BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
name / position titleRichard M. Satava, MD, FACS / Professor of Surgery
education (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)
yearinstitution and location / degree / conferred / field of study
The Johns Hopkins University
Hahnemann University
The Mayo Clinic / AB
MD
MS / 1964
1968
1972 / Surgical Research
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Concluding with present position, list, in chronological order, previous employment, experience, and honors.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING and EXPERIENCE
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
1974-1978 Department of Surgery, 130th Station Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
1978-1981 Department of Surgery, Silas B. Hays Army Hospital, Monterey (Fort Ord), California
1983-1987 Department of Surgery, Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia
1983 Chief of Surgery, 5th MASH, Grenada, WI “Operation Urgent Fury”
1987-1993 Chief, General surgery, Silas B. Hays Army Hospital, Monterey (Fort Ord), California
1990-1991 Commander, 8th Evacuation Hospital, Operation Desert Storm, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
1992-1996 General Surgery Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
1992-2000 Program Manager, Advanced Biomedical Technology, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Arlington, Virginia
1992- 2006 Special Assistant, Advanced Medical Technologies, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
1997-2002 Professor of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
1997-2003 Director NASA Commercial Space Center for Medical Information and Technology Applications (SSC – MITA)
2002-2006 Program Manager, Advanced Biomedical Technologies, DARPA, Arlington, VA
2002-Present Professor of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
2006-Present Senior Science Advisor, US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC)
Fort Detrick, MD
CERTIFICATION
American Board of Surgery 1979 (recertification: 1989; 1999)
PUBLICATIONS (list publications for the past five years)
1. Satava RM, Technology and Virtual Reality. In: Telemedicine Journal, vol. 5, no. 1 spring 1999.
2. Angood P, Satava R, Stahl R, Macedonia C, Farquhar D, Grasso V, Merrell R, The 1998 Everest Extreme Expedition: Telemedicine at the Top of the World, In: Telemedicine Journal, vol 5, no. 1, spring 1999.
3. Satava, R. M. and Jones, S.B., Telepresence Surgery and Other Technologies, In: Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, CH. 38 p. 347-352, spring 1999
4. Satava, R. and Jones, S., Future Technologies for Surgical Applications. In: Minimal Access Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yim, Hazelrigg, Izzat, Landreneau, Mack, Naunheim ch. 83, p. 657-663.
5. Satava, RM, Emerging Technologies for Surgery in the 21st Century. In: Archives of Surgery, 134: 1197-1202: 1999.
6. Satava, RM, Future Technologies for Medical Applications in Space, In: Space Manufacturing 12 Challenges and Opportunities, pp. 262-265, October 1999.
7. Satava, RM, The need for metrics in surgical education. Commentary, In: Surgical Endoscopy, vol 13, no. 11, p. 1082, November 1999.
8. Szekely G., and Satava, RM., Virtual reality in medicine, In: BMJ, November 1999.
9. Brink, J. A., McFarland, E. and Satava, R., Virtual Colonoscopy, In: Contemporary Surgery, December 1999.
10. Satava, RM, The Technology contribution to the Future of Preventive Medicine, Preventive Health Supercourse, May 2000.
11. Satava, RM, Virtual Reality for Medical Applications, In: The American Journal of Anesthesiology, Vol. XXVII, no. 4, pp. 197-198, May 2000. Satava, RM, Virtual Reality for Medical Applications, In: The American Journal of Anesthesiology, Vol. XXVII, no. 4, pp. 197-198, May 2000.
12. Satava, RM, New Imaging Strategies for Laparoscopic Management of Cancer, In: Seminars in Laparoscopic Surgery, Vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 87-92, June 2000.
13. Satava, R., Innovative technologies The Information Age and the BioIntelligence Age, In: Surgical Endoscopy Ultrasound and Interventional Techniques, 14, pp. 417-418, 2000.
14. Satava, RM, Medicine and Surgery in the Information Age, In: Medicine in 21 Century for SafeUniverse Website, July 2000.
15. Satava, RM, and Jones, SB, Preparing Surgeons for the 21ST Century, Implications of Advanced Technologies, In: Surgical Clinics of North America, Minimal Access Surgery, Part 1, vol. 80, no 4, pp. 1353 – 1365, August 2000.
