Scott Parazynski | Former Astronaut - Physician - Inventor - Mountaineer

Activities

Professional:

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute: Chief Technology Officer and Chief Medical Officer --- helping develop innovative technologies to improve the quality of healthcare around the world. www.tmhri.comm
Plus 3 Network: Advisory Board Member, Social Network linking fitness with charitable giving www.plus3network.com
Professional Speaker: deliver keynote addresses for corporate, non-profit and educational groups around the world. View Scott's [PUBLIC SPEAKING] page.
Independent Consulting: have performed extensive technical and operational due diligence for private equity, angel investment and venture capital groups; have also served as a technical reviewer of books, articles and screenplays. For more information, please contact Scott using the [CONTACT FORM]

Recent Highlights:

"Summit at Sea 2011: Innovation and Entrepreneurship forum http://sea.summitseries.com/highlights/personal-growth/
"TEDMED 2010: Healthcare forum http://www.youtube.com/tedmed#p/u/20/Ii2UkV96u8k
"Everest: Beyond the Limit" Team Physician, 3rd season of the popular Discovery Channel program http://www.blogs.discovery.com/everest_2009/
SPOT: Ambassador (sponsored athlete), GPS tracking-social networking tool http://www.spotadventures.com/
United States Luge: Honorary Captain, 2010 US Olympic Luge Team (Vancouver) http://www.usaluge.org/index.php

Public Service:

Camp Patriot: Volunteer guide on Mt. Ranier summit climb, summer of 2010; wonderful organization that takes disabled US veterans on outdoor adventures www.camppatriot.org
Challenger Center for Space Science Education: Chairman of the Board, Board of Directors, Non-profit supporting STEM education. Oversee a network of 48 learning centers around the world, inspiring 400,000 school children each year through hands-on missions to space, below the oceans and inside the human body. http://www.challenger.org
Houston Museum of Natural Science: Board of Trustees http://www.hmns.org/

Academic Affiliations:

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute: Senior Member of the faculty http://www.methodisthealth.com/tmhri.cfm?id=40192
University of Oxford: Visiting Professor of Space Medicine http://www.ox.ac.uk/
Stanford School of Medicine: Adjunct Faculty, Department of Medicine http://med.stanford.edu/
University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston: Clinical Assistant Professor, Aerospace Medicine
http://www.utmb.edu/pmr/ASM_2007.htm
Auburn University: Adjunct Faculty, Department of Polymer and Fiber Engineering
http://www.eng.auburn.edu/programs/pfen/staff/faculty.html

Associations:

Aerospace Medical Association: Fellow; Society of clinicians and scientists involved in aviation, space and environmental medicine http://www.asma.org/
American Alpine Club: Supports climbing and mountaineering around the world http://www.americanalpineclub.org/
American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology: Fosters research and education in gravitational and space biology http://www.asgsb.org/index.php
Association of Space Explorers: Society of flown astronauts and cosmonauts http://www.space-explorers.org/
Explorers Club: Fellow; Organization devoted to exploration and field research http://www.explorers.org/
Society of NASA Flight Surgeons: http://www.asma.org/snfs/SNFSindex.htm
Space Medicine Association: http://www.asma.org/Organization/smb/smb.htm
Wilderness Medical Society: Supports the study of wilderness medicine http://www.wms.org/