Miller Place High Students Visit Stony Brook Hospital

Miller Place High School recently visited Stony Brook University Hospital with Advanced Placement (AP) Biology students learning about medical training and surgical procedures.

The students were able to interact with current medical students, residents and attending physicians to learn more about a future medical career path. Students watched videos of surgeries and learned the different steps in the surgical process.

The Professor of Surgery and Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Dr. Apostoli Tassiopoulos, was able to share his experiences in the medical field with the visiting students and fielded their questions. Following the video demonstration, students visited the Clinical Skills Center (CSC), which doctors and medical students use to improve their technique. Miller Place students were able to use these resources to perform such tasks to virtually conduct surgery and a mannequin to perform Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR.)

Photo 1: Advanced Placement (AP) Biology senior Taranvir Singh from Miller Place High School used virtual tools at Stony Brook University Hospital to practice surgical procedures and explore the medical field. Taranvir will attend SUNY Stony Brook in the fall.

Photo 2: Joannie Lauria, a junior at Miller Place High School, performs Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on mannequins after learning from medical students, residents and physicians, while on a field trip to Stony Brook University Hospital.

Photo 3: Advanced Placement (AP) Biology junior Tristan Verdone from Miller Place High School learns the steps of the surgical process during a field trip to Stony Brook University Hospital.