A Wounded Warrior's Experience and Physical Rehabilitation
A Colloquium with Medal of Honor Recipient SFC Petry and His Physician, Dr. Ficke
A colloquium with Sgt. First Class Leroy Petry and Dr. James Ficke, the orthopedic surgeon whose treatment allowed Petry to return to duty after losing his hand in combat.
Petry and Ficke will share their experiences from injury to recovery, and discuss the role of both patient and doctor in the rehabilitation process.
Army amputee care, such as the treatment Petry received, is contributing to general amputee care and advancing the rehabilitation of service members, veterans and civilians across the country.
About Leroy Petry
Sergeant First Class Leroy Petry lost his hand in 2008 during a firefight in Afghanistan, when he grabbed a grenade and tossed it away, saving the lives of two other soldiers. For this action, he received the Medal of Honor from President Obama in July 2011. He now wears a sophisticated prosthetic right hand, which allowed him to deploy to Afghanistan in February 2011 for his eighth tour of duty in a combat zone.
About James Ficke
Dr. James Ficke is a foot and ankle surgeon who manages many lower-extremity patients returning from combat zones. He is also the current chairman of the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at Brooke Army Medical Center and the orthopedic surgery consultant to the U.S. Army surgeon general.
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