2013 Welcome to U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka

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Welcome to U.S. Naval Hospital

Yokosuka

2013

Our Mission We are forward deployed to provide medical, operational and contingency support for active duty, family members and other eligible beneficiaries in Japan, Korea and Diego Garcia. We deploy in direct support of the overseas contingency operations and humanitarian assistance missions.

Captain Mark D. Turner Commanding Officer Medical Corps U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka

Captain Jacqueline Rychnovsky Executive Officer Nurse Corps U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka

Master Chief Shellinda Miller CMDMC AW/SW U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka

Here to SERVE with CARE

Branch Health Clinic Atsugi

Branch Health Clinic Diego Garcia

Branch Health Clinic Chinhae

Branch Health Clinic Iwakuni

Branch Health Clinic Sasebo

Breath Health Annex Camp Fuji

Branch Health Annex Hario

Branch Health Annex Yokohama/Negishi

Primary Care Family Practice Internal Medicine Pediatrics Emergency Medicine Nursing Immunizations

Scope of Services Ancillary

Dental

Diagnostic Radiology Laboratory Services Physical Therapy Pharmacy

General Dentistry Endodontics Pediatric Dentistry Periodontics Prosthodontics Dental Hygiene

Specialty Care

Anesthesiology Audiology Dermatology ENT General Surgery Mental Health Neurology Nutritional Medicine

OB/GYN Occupational Health Ophthalmology Optometry Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Orthopedics Preventive Medicine Urology

Awards and Certifications 2012 Joint Commission Accredited 2012 Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Status 2011 Captain Joan Dooling Award, BUMED, IMIT Team of the Year 2011 Captain Ernest W. Brown Award for Exellence in Navy Public Health, Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion 2011 Federal Healthcare Executive Award for Exellence

History of U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka The core hospital (headquarters of the U.S. Naval Hospital, Yokosuka) is located on the grounds of the original hospital compound built in 1881 for the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Earthquake and fire destroyed these buildings in 1923. The Imperial Japanese Navy rebuilt the hospital in February 1931 as a medical center and training school. At the end of the World War II, American Occupational Forces used the facility as a 250-bed hospital dispensary. On September 11, 1950, at the beginning of the Korean War, the hospital was established.

The command received its first Navy Unit Commendation for treatment of over 5,800 casualties from the Korean War. A second Navy Unit Commendation was awarded for services rendered during the Vietnam War. In 1973, the base was revitalized with the arrival of the aircraft carrier USS Midway and the start of the Overseas Family Residency Program. Due to the increased importance of the Middle East and Far East theatres, a new hospital facility was built in 1980 and opened on February, 10,1981.

Shortly before the hospital opened, the command received a Meritorious Unit Commendation Medal for support provided to burn patients from the Marine Corps Training Camp, Camp Fuji, Japan, in October 1979. A second Meritorious Unit Commendation Medal was awarded for superb medical support provided between July 1986 and July 1988. A third Meritorious Unit Commendation Medal was awarded in July 1994 for support provided to victims of an explosion and fire aboard USS Midway in 1990 and victims of the Mt. Pinatubo eruption in the Republic of Philippines in 1991.

In 1999, the Navy Medicine Inspector General recognized USNH Yokosuka as a benchmark command in customer relations and marketing. USNH Yokosuka opened a joint Wellness Center at the Fleet Recreation Center in Yokosuka and the world’s first Women, Infants and Children Overseas Office in 2001.

After September 11, 2001 the command reengineered operational readiness training. Throughout 2002, the command strengthened force health protection for the Forward Deployed Naval Forces and those who support them while simultaneously improving Family Centered Care. In 2003, the command opened a Stork’s Nest to assist pregnant women and their families through mainland Japan. USNH Yokosuka provided support to USS Kitty Hawk’s medical department during and after Operation Iraqi Freedom. The command continues to support the Global War on Terror in numerous ways.

U.S. Naval Hospital, Yokosuka provides a comprehensive range of emergency, outpatient and inpatient care services to about 43,000 active duty personnel and authorized beneficiaries in an area extending north to Misawa, south to Iwo Jima, and west to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Clinics and annexes are located in Iwakuni, Sasebo, Hario, Atsugi, Camp Fuji, Yokohama, and Iwo Jima and Chinhae, South Korea. With its regional Educational and Developmental Intervention Services (EDIS), USNH Yokosuka provides care to children with special needs at every military base in mainland Japan.

We are “Here to SERVE with CARE.”

Japanese National Physician Graduate Medical Education Program Internship Program

Host Nation Relations

Since 1952, U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka, Japan has actively trained Japanese physicians in a one-year rotating internship. Education is conducted in English and focuses on a Western approach to medical care. Interns learn outpatient and inpatient medicine and assist as medical liaisons between USNH Yokosuka and local Japanese hospitals.

Six Japanese physicians are selected to begin training each April. The year includes rotations in internal medicine, pediatrics, family medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, emergency medicine, radiology, orthopedics, anesthesia, dermatology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, neurology, and psychiatry. Six weeks of electives are available for interns to choose from as well.

“By building a mutual understanding of each other’s needs, capabilities and limitations, we are improving our understanding of one another and creating relationships that will benefit everyone in the future.�

Capt. Catherine Copenhaver, Obstetrician, U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka, Oct., 2010

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