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Physician assistant students now get hands-on experience at BAMC
November 22, 2016 — Brooke Army Medical Center recently partnered with the Army Medical Department Center and School at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston to become a Phase 2 site for the Interservice Physician Assistant Program, or IPAP... MORE

Air Force officer candidate Brandy Williams (right) talks with Jimmie Locke during his appointment in the internal medicine clinic at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Oct. 19. Williams is a physician assistant student in Phase 2 of the Interservice Physician Assistant Program at BAMC.

Mass casualty exercise tests hospital’s ability to respond to multiple patients, injuries
November 22, 2016 — Brooke Army Medical Center, or BAMC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston conducted a mass casualty exercise Nov. 9 to test the staff’s ability to handle multiple trauma patients with a variety of physical injuries and emotional distress... MORE

Sgt. Deantrea McInnis (left), mental health technician, and Capt. Lucas Rees (right), chaplain resident, speak to Ashley Giles (center), a nursing student at St. Phillip’s Nursing School, during a mass casualty exercise Nov. 9 at Brooke Army Medical Center. Giles tested their ability to not only deal with her physical injuries but also her emotions after a traumatic event such as an active shooter.

Women face unique challenges when getting a prosthesis
November 2, 2016 — Women face unique challenges when getting a prosthesis. Like many women, when she’s in her civilian clothes, Army Spc. Cherdale Allen likes to dress up in her high-heeled shoes. “My heels are like 4 inches and up,” said Allen with a laugh. “I like to feel beautiful.” ... MORE

U.S. Army Spc. Cherdale Allen, a patient going through rehabilitation at the Center for the Intrepid, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, lost part of her left leg below the knee to cancer. She is overcoming the challenges and adjusting to getting back into her ‘heels’ using a prosthesis still in the test socket phase. This prosthesis is one of three Allen uses for walking, running and stepping out in style. (U.S. Army photo by Robert A. Whetstone/Released)

BAMC Troop Command Soldiers help guide students at career fair
October 19, 2016 — Brooke Army Medical Center’s Troop Command’s Company C and Robert G. Cole Middle and High schools held a college and career fair Oct. 7 as part of their Adopt-A-School partnership... MORE

(From left) Staff Sgt. Devon Modrak animal care specialist, Capt. Daniela Roberts, veterinarian, and Sgt. Robyn Rothwell, animal care specialist, speak to a room of Cole High School Students during the school’s career day Oct. 7. The event hosted both civilian and military career professionals who spoke on occupations such biochemistry, nursing, legal, veterinary science and engineering.

Akeroyd Donor Center takes ownership of new blood mobile
October 19, 2016 — In order to improve the blood supply for patients at the San Antonio Military Medical Center and to meet the requirements of the Army Blood Program, the Akeroyd Blood Donor Center at the Brooke Army Medical Center, or BAMC, began working with staff at the Southern Regional Medical Command (now called the Regional Heath Command-Central) transportation section in March 2015 to obtain a new mobile blood unit. ... MORE

In September, the Akeroyd Blood Donor Center received a new blood mobile. The new state-of-the-art mobile will be used by the donor center to reach out to the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston permanent party population to collect plasma for the freeze-dried plasma program.

Retired general rehabs at hospital he once commanded
September 17, 2015 — A retired major general has high praise for the health care he oversaw more than two decades ago... MORE

Retired Maj. Gen. William L. Moore Jr. and his wife, Sissy, pose at the Center for the Intrepid, Brooke Army Medical Center’s outpatient rehabilitation facility on Fort Sam Houston Sept. 3. Moore served as Brooke Army Medical Center’s commander from 1988 to 1991.