SAMMC Faculty

Matthew Schmitz, MD, FAOA
Lt Col, USAF
Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Pediatric Orthopaedics
Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics
Chief, Young Adult Hip Preservation Service
Faculty for Miller Orthopaedic Review
Fellowship: Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego

Dustin Lybeck, MD
Lt Col, USAF
Musculoskeletal Oncology
Associate Program Director
Fellowship: University of Florida Enneking Fellowship


Rachel Cuenca, MD
LTC, USA
Pediatric Orthopaedics
Vice Chair, Department of Orthopaedics
Fellowship: Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland

Uma E. Erard, MD
MAJ, USA
Foot and Ankle

Julia Nuelle, MD
Maj, USAF
Hand and Upper Extremity
Director of Medical Student Education
Fellowship: Loyola

Husain M. Bharmal, MD
MAJ, USA
Spine

Eric Verwiebe, MD
MAJ, USA
Orthopaedic Trauma

Benjamin F. Plucknette, DO
Maj, USAF
Hand and Upper Extremity
Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia

Sarah Pierrie, MD
Capt, USAF
General Orthopaedics
Medical Director, Center for the Intrepid
Curriculum Vitae

Basel Touban, MD
Capt, USAF
General Orthopaedics
Curriculum Vitae

Thomas Dowd, MD
LTC, USA
Program Director, SAUSHEC Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery
Fellowship: Harvard

Jeanne Patzkowski, MD
MAJ, USA
Sports Medicine
Associate Program Director
Fellowship: Feagin Sports Medicine Fellowship

Andrew J. Sheean, MD
Maj, USAF
Sports Medicine
Associate Program Director- Research
Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh

Justin Fowler, MD
MAJ, USAR
Orthopaedic Trauma
Fellowship: University of Maryland R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

David Vizurraga, MD
Maj, USAF
Adult Reconstruction
Fellowship: Steadman Hawkins SC

Ivan Antosh, MD
LTC, USA
Sports Medicine



Richard K. Hurley, MD
MAJ, USA
Spine

David J. Wilson, MD
MAJ, USA
Hand and Upper Extremity

Alaina M. Brelin, MD
MAJ, USA
General Orthopaedics

Patrick M. Osborn, MD, FAOA
Col, USAF
Surgeon-in-Chief, San Antonio Military Health System
Orthopaedic Trauma, Foot and Ankle
Deputy Commander for Surgical Services
Brooke Army Medical Center
Chief, Division of Research and Quality
Department of Orthopaedics
Fellowship: Carolinas Medical Center Trauma; OrthoCarolinas Foot and Ankle Institute