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Inaugural trauma readiness training receives rave reviews
July 8, 2020 — The new Strategic Trauma Readiness Center of San Antonio, or STaRC, completed its first trauma readiness training for the 555th Forward Surgical Team June 6... MORE

Members of the 555th Forward Surgical Team operate on a simulated trauma patient

New BAMC trauma training program prepares surgical team for deployment
May 25, 2020 — Brooke Army Medical Center is conducting the first of its kind pre-deployment trauma readiness training exercise for the 555th Forward Surgical Team from May 18 to June 6. ... MORE

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 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.