29th Annual USC National Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Symposium

Faculty

The faculty of the 29th Annual USC National Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery Symposium is a diverse group of been-there, done-that experts who will combine both the latest literature and their own experience to give you an up-to-date perspective on a large number of leading-edge topics unique to the management of the trauma patient.

SYMPOSIUM DIRECTORS

Keck School of Medicine of USC

  • Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD, FACS

    Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD, FACS

    Professor of Surgery

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

    Director, Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

    LAC+USC Medical Center

  • Kenji Inaba, MD, MSc, FACS, FRCSC

    Kenji Inaba, MD, MSc, FACS, FRCSC

    Professor and Vice Chair of Surgery

    Director, Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

    Department of Surgery

  • Lydia Lam, MD, FACS

    Lydia Lam, MD, FACS

    Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery

    Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

    LAC+USC Medical Center

  • Matthew Martin, MD, FACS, FASMBS

    Matthew Martin, MD, FACS, FASMBS

    Colonel, Medical Corporal (ret.)

    Professor of Clinical Surgery

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

    LAC+USC Medical Center

  • Kazuhide Matsushima, MD, FACS

    Kazuhide Matsushima, MD, FACS

    Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

    LAC+USC Medical Center

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

  • Jim Wetherbee, Captain, US Navy (Ret.)

    Jim Wetherbee, Captain, US Navy (Ret.)

    Former astronaut, NASA

    Six-time space traveler

    Landed the Space Shuttle five times

    Traveled twice to the international space station and to the Russian space station

    Investigated the Columbia accident in 2003 and the Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010

    Author, Controlling Risk - In a Dangerous World

  • Edward E. Cornwell, Ill, MD, FACS, FCCM, FWACS

    Edward E. Cornwell, Ill, MD, FACS, FCCM, FWACS

    (Hon.) The LaSalle D. Leffall Professor of Surgery

    Former Professor of Surgery and Interim Dean, Howard University Hospital

    Past deputy editor of JAMA-Surgery

    President, Southeastern Surgical Congress

SPECIAL INVITED GUEST

  • Jorge Orozco

    Jorge Orozco

    CEO, LAC+USC Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

GUEST FACULTY

  • Elizabeth R. Benjamin, MD, PhD, FACS

    Elizabeth R. Benjamin, MD, PhD, FACS

    Professor of Surgery

    Trauma Medical Director, Grady Memorial Hospital

    Emory University

    Atlanta, GA

  • Galinos Barmparas, MD, FACS

    Galinos Barmparas, MD, FACS

    Associate Professor of Surgery

    Associate Trauma Medical Director

    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  • Aaron Cohen

    Aaron Cohen

    Manager, Recovery and Technical Operations

    One Legacy

  • Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD, FACS

    Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD, FACS

    Surgeon-in-Chief

    Riverside University Health System

    Medical Center

    Professor of Surgery at Loma Linda

    University School of Medicine

  • Lt. Col. (ret.) Jay J. Doucet, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, ROMS

    Lt. Col. (ret.) Jay J. Doucet, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, ROMS

    Lt. Col. (ret.) Royal Canadian Air Force

    Professor of Surgery

    Chief, Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Burns

    UC San Diego Health

  • Areg Grigorian, MD

    Areg Grigorian, MD

    Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Acute Care Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care

    University of California, Irvine

  • Jennifer M. Gurney, MD, FACS

    Jennifer M. Gurney, MD, FACS

    COL, US Army, Medical Corps

    Chief, Joint Trauma System

  • Mark Kaplan, MD, FACS

    Mark Kaplan, MD, FACS

    Professor of Surgery

    Director of Acute Care Surgery

    Albert Einstein Medical Center

    Philadelphia, PA

  • Eric J. Ley, MD, FACS

    Eric J. Ley, MD, FACS

    Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit

    Director, Surgical Care Fellowship Program

    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

  • Daniel R. Margulies, MD, FACS

    Daniel R. Margulies, MD, FACS

    Professor of Surgery

    Director of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

  • Kenneth L. Mattox, MD, FACS

    Kenneth L. Mattox, MD, FACS

    Distinguished Service Professor

    Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

    Baylor College of Medicine

  • Victor Pretorius, MBChB, FRCSC

    Victor Pretorius, MBChB, FRCSC

    Professor of Surgery

    Surgical Director of Heart Transplant

    University of California, San Diego

  • Brant A. Putnam, MD, FACS

    Brant A. Putnam, MD, FACS

    Professor of Surgery

    Chief, Division of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery, Surgical Critical Care

    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

    Vice Chair-Clinical Affairs,

    Department of Surgery

    Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

  • Peter Rhee, MD, MPH, FACS

    Peter Rhee, MD, MPH, FACS

    Professor of Surgery

    Uniformed Services, University of Health Sciences

    Atlanta, GA

  • Stacey A. Shackelford, MD, FACS

    Stacey A. Shackelford, MD, FACS

    Colonel, Medical Corps, United States Air Force

    Associate Professor of Surgery

    Uniformed Services

    University of Health Sciences

    Director of Performance Improvement

    Joint Trauma System

    San Antonio, TX

  • Michael Sise, MD, FACS

    Michael Sise, MD, FACS

    Professor of Surgery

    UC San Diego

    Scripps Mercy Hospital

    San Diego, CA

  • Areti Tillou, MD, FACS

    Areti Tillou, MD, FACS

    Professor of Clinical Surgery

    Vice Chair of Education

    Department of Surgery, Acute Care Surgery Division

    University of California, Los Angeles

  • Odey C. Ukpo, MD, MS

    Odey C. Ukpo, MD, MS

    Interim Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner

    Los Angeles County

    Los Angeles, CA

  • Dana Vilander, LASO (ret.)

