"Fighting for Life", Terry Sanders, Producer and Director
Fighting for Life is a powerful, sobering and emotional feature documentary portrait of American military medicine interweaving three stories:
- Military doctors, nurses and medics, working with skill, compassion and dedication amidst the vortex of the Iraq War.
- Wounded soldiers and marines reacting with courage, dignity and determination to survive and to heal.
- Students at USU, the "West Point" of military medicine, on their journey toward becoming career military physicians.
We appreciate the extraordinary efforts of the "Friends of USU," its President, Mrs. Tammy Alvarez, and filmmaker Terry Sanders and his production team in telling the story of the dedicated people of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the importance of this university to our country and the military health system in serving those in harm's way.
The following is a collection of profiles of a number of USU affiliated personnel - faculty, students, alumni and staff - who appear in the film, "Fighting for Life," or were instrumental in its production.
RADM Faye Glenn Abdellah, USPHS (Ret.) | ENS Keren Arkin, USPHS |
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2ndLt Christopher Backus, USAF | LTC David M. Benedek, MC, USA |
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Kimberly Bishop | LTC John Bradley, MC, USA |
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SGT Frezzell Brewer, USA | Toni Jones Broadway |
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COL Chester "Trip" Buckenmaier, MC, USA | COL David Burris, MC, USA |
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ENS Billy Bylund, USN | CDR Christine Casey, USPHS |
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COL Rhonda Cornum, MC, USA | COL Stephen Craig, MC, USA |
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MAJ Steven Currier, MC, USA | Stephen Davies, Ph.D. |
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Mrs. Mary Dix | LtCol Gina Dorlac, MC, USAF |
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Col Warren Dorlac, MC, USAF | Reinaldo E. Fernandez |
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ENS Yolanda Figueroa, USN | Jennifer Fellows |
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LtCol Adrienne G. Hartgerink, USAF, NC | Ernest L. Hepler, Jr., Ph.D. |
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Rene Hernandez, CDR | Andrew Hickey, MPH |
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George S. Holborow | Edmund G. Howe, III, M.D., J.D. |
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BG John E. Hutton, Jr., MC, USA (Ret.) | Col Donald Jenkins, MC, USAF |
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Maj. Chetan Kharod, MC, USAF | COL Joseph Kolb, MC, USA |
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Maj Tom Kolkebeck, MC, USAF | Richard R. Kyle, Jr. |
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LT Jason Lefringhouse, MC, USN | MAJ Stephen Lettrich, USA |
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CAPT Joseph Lopreiato, MC, USN | ENS Michelle Lynch, USN |
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Richard M. MacDonald, MD | CAPT Cynthia Macri, MC, USN |
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CDR Patricia McKay, MC, USN | Col John E. McManigle, MC, USAF |
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Eleanor "Lee" Metcalf, Ph.D. | Col. (Ret.) Stanley Minken, MD |
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Gilbert M. Muniz, Ph.D. | LT Dana Onifer, MC, USN |
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2LT Matthew Park, USA | LTC Paul Pasquina, MC, USA |
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Col Tyler Putnam, USAF, MC | Susan B. Rasmussen, Ph.D. |
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CAPT Peter Rhee, MC, USN | Charles L. Rice, M.D. |
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Norman M. Rich, M.D. | 2ndLt Kristina Rustad, USAF |
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Patrick Sanz, Ph.D. | Carol R. Scheman, MSSA |
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Mary L. Schwartz | Alan Seyfer, M.D. |
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CAPT Trueman Sharp, MC, USN | Dale C. Smith, Ph.D. |
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Robert J. Ursano, M.D. | Donna M. Waechter, Ph.D. |
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David Welling, M.D. | COL Linda Wanzer, AN, USA |
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Sharon K. Willis | VADM James A. Zimble, MC, USN (Ret.) |
