Honoring Our Commitment: Serving Those Who Serve Our Nation 2024 Annual Meeting, 12 – 15 FebruaryGaylord National Resort, National Harbor, MD Learn and collaborate with health professionals focused on advancing Military, Public, Veterans, and Global Health. Network with other federal health professionals who share your mission. Earn CMEs for your health profession—as a physician, nurse, physician assistant, dentist or dental techni...

In Part 3 of this 4 part series, hear in-use practices of surgical telementoring in remote and austere environment. Join our expert panel as they describe the virtual Medical Center Network in the Defense Health Agency and share knowledge about challenges and barriers to using technology. Gain familiarity with technology or reach back capabilities needed to support our forward deployed trauma teams. Virtual Platform: GoToWebinarTarget Audience...

This webinar will discuss the risk of acquiring hepatitis B at home and abroad for current and previous Military Service Personnel and why fast protection against hepatitis B is essential for those individuals. We will review all adult hepatitis B vaccine options focusing on individual dosing, safety, and efficacy data. Finally, we will discuss how each adult hepatitis B vaccine impacts Medical Readiness for the Military and rapid protection f...

Each year, the VA manages more than 7,700 patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer. Small Cell Lung Cancer accounts for about 13% of all patients with lung cancer but is characterized by more aggressive disease and a higher mortality rate than NSCLC. Most SCLC patients are diagnosed in the metastatic stage, described as ES-SCLC. For more than 30 years, the standard treatment has been combination platinum chemotherapy. Recently, the approval o...

Summary: Management of traumatic wound and burns is challenging. Dr. Sood will share the fundamentals to critical care and burn wound treatment within the emergent phase. Target Audience: Physicians, PA’s, NP’s, Nurses, and Emergency Medical Technicians involved in Tactical Combat Casualty Care

In order to best serve our nation’s Service Members, Veterans, and their families, service providers need to make sure they are bringing the best of themselves to their work. In this 60-minute webinar, participants will learn 2 positive psychology concepts and how they can be applied to enhance one’s well-being, resilience, and performance when working with Service Members and Veterans. The session will describe the concepts of opt...

Approximately 50,000 incident cancer cases are reported in Veterans Affairs (VA) Central Cancer Registry (VACCR) each year. Utilization of guideline-recommended cancer screening paradigms allows for timely initiation of therapy and superior clinical outcomes for many of these patients. However, only four screening methodologies are guideline-recommended, and patient adherence to regular screening is suboptimal. Cancers responsible for 71% of c...

An introduction to the Joint Trauma System (JTS) new guidelines. Presenters will discuss the evolving concept of Prolonged Casualty Care, and will provide an overview of the training units will be expected to perform for Tier 2-4 TC3 providers. Emphasis will be on the tools and talking points to influence commanders to understand and underwrite this training. 45 minutes presentation covering: Proposed Clinical Practice Guidelines Proposed Trai...

This webinar will provide an overview of severe eosinophilic asthma and a biologic treatment option. The definition of severe asthma will be reviewed along with the features of “uncontrolled” asthma. The webinar will discuss the proportion of patients with eosinophilic asthma and will highlight key clinical indicators of eosinophilic asthma. The session will highlight a biologic treatment option for severe asthma and will address i...

The theme of the 126th AMSUS Annual Continuing Education Meeting is “From Battlefront to Homefront” in recognition of the wide range of skills and specialties which must work synchronously to care for those who go in harm’s way, as well as for their families. CJCS Henry Shelton once said, “Battlefield medicine neither starts nor stops at the edge of the battlefield.” Medical response at the point of injury differs...