Martin Baechler - Army Strong Stories

update after nine years of war surgery

Martin Baechler — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:45:00 GMT

By: Martin Baechler
My last and only post was 16 months ago. I had forgotten about it until I googled my own name and rediscovered it. I feel compelled to write for my own sake. After nine years of continuous war surgery, I have found it necessary to take a break. The Army has moved me to Fort Belvoir Community Hospital. I will still be treating wounded warriors, but not nearly as many and not so early in their rehabilitation process. My job for the last nine years has been...read more

Motivation: A Surgeon's Perspective

Martin Baechler — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:04:00 GMT

By: Martin Baechler
Last week, I took part in a panel on Upper Extremity War Injuries at the American College of Surgeons’ Clinical Congress with some of my Army and civilian colleagues. I’m a hand surgeon at Walter Reed and my talk was on the reconstructive work I do on Soldiers’ arms and hands, including repairing bones and nerves. Although I’m an Army physician, I don’t have tunnel vision with respect to the military. Everything we do is applicable to civilian...read more