William Wiesmann

Dr. Wiesmann is an accomplished physician, medical scientist, and program manager with experience in cell biology, systems biology, medical device development, and extensive experience leading and conducting basic scientific and medical research. He served as the Director for Combat Casualty Care at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Post, at Ft. Detrick, where he led the design and development teams that produced novel technologies for improved battlefield survival until he retired from the Army as a colonel in 1997. His innovations, which include the LSTAT Transportable Life Support System, the Advanced Surgical Suite for Trauma Casualties (ASSTC), the SAVe ventilators, and the HemCon hemostatic bandages, have transformed medicine both on the battlefield and in civilian trauma centers. In 2004, the military named the 4-by-4-inch HemCon bandage one of the year’s “Top 10 Greatest Inventions” for its ability to stop seriously wounded soldiers from bleeding to death. He holds 59 awarded or pending patents from his work in biosensors, automated diagnostic devices, advanced tissue engineering, wound care, and infection control. Dr. Wiesmann has been published in more than 75 peer-reviewed medical journals.