KEESLER AFB, Ms. --   The 81st Medical Group earned 22 individual and team honors in the 2009 Air Education and Training Command Air Force Medical Service awards competition.

Winners are:

Surgical excellence -- Maj. (Dr.) Kerry Latham, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron.

Nursing service -- nurse practitioner, Maj. Michael Wascher, 81st Aerospace Medicine Squadron; Brig. Gen. Sarah P. Wells Award, airman category, Senior Airman Rupert Laco, 81st Inpatient Operations Squadron.

Laboratory medicine -- Category III team, 81st MDG clinical research laboratory; senior NCO, Master Sgt. Tammy McElroy, 81st Diag-nostics and Therapeutics Squadron; laboratory supervisory level civilian, Brandi Saucier, 81st MDTS.

Nutritional medicine -- team award, 81st MDG; field grade dietitian, Maj. Stacey Van Orden; company grade dietitian, 1st Lt. Justin Hyde; Chief Master Sgt. Harvey A. Cain Award, airman category, Staff Sgt. Capri Shand, 81st MDTS.

Social work -- company grade social worker, 1st Lt. Kara B. Wisniewski, 81st Medical Operations Squadron.

Medical logistics -- biomedical equipment repair NCO, Staff Sgt. Mathew Colica, 81st Medical Support Squadron.

Resource management -- team award, 81st MDG; NCO, Staff Sgt. William Smitko, 81st MDSS; Airman, Senior Airman Tarik Carruthers, 81st MDSS (photo unavailable).

Cardiopulmonary laboratory -- senior NCO, Master Sgt. Christopher Aric, 81st MDOS; Airman, Senior Airman Brandon Ailes, 81st MDOS.

Enlisted health services management -- airman category, Senior Airman Promesha Sloan, 81st MDOS.

Diagnostic imaging --Chief Master Sgt. Anton Zembrod Award, airman category, Senior Airman Ashli Maldonado, 81st MDOS (photo unavailable).

Medical service individual mobilization augmentee -- biomedical science corps: Col. Allan Stowers, 81st MDTS.

Outstanding behavioral team award -- Category I, 81st MDG.

AFMS patient safety program -- 81st MDG.AETC winners now compete at Air Force level against other major command winners.