16. Satava, RM, Endoscopic Surgery in Weightlessness: Investigation of Basic Principles for Surgery in Space. Commentary, in Surgical Endoscopy, October 2000.
17. Satava, RM, Next Millennium Surgical Tools of Telepresence and Virtual Reality: Combining Enhanced Surgical Skills, Advanced Surgical Training, Performance Assessment, and Outcomes Analysis, In: Perspectives in Colon and Rectal Surgery, Vol. 13, no 1, pp. 53-66, November 2000.
18. Satava, RM, Angood, PB, Harnett, B, Macedonia, C, Merrell, R, The Physiolgic Cipher at Altitude: Telemedicine and Real-Time Monitoring of Climbers on Mout Everest, In: Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, vol. 6, no. 3, pp 303-313, November 2000.
19. Angood, PB, Satava, RM, Doarn, C, Merrell, R, Telemedicine at the Top of the World: The 1998 and 1999 Everest Extreme Expeditions. In: Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 315-325, November 2000.
20. Satava, RM, Health care after the information age: The Bio-Intelligence Age. In: National Committee for Quality Health Cares Annual Conference Report, Chapter 4, pp. 27-32, Nov. 2000.
21. Satava, RM and Jones, SB, Medical Applications for Wearable Computing. In: Fundamental of Wearable Computers and Augmented Reality, Barfield, W and Caudell, T, (Editors), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, ch. 21, pp. 649-662, 2001.
22. Satava, RM, Review article: Accomplishment and challenges of surgical simulation, Dawnng of the next-generation surgical education. In: Surgical Endoscopy, Vol 15, No. 3, pp.232-241, March 2001.
23. Satava, RM, Biointelligence Age: Implications for the future of medicine. Stud Health Technol Inform. 81:vii-x, 2001.
24. Satava, RM, Bowersox, JC, Mack, and M, Krummel, TM, Symposium: Robotic Surgery State of the Art and future trends. In: Contemporary Surgery, Vol. 57, no. 10, October 2001.
25. Satava, R and Blackadar, T, The Physiologic Cipher Telemedicine on Everest. In: GPS World, pg 20, October 2001.
26. Reifman J, Fagan L and Satava, RM, Roadmap of Military Research Needs in Biomedical Informatics. In: JAMIA, submitted October 2001.
27. Satava, RM, Commentary: Minimally invasive surgery and its role in space exploration. Surg Endosc, 15: 1530, 2001.
28. Satava, RM and Jones, SB, POCT in Remote and Extreme Environments. In: CASE G, pp 409-410, 2001.
29. Pearson, AM, Gallagher, AG, Rosser, JC, and Satava, RM, Evaluation of Structured and Quantitative Training Methods for Teaching Intracorporeal Knot Tying. In: Surgical Endoscopy, Vol 16, pp. 130-137, November 2001.
30. Satava, RM, Telemedicine and Real-time Monitoring of Climbers. In: Telemedicine and Teledermatology, Krager Publishing, accepted December 5, 2001.
31. Haluck, RS, Gallagher, AG, Satava, RM, Roger, W, Bass, TL, and Miller, CA, Reliability and Validity of EndoTower, a Virtual Reality Trainer for Angled Endoscope Navigation. In: Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2002, January 2002.
32. Satava, RM and Jones, SB., Medical Applications of Virtual Environments. In: Handbook of Virtual Environments Design, Implementation, and Applications, CH. 47, pp. 937-957, January 2002.
33. Satava, RM, Surgical Robotics: The Early Chronicles A Personal Historical Perspective. In: Surg Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques, Volume 12:1, pp. 6-16, February 2002.
34. Satava, R, Cuschieri A, Jakimowicz J, Deane S, Hamdorf J, Darzi A, Hanna G, Gallagher A, Buess G, Fried G, Regher R, Krummel T, Hasson H, Narwold D, Dunn M., Metrics for Objective Assessment: Preliminary Summary of the Surgical Skills Workshop, In: Surg Endos, accepted March 2002.
35. Satava, RM, Disruptive Visions: Surgeon responsibility during the era of change. In: Surg Endo, In Press April 2002.
Satava RM and Fried MP. A Methodology for Objective Assessment of Errors: An Example Using an Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Simulator (ES3). Oto Clinics of NA 2002 35: 1289-1301.
