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Military Health System Research Symposium

The Defense Department's premier scientific meeting, the MHSRSGoes to the MHSRS Webpage, is a joint symposium that provides a collaborative environment for military medical care providers with deployment experience, military scientists, academia, and industry to exchange information on research and health care advancements within the areas of Combat Casualty Care, Military Operational Medicine, Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine, and Military Infectious Disease Research Programs. 

The 2024 MHSRS will be held Aug. 26-29 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center, Kissimmee, Florida.

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Building Promise and Possibilities for Junior Medical Evacuation Pilots

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Collaboration Leads to Innovation: Joint Inpatient Dialysis Center Opens at Womack Army Medical Center

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