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Kelsey Ward exercises her arm Jan. 20 at the Center for the Intrepid at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston with the assistance of Lt. Col. (Dr.) Joseph Alderete, chief of surgical oncology and CFI medical director. Alderete was the trauma surgeon on call when Ward was brought to Brooke Army Medical Center April 20, 2016. Ward’s arm was severed when a guardrail pierced the passenger-side window of her SUV in a car wreck on April 20, 2016. Brooke Army Medical Center surgeons performed their first above-the-elbow arm replant on the 22-year-old trauma patient.
170120-A-SR136-018.JPG Photo By: Lori Newman

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Kelsey Ward exercises her arm Jan. 20 at the Center for the Intrepid at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston with the assistance of Lt. Col. (Dr.) Joseph Alderete, chief of surgical oncology and CFI medical director. Alderete was the trauma surgeon on call when Ward was brought to Brooke Army Medical Center April 20, 2016. Ward’s arm was severed when a guardrail pierced the passenger-side window of her SUV in a car wreck on April 20, 2016. Brooke Army Medical Center surgeons performed their first above-the-elbow arm replant on the 22-year-old trauma patient.


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