36. Satava RM. Metrics for Training and Assessing Surgical Technical Performance. Small S : American College of Surgeons Handbook on Patient Safety. Accepted for publication. (July, 2002)
37. Seymour NE, Gallagher AG, Roman SA, O’Brien MK, Bansal VI, Andersen DK and Satava RM. Virtual Reality Training Improves Operating Room Performance: Results of a Randomized, Double-blinded Study. Ann Surg. In Press (July 2002).
38. Satava, RM, Virtual Reality for Medical Applications, In: The American Journal of Anesthesiology, Vol. XXVII, no. 4, pp. 197-198, May 2000
39. Satava, RM and Jones, SB, Accomplishments and challenges of surgical simulation Dawning of the next-generation surgical education, In: Surgical Endoscopy (submitted), May 2000.
40. Satava, RM, New Imaging Strategies for Laparoscopic Management of Cancer, In: Seminars in Laparoscopic Surgery, Vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 87-92, June 2000.
41. Satava, R., Innovative technologies The Information Age and the BioIntelligence Age, In: Surgical Endoscopy Ultrasound and Interventional Techniques, 14, pp. 417-418, 2000.
42. Satava, RM, Medicine and Surgery in the Information Age, In: Medicine in 21 Century for SafeUniverse Website, July 2000.
43. Satava, RM, and Jones, SB, Preparing Surgeons for the 21ST Century, Implications of Advanced Technologies, In: Surgical Clinics of North America, Minimal Access Surgery, Part 1, vol. 80, no 4, pp. 1353 – 1365, August 2000.
44. Satava, RM, Endoscopic Surgery in Weightlessness: Investigation of Basic Principles for Surgery in Space. Commentary, In Surgical Endoscopy, October 2000.
45. Satava, RM, Next Millennium Surgical Tools of Telepresence and Virtual Reality: Combining Enhanced Surgical Skills, Advanced Surgical Training, Performance Assessment, and Outcomes Analysis, In: Perspectives in Colon and Rectal Surgery, Vol. 13, no 1, pp. 53-66, November 2000.
46. Satava, RM, Angood, PB, Harnett, B, Macedonia, C, Merrell, R, The Physiologic Cipher at Altitude: Telemedicine and Real-Time Monitoring of Climbers on Mount Everest, In: Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 303-313, November 2000.
47. Angood, PB, Satava, RM, Doarn, C, and Merrell, R., Telemedicine at the Top of the World: The 1998 and 1999 Everest Extreme Expeditions. In: Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 315-325, November 2000.
48. Satava, RM, Health care after the information age: The Bio-Intelligence Age. In: National Committee for Quality Health Cares Annual Conference Report, Chapter 4, pp. 27-32, Nov. 2000.
49. Satava, RM and Jones, SB, Medical Applications for Wearable Computing. In: Fundamental of Wearable Computers and Augmented Reality, Barfield, W and Caudell, T, (Editors), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, ch. 21, pp. 649-662, 2001.
50. Satava, RM, Accomplishment and challenges of surgical simulation, Dawnng of the next-generation surgical education. In: Surgical Endoscopy, Vol 15, No. 3, pp.232-241, March 2001.
51. Satava, RM, Biointelligence Age: Implications for the future of medicine. Stud Health Tech Inform. 81:vii-x, 2001.
52. Satava, RM, Bowersox, JC, Mack, and M, Krummel, TM, Symposium: Robotic Surgery State of the Art and future trends. Contemporary Surgery, Vol. 57, no. 10, October 2001.
53. Satava RM The bio-intelligence age: surgery after the information age.J Gastrointest Surg. 2002 Nov-Dec795-9
54. Satava, R and Blackadar, T, The Physiologic Cipher Telemedicine on Everest. In: GPS World, pg 20, Oct 2001.
55. Reifman J, Fagan L and Satava, RM, Roadmap of Military Research Needs in Biomedical Informatics. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2002 Sep-Oct;9(5):509-19..
56. Harnett BM, Satava R, Angood P, Merriam NR, Doarn CR, Merrell RC. The benefits of integrating Internet technology with standard communications for telemedicine in extreme environments. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2001 Dec;72:1132-7.
