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Arial image of Keller Army Community Hospital, West Point, N.Y., with DHA, VA, and Keller logos.

May 5, 2026

DoW-VA partnership provides increased access to care for Hudson Valley Veterans

KELLER ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, N.Y. — Keller Army Community Hospital staff and a Dept. of Veteran Affairs provider executed an initial round of Endocrinology Fine Needle Aspiration. This access to care was previously not available at Keller, but was executed due to the Department of War-VA strategic partnership that was established in April 2024.

Keller Army Community Hospital Operating Room Team who has been recognized by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) as a Center of Excellence in Surgical Safety: Smoke Evacuation, earning the prestigious Go Clear Award. The national recognition underscores Keller’s unwavering commitment to providing a safe and healthy environment for both patients and surgical staff by effectively eliminating the hazards of surgical smoke.

April 28, 2026

Keller Army Community Hospital Earns National Recognition for Surgical Safety: Smoke Evacuation

KELLER ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, N.Y. — Keller Army Community Hospital Operating Room Team who has been recognized by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) as a Center of Excellence in Surgical Safety: Smoke Evacuation, earning the prestigious Go Clear Award. The national recognition underscores Keller’s unwavering commitment to providing a safe and healthy environment for both patients and surgical staff by effectively eliminating the hazards of surgical smoke.

Keller Army Community Hospital Operation Room Nurses are pictured (from l-r): Naima Holloway, Jeanine Duggan, Maj. Anthony David, Sehoun Kim, and Maj. Robert Caito. Not pictured are Capt.(P) Freddy Harozuniga and Maj. Candace Jackson.

April 24, 2026

KACH earns CNOR Strong Designation, Reinforcing Commitment to Surgical Excellence and Lifelong Learning

KELLER ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL — Keller Army Community Hospital has earned the “CNOR Strong” designation from the Competency & Credentialing Institute, recognizing a sustained commitment to perioperative nursing excellence, patient safety, and high-quality surgical care.

Keller Army Community Hospital will be implementing ‘ambient listening’ technology to strengthen the patient-provider care experience by helping our providers focus more on YOU – the beneficiary – and less on their computer screens. Ambient listening is a secure voice recognition technology that helps providers create clinical notes.

April 2, 2026

Keller implements 'ambient listening' technology

KELLER ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, N.Y. — Keller Army Community Hospital will be implementing ‘ambient listening’ technology to strengthen the patient-provider care experience by helping our providers focus more on YOU – the beneficiary – and less on their computer screens.

Maj. Patrick Mescher, M.D., and Maj. Connor Venrick, M.D., both recent graduates of the John A. Feagin, Jr. Sports Medicine Fellowship, are two members of Keller’s Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Research team that contributed to the six abstracts that were accepted for presentation at the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons (SOMOS) Annual Meeting.

Sept. 10, 2025

Keller has six projects accepted for presentation at SOMOS meeting

KELLER ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, N.Y. — 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. SOMOS 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.

Lt. Col. Jon Umlauf, Associate Professor, George Washington University Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, demonstrates the utility of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) as a valuable tool in forward battlefield medicine during the Kersey Advanced Clinical & Operational Practice Course held at West Point on August 4-8, 2025. POCUS provides immediate diagnostic information in austere, resource-limited environments.

Aug. 14, 2025

Keller hosts advanced neuromusculoskeletal course to improve warfighter care

KELLER ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, N.Y. — Keller Army Community Hospital hosted the 2025 Col. Douglas A. Kersey Advanced Clinical & Operational Practice Course, which is part of the MEDCoE (US Army Medical Center of Excellence) Post-Professional Short Course Series, on August 4-8, 2025. Participants - including members from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Public Health Service - received an advanced understanding of evidence-based practices, from the clinic to the battlefield, equipping them to meet the unique demands of military healthcare in today's evolving strategic environment.

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