Search for Records of Human Radiation Research

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ANDREW RADER US ARMY HEALTH CLINIC WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER MEMORANDUM FOR COL Shannon M. Harrison, MC, Chief, Clinical Investigation Regulatory Office Consultant to The Surgeon General for Clinical Investigation SUBJECT: Search for Records of Human Radiation Research 1. We are unable to find administrative or centralized clinical records for the period of 1944 to the present indicating involvement of this medical treatment facility with human radiation 2. COL Albert Ettore, MC, the clinic commander from 1979 through 1990 was contacted by me. He has no knowledge of this clinic being involved with human radiation research. MAJ James McGee, MC, the clinic commander from 1990 through 1992, similarly has no knowledge of this clinic being involved with human radiation research. 3. The medical treatment facility at Ft. Myer, VA, has not been involved with inpatient services since 1948. There was a 120 bed hospital here prior to 1948. There was a ttprisonertlward here from 1944 - 1945. Records covering clinic activities for the inpatient facility are not available. This clinic has had a singular focus of outpatient primary care medicine. The civilian and military physicians attached to this facility have generally been generalists. All patient records at this facility are retired 3 6 months after the last clinic visit. We have not discovered any sequestered research patient records at this facility. Our regicnal affiliation has been the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. All human use research during these past four decades would have been channeled and monitored through the human use committee at Walter Reed. 4. Further information and assistance may be obtained by contacting LTC Gilbert Turner, the DCA DSN 226-3441 or commercial