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Sidney J. Swanson, III
I graduated from college in December 1979 and received
a Regular Army commission as a Second Lieutenant in the
U.S. Army at that same time. I then attended medical school through the Health Professions Scholarship Program. Once I completed medical school, I was promoted to Captain and began an internship at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Denver, CO. From there, I started a urology residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) that was completed in 1989. I completed a kidney and pancreas transplant fellowship in 1991 and returned to the Army/Navy Kidney Transplant Program. In 1994, I became the Chief of the new Organ Transplant Program as we added liver transplantation. I was named the Consultant to the Army Surgeon General for Transplantation. I then helped establish a federal transplant research program at the NIDDK
of the NIH, Transplant and Autoimmunity Branch. From 2001 to my retirement as a Colonel, in addition to my transplant responsibilities, I provided support to the Urology Service for combat casualties returning to WRAMC from the Middle East.
Marshall T. Williams
As an undergraduate in college, I volunteered for ROTC and graduated in 1971, commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the USAR. I maintained inactive duty status during my PhD and MD as well as my Internal Medicine residency, completing all this in Houston, TX, and was assigned to the Wynn Army Hospital, at Fort Stewart, GA. My mobilization unit was the 29th Mechanized Infantry Division, which was garrisoned there under the command of MG Norman Schwarzkopf, from whom I received a letter of My next assignment was to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center to complete an Infectious Disease Fellowship. During this period, I received specialized training in biological and chemical casualties, a Nuclear Weapons Training Course and a Tropical Medicine Course. I performed research on the mode of drug resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Francisco as Chief of Infectious Disease and Director of the AIDS ward. I was honorably discharged in 1988.
Sidney Swanson
Marsh Williams
Wesley W. Emmons, III
Michael T. Vest
Graduated from medical school on a Health Professions Scholarship in 1997.
First assigned to William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Fort Bliss,
NAVY
Wesley W. Emmons, III
TX, for internship and
residency. Additional
education included the
U.S. Army Medical
Management of Chemical
and Biologic Causalities Course, and the Combat Casualty Course. First active-duty assignment was to the Martin Army Hospital, Fort Benning, GA, practicing as an internist, Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit, Chief of Respiratory Care and Advanced Cardiac Life Support Program Director. In
2005, received the Colonel Robert H. Moser Award from the Army Chapter of the American College of Physicians. From October 2006 to December 2007, deployed to Ramadi, Iraq, as battalion surgeon, 1/9 Infantry, in support of Iraqi Freedom. During this period, provided emergency and primary care to soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and civilians. Also organized a training program for Iraqi Army medics. Was awarded the Army Commendation Medal (two awards), the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Bronze Star. Honorably discharged in 2008.
Michael Vest
My military experience began in 1981
with my acceptance into medical school. My
scholarship was for one year. I was deferred
from active duty for an Internal Medicine
Indoctrination School in Newport, RI. In
1987, I attended Undersea Medicine School,
Groton, CN, and the next year a pulmonary
rotation at Bethesda Naval Hospital. My
in Orlando. Next, assigned to Roosevelt
Roads in Puerto Rico, during which time
I experienced Hurricane Hugo. Following
was a two-year Infectious Disease fellowship at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Assigned as faculty to the Navy’s Tropical Medicine School back in Puerto Rico. Subsequently, assigned to the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, serving from 1995 to 2001. Became head of the ID and HIV divisions. Awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal. I left active service in 2001, but was an active reservist 2001-2002.
Joseph F. Hacker
I graduated from medical school in 1979, on a United States Navy Health Professions Scholarship. Upon graduation, I was
Michael T. Vest
Wes Emmons
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