The U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR) is part of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and is collocated with Brooke Army Medical Center.  The USAISR is dedicated to both laboratory and clinical trauma research.  Its mission is to provide requirements-driven combat casualty care medical solutions and products for injured soldiers, from self-aid through definitive care across the full spectrum of military operations; provide state-of-the-art trauma, burn, and critical care to Department of Defense beneficiaries around the world and civilians in our trauma region; and provide Burn Special Medical Augmentation Response Teams.

Click to launch the video, "Injury to Recovery," from the
Army Surgeon General's Office. This 3-minute video provides a dynamic first-person perspective into a soldier's journey from moment of injury to point of recovery. (Opens in new window)