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New combat medics tackle burn team duty
May 20, 2020 — The U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston is the leader in burn treatment both on and off the battlefield for the Department of Defense. For the service members and civilians of this leading-edge treatment division, it means long hours, razor-thin margins of error, and life-saving decisiveness is a daily business, pandemic or not... MORE

Pvt. Sage Deemer, a combat medic specialist temporarily assigned to the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center applies bandages and gauze to a burn patient.

New peer support group for burn survivors established at USAISR Burn Center
April 26, 2019 — The U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston has joined a nationwide program that is providing peer support to burn patients going through their recovery and rehabilitation process... MORE

The U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston has established a peer support group for burn survivors and burn patients affiliated with the Phoenix SOAR - Survivors Offering Assistance in Recovery – program. SOAR is a nationwide that connects burn patients and their family members to burn survivors – peer supporters - who share their experiences about their injuries and going through the recovery and rehabilitation process in peer group meetings, or during one-on-one visits with the patients at the USAISR Burn Center. The group meets every Saturday at the burn center.

USAISR Burn Center appoints new director
December 5, 2017 — For the first time in six decades, the director of the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston is a federal government civilian employee. Dr. Leopoldo “Lee” Cancio, M.D., FACS, a retired Army colonel assigned to the USAISR Burn Center in 1995 until he retired in 2014, was appointed as director Nov. 17... MORE

Dr. Leopoldo “Lee” Cancio was appointed the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center director Nov. 17.

Close Observation Bay fills gaps between Burn Intensive Care Unit, progressive care
February 5, 2016 — A few days after having a ribbon-cutting ceremony to openthe new Close Observation Bay at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical ResearchBurn Center Progressive Care Unit at JointBase San Antonio-Fort... MORE

U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center sets new patient admittance record in 2015
February 5, 2016 — The U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center atFort Sam Houston set a new record in 2015 with the most patients being admittedin a calendar year. In 2015, there were 819 patients admitted... MORE