Last Thursday, the Blue Jay Battalion Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) hosted Steven Rouse in the first event for their medical speaker series this year. Rouse is the director of 3-D medical applications at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Pomper, the head professor of military science at Hopkins, the medical speaker series was meant to inform students about the opportunities for a medical education or career in the military.
"We in the ROTC offer this once a semester to . . . provide uniformed opportunities for students that desire a profession in medicine," he wrote in an e-mail to The News-Letter.
He wrote that although the ROTC at Hopkins is associated with the Army, the speaker series brought in doctors and other medical professionals from all branches of the military to give students a broader perspective on the opportunities available.
"Being close to Walter Reed and the many other military facilities like Fort Meade makes getting folks easy enough," he wrote.
Thursday's event presented information about the research being done by military doctors in 3-D imaging.
This research has a number of benefits, according to Rouse, which included improved care for patients in the fields of complex orthopedics and amputee care as well as enabling surgical teams to better prepare for procedures.
But the core message of his presentation was a broader theme: the necessity for constant innovation in medical care.
"My military career gave me the opportunity to keep growing. Medicine is about not being satisfied with what we are doing now," he said.
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