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News | April 3, 2025

NMRTC Camp Pendleton holds inaugural Academic Research Symposium

By Curtis Hill

CAMP PENDLETON , CALIFORNIA  –   Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton held an Academic Research Symposium aboard Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton on March 13, 2025.

This inaugural event drew 16 presentations on a variety of topics in the family medicine, traumatic injury, and sports medicine disciplines and included presentations from staff members at the Naval Health Research Center headquartered aboard Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego. The presentations from NHRC were conducted via Microsoft Teams.

The award winners were recognized by NMRTC Camp Pendleton commander Navy Capt. Jenny Burkett during the command’s monthly Culture of Safety, Innovation and Process Improvement, Navigating Standards, and Quality Outcomes (CINQ) meeting on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in the NHCP galley meeting room.
Presenters from both Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Naval Health Research Center, Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, Calif., pose for a group photograph at the completion of the inaugural NMRTC Camp Pendleton Academic Research Symposium held March 13, 2025, aboard Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore.
SLIDESHOW | 7 images | 250313-O-EQ418-4519 Presenters from both Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Naval Health Research Center, Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, Calif., pose for a group photograph at the completion of the inaugural NMRTC Camp Pendleton Academic Research Symposium held March 13, 2025, aboard Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore.
Presenters from both Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Naval Health Research Center, Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, Calif., pose for a group photograph at the completion of the inaugural NMRTC Camp Pendleton Academic Research Symposium held March 13, 2025, aboard Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore.
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Presenters from both Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Naval Health Research Center, Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, Calif., pose for a group photograph at the completion of the inaugural NMRTC Camp Pendleton Academic Research Symposium held March 13, 2025, aboard Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore.
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Lt. Cmdr. Eric Rosson, a sports medicine fellow with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton, presents his poster on “When You Find a Giant in the Knee” during the inaugural NMRTC Camp Pendleton Academic Research Symposium held March 13, 2025, aboard Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore.
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Lt. Cmdr. Eric Rosson, a sports medicine fellow with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton, presents his poster on “When You Find a Giant in the Knee” during the inaugural NMRTC Camp Pendleton Academic Research Symposium held March 13, 2025, aboard Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore.
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Lt. Rachel Daniell, a family medicine resident physician with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton, provides comments during her presentation on “Diagnostic Challenges in Detecting Normotensive Pheochromocytoma” during the inaugural NMRTC Camp Pendleton Academic Research Symposium held March 13, 2025, aboard Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore.
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Lt. Rachel Daniell, a family medicine resident physician with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton, provides comments during her presentation on “Diagnostic Challenges in Detecting Normotensive Pheochromocytoma” during the inaugural NMRTC Camp Pendleton Academic Research Symposium held March 13, 2025, aboard Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore.
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Lt. Cmdr. Emily Lipsky, a family medicine physician with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton, receives her award certificate from NMRTC Camp Pendleton commander Navy Capt. Jenny Burkett, during the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton monthly Culture of Safety, Innovation and Process Improvement, Navigating Standards, and Quality Outcomes (CINQ) meeting on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in the NHCP galley meeting room. Lipsky and Lt. Koren Schroeder, a family medicine resident with NMRTC Camp Pendleton, presented “Uterine Incarceration Case Series” during the inaugural NMRTC Camp Pendleton Academic Research Symposium held March 13, 2025, aboard NHCP. For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore.
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Lt. Cmdr. Emily Lipsky, a family medicine physician with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton, receives her award certificate from NMRTC Camp Pendleton commander Navy Capt. Jenny Burkett, during the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton monthly Culture of Safety, Innovation and Process Improvement, Navigating Standards, and Quality Outcomes (CINQ) meeting on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in the NHCP galley meeting room. Lipsky and Lt. Koren Schroeder, a family medicine resident with NMRTC Camp Pendleton, presented “Uterine Incarceration Case Series” during the inaugural NMRTC Camp Pendleton Academic Research Symposium held March 13, 2025, aboard NHCP. For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore.
