivors
May 22, 2019
Dr. Steven Rosenblatt, guest speaker, lights a candle to honor the 6 million Jews killed during the Holocaust May 15 during the Days of Remembrance observance at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. Rosenblatt, the son of a Holocaust survivor, talked about Adolf Hitler's rise to power and his mother's journey as a Holocaust survivor.
Defense Health Agency director discusses healthcare transformation at BAMC town hall
May 21, 2019
U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, Defense Health Agency director, discusses the DHA transition during a town hall meeting at Brooke Army Medical Center May 14. BAMC will transition under DHA command and authority Oct. 1.
BAMC Virtual Medical Center wins MEDCOM Mercury Award
May 10, 2019
Zekelia Rembert, virtual health nurse care coordinator, reviews patient photos using the virtual health cart at the Virtual Medical Center at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston May 10. The team at the Virtual Health Center at Brooke Army Medical Center and Regional Health Command – Central has been selected as the 2018 U.S. Army Medical Department Mercury Award winner for Health Information Technology Team of the Year.
BAMC Auxiliary provides grants to help support patient care
May 10, 2019
Cody Ross (center) receives the Commander’s Award for Public Service from Brooke Army Medical Center Commanding General Brig. Gen. George Appenzeller (right) and Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Oates (left) during the annual BAMC Auxiliary Welfare Recognition Ceremony May 6. This year, the Auxiliary provided 25 grants totaling $28,000 to help support patient care at BAMC.
BAMC app now available for patients, visitors, staff
April 30, 2019
Brooke Army Medical Center is launching a new app for patients, visitors and staff. The app, designed by the Defense Health Agency, allows users to quickly access information such as pharmacy wait times, facility directory, and quick reference information.
Brooke Army Medical Center family ties: a generational affair
April 26, 2019
Air Force Capt. (Dr.) Andy Murtha holds baby Claire in front of the old Brooke Army Medical Center building at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston April 6, 2019. Murtha and his daughter share the legacy of being born at BAMC.