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Science & Technology: Revolutionizing tomorrow’s military medicine today
September 7, 2016
Hope Blanding, a 59th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron medical lab technician, uses a Sysmex UF-1000i to run a microscopic analysis on samples in the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center main lab, August 16. Devices like the Sysmex help to increase the accuracy and speed when processing sample for Science and Technology research projects. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carwile/Released)

Devoted AF veteran serves community with art
September 2, 2016
Retired Master Sgt. Cody Vance speaks about his vision behind creating his Post-traumatic Stress Disorder art piece during an Open the Door Veterans’ Project event. The Post-traumatic Stress Disorder art has been reproduced and seen all over the world and is currently part of the Pentagon’s Air Force Art Program. (Courtesy photo)

AF medics, San Antonio firefighters corral training for EMT Rodeo
August 24, 2016
Over the course of two weeks, medics from the 59th Medical Wing trained with the technical rescue team at Fire Station 11 in San Antonio. The joint training gave participants an opportunity to strengthen their partnership, which will benefit the citizens they serve.  (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael Ellis)

59th MDW Chapel team earns top AETC honors
August 12, 2016
Members of the 59th Medical Wing Chaplain Office gather in the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center chapel for a group photo after receiving the Air Education and Training Command’s Robert P. Taylor Award for best small chapel team Aug. 9. The team includes, from left, Nancy Authier, Senior Airman Victor Walker, Maj. (Ch.) Heather Bodwell, Lt. Col. (Ch.) Gary Bertsch, Maj. (Ch.) Raju Thottankara, and Senior Airman Marc Allen. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jerilyn Quintanilla)

Dermatologists go the distance for the English Channel
July 29, 2016
In preparation for the English Channel swim challenge in September, Air Force Majs. Casey Bowen (left) and Simon Ritchie, 59th Medical Operations Group dermatologists, synchronize their swim speed at the Skylark Pool on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The doctors met while attending the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, and reconnected when they were both assigned to the 59th Medical Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kevin Iinuma)

59th Medical Wing treating AF’s elite human weapons system
July 25, 2016
Capt. Jennifer Aspinwall, Occupational Therapy element leader with the 59th Medical Wing, assesses a tactical air control party student at the battle clinic on Medina Annex, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas June 30, 2016. Aspinwall has worked with battlefield Airmen since 2014.

Warrior medics enhance response capabilities during mass casualty exercise
July 15, 2016
Warrior medics from 59th Medical Wing treat a patient suffering from simulated injuries during a July 13, 2016 disaster response training exercise at Camp Bramble on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The exercise, which simulated an aircraft crash, was designed to test the medics’ response skills in the event of a similar real-world incident. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jerilyn Quintanilla)

59th MDW brings normalcy to wounded patients
July 12, 2016
Col. Jose Villalobos (left), 59th Dental Group maxillofacial prosthetics program director, and Maj. Stephen Cherrington (center), 59th Dental Group maxillofacial prosthodontist, discuss retired Army Master Sgt. Todd Nelson’s new prosthetic ear at the San Antonio Military Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, June 28. The 59th Medical Wing's Maxillofacial Prosthetics Department is one of only a few in the Department of Defense that creates prosthetic body parts, such as eyes, ears and noses. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kevin Iinuma)

59th Medical Wing: Continuously improving access to care
July 8, 2016
Maj. (Dr.) John Stowers, 959th Medical Group general surgeon, performs a lipoma removal procedure June 23 at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Staffed with 11 personnel the section performs between eight and 24 procedures each month. The general surgery section is one of more than two dozen specialty care clinics in the WHASC. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jerilyn Quintanilla)

Logistics team boosts medical versatility of New Horizons 2016
July 8, 2016
A general surgery team performs laparoscopic gallbladder removal surgery during New Horizons 2016 in the Dominican Republic. Laparoscopic surgical capability was available during New Horizons for the first time this year. The annual U.S. Southern Command-led readiness training exercise brought military civil engineers and medics together to provide humanitarian, dental and medical services to communities in the small Caribbean nation. (Courtesy photo)

Development program helps Wilford Hall medics cultivate customer service skills
July 5, 2016
Retired Tech. Sgt. Arnold Parker (left), a Korean War veteran who worked in nutritional medicine on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in the early 1950s, speaks with members of the 59th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron during a session of the Deliberate Development Program June 20 at the Armed Services Blood Bank Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The program develops Airmen of all ranks in areas, which include leadership, management and self-improvement. It encourages networking and access to other members of the medical team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kevin Iinuma)