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| The History |
| Proprietor Biography |
| Richard Marrell served in the United States Navy for six years, stationed at National Naval Medical Center - Bethesda, Maryland as a team leader for neurosurgery. During this time, he was awarded two Naval Achievement Medals for pioneering two projects including Project Remedy Bethesda, an effort that provided thousands of surgical supplies to impoverished medical clinics around the world. After an honorable discharge from the Navy, he was employed at The George Washington University Hospital in Washington D.C. and University of Chicago Hospitals in Chicago where he continued his surgical experience. While employed as a Tissue Procurement Coordinator for Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network, Richard continued his innovative ways by studying the effects of iodine vs. alcohol skin preparation on procurement culture results and won first place honors for the scientific abstract at the 2003 AATB annual conference. Since establishing RLM Tissue Bank Prosthetics in 2003, Richard has authored articles in Northwest Indiana's economic and business news publication, the SouthShore Metropolitan, and has been active in the Valparaiso chapter of Rotary International. RLM Tissue Bank Prosthetics has been featured in numerous newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, The Seattle Times, and the Gary Post-Tribune. In 2006, RLM placed third at the Purdue/Lilly Foundation Opportunity for Indiana Business Plan Competition from a field of 66 companies. RLM Tissue Bank Prosthetics was born due to environmental and functional issues regarding the use of PVC as a reconstruction device. Richard, along with his production crew, believe that a positive change in tissue banking can be made through the use of natural reconstruction materials. The name RLM was chosen to memorialize the founder’s namesake grandfather, Richard Lee Marrell. A true gentleman with a mountain of tools and a mind for science, he took the time to etch his initials into many of his tools, some of the same tools we utilize today. It is with pride and honor that we produce and distribute a medical device bearing his initials. He is the foundation of our working philosophy. |
