MMSIV News Archive 2020

On 24 November, TATRC was privileged to host Command Sergeant Major Diamond Hough, of the U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM), as well as our own CSM, Victor Laragione, for a briefing on current initiatives and a tour of our Simulation facility.

Mr. Robert “Rob” Shotto joins TATRC’s Medical Modeling, Simulation, Informatics, and Visualization lab as a new Simulation Technologist. His expertise is in Human Patient Simulators and tactical medicine, and while he will be primarily supporting and assisting the MMSIV group, he will also work with other labs at TATRC headquarters in Ft. Detrick, MD.

Ms. Holly Ortman joins TATRC’s Medical Modeling, Simulation, Informatics, and Visualization (MMSIV) team as a Critical Care Nurse. Her nursing experience will mainly be focused in the MMSIV lab, while also assisting in other TATRC capacities at Ft. Detrick, MD.

Ms. Ann Trout is the newest addition to join the TATRC team. Ann will be supporting and assisting the ever growing Medical Modeling, Simulation, Informatics and Visualization team at TATRC headquarters as their Administrative Assistant.

TATRC Junior Project Officer (PO) James “Jimmy” Gaudaen is TATRC’s Q3 Employee of the Quarter! Jimmy has served in an increasingly challenging and enhanced capacity since coming on board in the Fall 2018.

TATRC’s Medical Modeling, Simulation and Visualization (MMSV) lab has added yet another resource and asset to its growing team. Ms. Christen Phillips joins us as the new Medical Simulation Specialist for MMSV. Christen is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE), Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist (CHSOS), and an experienced healthcare simulation professional with 16 years of experience within healthcare education and research.

Mr. Eric Briggs joins Team TATRC as our new Combat Medic for the Medical Modeling, Simulation and Visualization (MMSV) lab. Mr. Briggs was most recently with the U.S. Department of State and is an 18 year veteran of the U.S. Army and Pennsylvania Army National Guard.

TATRC was once again honored to attend and take part in one of our favorite simulation events of the entire calendar year! The 2020 International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) took place 18-22 January, in sunny San Diego, CA and was another record breaking year for IMSH with over 4,100 attendees taking part in this unique event.