10 February 2023 Junior Physical Therapist of the Year: How One Officer is Chasing Her Dreams CORONADO, Calif. - In the back of a room filled with racks of weights, tension bands, and workout machines is a physical therapist gently stretching out a patient’s back. As she moves around her patient, she talks them through each movement. By the end of the session, the patient leaves...
02 February 2023 Flagship of Navy Dental Education Marks 100 Years FALLS CHURCH, Va. - The Navy Dental Corps’ ongoing commitment to education and training is exemplified in the story of the Naval Postgraduate Dental School (NPDS) which celebrates its 100th anniversary on February 3rd, 2023...
02 February 2023 Military Panel Discusses Military Health System with Civilian Healthcare Executives SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Rear Adm. Cynthia Kuehner, commander of Naval Medical Forces Support Command, was part of a panel that spoke before the South Texas Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) during the Healthcare Landscape Conference held on Jan. 27.This year’s...
30 January 2023 Navy Medicine Shifts to Expeditionary Focus, Prepares for Future Fight FALLS CHURCH, Va. - The U.S. Navy Surgeon General has released Navy Medicine’s first-ever campaign order...
19 January 2023 NAMRU-6 Celebrates 40 Years of Medical Research LIMA, Peru - Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU)-6 hosted a 40th birthday celebration at the U.S. Embassy campus to recognize the accomplishments and mission of the command on Jan. 19...
18 January 2023 Walk-In Access for Cervical Health Awareness at NHB BREMERTON, Wash. - “Cervical cancer screening saves lives.”So stressed Lt. Cmdr. Tara Mccluskey, Naval Hospital Bremerton OB/GYN provider...
11 January 2023 Pharmacists Indispensable in Dispensing Patient-Centered Care BREMERTON, Wash. - National Pharmacist Day, January 12, 2023, provides an annual date to recognize that the pharmacists assigned to Naval Hospital Bremerton are at the forefront in combining high tech convenience with patient-centered care...
03 January 2023 Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune Welcomes New Year’s Baby CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune welcomed its first baby of the new year. Rowan Joseph Acevedo Kouris was welcomed into the world at 10:15 a.m. on January 2, 2023 by his proud parents, Sergeant James Kouris and Trisha Acevedo. Baby Rowan weighed 8 pounds, one ounce and...
29 December 2022 Navy Research Microbiologist Earns Civilian of the Year Honors JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – Dr. Yoon Hwang, of Seoul, South Korea, a research microbiologist, assigned to the Craniofacial Health and Restorative Medicine Directorate, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, was recognized by Commanding Officer Capt. Gerald...
22 December 2022 The Meaning of a Navy Medicine Family FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Across the U.S. Navy many service personnel speak of having two families. There is the personal family—the people who you are bonded to through blood ties and marriage. And then, of course, there is the “Navy Family”—those shipmates you work besides,...