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Simulab Creating Partnership with Grey's Anatomy

Simulab Corporation has been providing the medical education community with vital training tools such as TraumaMan^®, CentraLineMan^TM and the LapTrainer^TM since 1994 and now it can add Hollywood to its list of customers.

It is said that life imitates art. However, rapidly expanding use of surgical simulation into the “real life” medical education world is paralleling the “art” world as Grey’s Anatomy and Simulab form a partnership to create the show’s Simulation Lab. Ironically, Simulab has been a partner with the University of Washington’s School of Medicine collaborating on surgical simulations for over 13 years and Grey’s Anatomy is set at a fictitious Seattle Medical School.

Grey's Anatomy was first introduced to Simulab products through contacts at the University of Southern California who supplied the show with a tissue suture pad. In an effort to develop new settings in which to film the show, Grey's Anatomy contacted Simulab to inquire about other simulation-related products available. In response to that inquiry Doug Beighle, President, and Chris Toly, CEO, spent a day on the set with the cast and crew setting up a Surgical Simulation Lab - similar to the one actually used by the University of Washington’s School of Medicine. Simulab’s products populate this scene, helping raise awareness of the key role simulation plays today in Medical Education.