57. Satava, RM, Minimally invasive surgery and its role in space exploration. Surg Endosc, 15: 1530, 2001.
58. Satava, RM and Jones, SB, POCT in Remote and Extreme Environments. In: CASE G, pp 409-410, 2001.
59. Pearson, AM, Gallagher, AG, Rosser, JC, and Satava, RM, Evaluation of Structured and Quantitative Training Methods for Teaching Intracorporeal Knot Tying. Surgical Endoscopy, Vol 16, pp. 130-137, November 2001.
60. Satava, RM, Telemedicine and Real-time Monitoring of Climbers. Curr Probl Dermatol. 2003;32:141-7.
61. Haluck, RS, Gallagher, AG, Satava, RM, Roger, W, Bass, TL, and Miller, CA, Reliability and Validity of EndoTower, a Virtual Reality Trainer for Angled Endoscope Navigation. In: Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2002, January 2002.
62. Satava, RM and Jones, SB., Medical Applications of Virtual Environments. In: Handbook of Virtual Environments Design, Implementation, and Applications, CH. 47, pp. 937-957, January 2002.
63. Satava, RM, Surgical Robotics: The Early Chronicles A Personal Historical Perspective. In: Surg Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques, Volume 12:1, pp. 6-16, February 2002.
64. Satava RM A methodology for objective assessment of errors: an example using an endoscopic sinus surgery simulator.Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2002 Dec;35(6):1289-301.
65. Satava , R, Cuschieri A, Jakimowicz J, Deane S, Hamdorf J, Darzi A, Hanna G, Gallagher A, Buess G, Fried G, Regher R, Krummel T, Hasson H, Narwold D, Dunn M., Metrics for Objective Assessment: Preliminary Summary of the Surgical Skills Workshop, In: Surg Endos, 2003 Feb;17(2):220-6.
66. Satava, RM, Disruptive Visions: Surgeon responsibility during the era of change. Surg Endosc. 2002 May;16(5):733-4.
67. Gallagher AG, Cowie R, Crothers I, Jordan-Black JA, Satava RM. PicSOr: an objective test of perceptual skill that predicts laparoscopic technical skill in three initial studies of laparoscopic performance.Surg Endosc. 2003 Sep;17(9):1468-71
68. Satava RM, Disruptive Visions: Moral and ethical challenges from advanced technology and issues for the next generation of surgeons. Surg Endosc 2002 Oct;16(10):1403-8
69. Cuschieri A, Is Dr. Satava voicing genuine concerns? Surg Endosc. 2002 Oct;16(10):1387-8.
70. Gallagher AG, Satava RM. Virtual reality as a metric for the assessment of laparoscopic psychomotor skills. Learning curves and reliability measures. Surg Endosc. 2002 Dec;16(12):1746-52.
71. Satava RM. Metrics for Training and Assessing Surgical Technical Performance. In Small S : American College of Surgeons Handbook on Patient Safety. Accepted for publication. (July, 2002)
72. Seymour NE, Gallagher AG, Roman SA, O’Brien MK, Bansal VI, Andersen DK and Satava RM. Virtual Reality Training Improves Operating Room Performance: Results of a Randomized, Double-blinded Study. Ann Surg. 2002 Oct;236(4):458-63; discussion 463-4.
73. Satava RM The Bio-intelligence Age. Surgery after the information age. J Gastrointest Surg. 2002 Nov-Dec;6(6):795-9
74. Satava RM. Laparoscopic surgery, robots, and surgical simulation: Moral and ethical issues. Semin Laparosc Surg. 2002 Dec;9(4):230-8
75. Satava RM, Fried MP A methodology for objective assessment of errors: an example using an endoscopic sinus surgery simulator Otoloaryngol Clin North Am (2002) 35:1289-1301.
76. Mosso JL, Satava RM. Cirugia Asistida por Computadora (Computer Assisted Surgery). CONACYT (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Technologia), 1ST Ed. Mexico 2003.
77. Gallagher AG, Smith CD, Bowers SP, Seymour NE, Pearson A, McNatt S, Hananel D, Satava RM. Psychomotor skills assessment in practicing surgeons experienced in performing advanced laparoscopic procedures.
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