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The Keller Army Community Hospital Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Research team received notification that six abstracts were accepted for presentation at the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons (SOMOS) Annual Meeting in December. The SOMOS meeting provides a forum for presentation of research papers in a collegial setting and the interchange of medical knowledge as it relates to the practice of orthopaedic surgery in the military.
The 2025 Col. Douglas A. Kersey Advanced Clinical & Operational Practice Course is part of the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Post-Professional Short Course Series, and was hosted by Keller Army Community Hospital, West Point, N.Y., on August 4-8, 2025. Course participants were from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Public Health Service.
Newark (N.J.) Army Recruiting Company recruiters attended nutrition training during their August 29, 2025, Quarterly Training meeting. The training, provided by Lt. Col. Joetta Khan, PhD, MPH, a registered dietitian, focusing on nutrition strategies for healthy recruiters and resources for recruiters to support healthy recruits.
The Defense Health Agency’s Virtual Education Center is an online educational platform with more than 50,000 resources covering 60 medical topics. The Virtual Education Center puts the power in your hands to research health topics before you talk to your provider.
Keller Army Community Hospital conducted a joint medical-focused, full-scale training exercise with our New York Army and Air National Guard partners on June 4-6, 2025. The exercise allowed Keller (and the U.S. Army) to sustain a ready military force that refines Soldiers in the field of warrior tasks and military medicine.

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