Volume 28, Number 4 - Wilderness Medical Society

ReSeARcH coMMittee
Tom DeLoughery, MD, FACP, FAWM
There continues to be strong interest in wilderness research.
For the 2011 Park City meeting we had five excellent research
posters and the Snowmass meeting with had five excellent oral
presentations and eleven posters! Always rewarding to hear and
read the good research people are doing.
As always there were plenty of excellent submissions for the WMS
Research Grants and the committee chose these winners:
Hultgren Award
Yeu-Shin Cindy Chang, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College
of Medicine
Long term follow up of community-based treatment for
pediatric moderate acute malnutrition in rural Malawi
Research-in-Training Awards
Matthew D. Muller, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Penn State Heart
& Vascular Institute
Effect of Cold Air Breathing and Isometric Exercise on Left
Ventricular Function
Gwynn Curran-Sills, MD
The morbidity and mortality associated with outdoor activity
within Canadian National Parks
Houston
George W. Rodway PhD, APRN Award
Effect of Sildenafil on Exercise Capacity in Older Adults at
Moderate Altitude
We look forward to hearing about the results of these important
projects at future WMS meetings!
Information about grant applications are at:
wms.org/research/default.asp
The deadline for next year’s grants is January 15, 2012.
Research Committee Chairman: Thomas DeLoughery, MD FACP, FAWM; Research
Committee Members: Aaron Billings, MD, FAWM; Colin Grissom, MD FAWM; Jay
Gupta MD; Ben Levine, MD; Scott McIntosh, MD, FAWM; George Rodway, PhD,
CRN, FAWM
diPloMA in MountAin Medicine
George W. Rodway, PhD, APRM, FAWM
The WMS will be launching an exciting new program in
association with the University of Utah and the University of
Colorado – the Diploma in Mountain Medicine (DiMM). This
program is designed to train participants in the essentials of
mountain medicine and rescue in technical alpine environments.
The diploma is ideal for doctors advising patients or accompanying
groups traveling to high altitude areas, and for those who want to
widen their pre-hospital care in mountain rescue.
The international DiMM has set the standard over the past 10 years
in Europe and other parts of the world for education of doctors,
nurses and medics in mountain medicine and rescue. The DiMM is
an internationally recognized course certifying that the participant
has undergone rigorous training and testing. The WMS-backed
US DiMM is currently under review for international approval
by the medical commissions of the International Mountaineering
and Climbing Federation, International Commission on Alpine
Rescue, and the International Society of Mountain Medicine.
Look for courses focused on the DiMM in the February 2012
Park City conference and the summer International Congress on
Wilderness Medicine in Whistler, BC.
AttENtioN ALL MEMBErS!
WMS Members On-Line Photo Library
We have created an Image Library for WMS Members.
After agreeing to a copyright and HIPPA statement,
please upload and share your fabulous photos with
other members! Images are categorized according to
topic and should be very useful to members preparing
presentations. Comments can also be attached to
images. Our library is only as extensive as we build
it so we encourage everyone to take some time to
add their favorite photos to the library. Just sign onto
www.wms.org then click the “Members” tab to check
out the photos located in the Image Library.
There are several more creative activities being
considered or are in the early stages of development. I look
forward to reporting their successful implementation! If
you would like to get involved in any of the educational
endeavors mentioned, or if you have other wilderness
medicine educational interests or ideas, please email
mcaudell@georgiahealth.edu.
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