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Team
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Expedition Team
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Scott
Hamilton
Expedition Leader
Scott W. Hamilton is a Finance and Investment Specialist
in New York City, and is also a Consultant on Expedition Planning
and Logistics and a Consultant on Extreme Environments and
Expedition Logistics. He received his BA (cum laude) from
Linfield College in Oregon and his MBA from the University
of Chicago, Graduate School of Business. He is associated
with the Yale University | NASA Commercial Space Center for
Medical Informatics and Technology Applications.
Hamilton has participated in twelve major expeditions. His
exploration and research include the following:
- Obtaining rare fish specimens for the New York Zoological
Society from fjords of Southern Chile
- Small boat expeditions in Artic and Laguna San Rafael
of Chile
- First descent of Rio Azufre in an inflatable kayak.
- Ganesh Himal and Rolwaling Himal Medical Expeditions health
care projects in remote Nepal
- Exploratory mountaineering in Patagonian Ice Cap, High
Artic, and Bhutanese Himalayas (first ascents)
- 1994 American Tibet Everest Expedition climbing team member
- Artic glaciological studies in cooperation with Canadian
Government Polar Continental Shelf Project
- Kingnait Fjord and Cape Dyer regions of Baffin Island
- Mountaineering in Cordillera Real of Bolivia and Vatnujokull
Ice Cap of Iceland
- Relief pilot and communications officer on 1997 North
Pole Biplane Expedition
- Conducted packet satellite communications experiment from
aircraft in flight
- Expedition Director of 1998 Everest Extreme Expedition,
project of Yale University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
NASA
- Research and exploration in Alaska, Canada, Argentina,
Kenya, Tanzania and Tibet.
Hamilton sits on the Board of Directors of The Explorers
Club, the Dooley Foundation, and Himalayan HealthCare Inc.
He is a member of the American Alpine Club, The Explorers
Club, The Ends of the Earth and Squadron One. Hamilton has
also authored a number of professional publications and articles.
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Christian
Macedonia, MD
Director of Medical Research
Christian Macedonia MD is a Major in the US
Army Medical Corps and leads the medical science team on
the Everest Extreme Expedition 1999. He is an Obstetrician-Gynecologist
with subspecialty training in Maternal-Fetal Medicine (also
called "Perinatology" or "High Risk OB"). Dr. Macedonia's
main research interests are in the distribution of medical
knowledge over telemedicine networks. His preliminary work
on tele-Doppler sonography and tele-3D sonography on last
year's expedition found an association between hypobaric
hypoxemia (low oxygen in the blood due to high altitude)
and the redistribution of regional blood flow.
Dr. Macedonia teaches obstetrics at the Georgetown
University Medical Center in Washington DC. He is also a
Guest Researcher at the Center for Information Technology
of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda Maryland
(RCWS Project Team). He belongs to the Army Medical Department
Center and School. In July of 1999, Dr. Macedonia will join
the faculty of the Uniformed Services University (USU) as
a research perinatologist.
Christian holds a BS Chemistry degree from
Bucknell University and a Doctorate of Medicine degree from
USU graduating in 1992. He did his ob/gyn residency at the
Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma Washington. In 1998,
he completed his fellowship in perinatology at Georgetown.
Major Macedonia is an army paratrooper and
has served duty in Germany with the 1st Infantry Division
(FWD) and in Bosnia with the 212th MASH. He earned the Expert
Field Medical Badge (EFMB) in 1996. in 1998, He was made
a Fellow in the Explorer's Club.
Dr. Macedonia enjoys virtually any outdoor
activity (even chopping wood...really!) and in particular
running with his dog Homer. He calls Carlisle PA his hometown
and is married to Jane Macedonia, a fitness coordinator.
They have 3 children who spoil Homer completely.
