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USAISR deputy director honored with Distinguished Civilian Service Award
December 21, 2016 — The deputy director of the Joint Trauma System, or JTS, at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, or USAISR, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston received the highest honor given by the Secretary of Defense during a ceremony at the Pentagon Nov. 3... MORE

Mary Ann Spott (second from left), Ph.D., deputy director of the Joint Trauma System, or JTS, at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, or USAISR, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, is presented the Distinguished Civilian Service Award during an award ceremony at the Pentagon Nov. 6. Pictured from left to right with Spott are Bob Work, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Capt. (Dr.) Zsolt Stockinger, JTS director; and Michael Rhodes, director of administration and management, Office of the Secretary of Defense.

U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research names new director of research
November 15, 2016 — “This institute has a reputation of conducting world-class combat casualty care research and I certainly want to continue that,” said Anthony E. Pusateri, Ph.D., the new director of research at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, or USAISR, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

Anthony E. Pusateri, Ph.D., is the new U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research director of research at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

Former USAISR commander receives 2016 Medical Excellence Award
November 15, 2016 — A former commander at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, or USAISR, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston was presented with the 9th Annual Maj. Jonathan Letterman Medical Excellence Award Oct. 6 during an awards ceremony in Dickerson, Md. ... MORE

Staff members from the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, or USAISR, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston and the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, or USAMRMC, attend the 9th Annual Maj. Jonathan Letterman Medical Excellence Award ceremony in Dickerson, Md., Oct. 6 where Dr. John B. Holcomb was presented the Individual Award. From left are Col. (Dr.) Shawn Nessen, USAISR commander; Col. (Dr.) Todd Rasmussen, USAMRMC deputy director of Combat Casualty Care Research; Dr. John Holcomb, director for the Center for Translational Injury Research at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston; and Lt. Col. (Dr.) Jennifer Gurney, trauma surgeon and Trauma System Development chief at the USAISR Joint Trauma System.

U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research launches ‘Case Records of the
October 19, 2016 — The Joint Trauma System, or JTS, of the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston “has been the driving force of so much change in military and civilian trauma surgery,” said Lt. Col. (Dr.) Jennifer Gurney, trauma surgeon and Trauma System Development chief at the JTS... MORE

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Jennifer Gurney (left) from the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston moderates an educational program called “Case Records of the JTS” that was launched at the Military Health System Research Symposium in August. Gurney is a trauma surgeon and Trauma System Development chief at the JTS.

USAISR Company welcomes new commander
September 14, 2016 — “The best thing about my position is that I believe that I can affect positive change in the lives or our Soldiers,” said Capt. Cleveland Bryant, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Company commander at Fort Sam Houston. Bryant took command of the USAISR Company July 15 and said that he believes his new position will bring about its challenges as well as great opportunity for personal and professional development. ... MORE