Ronald K. Poropatich, M.D.

For the first time, a closed loop, autonomous intervention nearly quadrupled the “golden hour” during which surgeons could save the life of a large animal with internal traumatic bleeding while in emergency ground and air transport.

This breakthrough in trauma care, announced today in Intensive Care Medicine Experimental by physician-scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, has enormous potential for saving the lives of traumatically injured members of the military harmed in remote battlefields or civilians injured in mass casualty events or rural locations far from advanced medical care… Continue reading.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Ronald K. Poropatich, M.D., Colonel, Retired, US Army and Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh and Executive Director, Center for Military Medicine Research, University of Pittsburgh and Senior Advisor for Telemedicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Poropatich was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For outstanding contributions in the field of medical informatics with particular emphasis on mobile health and telemedicine in military/civilian settings.