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WISER Welcomes Dr. Abedallah Kasem as a Preceptor

WISER is excited to welcome Dr. Abedallah Kasem as a Preceptor through our Visiting Scholars Program! Dr. Kasem joins us from Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, where he is an Assistant Professor, Head of Maternity, Child Health Nursing, and...

WISER Welcomes Dr. Wei Dong as a Preceptor

WISER is excited to welcome Dr. Wei Dong as a Preceptor through our Visiting Scholars Program! Dr. Dong joins us from Shanghai Children?s Medical Center, China, where he is a Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon. Over the course of a month, Dr. Dong will receive an...

Stop the Bleed

If a loved one was experiencing a life-threatening situation where they were bleeding uncontrollably, and it was not stopping, would you know what to do?  Under the instruction of WISER Director of Operations, Tom Dongilli, WISER staff participated in the Stop...

All in a Day’s Work!

Email from a trauma surgeon? Can you come to my ER and run a trauma team training session at 6:30 am for my residents and trauma team? WISER response? No problem, tell us what you want to do. The patient is a 24 y/o male, multiple gunshot wounds to the neck and chest....

WISER Welcomes Dr. Tae Gun Shin

WISER is excited to welcome Dr. TaeGun Shin as a Fellow in our Visiting Scholars Program! Dr. Shin joins us from Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, Korea where he works in the Department of Emergency Medicine as an Emergency Medicine Physician. Dr. Shin has served as...

Expanding the WISER Fellowship Program 

Expanding the WISER Fellowship Program 

The administrative team has been working on multiple programs lately.  We have revamped our Fellowship Programs and are pleased to welcome our newest visiting scholar, Dr. Hafizah Abdul-Salim from Malaysia. Dr. Salim is an Emergency Medicine Physician and Medical...

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Director’s Corner – Fall 2023

Greetings Friends of WISER! In this edition we are happy to welcome several amazing new team members to our ever-expanding WISER staff! We continue to thrive because we have such an excellent team with extraordinary capabilities and dedication to our mission focusing...

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WISER expands team with new staff members

WISER expands team with new staff members

The WISER team is growing! In the past few months, we have had the pleasure of welcoming several new staff members to our team.  WISER strives to maintain the highest level of support across our many courses and satellite centers. To help alleviate these growing...

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