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Joseph Samosky

Associate Professor
Bioengineering Department

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(2012) First Place Award, Technology Innovation, 12th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH 2012).

(2011) Top Research Poster Presentation, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR).

(2004) Partners in Excellence Award for Leadership and Innovation, Partners HealthCare System/Massachusetts General Hospital.

(1994) Merck Research Scholarship, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology.

(1990) Poitras Fellowship, MIT Whitaker College of the Health Sciences.

(1989) McLean Hospital Summer Research Fellowship, McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

(1987) NIH Medical Scientist Training Program Fellowship.

(1985) Outstanding Senior Award in Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh.

(1981) Chancellor's Scholarship, University of Pittsburgh.

PhD Medical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002

MS Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993

Preclinical and Clinical Training, Harvard University, 1987 - 1989

BS Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, 1986

BSE Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 1985

Foronda, C.L., Alfes, C.M., Dev, P., Kleinheksel, A.J., Nelson, D.A.J., O'Donnell, J.M., & Samosky, J.T. (2017). Virtually Nursing Emerging Technologies in Nursing Education. NURSE EDUCATOR, 42(1), 14-17.Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000295.

Samosky, J.T., Thornburg, A., Karkhanis, T., Petraglia, F., Strickler, E., Nelson, D.A., Weaver, R.A., & Robinson, E. (2013). Enhancing medical device training with hybrid physical-virtual simulators: smart peripherals for virtual devices. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 184, 377-379. doi: 10.3233/978-1-61499-209-7-377.

Leeson, C.E., Weaver, R.A., Bissell, T., Hoyer, R., McClain, C., Nelson, D.A., & Samosky, J.T. (2012). PleurAlert: an augmented chest drainage system with electronic sensing, automated alerts and internet connectivity. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 173, 257-259. doi: 10.3233/978-1-61499-022-2-257.

Samosky, J.T. (2012). Simulation Director Envisions Greater Use For Training Tool. Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology, 46(4), 283-288.Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI). doi: 10.2345/0899-8205-46.4.283.

Samosky, J.T., Mikulis, B., Bregman, R., & Nelson, D.A. (2012). A novel automated drug simulant recognition system for naturalistic real-time medical simulation. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 173, 430-432. doi: 10.3233/978-1-61499-022-2-430.

Nelson, D.A., & Samosky, J.T. (2011). The tool positioning tutor: a target-pose tracking and display system for learning correct placement of a medical device. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 163, 400-402. doi: 10.3233/978-1-60750-706-2-400.

Samosky, J.T., Allen, P., Boronyak, S., Branstetter, B., Hein, S., Juhas, M., Nelson, D.A., Orebaugh, S., Pinto, R., Smelko, A., Thompson, M., & Weaver, R.A. (2011). Toward a comprehensive hybrid physical-virtual reality simulator of peripheral anesthesia with ultrasound and neurostimulator guidance. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 163, 552-554. doi: 10.3233/978-1-60750-706-2-552.

Fero, L.J., O'Donnell, J.M., Zullo, T.G., Dabbs, A.D., Kitutu, J., Samosky, J.T., & Hoffman, L.A. (2010). Critical thinking skills in nursing students: comparison of simulation-based performance with metrics. JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING, 66(10), 2182-2193.Wiley. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05385.x.

Ford, D.G., Seybert, A.L., Smithburger, P.L., Kobulinsky, L.R., Samosky, J.T., & Kane-Gill, S.L. (2010). Impact of simulation-based learning on medication error rates in critically ill patients. INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE, 36(9), 1526-1531.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/s00134-010-1860-2.

Samosky, J.T., Burstein, D., Grimson, W.E., Howe, R., Martin, S., & Gray, M.L. (2005). Spatially-localized correlation of dGEMRIC-measured GAG distribution and mechanical stiffness in the human tibial plateau. JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH, 23(1), 93-101.Wiley. doi: 10.1016/j.orthres.2004.05.008.

Gibson, S., Fyock, C., Grimson, E., Kanade, T., Kikinis, R., Lauer, H., McKenzie, N., Mor, A., Nakajima, S., Ohkami, H., Osborne, R., Samosky, J., & Sawada, A. (1998). Volumetric object modeling for surgical simulation. Medical Image Analysis, 2(2), 121-132.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/s1361-8415(98)80007-8.

Nguyen, M.L., Samosky, J.T., Hirschman, A., & Corbelli, J. (2018). BLUEPRINT TO BEDSIDE: BRIDGING MEDICAL RESIDENTS AND ENGINEERING STUDENTS. In JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE, 33, (p. S682).

Samosky, J.T., Nelson, D.A., Wang, B., Bregman, R., Hosmer, A., Mikulis, B., & Weaver, R. (2012). BodyExplorerAR. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction, (pp. 263-270).Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi: 10.1145/2148131.2148187.

Samosky, J.T., Wang, B., Nelson, D.A., Bregman, R., Hosmer, A., & Weaver, R.A. (2012). BodyWindows: enhancing a mannequin with projective augmented reality for exploring anatomy, physiology and medical procedures. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 173, (pp. 433-439).Netherlands. doi: 10.3233/978-1-61499-022-2-433.

Samosky, J.T., Baillargeon, E., Bregman, R., Brown, A., Chaya, A., Enders, L., Nelson, D.A., Robinson, E., Sukits, A.L., & Weaver, R.A. (2011). Real-time "x-ray vision" for healthcare simulation: an interactive projective overlay system to enhance intubation training and other procedural training. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 163, (pp. 549-551).Netherlands. doi: 10.3233/978-1-60750-706-2-549.

Gibson, S., Samosky, J., Mor, A., Fyock, C., Grimson, E., Kanade, T., Kikinis, R., Lauer, H., McKenzie, N., Nakajima, S., Ohkami, H., Osborne, R., & Sawada, A. (1997). Simulating arthroscopic knee surgery using volumetric object representations, real-time volume rendering and haptic feedback. In CVRMED-MRCAS'97, 1205, (pp. 369-378).Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi: 10.1007/bfb0029258.

Sclabassi, R.J., Samosky, J., Krieger, D.N., Solomon, J., Levitan, S., & Berger, T.W. (1989). Modeling of neuronal networks through decomposition. (pp. 773-780).

Research interests

Design and development of medical...