San Antonio Military Medical Center, also known as SAMMC, serves as a world class health science center for inpatient and ambulatory care, consisting of Graduate Medical Education (GME) & training, a Level 1 Trauma Center, and the only American Burn Association verified Burn Center within the DoD.

BRAC 2005 (Base Realignment and Closure)

In 1988, 1991, 1993, and 1995, the Defense Department executed base realignments and closures (BRAC) through a legally specified process. Through the BRAC process, the Defense Department evaluates its current stationary plan against multiple variables; the changes in threat, force structures, technologies, doctrine, organization, business practices, and plant inventory. BRAC 2005 directed the realignment of the inpatient medical function of the 59th Medical Wing (Wilford Hall Medical Center) to Brooke Army Medical Center

Brooke Army Medical Center

Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio is part of the United States Army Medical Command. It is a University of Texas Health Science Center and USUHS teaching hospital and contains the Army Burn Center....

(BAMC) in San Antonio to create the San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC). By September 2011, Brooke Army Medical Center will have absorbed all inpatient services from WHMC and provide all inpatient tertiary care as well as all trauma and emergency medical care. The facility will be known as SAMMC. Wilford Hall Medical Center will be converted into a large ambulatory care center.

SAMMC (Ft. Sam Houston - Brooke Army Medical Center)

With the realignment of inpatient services to BAMC from WHMC, the existing BAMC facility was projected to receive additions and alterations to accommodate new requirements.
Additions Include:

• Administrative: Primarily administrative and support functions, including limited clinical activities
• Hospital: ER expansion to accommodate the consolidated trauma mission and bed realignment.
• Parking Garage

Fort Sam Houston

Due to the need to decongest the BAMC facility through realignment of Family Medicine services for Active Duty and Active Duty Family Members and Retirees, a new, 132,000 sq. ft., state-of-the-art medical facility recently opened on Fort Sam Houston. The new facility provides outpatient services in Family Medicine, Adolescent Medicine, Behavioral Health, Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy, as well as Laboratory, Radiology and Pharmacy services.

Active-duty military personnel and their families and military retirees may receive healthcare services at the center. This new clinic will also treat additional personnel coming to Fort Sam Houston as part of other BRAC actions.

The location is extremely convenient for active-duty military personnel and their families, and even many military retirees who live nearby. The facility also contains the TRICARE service center offering assistance and information on the military beneficiary care program.

McWethy Troop Medical Clinic

An addition/alteration to McWethy Troop Medical Clinic is proposed to provide additional health treatment capacity to support BRAC 2005 re-stationing actions at Fort Sam Houston. This project concept will renovate and provide additional healthcare facilities required to support the healthcare workload generated by the projected enrolled population increase by thousands duty trainees.

• Primary Care
• Optometry
• Army Substance Abuse Program
• Physical Therapy
• Basic Ancillary services, including: Lab X-ray Pharmacy

External links

• San Antonio Military Medical Center (Official Site)