Published May 14. 2026 10:42PM
Parkland High School, in cooperation with St. Luke’s University Health Network, sponsored a biomedical symposium reecently in the high school gymnasium.
The symposium allows Parkland students interested in careers in health care an opportunity to visit several displays and exhibits.
Also included were studies of gross specimens including a pig’s upper chest, lungs and heart, allowing students to see the relationship between these important structures in mammals, including humans.
A dissection of a human cadaver knee was available under the supervision of SLUHN Orthopedic Surgeon Dan Hacekman, M.D. and Physician Assistant Jeremy Witcoskli.
Parkland High School students showing an interest in medicine as a career were chosen to take part in the dissection.
“Stop the Bleed,” taught by John Swartz, athletic trainer, SLUHN was also popular as students learned how to control bleeding in an injured person.
By using artificial limbs, students learned how to stop the bleed using various techniques including a tourniquet.
PRESS PHOTOS BY LOU WHEELANDParkland High School students interested in health care attend the Biomedical Symposium in the gym recently. Pictured are: Kathy Palusa, Iccha Bendigeri, Sophia Nauman, Sarah Avila, Gloria Cai, Sanvi Patel, Angelo Baccala, Eklavya Rai, Natalie Suriel, Jadie Brannon, Finn Coen and Arib Islam. Additional photos appear on Page A6.
Parkland High School student Brianna Rushing is mesmerized by the cadaver knee she is examining during the Biomedical Symposium sponsored by the school in cooperation with St. Luke’s University Health Network.
Parkland High School student Taha Aslam practices “Stop the Bleed” using bandages during the Biomedical Symposium sponsored by the school in cooperation with St. Luke’s University Health Network.
“Many hands make light work” as students attending the Biomedical Symposium held at Parkland High School practice “Stop the bleed.”
PRESS PHOTOS BY LOU WHEELANDStudents follow as John Swartz, athletic trainer, SLUHN, teaches how to “Stop the Bleed” during the Biomedical Symposium.
Jonathan Trager, M.D., emergency medicine physician at SLUHN, dissects a pig’s thorax (chest cavity) revealing the heart, lungs and organs to students Ada Paviski, Sanvi Jha, Lily Zavadel and Amara Saadeh during the Biomedical Symposium held at Parkland High School recently.
