Temple Vascular Surgeon Volunteers To Treat Soldiers Injured In Iraq

CHICAGO (March 06, 2008) —

Dr. Clifford J. Buckley with Scott & White Hospital in Temple, Texas will volunteer to fill a slot in the surgery rotation of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany where many of the soldiers injured in Iraq are treated.

Dr. Buckley will volunteer March 17-26, 2008. He is one of 24 members of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) to relieve the limited number of vascular surgeons in the military who are filling positions in military hospitals in the United States and internationally. Other Scott &White Hospital vascular surgeons volunteering for this assignment are:

Marvin D. Atkins, MD, Jr., volunteered Nov. 26 – Dec. 9, 2007
William Todd Bohannon, MD, volunteered Feb. 2-17, 2008
Ruth L. Bush, MD, volunteered Sept. 1-16, 2007
Robert W. Feldtman, MD, volunteering March 27 – April 13, 2008

“Our members understand how important expert surgeons are to the military in saving the lives and limbs of these young military heroes,” said K. Wayne Johnston, SVS president. “We were contacted by SVS member, Col. David Gillespie, the vascular surgery consultant, Office of the U.S. Army Surgeon General and a professor of surgery at Walter Reed Medical Center, and our members quickly responded. I am proud to represent a specialty that unselfishly contributes where they are needed.”

Injuries incurred in the Iraq war are unique in that they include blast injuries from IEDs (improvised explosive devise) and high-velocity injuries from crashes. Vascular surgeons repair the damaged arteries and veins that are injured as a result of the IEDs by using both minimally invasive and open surgery.

About the Society for Vascular Surgery
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is a not-for-profit medical society that seeks to advance excellence and innovation in vascular health through education, advocacy, research and public awareness. SVS is the national advocate for 2,600 vascular surgeons dedicated to the prevention and cure of vascular disease.

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