AMEDD CAREERS PAY BACK
The U.S. Army is constantly pursuing research and innovation to lead the way in medical treatment and disease prevention. With facilities that rival the top hospitals around the globe, U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD) professionals are among the physicians, surgeons, nurses, researchers, veterinarians, dentists and dozens of other specialists that are shaping the next generation of global health professionals, all while treating America’s Soldiers and global communities.
A career as an officer with Army Medicine offers more than 80 specialties to pursue within five health care corps, including nursing, dentistry, physical therapy and pharmacy. The Army provides education opportunities, leadership skills, scholarship programs, elite research programs and ultimately, the opportunity to serve the country. Tangible benefits of officers in the U.S. Army Active AMEDD careers include travel benefits and humanitarian missions, paid vacation and low cost medical and dental treatment for Soldiers and their families. Learn more about the benefits of an AMEDD career here.
Army Medicine at Work
A podcast series focusing on careers in Army Medicine will cover the lives of U.S. Army Officers focusing on various roles in the medical field. In each episode, listeners will meet an Army officer working on the front lines of research and medicine that has the potential to transform care for Soldiers and others around the world.
This series will bring insight on the groundbreaking work that’s being done by Army Medicine Officers, including research that aims to help Soldiers fight diseases or better understand their physical health. Many of their efforts ultimately have an effect on understanding overall human health and providing answers and insights to people all around the world.
The podcast series will look at topics through the experiences of medical professionals at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, including:
- Researching correlations in contracting malaria and the Army’s work to create a vaccine that has the potential to eliminate the disease globally,
- The journey of a physician leading clinical trials to help Soldiers in areas fighting infectious diseases,
- The Army’s Sleep Research Center, studying sleep’s effect on the body, and
- The Multi-drug Resistant Organism Repository Surveillance Network, better known as the MRSN, which helps combat bacteria resistance to antibiotics.
Watch for this upcoming series and consider sharing with your networks the capabilities of a career with Army Medicine, which can be found here.
2018 AMEDD College Tour Teaches Students About Army Careers
This spring, the U.S. Army visited pre-medical students in southern California to share information about the Army’s Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP). The tour gave students a glimpse into the life of an active-duty Army physician, resident or other health professional and fostered discussions and consideration of all of their education and career options, including a path with the Army.
Students heard about the experiences of CPT Jason Lewis, an ophthalmologist in residency at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and MAJ Nicholas Cahanding, an accomplished interventional radiologist at Brooke Army Medical Center, Department of Radiology at JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Both talked about the highlights of their careers in Army medicine.
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