Lt. Col. Eric Marshall, Commander, Honolulul District Corps of Engineers; Col. Christopher Drum, Commander, U.S. Military Well being Facility Planning Company; Col. (P) Jeffrey VanAntwerp, twenty fifth Infantry Division Deputy Commanding Common for Operations; Col. Anthony King, Commander, Desmond T. Doss Well being Clinic; Lt. Col. Brian Stancoven, Deputy Commander for Dental Exercise Hawaii; 1st Sergeant Florence Kremer, Desmond T. Doss Well being Clinic; Maj. (P) Ricardo Rodriguez-Cruz, U.S. Military Well being Amenities Planning Company Challenge Lead; Mr. Thomas Diersbock, Vice President, Hansel Phelps Building Firm; and Mr. Jack Collins, BFT Preliminary and Outfitting Providers; put together to carry out the normal Hawaiian unravelling of the lei to mark the grand opening of the brand new Desmond T. Doss Well being Clinic annex. The 73,000 sq. foot annex homes the Schofield Barracks Dental Clinic, Behavioral Well being Clinic, and Sports activities Medication Clinic.
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Col (P) Jeffrey Van Antwerp, twenty fifth Infantry Division Deputy Commanding Common for Operations; Mrs. Millie Mayson, member of the Heaton Household; James Mayson, member of the Heaton Household; Morgan Mayson, member of the Heaton Household; and Col. Anthony King, Commander of Desmond T. Doss Well being Clinic; have a good time the memorialization of Heaton Street in honor of Retired Military Lt. Gen. Leonard D. Heaton. Common Heaton served as a surgeon on the Schofield Barracks Publish Hospital throughout World Warfare II and because the thirty first Surgeon Common of the Military.
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SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – The Desmond T. Doss Well being Clinic just lately celebrated the opening of its newly accomplished annex and the memorialization of Heaton Street. The 73,000 sq. foot facility homes the Schofield Barracks Dental Clinic, the Behavioral Well being Clinic, and the Sports activities Medication Clinic. In honor of Retired Military Lt. Gen. Leonard D. Heaton, who beforehand served as a surgeon on the Schofield Barracks Publish Hospital through the 1941 assault on Pearl Harbor and ended his profession because the thirty first Surgeon Common of the Military, the Desmond Doss group renamed the highway in entrance of the brand new annex facility in Heaton’s honor.
“As Winston Churchill wrote, ‘we form our buildings! Thereafter they form us,’” notes Col. Anthony King, Commander of Desmond T. Doss Well being Clinic. “Churchill’s philosophy was {that a} constructing is greater than a construction; it’s a place of belief that shapes all who enter. Our new constructing immediately impacts our potential to allow readiness and preserve the preventing energy by offering a wealthy, collaborative setting that results in an improved expertise for our staff and, most significantly, these we serve.”
The $75M mission offers a further 73,000 sq. ft of clinic area. Building started in September 2018 and was overseen by the U.S. Military Well being Facility Planning Company.
“Not solely are we excited to supply our sufferers a brand-new facility, we’re additionally honored to pay our respects to Heaton’s contributions to Military Medication, first because the surgeon right here on Schofield Barracks through the 1941 assault on Pearl Harbor and later because the Surgeon Common of the Military,” explains Lt. Col. Matthew Geiman, Deputy Commander for Administration for DDHC. “LTG Heaton was a tireless advocate for offering sufferers with the very best sources obtainable, together with new medical services, so it made sense to memorialize his efforts as we opened our new annex.”
The three-story facility homes the Schofield Barracks Dental Clinic on the primary flooring, full with all new tools to offer seamless routine and specialty take care of lively responsibility sufferers.
“Our new Dental Clinic contains 42 new therapy operatories full with x-ray functionality, so our sufferers by no means have to depart their chair for routine appointments,” describes Lt. Col. Jasmine de Guzman, Officer in Cost of the Schofield Barracks Dental Clinic. “We even have two new oral surgical procedure suites, a Periodontics division with state-of-the-art implant and laser practices, in addition to a Prosthodontic laboratory that has been described as one of the crucial superior laboratories within the Military, and Endodontic suites with high-end dental microscopes to enhance dental procedures like root canals.”
Whereas the Dental Clinic occupies the primary flooring of the annex, the second flooring homes the Behavioral Well being Clinic’s Multi-Disciplinary and Intensive Out-Sufferers packages, in addition to the Youngster and Household Behavioral Well being Providers and Household Advocacy packages.
“We’re excited to welcome our sufferers to our new area,” notes Lt. Col. Alexander Ragan, Chief of Behavioral Well being Providers at DDHC. “Every little thing in our clinic has been designed to maximise affected person consolation, lower wait occasions, and improve effectivity throughout our Behavioral Well being packages.”
The Sports activities Medication Clinic moved into the third flooring of the annex, which additionally boasts a big lanai for outside courses.
“This new area offers our bodily therapists and technicians with state-of-the-art tools to assist return our sufferers to their on a regular basis actions,” explains Maj. Michael Konetsky, Chief of Sports activities Medication. “Along with brand-new practical health tools, we’re additionally in a position to provide practical restoration packages on our new lanai.
The Dental, Behavioral Well being, and Bodily Remedy Clinics at the moment are seeing sufferers within the new facility. Hours of operation and cellphone numbers for all clinics stay the identical.
