ConV2X Telehealth 2022
When: October 11, 2022
Where: Florida International University, Biscayne Bay, North Miami Campus, Florida
IN PERSON ONLY: Limited Seating
Website: https://telehealth2022.conv2xsymposium.com
Tickets: https://telehealth2022.conv2xsymposium.com/registration

ConVerge2Xcelerate (#ConV2X) Telehealth 2022 is the undisputed leading telehealth event in the USA, creating an irresistible environment for telehealth executives and future leaders to blaze trails and share critical business insights. Forge meaningful partnerships and be a part of this dialog.  Lessons learned from this event will guide your strategic plan, impact your business, and influence your personal vision. 

Session Description
Challenges and Opportunities in Space Medicine, Space Flight, and Holoportation
 

Dr. Schmid will provide an overview of the NASA space medicine operations current spaceflight challenges and opportunities in the context of the environments of care including air, space and terrestrially in our domestic and international health systems.  He will provide a worldwind tour of Space Medicine origins, space telemedicine, medical training required, extreme environmenta of care, NASA international and off the planet medical operations, mission planning, space physiology, longitudinal surveillance of astronaut health, current and future missions, commercial space flight and new vehicles.  Dr. Schmid will introduce the Holoportation Project, the first Holographic Transportation of humans to space, new technologies and opportunities for collaboration and problem solving with NASA. 
 

Speaker Biography
Dr. Josef Schmid is a Flight Surgeon at NASA and a Major General (retired) in the United States Air Force Reserves.  His patients are the current and past Astronauts and their family members, and include an X-15 pilot, Shuttle, Space Station and Apollo Astronauts who have walked on the Moon. He became an aquanaut during a 12 day mission to NOAA’s undersea Aquarius habitat during NASA’s NEEMO 12.
Dr. Schmid has been a crew surgeon for shuttle missions STS-116, STS-120, STS-126 and for multiple long duration missions supporting the International Space Station including Soyuz launches and landing operations in Kazakhstan for expeditions 18, 24, 29, 39, 48, 56, and 63. He serves as the Lead for Medical Operations for the new Orion vehicle and Artemis Missions that will return humans to the Moon. 
 

Dr. Schmid is the previous lead for Space Medicine Training, responsible for training medical students, other flight surgeons, astronaut crew medical officers and biomedical engineers, former Co-director for the Aerospace Medicine Residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.   He has led missions teaching life saving surgical skills in Nepal, Rwanda, Mexico, Romania, Bosnia and Sri Lanka
Meet the phenomenal NASA practicing telehealth physician in person at ConVerge2Xcelerate (ConV2X) Telehealth 2022, in Miami, FL, on October 11, 2022.