Bob Wilson Naval Hospital

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Bob Wilson Naval Hospital


caption=NMCSD Shield
dates= 1917 - Present
country= United States
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branch= United States Navy
type= Hospital
motto=The Pride of Navy MedicineLocated on Florida Drive in San Diego, adjacent to Balboa Park, Bob Wilson Naval Hospital, formerly known as Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) is the most technologically advanced Navy medical treatment facility. Nicknamed, Balboa, the Pride of Navy Medicine, the hospital has played a vital role in the history of San Diego for more than 80 years. From the original tent dispensary established in 1917, to the high-tech, ultra modern facility of the 1990s, the mission has remained constant to provide the finest medical care in a family-centered care environment to the operational forces, their families, and to those who served their country in the past. Naval Medical Center San Diego is first and foremost a military command.

Current status

The center has five medical mobilization teams including the hospital ship USNS Mercy whose personnel are drawn from the hospital staff. These teams deploy to the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia at various times during the year. It is the center's mission to ensure Sailors and Marines onboard those ships have access to quality medical care, if needed.

Naval Medical Center San Diego is affiliated with the University of California San Diego, Children's Hospital and Health Center, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla and many prestigious institutions throughout the United States where Navy trainees perform rotations as integral parts of their residency of fellowship programs.

Naval Medical Center San Diego operates a network of clinics located at area military installations. Through these clinics, ambulatory care is provided to the active duty population. Nine other clinics are located throughout San Diego and are available to family members and retirees.

Research and Testing

A leader in the medical field, the hospital is also a major teaching and research center.

As Navy medicine's most active teaching hospital, graduate medical education programs are conducted in anesthesiology, dermatology, emergency medicine, general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics-gynecology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, orthopedics, pathology, pediatrics, psychiatry, psychology, radiology, urology, general practice dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, nurse anesthesia, and hospital pharmacy.

External links

* [http://www-nmcsd.med.navy.mil/ Naval Medical Center Website]