David Grant USAF Medical Center at Travis AFB, Calif., is the Air Force's largest medical center in the continental United States. 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
The premiere military treatment facility in the United States Air Force, DGMC provides a full spectrum of care to a prime service area population of more than 500,000 Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System eligible beneficiaries in the immediate San Francisco-Sacramento vicinity from 17 counties covering 40,000 square miles.
DGMC currently operates with an annual budget of $315 million and is staffed by more than 2,500 personnel, which includes 646 active duty officers, 933 enlisted personnel, 70 Individual Mobilization Augmentee reservists, 311 civil service civilians, 270 contractors, 100 Veterans Affairs personnel, 70 Red Cross workers and 200 highly dedicated military retiree volunteers.
Based on Fiscal Year 2013 data, total patient encounters numbered more than 1.7 million. An "average day" at DGMC consists of more than 1,586 outpatient visits, 61 Emergency Room visits, 13 ER admissions, 156 dental appointments, 2,230 prescriptions filled, two babies delivered, 1,655 meals served, 550 radiographs (X-rays) taken, 20 patients admitted, nine Hyperbaric treatments, 55 unique surgical procedures, 16 operations, 65 daily inpatients and 1,903 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 December 19, 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 808,465 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 (ASF) enables 24/7 Aeromedical (AE) patient operations overseeing joint military & civilian patient movement, providing treatment during AE travel to their destination. It is PACOM’s largest casualty receiving facility and sole Air Force-bedded ASF on the West coast, supporting 56 AE missions, averaging a 128-patient census and 117 attendants annually. The 60th ASF also maintains and utilizes 1 of 3 CONUS High-Deck Patient Loading Platforms (HDPLP), a vehicle that helps personnel unload and upload patients to and from large aircraft, as well as allowing for the transportation of patients to and from the flightline. The ASF is responsible for the loading and unloading of patients from aircraft and ensuring they receive the best medical care whether at DGMC or our Veterans Affairs counterparts at VA Palo Alto.
Graduate Medical Education
DGMC operates the 7th largest graduate medical education training platform in the DoD. DGMC has 17 Graduate Medical Education programs, consisting of 9 medical, 2 dental, and 6 allied health sciences programs, with over 120 residents in training. DGMC averages 55 graduates per year with a greater than 95% board pass rate.
DGMC is the sponsoring institution for 4 ACGME accredited medical residency programs including Family Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Transitional Year, and a Sport Medicine Fellowship, along with 2 CODA accredited dental residency programs including Advanced Education in General Dentistry and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. DGMC has 5 medical residency programs that are integrated with the University of California at Davis including General Surgery and General Surgery Preliminary Year Internship, Vascular Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Emergency Medicine, and Internal Medicine. Additionally, DGMC trains students in allied health sciences programs including Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Inter-Service Physician Assistant, Orthopedic Physician Assistant, and Social Work programs.
Additionally, DGMC offers six Phase II training programs for enlisted medical technicians (Aerospace Medical Services Apprentice, Surgical Services Apprentice, Cardiopulmonary, Diagnostic Imaging, Diagnostic Ultrasound, and Laboratory) a Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing course, and a Nurse Transition Program graduating more than 310 students annually.
For more information, visit https://health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/DHA-GME.
Enhanced Veteran Care: A Legacy of DGMC & VANCHCS Partnership
Since 1994, David Grant Medical Center (DGMC) and the VA Northern California Health Care System (VANCHCS) have forged an enduring partnership to transform Veteran care. This innovative and collaborative partnership has established a vital third access point for Veterans, featuring significant utilization of DGMC's enhanced services, with Veterans benefiting from over 16,000 outpatient visits and 762 surgeries in FY24. Thanks to the Sharing Agreement, Veterans can access a variety of care options at DGMC, including the Emergency Room, Inpatient services, Surgical Services, Chronic Hemodialysis, and Medical & Specialty Care Clinics.
AFMEDCOM’s Premier Medical Readiness Platform!
David Grant USAF Medical Center, also known as Federal Coordination Center (FCC) Sacramento, is the Air Force’s largest Tier-1 Medical Treatment Facility. With its McClelland Satellite Clinic in Sacramento, California, the unit delivers medical care to a 276K beneficiary population through its 51-clinics and is one of the DoD’s top Medical, Dental and Veterinary Treatment Facilities for the generation of Ready Medical Forces, in-garrison Healthcare Delivery and Military Medical Training.
As a Congressionally mandated Core Casualty Receiving Facility (CCRF), the unit organizes and leads inter-agency operations to ensure the delivery of emergency care and rapid patient movement across the nation for the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).
David Grant USAF Medical Center answers our nation’s call, simultaneously delivering Health Service Support (HSS) to 7-Geographic Combatant Commands and rapid disaster relief at home and abroad.