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STRATUS is more than comprehensive facilities and advanced technology. Our people make the difference. As a Harvard teaching facility and education center, we use our research, expertise and proven experience to ensure your experience with us is a success – whether you are training with us, or working with our consultants to launch your own simulation center.

Our interdisciplinary team

To provide the expertise required, we are fully interdisciplinary – drawing on the expertise of Brigham and Women’s renowned anesthesiologists, surgeons, internists, cardiologists, obstetricians, gynecologists, medical educators and more. From medical directors and nurses to IT specialists, our experts come together to offer simulation-based training and education for clinicians of virtually every specialty.

Meet some of the professionals behind STRATUS:

Charles Pozner, MD

Dr. Pozner is the Medical Director of the Neil and Elise Wallace STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He attended Tufts University School of Medicine and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston and a residency in Emergency Medicine at UCLA. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine (Emergency Medicine) at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Pozner led the development of STRATUS in 2004 and has developed simulation education programs for a diverse group of clinicians. He led the development of the simulation-based emergency medicine residency educational format. Dr. Pozner has been an invited lecturer on simulation both nationally and internationally; collaborating on the development of simulation centers in Kazakhstan and India. He was awarded the Clinical Innovator of the Year award at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2008.

Douglas Smink, MD, MPH

Dr. Smink has served as the Associate Medical Director of the Neil and Elise Wallace STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation since 2008.  He graduated from Amherst College and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.  He completed his general surgery residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital and then his fellowship in minimally invasive surgery at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.  He is currently an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Smink's clinical interests are in minimally invasive general surgery, specifically hiatal and abdominal wall hernias, biliary tract disease, and diseases of the stomach, small intestine, and colon.  He also serves as the Associate Program Director for the general surgery residency program at BWH.   His conducts research in surgical education with a focus on simulation and intraoperative decision-making.
 

Dr. Stephen Yule

 Dr. Stephen Yule is the Director of Education and Research for the Neil and Elise Wallace STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Yule received his MA in Psychology (with honors) from the University of Aberdeen, UK and an MSc from the University of Birmingham, UK. He earned his PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Aberdeen in 2003. He is an Instructor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Yule’s research has focused on the influence of non-technical skills on patient safety. He comes to STRATUS from the University of Aberdeen where his research included error reduction in laparoscopic surgery, non-technical skills in surgical simulation, and system failures in surgery. He has published his work in both clinical and medical education journals.