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