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...

CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is celebrating a successful year of advanced medical training through several Graduate Medical Education programs. On June 27, 2025, the GME Directorate graduated 11 residents and 10 interns from the Family Medicine Residency Program, two sports...

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alec Kramer, NMRTC Bethesda Public AffairsBETHESDA, Md. - May 29, 2025 Capt. Benjamin Quartey, a colorectal surgeon assigned to Casualty Receiving Treatment Ship (CRTS) Seven, located at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bethesda,...

By Cmdr. Scott TraskExpeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) Djibouti is the Navy’s only standing forward-deployed Role II military trauma center on the African continent. It provides care for the personnel stationed on Camp Lemonnier and acts as an evacuation and referral hub for down range forces...

Joint operational readiness support was acknowledged – and sincerely appreciated - at Navy Medicine Readiness Training Center Bremerton, May 6, 2025.Lt. Cmdr. Jessie Paull, Navy Medical Corps officer and General Surgery department head, was presented the U.S. Army Achievement Medal by Col. Sarah D...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Lt. Cmdr. Holly Berkley, a Navy obstetrician-gynecologist assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms, has been named the U.S. Navy’s Junior Winner of the Award for the Advancement of Women Physicians in Military Medicine, a...