The Alan D. Solomont & Susan Lewis Solomont Clinical Simulation & Nursing Education Center is Boston Medical Center’s state-of-the-art learning center for nursing education and multidisciplinary training. Taking its cues from the aviation industry, where pilots are expected to train for hundreds of simulated flight-hours, BMC has created a center for immersive experiential learning for every employee involved in patient care.
Using high-fidelity computer-assisted manikins in realistic patient care environments, from the operating room to the inpatient room, we can simulate virtually any clinical situation. We then gather the caregivers for that situation — from nurses and respiratory technicians to resident physicians and attending physicians — and run the scenario. This provides a unique, friendly, and safe environment in which to learn how to improve our delivery of patient care, and to make BMC the safest hospital possible for our patients.
About the Solomont Center
Our Space
Operating Room
Our spacious operating room contains a SimMan 3G, airway cart, fully functional anesthesia setup, computer on wheels, OR table, table for OR instruments, gas connectors with running air and oxygen, wall phone, and 65-inch monitor with video/PowerPoint capabilities.

Task Room
Our multipurpose task room is home to several Storz laparoscopic technique trainers. The task room is open 24 hours to all residents who perform laparoscopic procedures.
HPS (Human Patient Simulation) Rooms
There are four inpatient rooms that can be set up for adult or pediatric situations. Each room contains a SimMan or SimBaby manikin, gas connectors with running oxygen and air, a wall phone, and a 32-inch monitor with video/PowerPoint capabilities.
Control Rooms
There are four control rooms, each adjacent to a human patient simulation room, in which the technical operator and clinical educator facilitate the simulation scenarios for the learners.
Conference Room
The Solomont Center conference room seats 10–12 learners and has videoconferencing capabilities.
Hallway
Our hallway space has audio/video recording capability to capture patient and staff encounters and interactions for communication quality improvement purposes.
Clinical Faculty
Main Location
840 Harrison AvenueBoston, MA 02118
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617.414.3715Main Location
850 Harrison Avenue5th Floor
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1 Boston Medical Center PlBoston, MA 02118
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732 Harrison Avenue2nd Floor
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Main Location
801 Massachusetts Avenue6th Floor
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617.414.5951Main Location
850 Harrison AvenueBoston, MA 02118
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617.414.4075Main Location
725 Albany Street1st Floor
Boston, MA 02118
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1 Boston Medical Center PlBoston, MA 02118
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617.414.5619Center Staff
Stephanie Rosenberg
Systems Coordinator
617.638.1710
Stephanie.Rosenberg@bmc.org
Stephen Poole
Manager
617.638.1719
Kyle Weimer
Simulation Technician
Frequently Asked Questions
The Solomont Center is a multidisciplinary learning center. We provide experiential training for nurse competencies and resident procedural technique as well as complex patient care scenarios across all specialties. More importantly, we are here to promote better cooperation and communication between every employee at BMC. We especially encourage programs that foster exceptional communication between health care providers. We hope to reduce unexpected errors in patient care and make our patients the safest in the country.
The Solomont Simulation Center is located in the lower level of the Moakley Building at 830 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA 02118.
Please note: the Center can only be accessed from the back of the Moakley building.
The Solomont Simulation Center has its own entrance on the backside of the Moakley building. To access the center:
- Walk to the back side of the Moakley building. The entrance is near the corner of East Concord Street and Shapiro Drive.
- Turn right onto Shapiro Drive from East Concord Street. The door to Solomont Simulation Center will be on the right.
- Press the doorbell/airphone and wait for the lock to release.
- Once inside the building, walk down the stairs or take the elevator to the lower level and turn right through the door.
Any employee of Boston Medical Center may use the center. The priority is on courses that cross disciplines, encouraging cooperation and communication that improves patient care.
Have an idea? Let us help you create a program!
Email our systems coordinator at Stephanie.Rosenberg@bmc.org.
To schedule time in the center, please email our systems coordinator at Stephanie.Rosenberg@bmc.org.
There are many people here at the Center who can help you to create a course. Please contact the Center’s systems coordinator for more information: Stephanie.Rosenberg@bmc.org
Your information will be reviewed promptly, and the Center will provide you with the resources to create the best program possible for your goals and objectives. We are here to help. You are not alone!
Please contact the Center’s systems coordinator for more information: Stephanie.Rosenberg@bmc.org.
We have developed a “Train the trainers” program that includes both a presentation and hands-on training.
Please contact the Center’s systems coordinator for more information: Stephanie.Rosenberg@bmc.org.
No, there is no charge.
Yes, you read that correctly. Your department does not have to pay additional fees to use the center. BMC expects all of us to work together in the Center to improve patient care and communication between us — to deliver exceptional care without errors. No exceptions!
Consumables are covered by the Simulation Center budget.
Requests for field-specific equipment may be made by contacting the Center’s systems coordinator (Stephanie.Rosenberg@bmc.org). These requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
The Solomont Center offers training modules for anyone interested in producing a program at the Center. We can help you through the entire process — from formulating teaching objectives to using the equipment and creating meaningful debriefing sessions for your learners.
Please contact our systems coordinator (Stephanie.Rosenberg@bmc.org) if you would like to find out more about our official policies and procedures, or for any help in accessing the Center!