To optimize its commitment to wounded warrior burn care and research, the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR) recently moved its burn and casualty trauma care center into a new, state-of-the-art facility at San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC), San Antonio, Texas. The center is now fully operational.

The Department of Defense’s premium intensive care burn facility resides on the fourth floor of a new seven-story tower within the military medical complex, part of Joint Base San Antonio- Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The location is a jump in size by almost 40 percent and consolidates the center’s various units under one roof.

The cutting-edge center includes two operating rooms with cameras to transmit live video of surgical procedures, a conference room for educational purposes and a larger rehabilitation complex and a 16-bed burn care unit.

Since 2003, the center has treated approximately 1,000 U.S. military burn casualties and has provided critical care to thousands of civilian burn patients in Texas. USAISR is a subordinate command of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command.

Read more about USAISR’s burn treatment facility.