An American Perspective on the Legacy of Anatoly I. Grigoriev in Space Medicine.

Academician Anatoly Ivanovich Grigoriev was a physician, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Presidium, and a celebrated leader of science in the Soviet Union and Russia-but in the United States, he will be remembered as a friend and mentor. His contributions to space and medicine of extreme environments had a profound impact on human space exploration. He fostered collaboration in many areas of space-human factors, especially in the areas of renal function, endocrinology, and fluids and electrolytes.

Armenia 1988 earthquake and telemedicine: lessons learned and forgotten.

Purpose: To showcase the observations and lessons learned from the first large-scale international telemedicine program addressing the medical and health consequences of disasters.

Background: Almost 24 years ago a major earthquake devastated the northwestern region of Soviet Armenia. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration deployed a telemedicine spacebridge, which operated uninterrupted for 3 months, extending its services to the remote region of Ufa to help the burn victims, mostly children, from a railroad explosion accident.