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

U.S. Air Force Col. (Dr.) Necia Pope, 959th Medical Group urologist, assists U.S. Army Capt. (Dr.) Jae Woo Shin, urology resident, Sept. 2022 during the first ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy at Wilford Hall since its designation as an ambulatory surgical center. The procedure, which is used to treat kidney and ureteral stones, is an expansion of WHASC urology services. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Tory Patterson).

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