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Ken
Kamler, MD
Chief High Altitude Physician
In May 1996, Dr. Ken Kamler was at Camp III on Mount Everest
preparing for a summit attempt when a ferocious storm engulfed
three teams of climbers returning from the peak. As the only
doctor on the mountain when the storm hit, he treated the
survivors as they descended from Camp IV. His treatment of
Beck Weathers and Makalu Gau was portrayed in the best-selling
book, Into Thin Air and in the IMAX film documentary
Everest.
This was hardly Dr. Kamler's first expedition with "extreme
medicine." He has been a climber and doctor on many Everest
expeditions, working with National Geographic to carry out
geological research and precision mapping using laser telescopes
and global positioning satellite beacons. Last year he was
on Everest at the request of NASA, helping to test space-age
remote medical monitoring equipment. The project was featured
on Nightline where, in a television first, Dr. Kamler
was interviewed live from Base Camp by Forrest Sawyer. He
has been on many network news shows and has been profiled
by the New York Times and other major newspapers. He
has written stories for the Explorers Journal and for
a National Geographic book, Everest, Mountain Without Mercy.
Soon to be published is his book recounting his experiences
as a doctor on Everest.
Besides Everest, Dr. Kamler has practiced extreme medicine
in some of the most remote parts of the world-setting fractures
in the Andes, treating frostbite in Antarctica and performing
surgery deep in the Amazon rain forest.
All this is quite a contrast from his usual occupation as
a New York microsurgeon listed in the New York Guide to Best
Doctors and specializing in hand surgery. Dr. Kamler has lectured
extensively on his experiences to a variety of audiences ranging
from a United Nations International School kindergarten class
to the New York Academy of Sciences. He is a member of Sigma
Xi, the National Scientific Honor Society and is a Director
and Vice President of the Explorers Club and Chairman of the
Science Advisory Board.
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Jim
Williams
Climbing Leader
Beginning a career in the mountains at age
14, Jim has been called America's most traveled explorers.
A man of many talents, he studied geology in the American
West and Tibet. As a professional mountaineer and certified
rock and alpine guide, Jim has an astounding list of achievements
- reaching the summit of 6 of the worlds' "Seven Summits";
co-leader for the 1982 Rudshe Konka Expedition- the first
ascent of one of China's most difficult ice climbs; and
as a senior guide during the summer months for the prestigious
Exum mountain guide service in Jackson, Wyoming. A polar
expert, Jim led the historic International Overland Expedition,
the cross-country ski expedition to the South Pole; and
was leader of the first American crossing of the Patagonia
Ice Cap in 1991.
As founder and chief guide for Professional
Mountain Guides, Jim has led trips to most every country
in Asia, as well as South America, Europe, Antarctica and
Africa. He has led successful climbs of Ama Dablam (Nepal)
in 1993 and 1997 (Winter Expedition); of Alaska's Mt. McKinley
(where 1998 he rescued 9 British and 2 American climbers);
and guided clients on Mt. Everest in 1995, 1996 (and was
involved with the well-publicized rescue of stranded climbers)
and 1998 (turning around within 200 feet of the summit due
to client fatigue). Jim sits on the design board for most
major mountaineering garment development groups and is a
certified Thai chef. He continues to explore the "blank
places on the map" of the world.
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Jennifer
Grin, MD
Chief
Ophthalogical Researcher
Jenny Grin grew up in a family that liked
to travel off of the beaten path and therefore developed
both a sense of adventure and an introduction to international
health at an early age. Following her graduation from Tufts
University with a degree in International Relations and
Environmental Science, she pursued these lifelong interests
by traveling through Nepal and Southeast Asia visiting UNICEF
clinics and local hospitals. In fact, she learned of her
acceptance to medical school while in Kathmandu. Jenny returned
to her home state of Connecticut to complete her medical
studies at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine
where she worked as a research assistant studying hypertension.
Her interest in high altitude medicine peaked during her
internship in Colorado where she had the opportunity to
practice in a rural setting. Her role on the (E3 99) Everest
Extreme Expedition 1999 will be to study the effects of
hypoxia on visual functioning, focusing on screening vision,
color testing, depth perception and changes in contrast.
