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One-year anniversary of Urology ‘first’ at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center

Col. (Dr.) Necia Pope (far right), 959th Medical Group urologist, begins the first endoscopic stone removal surgery to be performed at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Sept. 2022. The procedure, which is used to treat kidney stones, is an expansion of WHASC urology services. “This will be a major increase in availability of care for our patients - it’s just exciting to have this type of care back here at Lackland,” said Pope. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Tory Patterson).

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Fifteen staff members from the U.S. Air Force's Wilford Hall Emergency Department team pose in front of an ambulance
Back of paramedic as he briefs Wilford Hall Emergency Department staff
A civilian Air Force paramedic pins an EMS Field Save Pin onto the shirt of a Senior Airman paramedic in front of an ambulance
Mentor pins an EMS Field Save Pin on an Air Force paramedic
Air Force paramedics pose in front of ambulance
Capt. (Ret.) M. Alaric Franzos, MD, MPH, FACC, FACP, a staff cardiologist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, conducts a clinical examination as part of the ERASE program at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 22, 2025.
Capt. (Ret.) M. Alaric Franzos, MD, MPH, FACC, FACP, a staff cardiologist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, reviews trainee screening data as part of the Electrocardiogram Risk Assessment to reduce Sudden cardiac Events (ERASE) program at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 22, 2025.
A medical technician takes a basic trainee’s blood pressure during an ERASE cardiac screening at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 22, 2025.
An Air Force basic trainee undergoes electrocardiogram preparation during a cardiac screening as part of the ERASE pilot program at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 22, 2025.
April is the Month of the Military Child.
MCCS Barstow Library hosted a Launch party for the first day of the annual Summer Reading Program at McTureous Hall aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow on June 4.
Suzanne Packard, a registered cardiac sonographer, points out an ultrasound of a heart to Amanda Engelke, a Licensed Vocational Nurse, at Wilford Hall’s 59th Medical Wing cardiology clinic March 13, 2025.
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