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From the left, Rear Adm. Matthew Case, commander, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic, and director, Defense Health Network Atlantic, Lisa Lucas-Burke, vice mayor, City of Portsmouth, Surgeon General of the Navy Rear Adm. Darin Via, Dr. Michael Malanoski, deputy director, Defense Health Agency, Capt. Shelley Perkins, deputy commander, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic, and Capt. Brian Feldman, commanding officer, Navy Medicine Readiness & Training Command Portsmouth, and director, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP), cut a ribbon during a trauma center ribbon cutting ceremony in front of NMCP’s emergency room entrance on Dec. 8. The trauma center ribbon cutting was held in celebration of NMCP becoming the Navy’s first level two trauma center. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dylan M. Kinee/Released)

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Healthcare Simulation and Bioskills Training Center (HSBTC) staff with the American College of Surgeons (ACS) reaccreditation certificate. From the left, Cmdr. Chris Smith, HSBTC deputy director; Don Delorey, research scientist; Rebecca Kiser, lead nurse educator; Clint Rombaoa, Simulation Center acting manager; Jon Lorenz, Bioskills Center manager; Cmdr. Levi Kitchen, HSBTC director. Members of the HSBTC team not pictured are Cmdr. Tamara Kemp, Surgical director, and Cmdr. Liza Stone, Nursing director.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth’s HSBTC Receives Reaccreditation

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) Healthcare Simulation and Bioskills Training Center (HSBTC), was awarded reaccreditation for five years by the American College of Surgeons (ACS), Jan. 24.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) hosts an OR (operating room) construction project groundbreaking ceremony, Jan. 18. First up with a sledgehammer to officially start the renovation was Capt. Brian L. Feldman, NMCP director/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Portsmouth (NMRTC) commander.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth hosts OR Groundbreaking Ceremony

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) welcomed representatives from J&J Worldwide Services, a facilities services government contractor, for an OR (operating room) construction project groundbreaking ceremony, Jan. 18.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Jan. 2) It’s a ‘Happy New Year’ for two Sailors who became parents of the first baby born at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP), Jan. 1. IT2 Angelina Nguyen, stationed at Naval Special Warfare Group Four (NSWG4), gave birth to Mahina at 5:08 a.m. on the first day of the new year. Her husband, IT2 Kevin Nguyen, stationed at Beach Master Unit (BMU) 2, was at his wife’s side when she received the First Baby Born 2024 basket provided each year by The Oakleaf Club of Tidewater. Lt. j.g. Mikala Tracy, the patient’s nurse, presented the basket filled with various baby items to the new parents on behalf of the club.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Welcomes First Baby 2024

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Jan. 2) It’s a ‘Happy New Year’ for two Sailors who became parents of the first baby born at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP), Jan. 1.

Capt. Brian Feldman, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) director/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Portsmouth commanding officer, and the Maternal Fetal Medicine Assessment Center team participate in a ribbon cutting ceremony marking the team's first Navy accreditation by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM), Dec. 8. (U. S. Navy Photo by W. Scott Epperson)

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Receives First Navy AIUM Accreditation

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) Clinic celebrated accreditation by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) with a ribbon cutting ceremony, Dec. 8.

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