The Importance of Orthopedics in the Vietnam War

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During those years you mentioned two three four nights. If you were on call you were heading it up. You had your residence or with you and if we had more that we knew were coming guess what you took all the night before you volunteered and just took it again. It was tough to see these Young young men, women with you know blown off limbs blew off legs blown off ankles X fixes on which are like these are rector sets you put on their legs and arms and pelvis to stabilize their bones stabilize their vesselsIt really helped save lives so we were seeing things back at our tertiary Care Center at somewhere like Balboa or Bethesda or Portsmouth or San Antonio or most of the Cas

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Dr. Matthew Provencher is one of the nation’s leading orthopedic surgeons specializing in the surgical treatment and rehabilitation of injuries to the knee and shoulder.

Captain Matthew T. Provencher, MD MBA MC USNR (Ret.), a native of Barrington, New Hampshire attended Oyster River High School in Durham, New Hampshire and then the United States Naval Academy, where he was appointed the Deputy Brigade Commander (Second in command), graduated with Distinction (Highest Honors) with a Major in Electrical Engineering, and was designated as Secretary of the Navy Distinguished Graduate. He was also inducted into Phi Kappa Phi (The National Honor Society), Tau Beta Pi (The National Engineering Honor Society), and Sigma Pi Sigma (The National Physics Honor Society). During his undergraduate years, Dr. Provencher was also a 4-year varsity oarsman and First-Team All-American at Navy and named Most Valuable Oarsman. He completed his medical education at Dartmouth Medical School where he graduated with Honors and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society.

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