Richard Harrison, MD, of Wuesthoff Hospital Melbourne (Fla.) was recognized for both his military service and the orthopedic care he offers to Florida-based patients.
Here are four things to know:
1. Dr. Harrison is a highly-decorated officer in the U.S. Army Reserves Medical Corp. and is one of First Choice Medical Group's Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
2. He recently spent over three months as a trauma surgeon for a joint U.S. Military Task Force in Iraq.
3. The Task Force's Commanding Officer, Colonel P.J. Nugent said, "Together, Colonel Harrison and his team of medical specialists have helped save the lives of hundreds of Iraqi soldiers who ordinarily would not have survived their battlefield injuries."
4. Wuesthoff Hospital-Melbourne recently named Dr. Harrison "Physician of the Year."
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