Walter Reed Tropical Medicine Course
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History
The
Over the next fifty years, the course changed names and length but remained dedicated to teaching continuing
In 1991, the institute celebrated its 50-year tradition of tropical medicine education. In memory of his significant contributions to tropical medicine education, the institute established “The Colonel George W. Hunter III Certificate”. This award was to be presented yearly to no more than two course lecturers who embody excellence and longevity as senior lecturers in the course. The first two recipients of the award were Dr. Jay P. Sanford (former university president and dean of the medical school at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences) and Dr. Theodore E. Woodward (emeritus professor of medicine at the University Of Maryland School of Medicine). A special presentation of this award was made to Colonel Richard N. Miller, former tropical medicine course director, for his significant contributions to this course and its organization over the previous 12 years. Due to the frequency of the course changing from once a year to once a quarter, the presentation frequency of the Hunter Certificate was changed to no more than 4 per year (one per course iteration). The 50-year celebration also was particularly honored by the commencement address given by Dr. Theodore E. Woodward who attended the first course in 1941.[5]
Due to operational needs of the
In 2014 the Walter Reed Tropical Medicine Course was renamed 'Operational Clinical Infectious Disease' (OCID) Course.
Recipients of "The Colonel George W. Hunter III Certificate"
- 1991: Dr. Theodore E. Woodward, Nobel Prize nominee for his work with typhoid fever
- 1991: Dr. Jay P. Sanford, author of the Sanford Guide
- 1991: Colonel Richard N. Miller, course director
- 1994: Dr. Stephen L. Hoffman, malaria vaccine researcher
- 2011: COL Peter J. Weina, course director, malaria and leishmaniaisis researcher
- 2013: Dr. Dale C. Smith, professor, Department of Medical History, USUHS
- 2013: Juan Méndez, laboratory instructor, research zoologist, Leishmaniasis Diagnosis and Research
- 2013: RADM Boris D. Lushniak, acting surgeon general, U.S. Public Health Service
- 2013: CAPT Philip Coyne, professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, USPHS, USUHS
- 2014: COL Arthur G. Lyons, Dengue researcher and lecturer, Pentagon Clinic
Offshoots
Hunter's Tropical Medicine: "Hunter’s Tropical Medicine grew out of a World War II Army Medical School tropical and military medicine course taught at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. The first edition, entitled A Manual of Tropical Medicine, was published in 1945 by three of the course instructors, Colonel Thomas T. Mackie, Major George W. Hunter III, and Captain C. Brooke Worth. A second edition was published by the same authors in 1954. Colonel Hunter was joined by co-authors from the Louisiana State University School of Medicine for the third, fourth, and fifth editions, published in 1960, 1966, and 1976, respectively. George Hunter’s contribution was acknowledged by adding his name to the book title in the sixth edition, edited in 1984."[8]
See also
- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
- Naval Medical Research Center
- Tropical medicine
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
References
- ^ CATALOGUE OF THE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS OF THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS AND OF ALL DEPARTMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PERIOD FROM March 4, 1893, To June 30, 1895, page 30.
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- ^ The Walter Reed Tropical Medicine Course (Lab Manual); Fourth edition (2011); ASIN: B0070AOM4S
- ^ The Walter Reed Tropical Medicine Course (Lab Manual); Fourth edition (2011); ASIN: B0070AOM4S
- ^ The Walter Reed Tropical Medicine Course (Lab Manual); Fourth edition (2011); ASIN: B0070AOM4S
- ^ The Walter Reed Tropical Medicine Course (Lab Manual); Fourth edition (2011); ASIN: B0070AOM4S
- PMID 22594123.
- ISBN 0-7216-6223-4)