Honoring Our Commitment: Serving Those Who Serve Our Nation 2024 Annual Meeting, 12 – 15 FebruaryGaylord National Resort, National Harbor, MD Learn and collaborate with health professionals focused on advancing Military, Public, Veterans, and Global Health. Network with other federal health professionals who share your mission. Earn CMEs for your health profession—as a physician, nurse, physician assistant, dentist or dental techni...

The AMSUS Thought Leadership Forum “Advancing Healthier Communities: Behavioral Health and Other Trends Today” is a complimentary in-person event on 5 October from 8:00am – 1:00pm at McKinsey & Company, 1200 19th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Seating is limited.

Learn and collaborate with health professionals focused on advancing federal, public, Veterans, and global health. Earn CMEs for your health profession—as a physician, nurse, physician assistant, dentist or dental technician, pharmacist or pharmacy tech, psychologist, or health care executive—as you learn about innovative medical advances and superior practices in patient care and health administration, and connect with others who...

In Part 3 of this 4 part series, hear in-use practices of surgical telementoring in remote and austere environment. Join our expert panel as they describe the virtual Medical Center Network in the Defense Health Agency and share knowledge about challenges and barriers to using technology. Gain familiarity with technology or reach back capabilities needed to support our forward deployed trauma teams. Virtual Platform: GoToWebinarTarget Audience...

AMSUS Thought Leadership Forums are special events featuring a panel of Executive Advisory Council (EAC)/federal health leaders and subject matter experts from our Executive Advisory Board (EAB). These events focus on a single, important health issue affecting military, public, and Veterans health. Description: The increase in opioid-related mortality continues to escalate resulting in a worsening of the national crisis. Deaths due to prescrip...

Deaths due to the opioid epidemic continue to rise despite our national efforts. Increases in chronic pain continues to be seen in our country, especially in persons over 65 years of age and within our military and veteran population. It is essential that we look for alternate therapies as opioids are not only addictive, they are also not as effective due to the central and peripheral sensitization. How we treat these ongoing issues has long b...

Topic 1: Theory, Intersectionality, and Gender-diverse Military Families: Answering the Call Description: Maintaining a ready, lethal, military force capable of rapidly defending national interests, requires constant vigilance for threats to servicemembers’ health and well-being. Family issues are critical and may undermine individual servicemembers’ physical and mental readiness. The social milieu and diversity of military familie...

Join Dr. Barry Gidal, PharmD for a webcast that will look at epilepsy prevalence and treatment options for adults with focal onset seizures. The conversation will also provide an overview of Xcopri, a new anti-seizure medicine indicated for the treatment of adults with focal onset seizure.

The MWHRS web series emphasizes mental and physical health topics discussed by leading experts. Specific topics will include: post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), veteran job placement, civilian readjustment, substance use and abuse, childcare, support network availability, financial health, intersectionality and diversity, sexual harassment and assault, urogenital health, acute and chronic back pain, equipment fit, pregnancy, menstruation,...

Human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal and anal cancers are on the rise among both civilian and military populations in the US. Additionally, while rates of cervical cancer have declined over time, cervical cancer and cervical dysplasia remain a threat to health and mission readiness of service members. Despite the growing threat of HPV-related cancers, research regarding HPV prevention and cervical cancer practices among military po...