Inside Duke Medicine
Duke nurse back from the Afghan front
posted November 7th, 2008
Frank Walsh, a nurse recruiter with Duke University Hospital, returned last summer from a year’s tour of duty in Afghanistan as a lieutenant in the Navy Reserve.
While embedded in an Afghan National Army unit, Walsh and his team served as mentors for Afghan doctors, created a bilingual PowerPoint training guide for Afghan medics and built a small clinic to treat wounded American, Afghan and NATO soldiers.
Walsh, 54, is among 36 Duke staff and faculty who have taken military leave since 2004.