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BAMC Weather Alert
February 1, 2023 — To ensure the safety of our patients and staff, BAMC is rescheduling, or offering a virtual option, for all non-emergency procedures and medical appointments scheduled for today, Feb. 1... MORE

BAMC Weather Alert
January 31, 2023 — Due to inclement weather and Joint Base San Antonio base closures, all primary/specialty care appointments and elective procedures scheduled for this afternoon will either be rescheduled or converted to virtual. The inclement weather is expected to worsen tomorrow morning. To ensure the safety of our patients and staff, BAMC is rescheduling (or offering a virtual option) for all non-emergency procedures and medical appointments scheduled for tomorrow, Feb. 1... MORE

BAMC currently operational; however, JBSA installation support operations will be mission-critical personnel only for Jan. 31, 2023.
January 31, 2023 — Due to deteriorating weather conditions and school closures, Joint Base San Antonio installation support operations will be mission-critical personnel only for Jan. 31, 2023. Brooke Army Medical Center is currently operational; however, please monitor BAMC's Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BrookeArmyMedicalCenter for weather updates/delays... MORE

BAMC using new robotic guidance system for spine surgery
January 26, 2023 — Brooke Army Medical Center is now using a robotic guidance system for spinal surgery that’s decreasing post-surgery pain and recovery time... MORE

BAMC receives award for environmental sustainability efforts
January 25, 2023 — Brooke Army Medical Center received the 2022 Practice Greenhealth Partner for Change Award and the Greening the OR Recognition Award... MORE

Afghanistan CCATT mission a ‘not-so-routine’ operation
January 19, 2023 — Aug. 26, 2021, was a terrible day of bloodshed and destruction near Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, when a suicide bomber killed an estimated 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members. That same day, shortly after the bombing, U.S. Air Force Maj. (Dr.) Dominick Vitale, Brooke Army Medical Center critical care/trauma surgeon, and the remaining members of the Critical Care Air Transport Team, or CCATT, were on the first aircraft to land and evacuate the severely injured to Ramstein Air Base, Germany... MORE

BAMC officially reopens pediatric critical care unit
January 10, 2023 — Brooke Army Medical Center held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan. 5 to officially reopen its Pediatric Intensive Care Unit... MORE

959th Medical Group Airmen at BAMC receive distinguished awards
January 10, 2023 — The New Year’s revelry may be over; however, with a host of local and national awards, the 959th Medical Group still has cause to celebrate... MORE

BAMC celebrates 25th anniversary of Level I trauma mission
December 16, 2022 — Brooke Army Medical Center celebrated the 25th anniversary of its Level I trauma verification during a ceremony Dec. 14 in the hospital’s Medical Mall at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

BAMC posts holiday pharmacy hours
December 8, 2022 — Brooke Army Medical Center has released the holiday hours for all their pharmacy locations... MORE

Wounded Marine finishes 205-mile walk to Center for the Intrepid on Veterans Day
November 16, 2022 — A wounded warrior walked 205 miles in 11 days carrying a 50-pound rucksack to show his support for other wounded service members... MORE

BAMC ranks among top hospitals in nation for surgical care
November 9, 2022 — Brooke Army Medical Center was recognized by the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program for achieving meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care in 2021, ranking the hospital among the top 10 percent of participating hospitals for surgical care... MORE

BAMC receives 2022 Digital Health Most Wired recognition
November 8, 2022 — Brooke Army Medical Center has once again been named one of the nation’s “Most Wired” medical facilities for its innovative use of health information technology by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives... MORE

BAMC to host Military Retiree Appreciation Day Nov. 5
November 3, 2022 — After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, Brooke Army Medical Center and Joint Base San Antonio will once again host a Military Retiree Appreciation Day on Nov. 5 from 8 a.m. to noon at the BAMC Medical Mall... MORE

Special remembrance ceremony honors families who lost their child
October 28, 2022 — Brooke Army Medical Center held a special pediatric and perinatal remembrance ceremony Oct. 21 to honor and support families who lost an infant or child over the past year... MORE

BAMC exercise sharpens warrior skills, builds readiness
October 26, 2022 — Brooke Army Medical Center conducted a field training exercise Oct. 12-21 to focus on pre-deployment readiness and training... MORE

BAMC doctor honored as Hero of Military Medicine
October 24, 2022 — U.S. Air Force Col. (Dr.) Heather Yun, an infectious diseases physician, Brooke Army Military Center deputy commander for medical services, received the inaugural Hero of Military Medicine San Antonio award from the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc., Oct. 20... MORE

BAMC offers new prostate cancer therapy for patients
October 24, 2022 — The Brooke Army Medical Center Department of Nuclear Medicine is now offering a newly approved treatment for patients who have prostate cancer... MORE

BAMC offers flu vaccinations for TRICARE beneficiaries
October 17, 2022 — Brooke Army Medical Center is offering flu vaccinations to all TRICARE beneficiaries on the first floor of the Consolidated Tower, or COTO, near the emergency department entrance, starting Oct. 17 through Nov. 18... MORE

BAMC pediatric CCAT mission helps save critically ill child
October 14, 2022 — A team from Brooke Army Medical Center recently flew to Guam to transport a critically ill boy to Rady Children’s hospital in San Diego for treatment... MORE