Josef Schmid

About Josef Schmid

Career NASA Flight Surgeon with operational experience in aviation, space medicine and deep space Telemedicine. Mission Control operator qualified for space shuttle, International Space Station, EVA, Soyuz, Orion/Artemis operations with multiple human Spaceflight mission launch and landing deployment operations as the lead U.S. surgeon. Aquanaut, T38 crewmember. Lead surgeon, medical operations for the new Orion (Moon and Deep Space) Spacecraft. First Human to be Holoported into Space. Chairs or is member of multiple professional and international boards. FAA Senior Medical Examiner. Former Co-Director Aerospace Medicine Residency. Skilled in Mission Planning and Execution, Medical Simulations and Training, Training and Safety Readiness Reviews, Systems Engineering, Technical and Analytical Skills, Policy, Requirements, Tactical and Strategic Planning, Innovation, Technology Readiness Levels, Augmented Reality Telemedicine, Toyota Production System, Government, Emergency Management, Disaster Planning, Mishap Prevention and Investigation, Physical Exam Standards, Team Building, Mentor, professional and officer Recruiting, and International Relations with Cultural Training and work experience in Japan and Europe. Has provided surgical and military medical triage training worldwide. Keynote speaker for leadership, simulations, training and space medicine. Board certified Family Physician to several astronauts, active and retired, including Apollo, X-15, Shuttle and ISS Astronauts. Specific skills in Mission Design, Environmental Control Systems, Spacesuit design, Medical Informatics, medicine in extreme environments. Previously the Senior Air Reserve Medic and the Air Reserve Mobilization Assistant to the Surgeon General of the United States Air Force. Led team of six Air Force Reserve General Officers and equivalents. Senior medical advisor to task force developing the US Space Force. 1 of the first 2 Space Medicine Special Experience Identifier holders.

Experience

1. Holoportation and Artificial Intelligence

   NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

   Jan 2018 — Present

   First Human Holoported with Dr Fernando De La Pena Llaca off the planet. Demonstrating Science Fiction turned into Science Fact with Telepresence and Medicine into extreme environments of space, cyberspace and space analogs. Now combining Artificial Intelligence for a new reality of human exploration and experience.

Education

• Central Piedmont Community College

  Computer Programming

  1980 — 1980

• Kansai Gaidai University

  Exchange Student, Japanese Studies

  1986 — 1987

• David Grant USAF Medical Center

  Family Medicine Residency, Family Medicine Residency

  1992 — 1995

• Wake Forest University

  MD, Medical School

  1988 — 1992

• Myers Park High School

  High School Degree

  1980 — 1983

• Aerospace Medicine Residency, University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston

  Aerospace Medicine Residency and Master of Public Health, NASA Space Medicine/Aerospace Medicine

  2000 — 2002

• Johnson Space Center Medical Operations Space Medicine Training

  Surgeon Console Operator, Space Shuttle, International Space Station

  2000 — 2004

• Belmont Abbey College

  BS, summa cum laude, Biology, Honors (Classics) Studies

  1983 — 1988

• Oregon Health & Science University

  Medical Informatics AIMA 10 x 10 Course in conjunction with ACEP, Medical Informatics

  2015 — 2015