SAN DIEGO – Rear Adm. Matthew Case, assistant director (acting) for Health Care Administration, Defense Health Agency (DHA), visited the joint headquarters of Defense Health Network Pacific Rim (DHN-PR) and Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) in San Diego to meet with Rear Adm. Guido Valdes, who leads both organizations.
Rear Adm. Matthew Case, assistant director (acting) for Health Care Administration, Defense Health Agency (DHA), poses for a photo with Rear Adm. Guido Valdes, Defense Health Network Pacific Rim (DHN-PR) director. During his visit to San Diego, Case stopped by the joint headquarters for DHN-PR and Naval Medical Forces Pacific, both of which are led by Valdes, where he met with staff and discussed Network growth and DHA priorities.
Some big changes in 2022 and 2023 have set up the healthcare sector to advance screening for non-medical social needs in 2024 and beyond. This is great news as we work to address social determinants of health (SDoH), improve health outcomes, and reduce health disparities. But one key social need – transportation – isn’t getting …
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Defense Health Network Pacific Rim Director Rear Adm. Guido Valdes talks with Capt. Matthew Tadlock, and an attendee at the 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, Fla. Valdes, who is also the Naval Medical Forces Pacific commander, was at the event to support researchers from military treatment facilities within his Network as well as those from Navy Medicine’s eight medical research laboratories which fall under his purview. Tadlock, a surgeon at Naval Medical Center San Diego and researcher for DoD’s Joint Trauma System, was presenting his research during a poster session. MHSRS is the Department of Defense’s premier scientific meeting where new research and knowledge focused on the unique medical needs of the warfighter are shared collaboratively among the DoD, academia, industry, and international partners. (Department of Defense photo by Regena Kowitz/Released)
Defense Health Network Pacific Rim Director Rear Adm. Guido Valdes talks with a group of residents from Naval Medical Center San Diego at the 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, Fla. Valdes, who is also the Naval Medical Forces Pacific commander, was at the event to support presenters from military treatment facilities within his Network as well as those from Navy Medicine’s eight medical research laboratories which fall under his purview. MHSRS is the Department of Defense’s premier scientific meeting where new research and knowledge focused on the unique medical needs of the warfighter are shared collaboratively among the DoD, academia, industry, and international partners. (Department of Defense photo by Regena Kowitz/Released)
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