SimX, Inc.
Colonel John R. Dorsch (ret) served as Wing Surgeon, 24th Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Florida, prior to his retirement in June 2022. As Chief Medical Officer for the Air Force’s only Special Tactics Wing, he coordinated headquarters-level medical policies, procedures, and support for two Special Tactics Groups, two Operational Support Squadrons, and seven Special Tactics Squadrons across fifteen CONUS and two overseas locations while providing oversight to the Wing’s 159 assigned medics. Colonel Dorsch was the senior medical advisor for the Wing Commander and provided medical oversight to Special Operations Surgical Teams and the Special Tactics Human Performance Optimization enterprise, with the mission of enhancing and maintaining operator readiness over time. He was also an advisor to the AFSOC Command Surgeon and to the United States Special Operations Command Board of Surgeons. Additionally, Colonel Dorsch served as the Air Force’s Pararescue Medical Director and oversaw the Medical Operations Advisory Board, having developed numerous trauma protocols as editor of the PJ Medical Handbook.
Colonel Dorsch currently serves as a staff emergency physician at UNC Southeastern Medical Center, clinical faculty at Campbell University, operational team member on the Mobile Surgical Resuscitation Team with Vigilint, and Assistant Medical Director to Robeson County Emergency Medical Services. Colonel Dorsch continues to drive advances in military operational medicine as Senior Medical Advisor to SimX, the world’s leader in virtual reality medical simulation, in addition to providing consultation on several DoD sponsored R&D efforts in trauma and austere medicine.