Lt. Col. (Dr.) Chad Hivnor, 59th Medical Specialty Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, is helping wounded warriors regain strength and confidence with a new approach — lasers. Hivnor will receive the Air Force Association’s Paul W. Myers Award for his work using pulsed dye lasers and carbon dioxide fractional lasers to improve skin conditions on wounded warriors, according to a release. He is also the only dermatologist in the Air Force taking patients to the operating room to treat severe burns that involves anywhere from 10 to 80 percent of their body surface area. How does the treatment work? “By…
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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh will be the featured speaker for an upcoming Air Force Association breakfast on June 17 from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, Va. The AFA Air Force breakfast program features many of the Air Force’s top movers and shakers as guest speakers and attracts members of the military, the defense and aerospace industry and the press. Past speakers at the annual 10-month series include Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley; former Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Norton A. Schwartz; Dr. Jamie…
