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DAVID GRANT USAF MEDICAL CENTER
The David Grant USAF Medical Center at Travis AFB, California, is the Air Force's largest medical facility on the West coast. Serving military beneficiaries throughout eight western states, it represents a major milestone in the history of the Air Force Medical Service.
One of the premier Joint Commission-accredited teaching hospitals in the United States, DGMC is named in honor of Dr. (Maj. Gen.) David Norvell Walker Grant, USAAF, MC (1891-1964), the first Surgeon General of the U.S. Army Air Corps and U.S. Army Air Forces.
Background
DGMC is the largest inpatient military treatment facility in Air Mobility Command and the second largest in the United States Air Force. It provides a full spectrum of care to a prime service area population of nearly 96,000 TRICARE eligible beneficiaries in the immediate San Francisco-Sacramento vicinity and 377,000 Department of Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System eligibles.
DGMC currently operates with an annual budget of $119 million and is staffed by nearly 2,500 personnel, which includes nearly 600 active duty officers, over 1,000 enlisted personnel, nearly 70 Individual Mobilization Augmentee reservists, over 260 Civil Service civilians, nearly 350 contractors, over 70 Red Cross workers and 160 highly dedicated military retiree volunteers.
Based on Fiscal Year 2008 data, total patient encounters numbered over 323,000 with an average day consisting of 1,306 outpatient visits, 167 dental appointments, 13 admissions, 7.5 surgical operations, six hyperbaric chamber treatments, 1.4 babies delivered, 1,226 meals served, 3,119 prescriptions filled, 427 radiographs (X-rays) taken and 1,683 lab tests conducted.
DGMC is also one of two inpatient mental health AFMS facilities and has a modern 12-bed medical/surgical intensive care unit.
The present state-of-the-art medical center opened its doors on 19 December 1988 at a cost of $193 million through a unique design-build contract. This enabled the project to be completed ahead of schedule and $8 million below original budget projections. DGMC is divided into three separate patient zones composed of inpatient nursing units, diagnostic and treatment areas, and outpatient clinics all designed around five large courtyards, which provide orientation for staff and patients, as well as natural lighting and views for patient rooms.
DGMC encompasses over 808,475 net square feet with 3,662 rooms. It is currently staffed to operate 84 inpatient beds (expandable to 176), 16 aeromedical staging flight beds (expandable to 40) and 52 dental treatment rooms in the adjacent Arthur J. Sachsel Dental Clinic. With a "footprint" measuring greater than two football fields in width and almost four football fields in length, the horizontal nature of the medical center is quite impressive.
The facility has received five national awards for design and construction, is built to withstand major earthquakes, and can operate for up to a week using internal utility capabilities. Additionally, key structural members and foundations are sized for future vertical expansion.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS:
Aeromedical Staging Facility
The 60th Aeromedical Staging Flight is one of only three in the United States responsible for providing care on a worldwide basis for Wounded Warriors traveling in the aeromedical evacuation system. It is the sole Air Force-bedded ASF on the West coast, serving as the "jumping off" point for the Pacific theater. From FY05 to date, over 3,600 total patients from Operations IRAQI FREEDOM and ENDURING FREEDOM have passed through the ASF, averaging a monthly census of 30 patients with over 40 Department of Veterans Affairs patients transferred to VA Palo Alto for treatment.
Graduate Medical Education
DGMC operates the second largest Graduate Medical Education program in the Air Force, consisting of five Medical, two Dental, and three Allied Health Sciences. A certified registered nurse anesthetist class in conjunction with the U.S. Army's Graduate program in Anesthesia Nursing at Ft. Sam Houston / Baylor College is ranked second out of 106 programs in the United States.
DGMC's Family Medicine program with 42 residents in surgerical, radiological, and transitional courses is the largest in Air Force. The General Surgery and Internal Medicine residency programs treat civilian and military patients in partnership with the University of California at Davis. Diagnostic Radiology, Trasitional Year, Advance Education in General Dentistry, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Pharmacy Practice and Social Work residency programs round out the suite of GME programs.
Additionally, DGMC offers six , Phase II training programs for enlisted medical technicians and a Nurse Transition Program for 310 students annually.
VA/DoD Sharing - Joint Incentive Fund
DGMC has become a specialty care referral hub for Northern California Veterans Health Administration patients with an inpatient/outpatient care and facility sharing agreement. VA/DoD Joint Venture programs include the $1.6 million Hemodialysis and $607,000 Peritoneal Dialysis units. A $5.5 million Joint Spine and Neurosurgery service was added in 2007.
A $5.9 million Joint Inpatient Mental Health Unit and a $5.7 million Joint Radiation Oncology Center were upgraded to state-of-the-art services in 2009 while a $4.4 million Cardiovascular Care Center is under construction and slated to open in the first quarter of 2010. Additionally, DGMC provides Hyperbaric Medicine support for VA San Francisco and VA Palo Alto Medical Centers.
Readiness Platform
Because it is a military medical center, DGMC personnel are "America's First Choice" as the Air Force's second largest medical readiness platform. DGMC personnel have performed expeditionary medical missions for both combat support and humanitarian missions, ranging from Iraq, Afghanistan and the Indonesian Tsunami to Hurricane Rita and California wildfire relief efforts. DGMC also fulfills a key role in the National Response Plan as the Sacramento region Federal Coordinating Center for the National Disaster Medical System.
As one of the Air Force's constant deployer model sites, DGMC personnel are currently providing the lead support to the Craig Joint Theater Hospital in Bagram, Afghanistan, and medical/surgical support to the Joint Theater Hospital in Balad, Iraq.
DGMC fields over 1,500 mobility positions with over 700 personnel holding 150 different Air Force specialty codes, filling primary deployment roles on 114 different standard unit type codes. The current steady state has approximately 150 medical personnel deployed in support of Aerospace Expeditionary Force rotations and humanitarian missions "Anytime, Anywhere" -- while ensuring world-class medical care and service to its customers at home.
(Current as of 14 August 2009)
Contact Information
David Grant USAF Medical Center
Office of Public Affairs, Travis Air Force Base, Calif. 94535
(707) 423-3534
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