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Aug. 6, 2024

Walter Reed observes National Breastfeeding Month

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, BETHESDA, MD — Walter Reed National Military Medical Center acknowledges National Breastfeeding Month during August as an opportunity to raise awareness about the benefits of breastfeeding for infants and parents.

Aug. 5, 2024

Walter Reed earns awards for environmental sustainability efforts

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, BETHESDA, MD — Walter Reed again received the 2024 Greenhealth Partner for Change Award, and the 2024 Greening the OR Recognition Award from Practice Greenhealth.

Aug. 2, 2024

Gaining Strength from Social Wellness

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, BETHESDA, Md. — Computer-based technology is extraordinary and helpful, but screens don’t replace the benefits of face-to-face interactions. In a time of increasingly attractive and-easy to-use technology where users don’t always need to interact with each other, our nation suffers from loneliness. Social wellness is as vital as ever. Social Wellness Month is observed around the world, including at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, with initiatives headed by Staff Resiliency Services.

Aug. 1, 2024

Leadership of National Intrepid Center of Excellence changes hands

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, BETHESDA, Md. — The National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) bid fair winds and following seas to U.S. Navy Capt. (Dr.) Carlos Williams and welcomed aboard U.S. Army Lt. Col. (Dr.) Shannon Ford as NICoE’s director during a farewell ceremony on July 30 at NICoE, located at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC).

July 29, 2024

Soldiers inducted into NCO Corps at Walter Reed

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, BETHESDA, Md. — Twenty Soldiers raised their right hands, took the Noncommissioned (NCO) Charge, the Creed of the NCO, and were inducted into the NCO Corps during a ceremony on July 24 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

July 26, 2024

Savi’s Legacy: Inspiring Strength in All

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, BETHESDA, MD — July 19 marked the three-month anniversary of the loss of Savi Redman, diagnosed with a rare form of cancer at the age of 7. Her legacy endures through her positive impact on the pediatric oncology department at Walter Reed and all who had the privilege of meeting her. “She was the light of our lives, just a unicorn. Always positive, always energetic, and [she] found the joy in every single day,” said Shannon Feaster, Savi's mother.

July 26, 2024

Marking the 76th anniversary of the integration of the U.S. armed forces, federal workforce

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, BETHESDA, Md — This year marks the 76th anniversary of Executive Orders 9980 and 9981, signed by President Harry S. Truman on July 26, 1948. These orders prohibit segregation in federal workplaces and the armed forces.

July 25, 2024

Walter Reed Director, leaders recognize military medical officers for emergency, lifesaving care

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

July 15, 2024

Walter Reed observes National Therapeutic Recreation Week

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, BETHESDA, Md — Walter Reed has one of the most robust therapeutic recreation programs in the Military Health System (MHS), helping beneficiaries improve and recover from disabilities and illnesses through various of adaptive activities.

July 11, 2024

Walter Reed first in DOD to perform new, safer procedure for AFib

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, BETHESDA, Md. — Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s electrophysiology laboratory recently performed the Department of Defense’s first pulsed field ablation (PFA) to treat atrial fibrillation (AFib). PFA offers a safer option for AFib, according to retired U.S. Navy Capt. (Dr.) Matthew Needleman, a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist. Needleman led the team that performed the procedure on an active-duty service member with a deployment-limiting arrythmia, enabling the service member to be globally deployable.