Army Reserve surgeon answers the call
U.S. Army Reserve Col. Paul Phillips III (l.), orthopedic surgeon and chief of Professional Services with the 228th Combat Support Hospital at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, is shown here performing surgery during a deployment to Iraq in 2016. The 23-year military veteran practices medicine full time as part of the Orthopedic Surgery team at Hill Country Memorial Medical Group in Fredericksburg, Texas, and is now a consultant to the U.S. Army Surgeon General on Reserve orthopedic surgeon manning.