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A general surgery team performs laparoscopic gallbladder removal surgery during New Horizons 2016 in the Dominican Republic. Laparoscopic surgical capability was available during New Horizons for the first time this year. The annual U.S. Southern Command-led readiness training exercise brought military civil engineers and medics together to provide humanitarian, dental and medical services to communities in the small Caribbean nation. (Courtesy photo) Logistics team boosts medical versatility of New Horizons 2016
Adapt and overcome is more than a catch phrase for two 59th Medical Wing warrior medics. Their ingenuity recently expanded surgical capabilities during New Horizons 2016 in the Dominican Republic.
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Retired Tech. Sgt. Arnold Parker (left), a Korean War veteran who worked in nutritional medicine on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in the early 1950s, speaks with members of the 59th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron during a session of the deliberate development program June 20 at the Armed Services Blood Bank Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The program develops Airmen of all ranks in areas, which include leadership, management and self-improvement. It encourages networking and access to other members of the medical team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kevin Iinuma) Development program helps Wilford Hall medics cultivate customer service skills
Warrior medics from the 59th Medical Wing are seeking direct feedback from patients and improving the patient experience through a new program developed by the 59th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron.
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Lt. Col. Erik Weitzel is presented the Gold Headed Cane by retired Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, Brooke Army Medical Center Commander Col. Jeffrey Johnson, Col. Rachel Lefebvre, and Dr. Woodson "Scott" Jones, dean, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, during the SAUSHEC awards and graduation ceremony in downtown San Antonio, June 10, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Krystal Wright) 42nd Army surgeon general lauds medical graduates
The 42nd Army surgeon general had high praise for the nearly 250 medical and allied health graduates being honored at the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium awards and graduation ceremony June 10 in downtown San Antonio.
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The Armed Services Blood Bank Center San Antonio on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland collects blood, plasma and platelets for the San Antonio Military Medical Center at nearby JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, as well as other military and Veterans Affairs hospitals across the country. The center, part of the 59th Medical Wing, collects approximately 1,100 units of blood each month. The move to a tri-service organization boosts the center’s global reach and enhances capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carwile) Wing takes lead on Armed Services Blood Center
The 59th Medical Wing is now at the helm of the first Air Force-led Armed Services Blood Center.
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Maj. Jennifer Giovannetti, 359th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Aerospace and Physiology Flight commander, instructs a T-6 pilot instructor through a spatial disorientation trainer profile designed to induce the vestibulo-ocular reflex called nystagmus at Joint Base San Antonio – Randolph, June 7. The GYRO Integrated Physiological Trainer II exposes pilots to the typical vestibular (inner ear) and visual illusions they experience during flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Huddleston/Released) 59th MDW upgrades flight-training technology, advances pilot safety
The 59th Medical Wing enhanced Air Force pilot safety June 7 when it unveiled a $1 million modern spatial disorientation flight trainer at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas.
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