NMRTC Camp Pendleton holds inaugural Academic Research Symposium

Story by Curtis Hill

Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton held an Academic Research Symposium aboard Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton on March 13, 2025.

This inaugural event drew 16 presentations on a variety of topics in the family medicine, traumatic injury, and sports medicine disciplines and included presentations from staff members at the Naval Health Research Center headquartered aboard Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego. The presentations from NHRC were conducted via Microsoft Teams.

The entries and presentations were judged by a panel comprised of NMRTC Camp Pendleton commander Capt. Jenny Burkett, NMRTC Camp Pendleton executive officer Capt. Michael Barry, Graduate Medical Education family medicine program director Capt. John Laird, GEM sports medicine program director Cdr. Denise Torbert, chair of the Medical Executive Committee Cdr. Brian Tran, and associate director of surgical services Lt. Cmdr. Kristin DeSantis.

The award winners were recognized by Burkett during the command’s monthly Culture of Safety, Innovation and Process Improvement, Navigating Standards, and Quality Outcomes (CINQ) meeting on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in the NHCP galley meeting room.

The podium presentation winners were Lt. Cmdr. Emily Lipsky and Lt. Koren Schroeder with “Uterine Incarceration Case Series.” Lipsky is a family medicine physician and Schroeder is a family medicine resident at NMRTC Camp Pendleton.

There were two poster winners, the first was Dr. Amy Schwartz, a research scientist from NHRC, with her poster titled, “Effects of cold-water immersion on shivering magnitude and postural stability,” and the second was by Lt. Cmdr. Eric Rosson, sports medicine fellow at NMRTC Camp Pendleton, with his poster titled, “When You Find a Giant in the Knee.”