    Dana Vilander, LASO (ret.)

    Special Enforcement Bureau/SWAT

    Founder, VTC Training

FACULTY

Keck School of Medicine of USC

  • Bradley Allen, MD

    Bradley Allen, MD

    Adjunct Professor in Clinical Surgery

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

  • Glenn T. Ault, MD, MSEd, FACS

    Glenn T. Ault, MD, MSEd, FACS

    Associate Professor of Surgery

    Division of Colorectal Surgery

  • Subarna Biswas, MD, PhD, FACS

    Subarna Biswas, MD, PhD, FACS

    Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

  • Nancy Blake, PhD, RN, CCRN, NEA-BC

    Nancy Blake, PhD, RN, CCRN, NEA-BC

    Chief Nursing Office

    LAC+USC Medical Center

  • Jeffrey C. Chao, MD, FACS

    Jeffrey C. Chao, MD, FACS

    Commander, MC, USN

    Director, Navy Trauma Training Center

    Assistant Professor of Surgery

    Uniformed Services University

  • Damon H. Clark, MD

    Damon H. Clark, MD

    Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

    Associate Medical Director,

    Surgical Critical Care, Keck Medical Center

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

  • J. Perren Cobb, MD, FACS, FCCM

    J. Perren Cobb, MD, FACS, FCCM

    Chief, Surgical Critical Care Service Line

    Critical Care Institute

    Professor and Clinical Scholar

    Departments of Surgery & Anesthesiology

    Keck Medicine of USC

  • John Peter Gruen, MD

    John Peter Gruen, MD

    Clinical Associate Professor

    of Neurological Surgery

    Department of Neurological Surgery

    Associate Medical Director, Critical Care

    LAC+USC Medical Center

  • Eugenia Lee, MD, MPH, FACS

    Eugenia Lee, MD, MPH, FACS

    Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

  • Meghan Lewis, MD, FACS

    Meghan Lewis, MD, FACS

    Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

    Associate Director, SICU

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

  • Angelica Loza-Gomez, MD, FAEMS

    Angelica Loza-Gomez, MD, FAEMS

    Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

    Department of Emergency Medicine

  • Gregory A. Magee, MD, MSc, FACS, FSVS

    Gregory A. Magee, MD, MSc, FACS, FSVS

    Assistant Professor of Surgery & Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

    Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

  • Rodney McKeever, MD, DABA, FCCP

    Rodney McKeever, MD, DABA, FCCP

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

    Assistant Director of Clinical Operations,

    Operation Room Coordinator

    Department of Anesthesiology

    LAC+USC Medical Center

  • Sixta Navarette, RN

    Sixta Navarette, RN

    Trauma Nurse Coordinator

  • Thomas Noguchi, MD

    Thomas Noguchi, MD

    Professor Emeritus

    Surgery and Emergency Medicine

  • Morgan A. Schellenberg, MD, MPH, FACS

    Morgan A. Schellenberg, MD, MPH, FACS

    Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

    Division of Acute Care Surgery

    and Surgical Critical Care

  • Anaar E. Siletz, MD, PhD

    Anaar E. Siletz, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

  • Brad Spellberg, MD, FIDSA, FACP

    Brad Spellberg, MD, FIDSA, FACP

    Professor of Clinical Medicine

    Chief Medical Officer

    Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs

  • Obinna Ugochukwu, MD, FRCS

    Obinna Ugochukwu, MD, FRCS

    Commander, MC, USN

    Trauma Critical Care Surgeon

    Navy Trauma Training Center

SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE FELLOWS

  • Kelly Boyle, MD

    Kelly Boyle, MD

  • Amanda Hambrecht, MD

    Amanda Hambrecht, MD

  • Alpen Nacar, MD

    Alpen Nacar, MD

  • Edward Cho, MD

    Edward Cho, MD

  • Jamie Knell, MD

    Jamie Knell, MD

AAST FELLOWS

  • MAJ Joshua Dilday, DO

    MAJ Joshua Dilday, DO

  • Jennie Kim, MD

    Jennie Kim, MD

  • Elliot Williams, MD

    Elliot Williams, MD

  • Chance Nichols, MD

    Chance Nichols, MD

VISITING FELLOWS

  • Jack Stupinski, MD

    Jack Stupinski, MD

    Cedars-Sinai

  • Kristine Bonnick, MD

    Kristine Bonnick, MD

    Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC)

  • Jason Cheng, MD

    Jason Cheng, MD

    Harbor-UCLA