Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan – Lt. Cmdr. Ki Chang, a Navy Medical Corps Officer and Staff Neurosurgeon at Naval Medical Center San Diego performed the first uniportal endoscopic spine surgery at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa (USNHO) this week.Lt. Cmdr. Ki Chang, a staff neurosurgeon at Naval Medical...

SAN DIEGO — Navy medical experts at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) hosted a two-day training course on advanced osseointegration surgery, providing military and civilian surgeons with hands-on experience in a procedure that is transforming amputee care for wounded warfighters, at NMCSD, Feb...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Lt. Cmdr. Brandon DuGar, a radiologist assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, was selected as Navy Medicine’s Junior Radiologist of the Year on March 24, 2026, recognizing his clinical excellence, leadership and contributions to...

PLANTATION, Fla. – Cameron Summers-Powell, M.D., a resident physician with HCA Florida Westside Hospital's pathology residency program, took his oath of office in front of friends, family and colleagues, inside Bennet Medical Plaza in Plantation, Oct. 17, 2025.“The prospect of serving my country is...

The military has its own culture with expectations that may be intimidating to those considering joining the Armed Forces. For Lieutenant Andrew Greenhalgh, a second-year psychiatry resident with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Lejeune, joining the military is just part of the...

CAMP COURTNEY, Okinawa, Japan – Surrounded by friends and family, U.S. Navy Captain Joseph Piansay closed the book on a remarkable 35 years of honorable service. More than just a retirement; the ceremony was a testament to dedication and sacrifice that will inspire future Marines and Sailors for...

BOSTON – Growing up in Pakistan, Dr. Basmah Jalil developed a love for science and desire to helppeople from an early age. This would lead Jalil to attend Agakhan University in Karachi, Pakistan andeventually to the Navy Medical Corps. She said her father, a former captain and doctor in the...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — U.S. Navy Medicine launched its national initiative pilot program, “Top Doc,” showcasing Medical Corps capabilities and career paths at Nova Southeastern University’s Fort Lauderdale campus on Saturday, July 12.The “Top Doc,” program was designed to enhance career pathways...

BOSTON – Designing helicopter engines wasn’t the end of her story. It was just the beginning. Before becoming a trauma surgeon, Dr. Isabel M. Bernal worked as an aerospace engineer, contributing to aircraft such as the Blackhawk. Even while succeeding in a high-tech civilian career, she felt a...

Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville’s award-winning Family Medicine Residency Program, now in its 55th year of continuous accreditation, graduated 24 physicians (12 residents and 12 interns) at a ceremony June 30 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville’s River Cove Community Center.The graduation also served...