When Jenny is not scaling mountains "in a single bound"
she is an Ophthalmology resident at Yale. She maintains
memberships in the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Physicians
for Social Responsibility and Inner City Outings.
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Nicholas
Craig, MD
Physician & Surgeon
Nick Craig, M.D., F.A.C.S. is a General Surgeon from Port
Jefferson, New York. At 44 years of age, he has been affiliated
with both St. Charles Hospital and Rehabilitation Center and
John T. Mather Memorial Hospital for over 10 years. He is
presently President of the Medical Staff at St. Charles Hospital.
A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, he serves on
the Physicians Integration Committee for Catholic Health Services.
Dr. Craig is a graduate of Fordham University and the University
of Rome. He comleted his Surgical Residency at the Hospital
of St. Raphael affiliated with Yale University School of Medicine,
New Haven, Connecticut. Nick originally hails from Levittown,
NY. His wife, Jenise and three children are following his
trek closely via e-mail and the Internet.
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Nathaniel
Merriam
Technology Specialist & Web Developer
The youngest member of the E3 crew (at 23), Nathaniel is
used to hearing "I have shoes older than you". Nevertheless,
he fully intends to keep any high-tech items from blowing
up or melting while on Mt. Everest. Thanks to the generous
E3 sponsors he has more toys to play with than he can possibly
figure out before leaving for Katmandu, but he's certain that
he can get at least one or two of them working in time.
Trained as an artist (he has a degree in Illustration from
the School
of Visual Arts), Nathaniel started out his life drawing
comic books, working for DC and Marvel, as well as doing editorial
illustration and advertising. Through computer graphics work
he found his way to the Yale|NASA
CSC and he claims he was "hopped up on painkillers"
the day he decided to go to Everest as the high-tech guy.
Nathaniel designed this E3 website, as well as his own at
www.ArtBoy.org. He should
be updating the E3 site from Everest on a regular basis (providing
he is lucid at altitude), frequently posting journals
and photographs. You
can email him at NMerriam@ArtBoy.org
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Jim
Bruton
Telemedicine & Satellite Communications Specialist
Returning for his third Expedition to Mt. Everest, Jim Bruton,
the Expedition's Telemedicine and Satellite Communications
Specialist, is President of Totally Remote Communications,
Inc. which provides satellite communications equipment and
systems integration to broadcast television networks and for
use in highly specialized telemedicine applications in remote
areas of the world. In 1997 as the Technical Team Leader for
Telekom Malaysia's expedition to Everest, Jim made telecommunications
history as the first man to transmit the world's first live
video, by satellite, from the summit of Mt. Everest to Malaysian
Television and into the Internet. For this historic feat Jim
received the Order of Chivalry (Ahli Mangku Negara) from the
King of Malaysia. In 1998, Jim returned to Everest as Expedition
Leader and provided the satellite telecommunications equipment
for the joint NASA-Yale School of Medicine expedition to test
telemedical diagnostics in extreme and remote situations.
In addition to the Everest expeditions, Jim, an Emmy award-winning
television documentary producer, is no stranger to other extreme
expeditions. He has provided satellite communications and
wireless video technologies for extreme expeditions to the
North Pole, Antarctica, the Titanic, Siberia, Greenland, Africa
and Mexico and has provided live video news production and
transmissions from the USS Independence, in the Persian Gulf,
for CNN International; NBC's TODAY show; CBS Morning News;
ABC Evening News with Peter Jennings and ABC News NightLine
in addition to producing the Journey of the Magi for Microsoft's
Mungo Park team and transmitting the first live video for
Internet coverage of the Midnight Mass from Bethlehem. Jim
was a Guest Lecturer in Yale Medical School's first Telemedicine
Course in July 1997 and was subsequently appointed as Lecturer
to the Section of Anatomy and Experimental Surgery at Yale,
with an emphasis in Telemedicine Applications and is a Resident
Fellow of the Explorer's Club.
