Home > Media >  Northeast Center for Special Care Physician Volunteers at Landstuhl

Northeast Center for Special Care Physician Volunteers at Landstuhl

del.icio.us     Netvous     Furl      Yahoo!    Digg

Lake Katrine, NY, March 30, 2007 -- Martin Stein, MD., COL, MC (USAR Ret), physician at Northeast Center for Special Care, has volunteered for a tour of duty at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC), in Landstuhl, Germany, through the US Army Reserves.  Dr. Stein will work at LMRC from April through July of 2007.

LRMC is the largest American hospital outside of the United States, and the only American tertiary hospital in Europe. LRMC provides primary and tertiary care, hospitalization, and treatment for more than 52,000 American military personnel and their families within the center’s boundaries. The center also provides specialized care for the more than 250,000 additional American military personnel and their families in the European Theater as well as injured troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Dr. Stein has a long history of service in the military medical system, upon graduation from medical school in 1963 Dr. Stein joined the US Army Reserves as a physician and remained in the Reserves for six years.  In 1980 he re-joined the Reserves and served for the next fifteen years.  Dr. Stein was stationed at a number of military hospitals in the United States and abroad including Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.

Richard Hodder, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., Medical Director, Northeast Center for Special Care noted:  "Dr. Stein is dedicated to serving the military and has made himself available in the past.  His expertise will be put to good use at Landstuhl."

In saying goodbye to his colleagues, Dr. Stein said about Northeast Center:  "This is the best brain injury program in the country, I am so proud to work here with an incredible team of professionals and I will miss everyone."

Dr. Stein joined the medical staff at Northeast Center for Special Care in 2006.  He will return in July of 2007. 
 

Images (click on thumbnails for larger image):

   

Media contact: Northeast Center for Special Care, Beth Faichney, Media and Public Relations Director 845-336-3500

Founded in 1999, Northeast Center for Special Care is a unique inpatient facility designed to serve medically complex and multiply impaired individuals with brain injury, spinal cord injury, neurobehavioral disorders, ventilator and respiratory care needs and other complex medical needs. Advanced professional skills and innovative therapies are coupled with an unwavering belief in the potential of every individual to progress. It is this belief that drives our commitment to help those recovering at Northeast Center achieve the highest degree of rehabilitation possible and to reenter the community.