CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune graduates its newest class of family medicine residents, interns, and sports medicine fellows into the military medicine ranks. The Graduate Medical Education Directorate of the medical center (NMCCL) hosted the ceremony on June 30, 2026, at...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Sixteen residents and 13 interns were honored during a June 30 graduation ceremony at Naval Air Station Jacksonville’s All Saints Chapel. The 29 physicians are the latest graduates of Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville’s award-winning Family Medicine Residency Program, which is...

YOKOSUKA, Japan — U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka's proactive approach to cancer screening has been recognized by Defense Health Network (DHN) Pacific Rim leadership as a best practice, highlighting how targeted outreach, expanded access to care and a patient-centered approach to preventive...

ROTA, Spain — For Ensigns Connor Mangan and Megan McLaughlin, a recent rotation at U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Rota provided more than an opportunity to strengthen clinical skills. It offered a firsthand look at the role Navy Medicine plays in supporting Sailors, operational units, and the...

SAN DIEGO — Two resident physicians from Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) represented Navy Medicine and showcased life-saving combat casualty research at the 2026 Scientific Assembly of the Special Operations Medical Association (SOMA), held April 27 to May 1.U.S. Navy Lt. Erin N. Snyder, M.D...

The Defense Health Agency (DHA)provides care “Anytime, Anywhere, Always.” For the first time ever, patients at Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville can receive care from a pediatric endocrinologist in the pediatric clinic of the hospital. Capt. William Scouten from Naval Medical Center Portsmouth...

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...