Co-hosts of the conference were Maj. Gen. Dat– Ahmad Badrus bin Othman, Director General of the Malaysian Armed Forces Health Services Division and Maj. Gen. Nancy Adams, USARPAC Surgeon and Commander, Pacific Regional Medical Command and Tripler Army Medical Center.
"The theme of this year’s conference (was) Military Medical Interoperability and I am sure that it (was) a topic of great interest especially in the light of global events in recent years," Maj. Gen. Badrus said.
This
was Maj. Gen. Adams’ sixth Asia-Pacific Military Medicine Conference.
She was a participant in India and the co-host of two conferences in
New Zealand, and one each in Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia. Retiring
in June 2002 after 35 years in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, she said farewell
to all the delegates and challenged them to continue to improve future
conferences saying, "While each conference is distinct in terms
of venue, I have come to appreciate, from knowing my colleagues in military
medicine, the goodness of humanity that is the same throughout the world."
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L to R: Capt. Barry Cohen, USN, TRICARE Pacific Lead Agency-Hawaii; Lt. Col. Jeharan Sikh, Malaysian Secretariat staff; Capt. Richard Jeffries, USN, Deputy Commander for Clinical Support, Tripler Army Medical Center; and Capt. Dave Davis, U.S. Pacific Fleet. |
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L to R: Col. Abedur Rahman, Bangladesh Army, 55th Infantry Division; Lt. Gen. James Peake, U. S. Army Surgeon General; and Maj. Gen. James Campbell, Special Assistant to the Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific. |
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L to R: Maj. Gen. Sangharomya Suebong, Royal Thai Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences; Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Kambhu Na Choochat, Royal Thai Army Medical Department Surgeon General; Sr. Col. Cuong Do, Military Hospital 103, Vietnam; Sr. Col. Tran Tang, Military Medical Department, Vietnam; and Lt. Gen. Pravit Tanprasert, Phramongkutklao Hospital, Thailand. |
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