Army Medical Innovations
Date: March 3, 2021
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. EST
Cost: FREE (pre-registration is required)
Join The Army Historical Foundation for a series of free virtual programs focused on the experiences of the American Soldier.
Throughout the history of the U.S. Army, many technologies and techniques developed by and for the Army have later found application in the civilian world. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the field of medicine. Since its establishment in July 1775, the U.S. Army Medical Department has led the way in many areas, to include medical evacuation, disease control, trauma medicine, and the development of prosthetics.
This program will include an overview of medical innovations presented by the Foundation's Chief Historian, Matt Seelinger, followed by a panel discussion with active and retired Army medical personnel and a presentation of how the National Museum of the United States Army tells this story.
Panelists:
Scott C. Woodard: Woodard served in the U.S. Army for 22 years as a medical logistician and is currently an Historian in the Office of Medical History at the U.S. Army medical Department Center of History and Heritage, Medical Center of Excellence. He is a certified Military Historian from the U.S. Army Center of Military History and has been deployed to Kuwait and Afghanistan documenting and collecting Army medical history in addition to serving in Afghanistan as a Soldier. He holds a B.A. in History from The Citadel and a M.A. in Military Medical History from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He has presented at numerous academic symposiums and professional military programs and has published in peer-reviewed journals. His book, Combat Readiness through Medicine at the Battle of Antietam: The Human Face of Our Bloodiest Day, will be available this summer.
SFC Hunter Paul Black: Black is currently serving in the U.S. Army as the Medical Center of Excellence 68W Enlisted Subject Matter Expert and Senior Training Developer. He also serves as a National Registry of EMTs Representative, Army Liaison to the NAEMT Military Relations Committee, and as a Committee Member of Tactical Combat Casualty Care. He has served throughout the United States and South America as a Combat Medic in generating and operating forces. He has received numerous awards and decorations for his service including the Meritorious Service Medal and is he is currently pursuing a B.A. in accounting from Fayetteville Technical University.
1SG Michael S. Eldred: Eldred is a consultant with various industrial leaders in military medicine and volunteers with the U.S. Army Medical Department Center of History and Heritage, Medical Center of Excellence. He served in the U.S. Army for over 30 years and was deployed to Central and South America, the Middle East, Korea, and Thailand. He served as a Combat Medic serving in the generating and operating forces. He has been involved with and consulted on improving the process of Emergency Care by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care and was a voting member for over five years on the committee overseeing many of the new advances to prehospital medical care in the Army today. He has presented at numerous academic symposiums and professional military programs and has a B.A. in History from Excelsior University, New York.
Matt Seelinger: Seelinger is the Chief Historian of The Army Historical Foundation and Editor of the Foundation's magazine, On Point. He holds a B.A. in History from James Madison University and a M.A. in History from Ball State University. He has worked for The Army Historical Foundation since 1997.