01 February 2023 Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune establishes Patient and Family Partnership Council Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is seeking new members to facilitate change for beneficiaries through the new Patient and Family Partnership Council.“The Patient and Family Partnership Council is a collaborative effort to improve the safety, communication, environment, and quality of health care...
31 January 2023 From Benin, and back again; A doctor’s journey in the U.S. Navy Reserve Corps The pediatric intensive-care unit (ICU) housed a single oxygen tank, few beds, and a lot of children in need.Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Agossou Marcellin, at the time a General Medical Practitioner in Benin, had an impossible decision to make. Nine hours earlier, he’d admitted a seven-year-old girl...
31 January 2023 Remembering A Navy Legacy during the Tet Offensive He wasn’t a Navy doc, nor nurse, or hospital corpsman.Yet on the field of battle, his concern for others saved many a life.Long before retired Chief Boatswain Mate Jerry Irvine was delivering salty quips when receiving medical care at Naval Hospital Bremerton, the grizzled veteran was providing his...
31 January 2023 Naval Hospital Jacksonville American Red Cross volunteer program restarts after 2-year pause Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville is looking for volunteers for its American Red Cross program. The program was put on pause during the COVID-19 pandemic. Local Volunteer Program Representative Terry Miles explains how volunteers help the hospital complete its mission.“The most valuable resource is...
31 January 2023 National Women Physicians Day: In the footsteps of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell “I was called to medicine very much like ministers are called to the pulpit,” said Navy Capt. (Dr.) Kelly Elmore, chief of staff at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC). An obstetrician/gynecologist, Elmore added, “I knew since I was 6, I wanted to be a doctor, and since 8, I wanted...
31 January 2023 Expeditionary Medical Facility Planning for NMRTC Bremerton They’re medical, maneuverable, and mission-essential.Based upon such historical lineage as mobile army surgical hospitals used in the Korean War and Navy fleet hospitals deployed at the onset of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Navy Medicine’s expeditionary medical facility is an advanced platforms...
30 January 2023 Navy Medicine Shifts to Expeditionary Focus, Prepares for Future Fight The U.S. Navy Surgeon General has released Navy Medicine’s first-ever campaign order.The order directs actions across the enterprise and with key stakeholders to ensure trained, equipped, certified, maintained, and sustained medical forces and units capable of supporting the Joint and Naval...
26 January 2023 Navy HRPP visits NAMRU San Antonio JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Jan. 26, 2023) – Department of Defense (DoD)-related research typically requires additional compliance activities, documentation, and subject protections.To provide additional oversight of human-based research, members of the Department of the Navy (DON)...
25 January 2023 NMCCL lieutenant named Navy Medicine’s Occupational Therapy Officer of the Year A Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune lieutenant is named Navy Medicine’s Occupational Therapy Officer of the Year for 2022.Lieutenant Kenneth J. Matthews received the recognition which focuses on compassion, accountability, professionalism, and leadership within medical and subspecialty fields of...
25 January 2023 I Am Navy Medicine – and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist – Lt. Jason Balazs Whether it’s preoperative, intraoperative, or postoperative for any surgery or procedure in Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Main Operating Room, Lt. Jason Balazs is easy to locate.As a certified registered nurse anesthetist, Balazs is constantly providing critical care services to every patient in...