Marc O. Griofa

Dr. Marc O Griofareceived his medical degree from University College Dublin and his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Limerick and is a Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine. He is currently a chief medical and technology officer pioneering advancements in medical technology-telemedicine and telomere research for various applications.

Dr. O Griofa is the principal investigator for Project CASPER (Cardiac Adapted Sleep Parameters Recorder), which was the first Irish experiment to fly onboard the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. He spent 3 years at Kennedy Space Center as part of the Aerospace Medicine and Biomedical Research departments, is an NOAA trained diving medical officer (DMO), and was an aquanaut crew member on NASA’s Extreme Environments Mission Operations (NEEMO) 21 Mission at the Aquarius Undersea Habitat. He is currently leading a number of biomedical technology and telehealth solutions for both the US Veterans Hospital Administration (VA) and the US Department of Defense (DoD). Dr. O Griofa is also a trauma and combat casualty care instructor for physicians, medical personnel, and Special Operations Forces (SOF) teams in joint tactical and combat medical care and is a tactical physician for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept SWAT Team. He provides expert consultation on a variety of operational projects specialist medical support for commercial spaceflight companies and providers, is the dive medicine faculty lead for World Extreme Medicine, and is the President of the largest volunteer SAR Team in the United States, Red Rock Search & Rescue.