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WISER would like to extend our CONGRATULATIONS to Margaret ?Maggie? Lattanzio, RN, MSN, CCRN and Darlene Hills RN, BSN, CCRN with UPMC Passavant Hospital, on being awarded the Legacy of Caring Award from the Passavant Hospital Foundation.  Maggie is a...

Dr. Rongzheng Yue joins us from West China Hospital, Sichuan University in China, where she is an attending nephrologist.  Her interest in medical teaching began almost 10 years ago, where she started as an assistant teaching director in her nephrology...

WISER would like to welcome of newest Simulation Operations Specialist, Eric Feltner, to our team.  Eric comes to WISER from STAT MedEvac where he worked as a Communications Specialist for over 9 years.  Eric is an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and is a...

Since its first session in 2014, WISER has now conducted its In-patient Crisis Response System Evaluation (ICRSE) Program at 11 different UPMC hospitals and ran 94 in-situ sessions for approximately 1600 staff members. The program?s goal is to improve how staff and...

Congratulations to Dr. William McIvor, Cardiac Anesthesiologist at UPMC and Associate Director, Medical Student Programs at WISER, for your recent publication. The article titled Simulation-based Assessment of the Management of...

WISER would like to welcome Drs. Bo Yu (Molly) and Wei Li (Wendy) who are visiting us from Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences.  They have just completed their first week of WISER's two week Professional Development Program, which is part of our...

WISER is excited to welcome its newest fellow, Minjie Lin MD, PhD. Dr. Lin is a MD and a PhD in the field of Cardiology. Dr. Lin is visiting WISER from the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University in China. At her institution, Dr. Lin held the position of...

WISER would like to send a big "Welcome" to our new Senior Administrative Assistant, Peggy Atkinson!  Peggy will be the Administrative Assistant to WISER Director, Dr. Paul Phrampus.  Prior to coming to WISER Peggy worked at UPMC Mercy in the Department of...

John M. O'Donnell, DRPH, MSN, RN, CRNA, will be the featured speaker this year at the Professional Nurse Educators Group (PNEG) 44th Annual National Conference on Professional Nursing Education and Development.  The conference will be held November 10-12, 2017 at...

Congratulations to Dr. Neal Benedict et al. on their recent 2017 Award for Excellence in Assessment by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy! The award was for the Blended Simulation Progress Testing for Assessment of Practice Readiness program...