Military Medicine is a hospital-wide effort
Our Military Medicine Program works collaboratively with many surgeons and staff members across most specialties and subspecialties throughout The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
It truly takes a team effort to make these life-changing treatments happen for our nation’s wounded warriors.
There is a robust community of service-connected physicians and staff at the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center. More than 500 veterans and many more physicians and staff are committed to the mission of providing our injured veterans with world-class care.
While these are only a handful of the dedicated providers you might encounter in the Military Medicine Program, we’ve highlighted some of our surgeons and care coordinators below.
Welcome from the Director
My military experience has left me with a lasting commitment to do everything in my power to ensure that our wounded warriors get the quality care that they deserve. We all owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to those who chose to serve our country and sustained combat or training injuries, not only for their service and sacrifice, but for the attitude and approach that they have taken toward their recovery.
Their patience, perseverance, courage and determination to push the boundaries of what can be achieved through reconstructive surgery has reshaped the conversation for all patients presented with a devastating injury or illness.
Technology and techniques that were born out of the last two decades of military conflict have been widely applied to cancer and civilian trauma care.
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is well positioned to return the favor by offering these veterans state-of-the-art care.
Jason Souza, MD
Director, Military Medicine Program
Plastic Surgeon and Veteran of the U.S. Navy
Jason Souza, MD
Director, Military Medicine Program, Plastic Surgeon and Veteran, U.S. Navy
Expertise:
- Extremity reconstruction: limb salvage and restoration
- Nerve reconstruction: nerve pain and functional restoration
- Amputation care
Military Rank/Title:
- Commander, U.S. Navy
- Dr. Souza is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, having achieved a rank of commander in the Medical Corps while serving on active duty for six years as a plastic and reconstructive surgeon. During his military service, Dr. Souza served as director of the Peripheral Nerve Program at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He has performed over 1,000 extremity reconstructive procedures, including over 200 advanced wounded warrior reconstructions.
Amy Moore, MD
Chair of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Plastic Surgeon
Expertise:
- Hand injuries and microsurgery
- Peripheral nerve injuries
- Reconstructive surgical techniques
- Migraine disorders
Kevin Martin, DO
Orthopedic Surgeon and Lieutenant Colonel (RET), U.S. Army
Expertise:
- Foot and ankle reconstruction
- Sports medicine
Military Rank/Title:
- Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army
- Dr. Martin started his career as an Army Medic and progressed through the rank and education to lieutenant colonel. He served in the Army for 24 years, with 14 active, the last six of which he was assigned to Special Operation Command (SOCOM), Joint Special Operations Command – Joint Medical Augmentee Unit. He has deployed multiple times with SOCOM and has vast experience in austere surgical environments. He looks forward to helping our wounded warriors and never giving up the fight for those who have given so much.
Adam Groth, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon and Lieutenant Colonel (RET), U.S. Army
Expertise:
- Foot and ankle reconstruction
Military Rank/Title:
- Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army
- Dr. Groth joined the Ohio State team after working in Army Medicine managing a broad spectrum of patients and wounded warriors with foot and ankle disorders. With 14 years in the U.S. Army, including time in Afghanistan and stints at military hospitals such as Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, he honed his skills to develop solutions for both simple and complex challenges. He and his team specialize in the management of lower extremity sports injuries, acute fractures, arthritis, revision surgery and complex deformity correction. He looks forward to the opportunity to continue to serve you and your family.
Raymond Cho, MD
Director, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Oculoplastic Surgeon and Colonel (RET), U.S. Army
Expertise:
- Orbital and periocular reconstruction
- Plastic and reconstructive surgery of the eyelids, eye socket and tear drainage system
Military Rank/Title:
- Colonel, U.S. Army
- Dr. Cho earned his undergraduate degree from United States Military Academy West Point and his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati. He completed his ophthalmology residency at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, and his fellowship in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Michigan. Dr. Cho served as an Army physician for 21 years, and in 2005-2006 he deployed to Balad Air Base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he was chief of Ophthalmology at the 332nd Air Force Theater Hospital and Ophthalmology Consultant for the Iraqi theater of operations. He spent time at several other military bases and hospitals and served as president of the Society of Military Ophthalmologists before retiring at the rank of colonel in 2015.
Key support team members
Sarah Kamento, program manage
Danielle Rose, registered nurse case manager, consultant
Julie West, team physician assistant