page_title: Timothy J. Broderick
section_title: Aquanaut
hierarchical_section_title: Timothy J. Broderick / Aquanaut
caption_attribution_description: Crew members for the ninth NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) mission prepare for a night dive off the coast of Key Largo, Florida. Canadian Astronaut Dafydd R. (Dave) Williams (right rear) leads the crew, which includes astronaut/aquanauts Ronald J. Garan Jr. (right front) and Nicole P. Stott (left front), and University of Cincinnati physician Tim Broderick (left rear).
context_page_description: Timothy J. Broderick, F.A.C.S., is Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati, where he has served on the faculty since 2003. He also serves as Chief of the Division of Gastrointestinal and Endocrine Surgery and is Director of the Advanced Center for Telemedicine and Surgical Innovation. He has flown on the NASA KC-135 parabolic laboratory and dived in the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations program to develop advanced surgical technologies for long duration space flight.
context_section_description: In April 2006, Broderick became an aquanaut through his participation in the joint NASA-NOAA, NEEMO 9 (NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations) project, an exploration research mission held in Aquarius, the world's only undersea research laboratory. During this eighteen-day mission, the six-person crew of NEEMO 9 developed lunar surface exploration procedures and telemedical technology applications in support of the United States' Vision for Space Exploration. Broderick served as an aquanaut again on the NEEMO 12 mission in May 2007.
  Broderick plays a major role in the education of faculty, residents, medical students, and community physicians in advanced laparoscopic and robotic procedures. He continues to use his skills as clinician, educator, computer scientist, and technologist to foster major advances in the art and science of surgery.
caption: The NEEMO 9 Crew: Left to right (rear): Broderick, Dafydd Williams; front: Nicole P. Stott, Ron Garan.
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