Residency programs resume at medical center

Keesler Medical Center achieved a major step in its return to pre-Katrina operations July 1 as medical and surgical residents arrived. This follows an almost two-year period without physician residency programs. Twenty-three first-year residents arrived in mid-June for a two-week orientation

No Keesler News July 5

By contract, the Keesler News doesn't publish the week in which the Independence Day federal holiday falls.  The Keesler News office is closed Wednesday in observance of the holiday. Publication resumes July 12.

Cadets Get A Taste Of The Real Air Force

Deployment augments trainer's classroom skills

In Southwest Asia, the Army is the occupying force, and the Air Force is the eye in the sky, according to 1st Lt. Robert Patt. The lieutenant, a basic communications officer instructor in the 333rd Training Squadron since May 2006, returned in May from a four-month deployment to Al Udeid Air Base,

Gastroenterology services continue rebound from hurricane’s aftermath

Keesler Medical Center's gastroenterology clinic is steadily rebounding from the aftereffects of Hurricane Katrina. Maj. (Dr.) Hyon Kang, chief of the 81st Medical Operations Squadron's gastroenterology clinic, arrived at the medical center in late July 2006 and reopened the "GI" clinic in late

Oncology clinic reopens

Keesler Medical Center's medical oncology clinic reopens July 9. This is another step in the medical center's continuing effort to return to pre-Katrina operations. Maj. (Dr.) Pamela Tuli, a medical hematologist/oncologist, arrived from Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas,