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BAMC residents participate in Joint Emergency Medical Exercise
July 25, 2018 — Physicians from the Emergency Medicine Residency programs at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston and Naval Medical Center Portsmouth participated in the 2018 Joint Emergency Medical Exercise, or JEMX, in mid-June... MORE

An emergency medicine doctor accompanies a casualty role player as they arrive at the triage location during the mass casualty portion of 2018 Joint Emergency Medical Exercise in mid-June.

BAMC pharmacies offer options for patient convenience
July 6, 2018 — The Brooke Army Medical Center Pharmacy Department offers several services to enhance the patient experience, implementing some new features to improve services and provide solutions to keep patients informed about their prescriptions... MORE

Genie Hernandez, Brooke Army Medical Center pharmacy technician, ensures every prescription pill is accounted for at the BAMC Main Pharmacy July 6. The Brooke Army Medical Center Pharmacy Department offers several services to enhance the patient experience, implementing some new features to improve services and provide solutions to keep patients informed about their prescriptions.

This HIV screening starts in the privacy of your own home
July 5, 2018 — The Air Force has developed a self-collection blood kit to encourage its active-duty members with a higher risk of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus to test for infection more frequently than what’s mandated by the military. The kits enable users to be proactive about their own health and potentially prevent the spread of HIV, which can lead to many health complications, including AIDS... MORE

The Air Force offers self-collection kits that include instructions, supplies to obtain a finger-prick blood sample, and a prepaid envelope to mail the sample to a lab for HIV testing.

JBSA Navy Medicine commands host Navy STEM externship visit
July 3, 2018 — San Antonio area Navy Medicine commands hosted 26 middle and high school guidance counselors, and high school chemistry and health professions educators June 27 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston as part of a summer externship focused on high school student career preparation and exploration... MORE

Lt. Cmdr. Kirby Jahnke, Navy Medicine Training Support Center, shows medical instruments to a tour group of San Antonio middle and high school guidance counselors June 27. The tour provided educators and counselors with a general overview of the Navy, to raise awareness of Navy career opportunities through a tour of the medical training campus.

Naval Medical Research Unit-San Antonio hosts Alamo STEM educators visit to Navy Research Lab
July 2, 2018 — Scientists at the Naval Medical Research Unit-San Antonio at the San Antonio Military Medical Center campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston hosted 10 high school chemistry and health professions educators for a laboratory tour and “meet the scientists” career path discussion June 27... MORE

High school chemistry and health professions educators from the Alamo STEM Workforce Coalition program visited with scientists at Naval Medical Research Unit-San Antonio to learn about research career paths in Navy Medicine for their students.

San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium ceremony honors 233 graduating residents, fellows
June 15, 2018 — A San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium graduation ceremony was held June 7 at the Lila Cockrell Theatre in downtown San Antonio. The ceremony honored 47 fellows and 149 residents from 34 graduate medical education programs and 37 graduates from 11 graduate allied healthcare education programs. ... MORE

Army Maj. Tyson Sjulin, pulmonary/critical care fellow, receives the Commander’s Award for Fellow Clinical Research during the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium graduation ceremony held June 7 at the Lila Cockrell Theatre in downtown San Antonio. Also pictured are (from left) Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency; Air Force Maj. Gen. Bart O. Iddins, 59th Medical Wing commander; Army Brig. Gen. George Appenzeller, Brooke Army Medical Center commander; and Dr. Woodson Scott Jones, dean of SAUSHEC

BAMC deputy commander named Army Nurse of the Year
June 15, 2018 — Brooke Army Medical Center’s deputy commanding officer has been named the Army Nurse of the Year by the Daughters of the American Revolution... MORE

Army Col. Traci Crawford, Brooke Army Medical Center deputy commanding officer, received the coveted 2017 Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee Award during the national defense night ceremony of the DAR Continental Congress in Washington, D.C. The award is given annually to an Army nurse with outstanding qualifications and achievements.

Purple Heart honors EOD Soldier’s service, sacrifice
June 7, 2018 — A Warrior Transition Battalion Soldier was presented the Purple Heart for his combat wounds during a ceremony at the Warrior and Family Support Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston June 1... MORE

Brooke Army Medical Center Commanding General Brig. Gen. George Appenzeller (left) thanks Purple Heart recipient Sgt. 1st Class James L. Burch (center) for his service during a Purple Heart ceremony at Warrior and Family Support Center June 1 as Burch’s wife, Dixie, looks on.

BAMC Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Clinic receives four-year reaccreditation
June 1, 2018 — The Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Clinic at Brooke Army Medical Center received a four-year reaccreditation with distinction from the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society, or UHMS, last month... MORE

Army Capt. Kyle Salik was the first patient to receive oxygen therapy at the new Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Clinic at Brooke Army Medical Center June 20, 2017. Hyperbaric oxygen can be used to treat 14 different indicators including wound healing.

NASA set to launch first Army doctor into space
May 30, 2018 — While many have reached for the stars, a physician who calls Brooke Army Medical Center home is aiming to be the first Army doctor in space... MORE

Army Lt. Col. (Dr.) Andrew Morgan, a NASA astronaut and emergency physician credentialed at Brooke Army Medical Center, has been assigned to Expedition 60/61, which is set to launch to the International Space Station in July 2019.

