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Staff, patients celebrate grand opening of community-based Westover Medical Home
October 2, 2015 — Westover Medical Home is a 14,000-square-foot military primary care clinic equipped with a laboratory and full service pharmacy with a drive through window option. Located on the Northwest side of San Antonio at 10010 Rogers Crossing, the clinic officially opened to military beneficiaries in the surrounding area last month... MORE

(From left) Brooke Army Medical Center Commander Col. Evan M. Renz, Southern Regional Medical Command Commander Brig. Gen. Barbara Holcomb and Dr. Darii Ann Lane, Westover Medical Home clinic officer in charge, cut the ribbon to officially open Westover Medical Home in Northwest San Antonio Sept. 18. Westover, BAMC’s newest community-based clinic, is open to all TRICARE beneficiaries in the surrounding area. The clinic provides primary care, behavioral health services, on-site laboratory capabilities and a pharmacy.

Members of Congress see a day in the life of a Warrior Transition Battalion Soldier
October 2, 2015 — Brooke Army Medical Center’s Warrior Transition Battalion, in coordination with Warrior Transition Command, hosted a “Day in the Life of a WTB Soldier” at the Fort Sam Houston WTB to better inform the public of all the services provided... MORE

Rep. Lamar Smith (right) speaks to (from left) Sgt. 1st Class Allen Armstrong, Capt. Kelly Elminger and Staff Sgt. Robert Green during the “Day in the Life of a Warrior Transition Battalion Soldier” visit at the Center for Intrepid Sept. 4.

BAMC to unveil new, improved dining room
September 3, 2015 — The Culinary and Hospitality Branch of the Department of Nutritional Medicine will open the newly renovated, state-of-the-art dining facility, named The Dining Room, at the San Antonio Military Medical Center this fall... MORE

Professional chef Matthew Eisenhour trains Brooke Army Medical Center Dining Facility staff in the art of making pizza in the new pizza oven.

Top physicians, nurses carve out time for patient care
September 3, 2015 — The top hospital leaders who carve out time each week to engage in patient care. BAMC encompasses San Antonio Military Medical Center – the largest U.S. military hospital and only Level 1 Trauma Center in the DOD – six outpatient clinics across the region, as well as the Center for the Intrepid, an extremity injury rehabilitation center... MORE

Army Col. Richard Evans (center), deputy commander for nursing, checks on retired Col. Randy Maschek (right) as Pvt. Karinna Ortiz, a practical nurse course student, looks on in the 2 West inpatient ward at the San Antonio Military Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston Aug. 20.

BAMC Simulation Center open house showcases new healthcare technologies
August 5, 2015 — Brooke Army Medical Center’s Simulation Center held an open house July 22 to highlight their recent expansion of centralized simulation training space on the third floor of the consolidated tower at 3 North... MORE

Registered Nurse Maj. Tanesha Lindsay and Simulator Educator Thomas Kai go over defibrillator procedures during the SIM Center open house July 22.