Visit of the doctors from Walter Reed
11. 06. 2008
Belgrade, June 11 - Experts from Walter Reed, one of the most
eminent military medical institutions in the world, paid a visit to MMA
Clinic for Psychiatry. The delegation was composed of doctor Harold J.
Wain, PhD, chief of Walter Reed Psychiatry Consultation and Liaison
Service, his deputy, doctor Andree Bouterii, PhD, and doctor Florence
Foreman. a psychologist. The delegation was received by the MMA head
Maj.Gen. Prof. Miodrag Jevtic, MD, PhD who introduced his guests into
the organization and operation of the Military Medical Academy and
expressed his wish to enhance and improve medical cooperation between
those two military medical institutions. During a tour around the
Psychiatry Clinic, the guests learned about the results our experts
achieved in the field of traumatic stress and posttraumatic stress
disorder. Doctor Wain delivered a lecture on ‘Treatment of war trauma
effects’ attended by a large number of psychiatrists and psychologists
from the Military Medical Academy and other military medical facilities
as well.