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March 24, 2025

Recognizing National Doctors Day 2025 at NHB/NMRTC Bremerton [1 of 5]

NHB/NMRTC Bremerton, Washington — Taking a knee for operational readiness… Navy Cmdr. Katherine Mangan, Naval Hospital Bremerton Medical Services director, Navy Medical Corps officer and board-certified orthopedic surgeon, tests a patient’s range of motion, reflex and strength during a recent clinical visit in NHB’s Orthopedic and Podiatry clinic. Mangan and two other active-duty orthopedists, one American Red Cross volunteer orthopedist and one physician assistant performed nearly 3,400 orthopedic appointments – as well as completed approximately 310 surgeries – in 2024 while also maintaining a walk-in fracture clinic. As the Military Health System recognizes March 30, 2025, as MHS National Doctor’s Day, we acknowledge Mangan and other doctors for their commitment as a ready medical force ensuring Navy and Marine Corps assets are a medically ready force (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).

March 24, 2025

Recognizing National Doctors Day 2025 at NHB/NMRTC Bremerton [2 of 5]

NHB/NMRTC Bremerton, Washington — Healing heels… supporting Navy and Marine Corps personnel for operational readiness and standing on their own two feet is the specialty of Naval Hospital Bremerton’s foot doctor, Navy Lt. Edie Renier, staff podiatrist assigned to NHB’s Orthopedic and Podiatry clinic. For 2024, Renier saw near 1,600 appointments as well as performed approximately 75 surgeries at NHB and higher acuity surgical cases at Madigan Army Medical Center. As the Military Health System recognizes March 30, 2025, as MHS National Doctor’s Day, we acknowledge Renier and other doctors for their commitment as a ready medical force ensuring Navy and Marine Corps assets are a medically ready force (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).

March 24, 2025

Recognizing National Doctors Day 2025 at NHB/NMRTC Bremerton [3 of 5]

NHB/NMRTC Bremerton, Washington — Helping to point the way…Capt. Harlan Dorey, Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton director of branch clinics and Navy Medical Corps doctor, discusses and directs strategic guidance during a recent mass casualty exercise at Navy Medicine Readiness Training Unit Bangor, which tested the clinic staff in their response efforts to a [mock] earthquake. Led by Capt. Harlan F. Dorey, NMRTU Bangor is an all-active duty-based acute care medical and dental clinic, offering expert primary care, dental care, and a broad range of outpatient/same day ancillary specialties to an estimated supported population of approximately 13,200. As the Military Health System recognizes March 30, 2025, as MHS National Doctor’s Day, we acknowledge Dorey and other doctors for their commitment as a ready medical force ensuring Navy and Marine Corps assets are a medically ready force (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).

March 24, 2025

Recognizing National Doctors Day 2025 at NHB/NMRTC Bremerton [4 of 5]

NHB/NMRTC Bremerton, Washington — Preparing for the unpredictable, limiting the unforeseen and controlling the unexpected…Dr. Dan Frederick, population health officer assigned to Naval Hospital Bremerton, has been an instrumental force in the nation’s third largest fleet concentration in helping lead prevention and response efforts against a number of public health threats this decade alone, from the annual [cold and] flu season to a nearby measles outbreak to a spate of possible mumps cluster and a meningitis infection threat. Frederick is a retired Navy captain with years of experience in public health, preventive medicine, and environmental health within his area of responsibility of Navy Region Northwest. His specialty focuses on optimizing and supporting Force Health protection and readiness by providing epidemiologic - the branch of medicine that studies epidemics and epidemic diseases - services for Navy and Marine Corps members and dependents by providing a variety of products and services in information management technology; occupational and environmental exposures; reportable medical events; and diseases, conditions and infections. As the Military Health System recognizes March 30, 2025, as MHS National Doctor’s Day, we acknowledge Frederick and other doctors for their commitment as a ready medical force ensuring Navy and Marine Corps assets are a medically ready force (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).

March 24, 2025

Recognizing National Doctors Day 2025 at NHB/NMRTC Bremerton [5 of 5]

NHB/NMRTC Bremerton, Washington — It was during a midweek morning which suddenly exploded into a training drill which had Lt. Lyman Woollens, family medicine physician assigned to Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Urgent Care Clinic, taking part to render immediate care during a full scale exercise to test the military treatment facility response to a mass casualty scenario of a mock explosion resulting in a number of faux wounded. As the Military Health System recognizes March 30, 2025, as MHS National Doctor’s Day, we acknowledge Woollens and other doctors for their commitment as a ready medical force ensuring Navy and Marine Corps assets are a medically ready force (Official Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jennifer Benedict, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs).

March 17, 2025

Smart Snacking: Nutritious and Tasty Choices Keep You Energized

NHB/NMRTC Bremerton, Washington — As related from Megan Magness, Naval Hospital Bremerton Nutrition Clinic clinical dietitian - Snacking is a natural part of the day for many, providing a much-needed boost between meals.

March 17, 2025

Taking – and Making - the Strategic Initiative at Naval Hospital Bremerton

NHB/NMRTC Bremerton, Washington — By Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton – Advances in operational medicine for Navy Medicine and Defense Health Agency was on full display with the annual Continuous Process Improvement Fair held at Naval Hospital Bremerton, May 10-13, 2025.

March 12, 2025

A Corpsman and Canine Connection for Operational Readiness

NHB/NMRTC Bremerton, Washington — By Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer -- There was a heightened sense – and scent – of collaborative operational readiness training for U.S. Navy and U.S. Army personnel recently.

March 10, 2025

Know Your Registered Dietitians at NHB

NHB/NMRTC Bremerton, Washington — For the second week of March, Naval Hospital Bremerton, in conjunction with, continues to promote the development of healthful eating and making informed food choices.

March 6, 2025

Dental Assistant Week worth smiling about at NHB

NHB/NMRTC Bremerton, Washington — By Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer – When it comes to putting the bite in the fight at Naval Hospital Bremerton, there’s a dental assistant helping every Navy Dental Corps officer do just that.