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Visit to the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research

AFIRM-WFPC Fellows USAISR Visit January 2011

To facilitate our primary mission as members of AFIRM – to develop and expedite the delivery of regenerative medicine therapies for severely wounded servicemen and women, the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (ISR) hosted a visit from eight AFIRM fellows of four different WFPC institutions on January 26^th - 28^th. During this three-day visit, fellows were introduced to basic research, clinical research, and patient care and rehabilitations through both presentations and tours to ISR labs and the Brook Army Medical Center (BAMC).

Highlights

Brooke Army Medical Center: Burn Center located in the BAMC hospital -only burn center within the U.S. Department of Defense to provide comprehensive, state-of-the- art care and technology to burn patients

Center for the Intrepid: A four-story, 60,000-square-foot center equipped with rehabilitation equipments ranging from indoor running track, pool, climbing wall, to a computer assisted rehabilitation environment, which is one of nine in the world, and the only one in the United States. Here great care is taken for Warriors that have sustained amputation, burn, or serve functional loss in the extremities.

Institute for Surgical Research: Toured research labs and vivarium.

Dr. David Baer, ISR Director of Research:Overview of the ISR mission and achievements in combat casualty care

Dr. Joseph Wenke, Task Area Manager for Extremity Trauma and Regenerative Medicine: Overview of research in the Task Area

Col. Robert Hale, Commander of Dental and Trauma Research Detachment: Need for craniomaxillofacial reconstruction

Col. Evan Renz, Director of Burn Unit: Tour of Burn Center and Rehab Facilities

Dr. Rodney Chan, Reconstructive Surgeon: Reconstructive surgery and care for burn patients

Dr. Thomas Walters, Research Physiologist: Functional Muscle Regeneration

Dr. Chris Rathbone, Principal Investigator: Stem cell treatments and engraftment

Mr. Johnny Owens, Head of Orthopedic Rehabilitation: Orthopedic rehabilitation and outcome measures for Wounded Warriors

Didactic Sessions

Adipose derived stem cells – Shan Natesan (Dr. Robert Christy’s Lab)

Animal models for functional muscle regeneration – Janet Roe (Dr. Thomas Walters Lab)

Fellows Poster Session

Visiting fellows introduced their own work to ISR personnel and discussed how the research could potentially benefit the wounded Warriors

Visiting Fellows (2011)

Other Activities
Riverwalk (http://www.thesanantonioriverwalk.com/gallery/)
Alamo (http://www.thealamo.org/)
SeaWorld (http://seaworldparks.com/seaworld-sanantonio/http://www.thealamo.org/)
San Antonio Zoo (http://www.sazoo-aq.org/)
For more activities, visit (http://www.visitsanantonio.com/visitors/play/attractions-rundown/index.aspx)