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From the battlefield to the football field: Air Force surgeon’s skills knows no bounds

Lt. Col. Valerie Sams, director of the Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills, or C-STARS, program in Cincinnati, poses for a photo at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio on Jan. 31, 2023. Sams was the surgeon on call the evening Buffalo Bills’ safety, Damar Hamlin, was admitted when his heart stopped during the game on Jan. 2, 2023. (Courtesy photo by the University of Cincinnati Medical Center)

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