>> suny downstate. >> when did you join the navy? are you still in the navy? >> are you in the navy full- time? >> yes. >> howdy do the navy full-time and the private hospital? >> we have a memorandum of understanding joined the fairfax hospital and the navy hospital. since coming to this area, i have been working with the nova group primarily because of my transplants training and wanting to eat those skills fresh and current. also, based on this agreement that we have to be able to cooperatively work with each other, they help us with our cases at our institution and vice versa. >> when you are in the navy, working, you are located where? >> correct. >> take us to the time you were in afghanistan. when was that? >> that was in the summer of 2011. >> how long were you there? >> approximately six months. >> what was your purpose for being there? >> i was deployed to support the second marine expeditionary forces. in my case, i was there to provide medical support, specifically surgical support. typically, when physicians and surgeons deploy, we go primarily as

>> suny downstate. >> downstate? >> yes. >> and when did you join the united states navy?> after medical school. after medical school. >> what year? >> 1998. >> are you still in the navy? >> yes. >> are you navy full-time? >> yes. >> how do you do navy full-time and private hospital fairfax? >> we have -- we have a -- we call it a memorandum of understanding between the fairfax hospital and navy hospital. and since coming to this area, i've been working with the inova group primarily because of my transplant training and wanting to keep those skills sort of fresh and current. and also, again, based on this agreement that we have, you know, to be able to cooperate if we work with each other. they help us with our cases at our institution and vice versa in my case. >> so when you're in the navy working, you're located where? walter reed. >> right. correct. yes. >> and bethesda? >> right. correct. >> take us to the time you were in afghanistan? >> yes, sir. >> when was that? >> that was in the summer of 2011, 2011. >> how long were you there? >> i was there for approximately