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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...
WISER is excited to welcome Dr. Lianxiang He as a Preceptor in our Visiting Scholars Program!
WISER is excited to welcome Dr. Lianxiang He as a Preceptor in our Visiting Scholars Program! Dr. He joins us from Xiangya Hosptial of Central South University, China. Dr. He is a Doctor of Surgery and the Vice Director of Xiangya?s Department of Nursing. Dr. He will...
WISER Welcomes Dr. Bo Li To Our Visiting Scholars Program!
WISER is excited to welcome Dr. Bo Li as a Preceptor in our Visiting Scholars Program! Dr. Li joins us from Shanghai Children?s Medical Center, Shanghai, China. At Shanghai Children?s Medical Center, Dr. Li is currently an attending physician in the Department of...
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....
Dr. Paul Phrampus Receives EMS Today’s 2019 John P. Pryor, MD/Street Medicine Society Award
The second award was the 2019 John P. Pryor, MD/Street Medicine Society Award. John P. Pryor, MD, was an EMS physician who was killed while serving in Iraq. Dr. Pryor posthumously received the first award in his name at the 2009 EMS Today conference. Each year,...
WISER Welcomes Dr. Kan Wang To Our Visiting Scholars Program!
WISER is excited to welcome Dr. Kan Wang as a Preceptor to our Visiting Scholars Program! Dr. Wang joins us from China- Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China. At China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Dr. Wang is currently an attending physician in the Department of...
Welcome to WISER’s new Manager of Simulation Services, Steve Nelson
We are happy to announce that Stephen Nelson has accepted the Manager of Simulation Services position. Steve served as a paramedic for 30+ years, including time spent as Chief of Emergency Medical Services in Boston, MA. That position led to his role as an EMS...
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...
New Course: Central Line – ANES VR
One of our newest courses, Central Line - ANES VR, utilizes virtual reality to teach students enrolled in the anesthesia bootcamp how to properly place central lines. Just like simulation, virtual reality can be a great tool to help train, educate, and improve the...
Xiangya Scholars visit WISER
Through the collaboration between the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and China's prestigious Central South University Xiangya School of Medicine, WISER was able to show visiting Xiangya Scholars a variety of procedures on our simulators and task trainers!...
WISER showcases one-of-a-kind Radiology Contrast Reaction course
WISER and UPMC physicians showed great teamwork and collaboration at the 2024 Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) Breast Imaging Symposium in Montreal, Canada! This symposium gives radiologists the opportunity to improve interpretive accuracy, apply new technologies, and...
First Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) course held
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