Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC): the National Capital Consortium
Location: DC Metroplitan area, Bethesda, MD (WRNMMC), Fort Belvoir, VA (FBCH), and Joint Base Andrews, MD (MGMC)
Branch of service: Joint: Army, Navy, Air Force
Number of residents per year in each branch: 2–4 Army
Website: tricare.mil/mtf/WalterReed/About-Us/Graduate-Medical-Education/GME-Programs
Contact Info:
Program Director: COL Won Kim, won.i.kim2.mil@mail.mil
Associate Director: MAJ James Weightman
Associate Director: MAJ Kevin Broderick
Program Coordinator: Lisa Dent, lisa.d.dent.civ@mail.mil
Phone: (301) 295-0655; Fax: (301) 295-1481
Address: 8950 Brown Drive, Bethesda, MD 20889-5600
Highlights or unique factors:
Hosts the Ocular Trauma Course: annual week long course in managing ocular trauma with comprehensive didactics and extensive hands on training;
USUHS surgical simulation lab: offering simulation training in phacoemulsification cataract surgery, MISCS (manual cataract extraction surgery), micro-invasive glaucoma surgery, strabismus, and many other ophthalmic surgical techniques.
Hosts Orbital Dissection Course: annual week long course in orbital anatomy training which includes cadaver dissection.
Hosts Expeditionary Craniofacial Trauma Course: annual week long course in craniofacial trauma that includes Ophthalmology, OMFS, ENT, and Neurosurgery.
Strong research and academic foundation: morning BSCS review, Friday didactic lectures, annual Walter Reed research event, attendance at various Ophthalmology meetings to present research such as the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Glaucoma Society.
Multiple subspecialists in every field at 3 facilities: including cornea, glaucoma, retina, neuro-ophthalmology, pediatric ophthalmology, and oculoplastic surgery.
National Capital Consortium offers incredible opportunities with other area institutions: George Washington University, Washington Hospital Center, National Eye Institute, and Children's National Medical Center. Gives you opportunities to interact with other residents and present at a large combined grand rounds.
The Lancaster Course is now 5 weeks.
Humanitarian opportunities:
residents have spent time on the USNS Comfort and participated in Army/Air Force mission trips to locations such as Panama
Host the Ocular Trauma course
Location: downtown Washington, DC, Alexandria, Bethesda, Georgetown, Annapolis
Local Info: Great Falls park, hiki
Humanitarian opportunities:
residents have spent time on the USNS Comfort
Host the Ocular Trauma course
Location: downtown Washington, DC, Alexandria, Bethesda, Georgetown, Annapolis
Local Info: Great Falls park, hiking, skiing, fishing, ocean, Virginia scenic wine country all within a short drive