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Early pushback from military leaders and lengthy debate in the military medical community about TBI and its often-concurrent diagnosis, PTSD, meant troops like Army Spc. Daniel Williams went years before they knew what was wrong with them.
In a report issued this week, the National Academy of Sciences said the approach to treating brain injuries in the U.S. is failing patients.
This Viewpoint describes a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine about postinjury care for traumatic brain injury (TBI), wit
Share This: 2nd Lt. Alex Villahermosa recently became the first Uniformed Services University (USU) medical student ever to receive the Order of the Military Medical Merit or O2M3. Photo by Tom Balfour, USU Army 2nd Lt. Alex Villahermosa recently became the first-ever Uniformed Services University (USU) medical student to receive the Order of the Military Medical Merit or O2M3. The award was presented by the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) for his significant contributions to the Regiment. On February 11th, 2021 Villahermosa was recognized for his achievements during a small ceremony at USU. ...
Army 2nd Lt. Alex Villahermosa recently became the first Uniformed Services University medical student to ever receive the Order of the Military Medical Merit, or O2M3, presented by the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) for significant contributions to the regiment. A surprised and humbled Villahermosa was recognized for his achievements during a small ceremony at USU on Feb. 11. “I didn’t tell him that we were doing this today. I have been stringing him along for the last year and he had no idea that this was going to happen,” said Dr. Althea Green-Dixon, director of USU’s Enliste...