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Lt. Cmdr. Eric Rosson, a sports medicine fellow with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton, receives his award certificate from NMRTC Camp Pendleton commander Navy Capt. Jenny Burkett, during the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton monthly Culture of Safety, Innovation and Process Improvement, Navigating Standards, and Quality Outcomes (CINQ) meeting on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in the NHCP galley meeting room. Rosson presented “When You Find a Giant in the Knee” during the inaugural NMRTC Camp Pendleton Academic Research Symposium held March 13, 2025, aboard NHCP. For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore.
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Lt. Cmdr. Eric Rosson, a sports medicine fellow with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton, receives his award certificate from NMRTC Camp Pendleton commander Navy Capt. Jenny Burkett, during the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton monthly Culture of Safety, Innovation and Process Improvement, Navigating Standards, and Quality Outcomes (CINQ) meeting on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in the NHCP galley meeting room. Rosson presented “When You Find a Giant in the Knee” during the inaugural NMRTC Camp Pendleton Academic Research Symposium held March 13, 2025, aboard NHCP. For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore.
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Dr. Amy Schwartz, a research scientist from the Naval Health Research Center, Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, receives her award certificate from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton commander Navy Capt. Jenny Burkett, during the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton monthly Culture of Safety, Innovation and Process Improvement, Navigating Standards, and Quality Outcomes (CINQ) meeting on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in the NHCP galley meeting room. Schwartz presented “Effects of cold-water immersion on shivering magnitude and postural stability” during the inaugural NMRTC Camp Pendleton Academic Research Symposium held March 13, 2025, aboard NHCP. For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore.
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Dr. Amy Schwartz, a research scientist from the Naval Health Research Center, Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, receives her award certificate from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton commander Navy Capt. Jenny Burkett, during the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton monthly Culture of Safety, Innovation and Process Improvement, Navigating Standards, and Quality Outcomes (CINQ) meeting on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in the NHCP galley meeting room. Schwartz presented “Effects of cold-water immersion on shivering magnitude and postural stability” during the inaugural NMRTC Camp Pendleton Academic Research Symposium held March 13, 2025, aboard NHCP. For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore.
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Lt. Koren Schroeder, a family medicine resident with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton, receives her award certificate from NMRTC Camp Pendleton commander Navy Capt. Jenny Burkett, during the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton monthly Culture of Safety, Innovation and Process Improvement, Navigating Standards, and Quality Outcomes (CINQ) meeting on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton galley meeting room. Schroeder and Lt. Cmdr. Emily Lipsky, a family medicine physician with NMRTC Camp Pendleton, presented “Uterine Incarceration Case Series” during the inaugural NMRTC Camp Pendleton Academic Research Symposium held March 13, 2025, aboard NHCP. For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore.
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Lt. Koren Schroeder, a family medicine resident with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton, receives her award certificate from NMRTC Camp Pendleton commander Navy Capt. Jenny Burkett, during the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton monthly Culture of Safety, Innovation and Process Improvement, Navigating Standards, and Quality Outcomes (CINQ) meeting on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton galley meeting room. Schroeder and Lt. Cmdr. Emily Lipsky, a family medicine physician with NMRTC Camp Pendleton, presented “Uterine Incarceration Case Series” during the inaugural NMRTC Camp Pendleton Academic Research Symposium held March 13, 2025, aboard NHCP. For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore.
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The podium presentation winners were Lt. Cmdr. Emily Lipsky and Lt. Koren Schroeder with “Uterine Incarceration Case Series.” Lipsky is a family medicine physician and Schroeder is a family medicine resident at NMRTC Camp Pendleton.

There were two poster winners, the first was Dr. Amy Schwartz, a research scientist from NHRC, with her poster titled, “Effects of cold-water immersion on shivering magnitude and postural stability,” and the second was by Lt. Cmdr. Eric Rosson, sports medicine fellow at NMRTC Camp Pendleton, with his poster titled, “When You Find a Giant in the Knee.”
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