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  • Staff Sgt. Troy Ferrell, non-commissioned officer in charge of the urology clinic at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio, Lackland, Texas, receives battlefield acupuncture treatment in his ear for his knee and back pain. The clinic offers treatments every second and fourth Wednesday of the month from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on a walk-in basis for patients who are looking for an alternative method to traditional pain management medications. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Daniel J. Calderón)

    Battlefield acupuncture providers combine innovation with tradition

    Since 2015 providers with the 59th Medical Wing at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland have offered battlefield acupuncture treatments to patients for pain management. The general surgery clinic holds a session every second and fourth Wednesday of the month from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

  • Diabetes Champion Course

    The Diabetes Center of Excellence offers an unique training experience at their biannual Diabetes Champion Course. The course blends traditional lectures with hands-on skills labs to help providers form process improvement plans to take back to their medical treatment facilities. members from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and the Veterans Health Administration all took part in the most recent course.
  • The 59th Medical Wing celebrated the opening of the new Reid Health Services Center facility with a ribbon cutting ceremony Sept. 13 on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The new Reid Clinic incorporates functions from four buildings into one, consisting of 19 departments, and will serve approximately 86,000 patients per year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Iinuma)

    New Reid Health Services Center opens; provides one-stop service

    The 59th Medical Wing celebrated the opening of the new Reid Health Services Center facility with a ribbon cutting ceremony Sept. 13 on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.
  • U.S. Army Capt. Jonathan Jeter, 59th Medical Wing dermatology resident, conducts a pulse dye laser treatment on a patient at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The PDL is used to reduce skin blemishes and scars. The dermatology clinic provides care to approximately 33,000 patients a year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Iinuma)

    August is Psoriasis Awareness Month

    August is Psoriasis Awareness Month. Because psoriasis tends to be a life-long disease, it helps to learn about it and see a board-certified dermatologist. A bit of knowledge and help from a board-certified dermatologist can give patients some control over the psoriasis.
  • Staff Sgt. Melishia Francis, the non-commissioned officer in charge of the 59th Medical Wing’s Commander’s Action Group, prepares her breast pump equipment at one of the lactation rooms in Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. In addition to the rooms at WHASC, the wing has installed lactation rooms in the Reid Clinic, the Dunn Dental Clinic, and Air Force Post-Graduate Dental School. (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel J. Calderón)

    59MDW supports breastfeeding moms with facilities and research

    August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month.  The 59th Medical Wing supports new mothers with access to facilities throughout Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and educational opportunities on breastfeeding their newborns.  This past May, Lt. Cmdr. Andrew Delle Donne, a former Neonatal-Perinatal fellow at San Antonio Military Medical Center, and
  • Capt. Laura Wittman, an Individual Mobilization Augmentee who is currently serving as a special projects officer in the 59th Medical Wing’s education and training department, conducts training for wing personnel on Aug. 9, 2018. IMAs are Air Force Reservists assigned to one of more than 50 active-component units and government agencies around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel J. Calderón)

    IMA helps keep education and training on track

    “There’s a very strong sense of service to the medical professionals I instruct which serve the combat warriors who defend the country,” said Capt. Laura Wittman, an Individual Mobilization Augmentee currently serving as a special projects officer in the 59th Medical Wing’s education and training department. “Knowing where I fit into all of that
  • David Carter currently serves as the 59th Medical Wing Information Technology Requirements & Asset Management chief. Carter oversees IT Asset Management, with approximately 20,000 assets that have a combined valued greater than $13 million, the central point for information technology equipment tracking and distribution. (U.S. Air Force illustration by Staff Sgt. Kevin Iinuma)

    Taking pride in a tradition of honor

    The Air Force Core values can remain with Airmen long after they retire the uniform, David Carter continues to live those values, integrity first, service before self and excellence in all we do.
  • Staff Sgt. Grant Novotnak battled cancer in 2016, growing personally and professionally through the experience. The 59th Medical Wing technician is perusing commissioning opportunities he hopes to lead him toward becoming an Oncologist. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Staff Sgt. William Blankenship)

    Bounce forward

     April 10, 2016, 26-year old Staff Sgt. Grant Novotnak arrived at San Antonio Military Medical Center and was forced with reality hearing the dreaded, “you have cancer”.Months after enduring difficulty breathing at night which then evolved into pain in his stomach and throughout his body, Novotnak finally had an answer for the symptoms he’d been

  • Med Techs to nursing program now available

    The 59th Medical Wing is partnering with the Baptist School of Health Professions in San Antonio, Texas, to provide an opportunity for Aerospace Medical Service Technicians to participate in a program that leads to certification as a Licensed Vocational Nurse.  Over the last year, nine Airmen graduated, passing National Council of State Boards of
  • A 59th Medical Wing Critical Care Air Transport Team member awaits for other patients to arrive at their aircraft in San Diego, Calif., July 20th, 2018. Teams are regularly dispatched all over the globe to respond to emergencies, assist in DOD contingency missions and reinforce readiness training through real-world civil and humanitarian assistance missions. (U.S. Air Force illustration by Airman 1st Class Ryan Mancuso)

    CCATT flight makes three point turn

    The 59th Medical Wing executed three back-to-back aeromedical transport missions departing from Joint Base San Antonio July 19, making coast-to-coast stops before returning home two days later. A Critical Care Air Transport Team transferred a burn patient and another suffering from a gunshot wound, both injuries sustained downrange, from Walter
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