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59th Medical Wing marks one-year anniversary of urology ‘first’ at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center
September 15, 2023 — One year ago on an early September morning, a team performed the first endoscopic stone removal surgery at Wilford Hall since its designation as an ambulatory surgical center... MORE

Army doctor in dark operating suite during surgery

59th MDW: SAUSHEC urology residency program director named Urologist of the Year
May 11, 2021 — U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Christopher Allam, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium urology residency program director, was recently named Urologist of the Year by the Society of Government Service Urologists of the American Urological Association... MORE

Allam was named Urologist of the Year by the Society of Government Service Urologists of the American Urological Association.

Brooke Army Medical Center urology surgeons collaborate with Honduran counterparts
August 17, 2017 — A team of Brooke Army Medical Center urology surgeons, nurses, medics and support staff completed a Medical Readiness Exercise July 19-27 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras... MORE

Army Lt. Col. (Dr.) Steven Hudak (center), Brooke Army Medical Center urology surgeon, instructs Air Force Capt. Doug Cho (right), urology resident, and a Honduran general surgery resident (left) during surgery at Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. This was one of many surgeries performed as part of a medical readiness exercise from July 19-27.