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Pain Management Center at SAMMC
Delivers Leading-Edge Care to Appreciative Patients By Paul J. Watkins ON
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, Lt. Col. Brandon J. Goff was at the Pentagon, carrying out his first assignment as an Army physi- cian, when the plane hit the building.
He was among the first responders. "That was a world-view-changing event that opened my eyes
to the practice of Army medicine as a career," says Goff, D.O., Chief of the Interdisciplinary Pain Management Center, San
Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC), Fort Sam Houston. "It's probably a strong reason why I'm still serving these soldiers. I can't imagine a better, more appreciative patient population, and it's an honor to come to work daily to take care of these soldiers." Having grown up in a medical family, Dr. Goff had a number
of positive role models who led him to consider medicine as a career. He graduated from the University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City, MO, and
Brandon J. Goff, D.O., a board-certified physiatrist
who is fellowship trained in pain medicine, is Chief of the Interdisciplinary Pain Management Center, San
Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC), Fort Sam Houston. He works as part of an interdisciplinary team of health care professionals that addresses
the pain management needs of military personnel, including soldiers returning from war.
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