Kenneth V. Iserson, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine professor emeritus, received the Wilderness Medical Society Education Award at its annual meeting in August at Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Education Award is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to education of students, members, or the public in the field of Wilderness Medicine.
Founded in 1983, the Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) is the world's leading organization devoted to wilderness medical challenges. Wilderness medicine topics include expedition and disaster medicine, dive medicine, search and rescue, altitude illness, cold- and heat-related illness, wilderness trauma, and wild animal attacks. WMS explores health risks and safety issues in extreme situations such as mountains, jungles, deserts, caves, marine environments, and space.