Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan said the Pentagon has a very ambitious goal of raising the Military Health System to the status of world-class care. We want to strive to be that on the tip of your tongue, he said. We want to take efforts to take what we think is a good system now
Date: Oct 01, 2014
Category: Health
Source: Google
New beginning in Bethesda as military hospitals merge
hospitals with storied histories and deep institutional cultures has not been easy. This is a historic transformation, given that these are two icons of military medicine, said Rear Adm. Matthew Nathan, the commander at Bethesda.You can imagine the brand loyalty at Walter Reed and Bethesda.
His saber is one of the medical centers most valued historical artifacts, and it was presented at the ceremony Wednesday to Rear Adm. Matthew Nathan, who will be the first commander of the new center. Maj. Gen. Carla G. Hawley-Bowland, head of the North Atlantic Regional Medical Command and Walter
Reed National Military Medical Center, and it's because of that new relationship that Reed's sword was handed during the ceremony from Army Maj. Gen. Carla Hawley-Bowland to Navy Rear Adm. Matthew Nathan. Reed was an Army physician whose research proved that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquito.