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SAUSHEC honors faculty members for their contributions to military medicine

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U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jeannine Ryder, 59th Medical Wing commander, and U.S. Army Col. Kimberlie Biever, Brooke Army Medical Center commander, pose for a photo with Gold Headed Cane Award recipient U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joseph K. Maddry, Emergency Medicine and Toxicology physician, during the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium annual faculty awards dinner at the Randolph Parr Club, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, May 14, 2022. The other nominees for the Gold Headed Cane Award were U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Alice Barsoumian, U.S. Army Lt. Col. G. Travis Clifton, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Renee Matos and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Luis Rohena.

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U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jeannine Ryder, 59th Medical Wing commander, and U.S. Army Col. Kimberlie Biever, Brooke Army Medical Center commander, present U.S. Air Force Maj. John A. Blue Star, clinical psychology fellow, with the Graduate Allied Health Education Faculty Award during the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium annual faculty awards dinner at the Randolph Parr Club, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, May 14, 2022. Blue Star serves as associate program director for both the internship and the Clinical Health Psychology post-doctoral fellowship.

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U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jeannine Ryder, 59th Medical Wing commander, and U.S. Army Col. Kimberlie Biever, Brooke Army Medical Center commander, present U.S. Army Maj. Megan H. Donahue, pediatric infectious disease physician, with the Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Award during the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium annual faculty awards dinner at the Randolph Parr Club, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, May 14, 2022. The QIPS Award recognizes faculty members who have dedicated themselves to identifying systemic issues in quality care and patient safety, learning lessons from these issues and seeking iterative change to form the foundation of SAUSHEC’s culture of safety.

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U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jeannine Ryder, 59th Medical Wing commander, and U.S. Army Col. Kimberlie Biever, Brooke Army Medical Center commander, present U.S. Army Lt. Col. A. Elizabeth Markelz, infectious disease staff physician, with the Lt. Gen. Paul K. Carlton Jr. Award during the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium annual faculty awards dinner at the Randolph Parr Club, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, May 14, 2022. Markelz also received the Professionalism Award presented to a faculty member who exemplifies the professional delivery of health care manifested by accountability, excellence, integrity, service, and respect for others.

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U.S. Army Brig. Gen. E. Darrin Cox, command surgeon, U.S. Army Forces Command, speaks during the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium annual faculty awards dinner at the Randolph Parr Club, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, May 14, 2022. Cox shared many insightful aspects of how medicine has transformed through the years, to include knowledge and technological changes, and also a greater emphasis on the inter-professional team aspect of health care delivery.

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium held its annual faculty awards dinner May 14 at the Randolph Parr Club.

The event honored faculty members for their dedication and expertise in training future military medical and allied health professionals.

“Today, we are here to celebrate the privilege of serving in the educational mission, which perpetuates our professions, enabling the care of our patients not only today, but tomorrow,” said Dr. Mark True, SAUSHEC dean. “We get to enjoy the opportunity to develop skills and instill values in the next generation of professionals that follow us. We as faculty get to take very moldable medical school and allied health graduates and train them into specialists that are incredibly competent professionals, ready to go where our nation needs them, and ready to lead medical teams.”

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