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News | Dec. 5, 2023

BAMC doctors earn TSG recognition

By Robert Whetstone

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas  –   The Army Surgeon General annually recognizes outstanding Army Medical Corps officers for their leadership and academic excellence. This year, TSG singled out two officers from Brooke Army Medical Center during the Physician Recognition Award Ceremony, Nov. 14, 2023, at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.

BAMC’s Lt. Col. Luis Rohena, deputy chief of the Department of Pediatrics and chief of medical genetics, and Capt. Juliette Conte, Department of Emergency Medicine physician, were recognized as top physicians in their respective ranks.

The annual TSG-PRA provides personal recognition by TSG to four physicians who have made significant contributions to military medicine. The awards are presented to one MC officer at the ranks of captain, major, lieutenant colonel and colonel.

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