Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Director U.S. Navy Capt. (Dr.) Melissa Austin awarded command coins to U.S. Army Maj. (Dr.) Carlie Cerne and U.S. Army Capt. Mark DeJesus during a meeting of the hospital’s board of directors on July 16, 2024. Cerne and DeJesus were recognized for providing emergency and lifesaving care on a recent medevac ...

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s electrophysiology laboratory recently performed the Department of Defense’s first pulsed field ablation to treat atrial fibrillation.

Six Walter Reed National Military Medical Center health care providers and the administrative staff of the Radiation Therapy clinic earned recognition in the Defense Health Agency’s Joint Outpatient Experience Survey Best of the Best report for the second quarter of 2024, recently released by Military Health System officials.

Defense Health Agency is the first federal health system to participate in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade program—receiving an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for nine military hospitals and clinics.

Giving the gift of life to others through organ donation is one of the most selfless things a person can do. Many people think that's something you do only after you die, but doctors encourage donors to do so while they're still alive—and donations are badly needed.

Leaders from the Defense Health Agency, the National Capital Region Defense Health Network, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center concluded a four-day training seminar, the Joint Financial Assistance and Recovery Mission, held at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence on April 15 – 18, 2024.

Four Walter Reed doctors and a specialty care clinic are listed among the Military Health System’s Joint Outpatient Experience Survey Best of the Best in its first quarter of fiscal year 2024 report recently released by MHS officials.

Retired U.S. Navy Corpsman continues to serve military members and their families throughout the Military Health System.

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center received their redesignation as a Baby-Friendly hospital, a prestigious international recognition bestowed by Baby-Friendly USA.

Ten soldiers assigned to the Fort Meade Medical Department Activity completed the 2024 Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Mar. 16, 2024. For seven of them, the memorial march had special meaning as an opportunity to honor the namesake of their MEDDAC clinic– the Andrew Rader U.S. Army Health Clinic.

As the Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center hospital system has transitioned to a medical center, it has also transitioned patient care and continues to develop an inclusive environment for our special needs patients.

It’s not uncommon to hear about Walter Reed physicians saving lives within the walls of the iconic medical center, but it proved fortunate for one local gym patron suffering from a heart attack that two doctors from “the flagship of military medicine” were also getting in a workout at the same off-base facility on Feb. 25.

Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center staff from the main and Post Exchange pharmacies continue to provide medications to TRICARE beneficiaries during a systems outage that has affected military pharmacies worldwide and some national retail pharmacies since Feb. 21, 2024.

Heart health was the topic of the day for the first program in a series titled, “Serving in Strength: Health and Wellness Series,” sponsored by the Military Women’s Memorial on Feb. 29, 2024.