NMCSD ARTEMIS Project.
SAN DIEGO (Oct. 15, 2020) Matthew Vasquez, a neurosurgeon assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), participates in a simulated damage control craniotomy during an Augmented Reality Technology-Enabled Remote Integrative Surgery (ARTEMIS) Project session in the hospital’s Simulation Center Oct. 15. The ARTEMIS Project is a collaboration with the University of California San Diego’s Advanced Robotics and Controls Laboratory and is partially funded by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command. NMCSD’s mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. NMCSD employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians, and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jake Greenberg). Original public domain image from Flickr