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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...

New Course: Central Line – ANES VR

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...

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Xiangya Scholars visit WISER

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!...

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