MMSIV News Archive 2018

We’ve all seen it. We’re watching a sporting event on T.V. and after a key play we see a video replay. A commentator describes the play and augments it by drawing arrows, circles, and other freehand additions on the screen. That ability to do freehand markup over a video is called telestration.

Mr. James “Jimmy” Gaudaen joins the TATRC team as a new Project Officer. His expertise is in Human Factors and will be primarily supporting and assisting the Medical Modeling, Simulation and Visualization lab, as well as the other labs at TATRC headquarters in Fort Detrick, MD.

TATRC’s simulation team has completed the first phase of a new capacity and capability for research, development and analysis, a medical modeling, simulation and visualization environment (MMSVE). Following last year’s successful TATRC open house, a proposal was submitted to TATRC Director, COL Dan Kral, by the Medical Modeling, Simulation and Visualization (MMSV) team.

Eight members from Team TATRC participated in this year’s Special Operations Medical Association’s Scientific Assembly (SOMSA) in Charlotte, North Carolina from 14 – 17 May.

On 17 April, TATRC was pleased and honored to host Lieutenant General Edward C. Cardon for a visit and tour of our initiatives and capabilities. As LTG Cardon is an advocate of “disruptive innovation,” visiting TATRC to learn about how we rapidly prototype and think outside the box was a natural fit.

Two of TATRC’s Labs recently joined forces to kick off the Joint Medical Simulation Instructional Methods (JMedSIM) initiative. The Medical Modeling Simulation & Visualization (MMSV) team, along with key members of the Health Technology Innovation Center (HTIC), are actively collaborating with the J7 for the Defense Health Agency to provide not only a web application, but also to create standardized content to help assist operators and educators at medical simulation centers. This effort will become the JMedSIM and JMedSIM Portal.

On 6 June, TATRC had the distinct honor of hosting three Dutch Military Medical Officers, representing the Netherlands Surgeon General’s office. COL Albert Riedstra, Lt. COL Eric Onnouw, and Lt. COL Marc de Bruijn were on site to visit USAMRMC, and came to TATRC specifically to learn about Virtual Medicine, Operational Medicine, Robotic & Autonomous Systems, and Medical Modeling & Simulation.

All eyes were on Mr. Jamie Hyneman as he walked onto the stage at the 2018 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) conference in Los Angeles, CA, 13-17 January. Mr. Hyneman is the legendary producer and host of the Discovery Channel’s wildly popular show, MythBusters, who served as the opening keynote speaker at this year’s event.