Photo by Roan Smith | Walter Reed National Military Medical Center | 09.08.2025
U.S. Army Col. (Dr.) Paul Hwang, director for surgery at Walter Reed, stands next to the microsurgical system used at the medical center for perform a successful breast reconstruction. The system allowed surgeons to reconnect very small blood vessels, usually done by hand and a large microscope, making the vessel connection more accurate and lessening the chances for possible complications,......
Photo by Marcy Sanchez | William Beaumont Army Medical Center | 01.18.2019
Lt. Col. Owen Johnson III, chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, uses a laser-assisted indocyanine green angiography (LAICGA) portable handheld imaging device for the first time ever at WBAMC during a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery, Jan. 18. The device enables surgeons to visualize microvascular blood flow and related tissue perfusion,......
Photo by Marcy Sanchez | William Beaumont Army Medical Center | 01.18.2019
Lt. Col. Owen Johnson III, chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, uses a laser-assisted indocyanine green angiography (LAICGA) portable handheld imaging device for the first time ever at WBAMC during a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery, Jan. 18. The device enables surgeons to visualize microvascular blood flow and related tissue perfusion,......
Photo by Marcy Sanchez | William Beaumont Army Medical Center | 01.18.2019
Lt. Col. Owen Johnson III, chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, uses a laser-assisted indocyanine green angiography (LAICGA) portable handheld imaging device for the first time ever at WBAMC during a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery, Jan. 18. The device enables surgeons to visualize microvascular blood flow and related tissue perfusion,......
Photo by Marcy Sanchez | William Beaumont Army Medical Center | 01.18.2019
Lt. Col. Owen Johnson III, chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, uses a laser-assisted indocyanine green angiography (LAICGA) portable handheld imaging device for the first time ever at WBAMC during a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery, Jan. 18. The device enables surgeons to visualize microvascular blood flow and related tissue perfusion,......
Photo by Marcy Sanchez | William Beaumont Army Medical Center | 04.17.2017
Lt. Col. Owen Johnson III (left), chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service, and Dr. Khang Thai, plastic surgeon, WBAMC, utilize a microscope during a microvascular transplant or "free flap" surgery as part of WBAMC's Reconstructive Microsurgery Program, April 17. Reconstructive microsurgery is a new practice to WBAMC and includes the autologous transfer of tissue, nerves and bone to......
Photo by Marcy Sanchez | William Beaumont Army Medical Center | 04.17.2017
Lt. Col. Owen Johnson III (left), chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, utilizes a microscope during a microvascular transplant or "free flap" surgery as part of WBAMC's Reconstructive Microsurgery Program, April 17. Reconstructive microsurgery is a new practice to WBAMC and includes the autologous transfer of tissue, nerves and bone to......
Photo by Marcy Sanchez | William Beaumont Army Medical Center | 04.17.2017
Lt. Col. Owen Johnson III (left), chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service, and Dr. Khang Thai, plastic surgeon, WBAMC, perform a microvascular transplant or "free flap" surgery as part of WBAMC's Reconstructive Microsurgery Program, April 17. Reconstructive microsurgery is a new practice to WBAMC and includes the autologous transfer of tissue, nerves and bone to trauma, cancer, or......
