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Jim Lightner receives his CHSOS certification at IMSH 2020 and is our February Staff Spotlight!
Just last month our Simulation Operations Specialist, James (Jim) Lightner, BS, EMT-P, CHSOS, received his Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist (CHSOS) certification at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare. CHSOS certifications...
The Bioengineering team created DAPHNE a Postpartum Hemorrhage Novice Educator.
Under the mentorship of WISER Director of Operations, Tom Dongilli, several students from the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering Bioengineering class created DAPHNE: a Dynamic and Accessible Postpartum Hemorrhage Novice Educator. ?After...
Joe Wheeler joins us as our newest Simulation Operations Specialist (SOS)
We have some exciting news to start off 2020! We would like to welcome a new member to the WISER team! Joe Wheeler joins us as our newest Simulation Operations Specialist (SOS). Joe comes to us from The Center for Organ Recovery where he spent 10...
WISER staff will be presenting and have a booth at IMSH 2020 in San Diego, California.
The International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) 2020 is right around the corner and several WISER staff will be in attendance in San Diego, California. IMSH is the worlds largest healthcare simulation conference exploring the best practices and...
Dr. Chuanhuang Chen joins the growing Visiting Scholars Program as our new fellow!
Our newest fellow Dr. Chuanhuang Chen has ambitious goals during his fellowship at WISER and we are here to help him accomplish those goals! Dr. Chen begins his one year fellowship to learn about simulation center operations, information technology,...
Did you know WISER is on social media? Follow, like, and subscribe today!
Did you know WISER is on social media? Social media has become the norm for many people and organizations and we are one of those organizations. Social media allows people from all around the country and world to share their thoughts, ideas, pictures and...
This week we welcomed three Visiting Scholars to our Visiting Scholars Program!
This week we welcomed three Visiting Scholars to WISER! Dr. Lei Fan joins us from Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, China, where he is an Orthopedic Surgeon. During Dr. Fan's six months with WISER he would like to learn advanced education ideas...
Debby Farkas and Jim Christman were recently honored for their contributions.
A meeting of celebrations! Two UPMC during the monthly staff meeting. Director of Educational Development, Dr. Debby Farkas, was honored with a letter from Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf for her hard work, dedication and outstanding service to the...
Long time Simulation Operations Specialist Marty Mayer promoted to new role!
We did not have to go far in our search for a new Manager of Simulation Services. We are happy to announce Martin Mayer EMT-P, CHSOS as the new Manager of Simulation Services! Marty has been working at WISER since 2014. He previously worked at Baldwin Emergency...
The WISER beacon shines bright for our new fellow, Dr. Jiehua Feng!
WISER is excited to welcome Dr. Jiehua Feng as a Fellow through our Visiting Scholar Program! Dr. Feng joins us from Nanshan District People?s Hospital, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China. Dr. Feng has been engaged in clinical anesthesia for 17 years and...
Welcome to our newest fellow!
Please join us in welcoming our newest fellow, Hafizah Abdul Salim, MD! Dr. Salim is an Emergency Medicine Physican and Medical Lecturer at the University Putra Malaysia under the Ministry of Higher Education. With special interests in critical care, life support,...
Directors Corner Winter 2024
Greetings Friends of WISER! We have had a productive quarter, and I hope that you have as well. First off, we have released the newest version of our Patient Safety Report. This report allows us to focus on those WISER activities which are aligned directly with...
WISER Operations Expanding Services
It's been a busy year for the WISER operations team! Over the past 12 months, the operations team now supports WISER’s main 20,000 sq. ft. facility and 12 satellite centers throughout the UPMC Health System. Additionally, we’ve developed a new partnership to support 6...
WISER’s Impact on Patient Safety
WISER is pleased to announce the release of our new Patient Safety booklet! This publication serves to highlight the spectacular work of our faculty and staff and the effort that goes into the courses that we offer that directly effect the health and safety of the...
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