Recent News

Johnstown's Showcase for Commerce
June 1-2, 2006, Johnstown , PA
SimQuest will participate again this year in the Johnstown Showcase for Commerce, the largest business and industry show and premier defense contracting exhibit in the region.

Advanced Initiatives in Medical Simulation Conference (AIMS)
May 16-17, 2006, Washington , DC
SimQuest again took part in the AIMS conference, joining other key members of the medical simulation community in the May 17 exhibit as part of an effort to increase Congressional awareness of the need for improved healthcare training methods.

Harald Scheirich Joins SimQuest as New 3D Programmer
April 17, 2006
Harald Scheirich has joined SimQuest after working on an application utilizing the Java OpenGL bindings, the lightweight Java game library (LWJGL), and the scenegraph/game engine, JMonkeyEngine, for visualization of stage lighting. He brings experience developing games in C++ and in Macromedia Director (2D and 3D), and has developed/managed development of Web-based applications using HTML, ASP, and JSP. Mr. Scheirich has worked in stereoscopic image generation and presentation methods and implemented an anaglyphic viewer for AVS (Advanced Visualization System) data as well as a small application to utilize the Shutter glasses on the departments SGI workstations.

SimQuest Awarded Phase II SBIR grant from US Army for SOSTS Project
January 24, 2006

This Phase II funding made possible continued development of a simulation-based open surgery training system (SOSTS) for tasks critical to combat casualty care. The prototype to be built in Phase II will assess the best use of sensory interface information to optimize cost-effective transfer of training.

August 15-17, 2005
SimQuest’s president, Dr. Howard Champion, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2005 Advanced Technology Applications for Combat Casualty Care (ATACCC) conference in St. Pete Beach, Florida

Howard Champion discusses need for trauma training with BBC
The government should ensure more surgeons are trained to deal with trauma in the event of future terrorist attacks...
more

Rep. John Murtha, (D-PA) discusses new training techniques with Dr. Champion more

May 11, 2005
Rep Patrick Kennedy, D-RI reviews SimQuest’s Limb Trauma simulator on Capitol Hill more

March 31, 2005
Dr. Champion published in NEJM: Review Article on Blast Injuries more

April 22, 2005
SimQuest joins AIMS Industry Council more

On the road
Dr. Meglan delivers Keynote to 2005 GCMAS Meeting April 6-9, 2005

July 19, 2005
Call for surgeon trauma training, BBC News, London
more

May 11, 2005
Rep Patrick Kennedy, D-RI reviews SimQuest’s Limb Trauma simulator on Capitol Hill
more

April 22, 2005
SimQuest joins AIMS Industry Council
more

March 31, 2005
Dr. Champion published in NEJM: Review Article on Blast Injuries
more

March 6, 2005
'Modern Combat Lacking in Old Medical Supply'
by Robert Little- The Baltimore Sun
more

Feb. 2005
The Painful Truth
by Steven Silberman- Wired Magazine
more

2003
The British Journal of Surgery
Surgical Simulation- a 'good idea whose time has come'
by H.R. Champion and A.G. Gallagher
more