In 1867, what would become the Dayton Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center was then known as the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch. In Dayton, it was simply known as the “Soldiers’ Home.” At its peak in 1884, the Home provided all levels of care to over 7,000 veterans and, by 1910, over half a million Americans were visiting the Home each year.
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Public health education continually evolves along with changing health challenges. The focus must shift because there are always new diseases and threats on the horizon. To compensate for the fluid nature of the field, many public health programs tend to specialize in certain areas of training.
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Sahana Venkatesh, M.D., a first-year internal medicine resident at the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, is leading research into the toxicity of chemotherapy treatments on military veterans. The results of the effort may one day help health care providers to better tailor chemotherapy treatments to veterans suffering from cancer.
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On March 24, Dr. Chris Wild, '17 gave a lecture on the trauma cases he performed during his recent deployment in Afghanistan. Dr. Wild is a recent graduate of the Wright State Residency program and is currently working in Dayton at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. After his lecture, Dr. Wild presented a flag that was flown in Afghanistan in honor of the orthopedic department and to thank our attendings for his training.
