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Defense Health Agency Director Vice Adm. Darin Via (right) greets Dr. David Smith, newly appointed DHA deputy director, after Smith is sworn into office, at the Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia, April 6, 2026.

Dr. David J. Smith named deputy director of the Defense Health Agency

April 09, 2026

Smith previously served as the deputy assistant secretary of war for Health Readiness Policy and Oversight.

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Dr. Theresa Schulz received the National Hearing Conservation Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award, its highest honor, in February 2026
Sound of success: Defense Health Agency audiologist awarded for decades of warfighter hearing health
April 01, 2026

With a career spanning more than 35 years, Dr. Theresa Schulz ensured warfighter readiness through hearing conservation, education, and training.

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U.S. military graduate medical education ‘not simply training doctors; we are cultivating leaders’
March 31, 2026

The Defense Health Agency Graduate Medical Education Program trains more than 3,000 physicians annually.

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Dr. David Smith, Defense Health Agency acting deputy director, poses with military medical professionals who participated in DHA’s 5th Annual Clinical Investigations Program Young Investigator Competition at National Harbor, Maryland, March 3.
Warfighter readiness at the forefront of Young Investigator Competition
March 24, 2026

Presentations and awards were delivered at the 2026 AMSUS, Annual Meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, March 3.

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April 2026 Limb Trauma Educational Series flyer
April 22, 2026

EACE Limb Trauma Educational Series April 2026

The Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence is holding its monthly series, focusing on residual limb health.

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April 25, 2026
Veterinary Medicine Day

Explore the museum’s veterinary medicine and comparative anatomy collections!

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NMHM Lecture Series: A Lecture by Dr. Paul L. Kimmel, with a picture of a slice of a brain
May 03, 2026
Medical Museum Lecture Series May 2026

Join NMHM for a lecture on kidney failure and its treatments.

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