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medical staff in personal protective wear (PPE) look at monitor during surgery


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

A joint team completes the first ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy performed at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Sept. 2022. Prior to this surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center was the sole military treatment facility in San Antonio to offer lithotripsy procedures. Lithotripsy is used to treat kidney and ureteral stones. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Tory Patterson).

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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.
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.
Mr. Scot Murphy, Brig. Gen. Gwendolyn Foster, and Col. Matthew Darling pose for a photo after Darling received his Continuous Improvement Green Belt certification at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 7, 2025.
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Gwendolyn Foster, and Col. Matthew Darling pose for a photo after Darling received his Continuous Improvement Green Belt certification at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 7, 2025.
U.S. Air Force Airmen participated in a field training exercise on Jan. 31, 2025, at the 59th Medical Readiness Training Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas.
U.S. Air Force medics conducted a high-intensity Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) exercise in a simulated chemically contaminated environment on Jan. 31, 2025, at the 59th Medical Readiness Training Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas.
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