The 16-year evolution of a military-civilian partnership: The University of Alabama at Birmingham experience

Omar A Rokayak1, Daniel T Lammers, Emily W Baird

  • 1From the Air Force Special Operations Surgical Team (O.A.R., N.R.M., D.M.N.); General Surgery Residency Program (E.W.B.), Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (O.A.R., J.B.H., J.O.J., D.B.C., J.P.W., R.D.B., N.R.M., D.M.N., J.K.W., J.D.K.), Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program (D.T.L.), University of Alabama at Birmingham; Special Operations Center for Medical Integration and Development (J.D.), Birmingham, Alabama; and 24th Special Operations Wing (J.D.), Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida.

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