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Richard
Satava, Jr.
Base Camp Manager & Medical Technician
"It is a real pleasure to have the opportunity
to participate in an Everest Extreme Expedition for a second
time. Last year was a great success and I'm looking forward
to using what I learned to add to this years project." Rick
Satava, Jr. graduated from the University of Colorado -
Boulder in 1996, with a degree in Environmental Design -
Architecture. While living in the Boulder area he took an
interest in mountaineering, including rock and ice climbing.
In 1997, Rick received certifications as an EMT, including
a Wilderness EMT certification, from the Wilderness Medicine
Institute (WMI), in Pitkin Colorado. "From these seemingly
separate interests, architecture, mountaineering and wilderness
medicine, I have come to find that my greater interests
are the issues of 'sustainability', not only in the built
environment but also in our own personal endeavors. The
focus of wilderness medicine, for example, is extended care
with limited resources. I am personally very excited about
the development of the personal vital signs monitor, and
it's applications in remote settings, including outdoor
education programs."
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Dan
Biondi
Corporate Liaison
& Digital Imagery Specialist
Dan Biondi is a Senior Vice President of Olympus
America Inc. and is responsible for North American operations
of the Scientific Equipment Division which manufactures
and markets optoelectronic systems and other products for
life science, health care, and material science applications.
Born in Alton, Illinois on Aug. 30, 1951, Dan
moved to Macon Missouri in 1959 where he graduated from high
school. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of
Science degree from California State University and was commissioned
an officer in the United States Army in 1977 through the Reserve
Officer Training Corps.
Dan is an active member of many professional
and civic associations. He was awarded the 1998 Theodore Roosevelt
Award from the N.Y. State Nassau - Suffolk County Hospital
Council for his " leadership, noble contributions and dedication
to the mission of St. Charles Hospital; Compassionate Care
of the Sick." The Pediatric Rehabilitation Wing of St. Charles
Hospital is dedicated to Dan and his wife Claudia.
Dan and Claudia have been married for 24 years.
Claudia and Dan have two sons Jason 19 and Jean-Paul 18.
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Faanya Rose
Research Technician
Faanya Rose always wanted to be an explorer and a conservationist.
Both are passions that she inherited from her childhood in
Rhodesia. Finally at the age of sixty, she will get to live
out one of her oldest dreams. But before Faanya's retirement
it had been difficult finding the time to devote to her hobbies,
as time is probably the only commodity that she has had to
do without. There was certainly not enough time while she
was working with Rhodesia's Prime Minister, Ian Smith, right
up until its independence and change to Zimbabwe in 1980.
Then in London, while serving these past ten years as the
Group Treasurer for BAA plc, the world's largest international
airport company that owns and manages Britain's seven major
airports, including Heathrow and Gatwick, there was no spare
time. There was even less time available when she became a
trustee of the Jewish Association for Business Ethics and
of the Iris Foundation, an organization devoted to supporting
research work in the field of ophthalmology; rehabilitation
and social support to the blind and those threatened with
blindness. . But somehow Faanya did manage to remain true
to her heart and found the time to participate in two extraordinary
expeditions: * The Kota Mama Expedition in Bolivia which demonstrated
that reed boats of traditional and ancient design could have
been used to explore and to trade along the inland waterways
of South America. * The Nepal Bardia Expedition which set
out to determine if the found remains of a large elephant-like
animal was in fact an elephant or a mammoth. However, at the
young age of sixty, Faanya is now retired from the financial
industry and living with her second husband Robert Rose in
London where the two of them enjoy an active existence. In
addition to her charity work with the British Museum, Faanya
serves as a Director of the Explorers Club, an international
organization with headquarters in New York, dedicated to field
research and scientific exploration. Faanya is too young to
be old, her adventures are just beginning!
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Grant
Goldin
Think
Process Researcher
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