14 March 2022 NAMRU San Antonio conducts Quantitative Detection of Pain Study JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (March 14, 2022) Dental health and readiness is crucial in the military health system. To increase readiness, researchers assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio have been conducting a study for the Electrodermal Activity Sensing for...
09 March 2022 Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune graduates inaugural Physician Assistant class CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune graduated the inaugural class of physician assistant students on March 4, 2022 during a combined graduation and commissioning ceremony...
28 January 2022 U.S. 2nd Fleet’s Medical Team Hosts Fleet Medical Training at Naval Station Norfolk NORFOLK, Va. - U.S. 2nd Fleet’s (C2F) medical team hosted medical leadership from various staffs, ships, and government agencies for a Fleet Medical Training event to discuss the future of Navy Medicine at Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC), Jan. 20...
18 January 2022 What’s in a Name?: The “Chiefs” and “Directors” of Navy Medicine FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Chiefs and Directors are an essential part of Navy Medicine and have long represented the upper tiers of corps leadership. By why do some staff corps have a Director and others a Chief? And if there is a distinction between these titles, why are they often collectively referred...
06 January 2022 New Director Takes the Helm of Navy Medicine Civilian Corps FALLS CHURCH, Va. - The Navy Medical Department began 2022 by welcoming a new Director of the Medical Civilian Corps...
26 May 2021 Navy Administers One Million Vaccines since the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic FALLS CHURCH, Va. - As of May 26, 2021, Navy Medicine providers have administered more than 1,000,000 COVID-19 vaccines to Sailors, Marines, DoD civilians and beneficiaries at 65 medical and 13 operational Navy sites around the world. Over half of active-duty Navy personnel have been fully immunized...
13 May 2021 Rear Admiral Bruce Gillingham Honors LCDR Matthew Hall as the 2021 Navy Hero of Military Medicine FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, presented Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Hall with the 2021 Navy Hero of Military Medicine Award for his significant contributions in the fight against the novel Coronavirus, May 6, 2021...