Warrior & Family Support Center beats summer swelter with new canopy
May 24, 2018 — The Freedom Park Amphitheater at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, part of the Warrior & Family Support Center, received a 12,000-square-foot canopy addition May 17 to shield visitors from the Texas sun... MORE

David Coker (third from left), Fisher House Foundation president, and Rachel O’Hern (second from right), Returning Heroes Home executive director, symbolically cut the ribbon re-opening the Freedom Park Amphitheater at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston May 17. The amphitheater, part of the Warrior & Family Support Center, received a 12,000-square-foot canopy addition to shield visitors from the Texas sun. Also pictured (from left) are retired Marine Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Juan Ayala, Director of Military Affairs, City of San Antonio; Barbara Gentry, Fisher House Foundation board member; Coker; O’Hern; and Steve Fogle, Chairman, Board of Directors, Returning Heroes Home. The WFSC serves wounded, injured and ill service members as they receive treatment at Brooke Army Medical Center.

BAMC holds first health fair geared for women
May 23, 2018 — Brooke Army Medical Center hosted the first Women’s Health Fair May 19 in the hospital’s Medical Mall... MORE

At the physical therapy table, Chanel Jackson and Dorian Mason participate in a game to test their knowledge about exercise during the Women’s Health Fair at Brooke Army Medical Center May 19. The question was “What type of exercises should post-menopausal women perform?” Bobbi Hawthorne, physical therapy student, revealed the answer as “aerobic, strength and balance.”

Brooke Army Medical Center nurse receives Daisy award
May 21, 2018 — Arlene Johnson, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit registered nurse, received the Daisy Award during a ceremony at Brooke Army Medical Center May 16... MORE

Col. Margaret Nava, Brooke Army Medical Center chief nursing officer, presents Arlene Johnson, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit registered nurse, the Daisy Award during a ceremony at Brooke Army Medical Center May 16.

BAMC bids farewell to commander, command sergeant major; welcomes new command team
May 17, 2018 — Brooke Army Medical Center held a simultaneous change of command and change of responsibility ceremony May 11 on the hospital’s ground helipad... MORE

Maj. Gen. Thomas Tempel, Regional Health Command-Central commanding general, passes the colors to incoming Brooke Army Medical Center commander Brig. Gen. George “Ned” Appenzeller May 11 during a simultaneous change of command and change of responsibility ceremony on the hospital’s ground helipad. Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Johnson relinquished command to Appenzeller and Command Sgt. Maj. Diamond Hough relinquished responsibility to Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Oates during the ceremony.

Holocaust survivor shares her harrowing story of survival at BAMC
May 15, 2018 — Brooke Army Medical Center observed Days of Remembrance April 24 in the auditorium with this year’s theme of “Legacy of perseverance, learning from the Holocaust,” with Holocaust survivor Hanna Davidson Pankowsky shared her story of escaping Poland at 10 years old with her mother... MORE

Army Col. Traci Crawford (left), Brooke Army Medical Center deputy commander, and Master Sgt. Nancy Castaneda, present Holocaust survivor Hanna Davidson Pankowsky (center) a token of appreciation April 24 during the Holocaust Days of Remembrance observance at Brooke Army Medical Center. Pankowsky shared her story of escaping Poland at 10 years old with her mother.

Medic UP: Air Force medical technicians take on the challenge
May 15, 2018 — Brooke Army Medical Center added Air Force 4N0 Medical Technicians to the Medic Utilization Program May 7 during a ceremony to celebrate Nurses Week... MORE

Airman 1st Class Emoni Covington, a medical technician, prepares an IV bag on the pre-operation unit at Brooke Army Medical Center May 14. Covington is an Air Force 4N0, which is the next enlisted medical series to take part in the Medic Utilization Program at BAMC.

BAMC offers full range of behavioral health options to service members, beneficiaries
May 9, 2018 — Brooke Army Medical Center offers a full array of behavioral health services to active duty military members and TRICARE beneficiaries through multiple clinics and specialties... MORE

BAMC Emergency Medicine Residents Day highlights prehospital medicine, partnerships
May 7, 2018 — The San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (Emergency Medical Services) and Disaster Medicine Fellowship hosted the first EMS Residents Day March 29 at the Bulverde Centre for Emergency Health Sciences... MORE

Brooke Army Medical Center Emergency Medicine resident, Air Force Capt. (Dr.) Anna Waller, performs an endotracheal intubation on a cadaver model during an ambulance transport while her colleagues observe and assist at the Bulverde Centre for Emergency Health Sciences as part of EMS Residents Day March 29.

BAMC Volunteers of the Year announced during ceremony
April 26, 2018 — Brooke Army Medical Center celebrated its more than 440 volunteers during a ceremony held April 16 to name the BAMC Volunteers of the Year. The ceremony was held in conjunction with National Volunteer Week, April 15-21... MORE

Army Col. Traci Crawford, Brooke Army Medical Center deputy commanding officer, poses for a photo with members of the Ministry Ward Social Team, BAMC Group of the Year, during the BAMC Volunteer Recognition Ceremony April 16.

Army Secretary Mark T. Esper shares vision of Army's future
April 20, 2018 — In his first official visit to Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston as the 23rd Secretary of the Army, Dr. Mark T. Esper met with local senior Army commanders and Soldiers April 17 to discuss his priorities and share his vision for the future of the Army... MORE

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan (right), commander, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army), briefs ARNORTH’s functions and capabilities with the 23rd Secretary of the Army, Dr. Mark T. Esper inside of the historic Quadrangle at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston April 17. The Quadrangle serves as the headquarters building for ARNORTH operations.