 
Reflections on 9/11
The 59th Medical Wing deployed four Critical Care Air Transport Teams to McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey in support of the Sept 11, 2001 tragedy at the World Trade Center, New York City and the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. The three-member team operates an intensive care unit in an aircraft cabin during flight. CCATT is designed to support combat casualties being evacuated from combat but also supports homeland defense and humanitarian missions. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)
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Posted: 9/9/2011
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Air Force nurse provides medical aid to Haitian injured
Capt. Guilene Derisma visits with school children in Bocozelle, Haiti, May 30, 2011. Derisma travelled to Haiti in May 2011 with a team of U.S. military medical personnel to provide primary care, optometry, and dental services to support a population-at-risk of 300,000 people. The team cared for approximately 8,000 people in a 2-week period. Derisma is a nurse assigned to the 59th Emergency Medical Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and was born in Haiti. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Biro)
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Posted: 9/9/2011
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Anaplastologist creates ears for wounded
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. (Ret.) Shilo Harris is fitted for prosthetic ears at the dental clinic on Joint Base San Antonio, Lackland. A wax model of the ear is first molded to ensure proper placement and fit before applying the prosthetic. The Maxillofacial Prosthetics Department at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center employs a team that deals with the rehabilitation of patients with acquired and congenital defects of the head and neck region. They are one of only a few in the Department of Defense that creates prosthetic body parts, such as eyes, ears and noses. (U.S. Air Force photo /Staff Sgt. Robert Barnett)
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Posted: 8/16/2012
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Robot-assisted surgery
Medical personnel look at a monitor while Lt. Col. (Dr.) Kyle Weld (right) performs a laparoscopic prostatectomy, the surgical removal of prostate cancer. Dr. Weld, staff urologist, 59th Medical Wing, was the first Air Force doctor to use a robot in surgery. The robot provides a magnified, high-definition, three-dimensional view for the physician. A full service adult urology clinic is available at Wilford Hall. Most urologic surgical procedures are performed at San Antonio Military Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nicole Roberts)
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Posted: 8/16/2012
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Refractive surgery
Petty Officer 2nd Class Santiago Montermayor eye's are prepared for photo refractive keratectomy surgery at the Warfighter Refractive Surgery Center, Joint Base San Antonio –Lackland. Corrective eye surgery is avaliable for all active duty service members who meet the screening requirements. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kimberly A. Yearyean-Siers)
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Posted: 8/16/2012
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Air Force doctors train Pakistanis in battlefield surgery
Capt. (Dr.) Josh Alley, general surgeon from the 59th Medical Wing (right), teaches Pakistani nurses how to use ultrasound for trauma patients as Lt. Col. (Dr.) William Brian Perry, surgeon from the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (center back), looks on. Three doctors from Wilford Hall Medical Center recently served as volunteer instructors for a five-day medical course in Rawalpindi, Pakistan to teach host nation medical professionals advanced surgery techniques for trauma patients either from natural disasters or war. ( U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. (Dr.) Todd Rasmussen)
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Posted: 10/17/2007
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