30th Annual USC National Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Symposium

Faculty

The faculty of the 30th 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

    Service Chief, Trauma, Emergency Surgery

    and Surgical Critical Care

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

  • Kenji Inaba, MD, MSc, FACS, FRCSC

    Kenji Inaba, MD, MSc, FACS, FRCSC

    Professor of Surgery

    Vice Chair of Surgery

    Division Chief of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

  • 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

  • Matthew Martin, MD, FACS, FASMBS

    Matthew Martin, MD, FACS, FASMBS

    Colonel, Medical Corporal (ret.)

    Professor of Clinical Surgery

    EGS Director

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

  • Kazuhide Matsushima, MD, FACS

    Kazuhide Matsushima, MD, FACS

    Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery

    AAST Fellowship, Program Director

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

  • Eric Elster CAPT, MC, USN (Ret.)

    Eric Elster CAPT, MC, USN (Ret.)

    Dean of the School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, MD.

    Executive Co-Chair of the Military Health System Strategic Partnership with the American College of Surgeons.

    Served as ship's surgeon aboard the USS Kitty Hawk during Operation Iraqi Freedom, stationed in the Persian Gulf.

    Completed fellowships in solid organ transplantation and General Surgery at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

  • Kjell N. Lindgren, MD

    Kjell N. Lindgren, MD

    Former Astronaut at NASA

    Flight Surgeon at NASA (joined in 2007)

    Member of the NASA Astronaut Corps (selected in 2009)

    Crew Medical Officer for Expeditions 44/45 on the International Space Station (2015)

    Commander of the SpaceX Crew-4 Dragon mission to the ISS, joining Expedition 67 (2022)

    Deputy Director of NASA’s Flight Operations Directorate (current position).

GUEST FACULTY

  • Oscar Autelli

    Oscar Autelli

    Chief IT

    Los Angeles General Medical Center (Ret)

    Los Angeles, CA

  • Galinos Barmparas, MD, FACS

    Galinos Barmparas, MD, FACS

    Associate Professor of Surgery

    Associate Trauma Medical Director

    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

  • 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

  • Carlos V.R. Brown, MD, FACS

    Carlos V.R. Brown, MD, FACS

    Professor of Surgery

    Chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery

    Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, TX

  • Aaron Cheng, Esq.

    Aaron Cheng, Esq.

    General Counsel & Vice President

    Regulatory Affairs/Quality Assurance

    OneLegacy

    Los Angeles, CA

  • 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

    Loma Linda, CA

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

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

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

    Professor of Surgery

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

    UC San Diego Health

    San Diego, CA

  • Christina Ghaly, MD

    Christina Ghaly, MD

    Director

    Los Angeles County, Department of Health Services

  • Areg Grigorian, MD

    Areg Grigorian, MD

    Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

    University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, CA

  • Bellal Joseph, MD, FACS

    Bellal Joseph, MD, FACS

    Professor of Surgery

    Chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery

    University of Arizona

    Tucson, AZ

  • Mark Kaplan, MD, FACS

    Mark Kaplan, MD, FACS

    Professor of Surgery

    Director of Acute Care Surgery

    Albert Einstein Medical Center

    Philadelphia, PA

  • Edward Leverich, PhD

    Edward Leverich, PhD

    Police Officer III, Special Weapons and Tactics

    Los Angeles Police Department

    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

    Houston, Texas

  • Angela Neville, MD

    Angela Neville, MD

    Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma

    Program Director, General Surgery Residency

    Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

  • 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

    Los Angeles, CA

  • Peter Rhee, MD, MPH, FACS

    Peter Rhee, MD, MPH, FACS

    Captain, US Navy (ret.)

    Professor of Surgery

    USUHS, CUNY

    New York, NY

  • Ali Salim MD, FACS

    Ali Salim MD, FACS

    Chief, Division of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Care

    Brigham and Women’s Hospital

    Harvard Medical School

    Boston, MA

  • 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

  • Jennifer A. Smith, MD, FACS

    Jennifer A. Smith, MD, FACS

    Associate Professor of Surgery

    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

    Associate Chief of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery,

    Surgical Critical Care at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

    Los Angeles, 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

    Los Angeles, CA

  • Odey C. Ukpo, MD, MS

    Odey C. Ukpo, MD, MS

    Chief Medical Examiner

    Department of Medical Examiner

    Los Angeles, CA

FACULTY – Keck School of Medicine of USC and Los Angeles General Medical Center

  • Bradley Allen, MD

    Bradley Allen, MD

    Adjunct Professor in Clinical Surgery

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

  • Subarna Biswas, MD, PhD, FACS

    Subarna Biswas, MD, PhD, FACS

    Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

    USC School of Medicine

  • Damon H. Clark, MD

    Damon H. Clark, MD

    Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

    Associate Medical Director,

    Surgical Critical Care,

    Keck Medical Center

  • 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

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

  • 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

  • Rodney McKeever, MD, DABA, FCCP

    Rodney McKeever, MD, DABA, FCCP

    Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

    Assistant Director of Clinical Operations,

    Operation Room Coordinator

    Department of Anesthesiology

    Los Angeles General Medical Center

  • Thomas Noguchi, MD

    Thomas Noguchi, MD

    Professor Emeritus

    Surgery and Emergency Medicine

    Former Coroner, LA County

  • 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 Surgery

    Division of Acute Care Surgery

FACULTY – Los Angeles General Medical Center

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

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

    Chief Nursing Office

    LAC+USC Medical Center

  • Jorge Orozco

    Jorge Orozco

    CEO, LAC+USC Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

  • Brad Spellberg, MD, FIDSA, FACP

    Brad Spellberg, MD, FIDSA, FACP

    Professor of Clinical Medicine

    Chief Medical Officer

    Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs

  • Jacqueline Urbina, RN

    Jacqueline Urbina, RN

    ICU

DISTINGUISHED FOREIGN SPEAKERS

  • Tianbing Wang, MD, PhD

    Tianbing Wang, MD, PhD

    Professor of Surgery, University of Beijing

    Vice-President of Beijing University People’s Hospital,

    Vice-director of National Trauma Medicine Center

    Vice-Chairman of the “Chinese Trauma Rescue and Treatment Association”

  • Peep Talving, MD, PhD, FACS

    Peep Talving, MD, PhD, FACS

    Professor of Surgery,

    University of Tartu, Tartu

    Director, Division of Acute Care Surgery

    North Estonia Medical Center Foundation

    Tallinn, Estonia

BURN FELLOWS

  • Maxwell Johnson, MD

    Maxwell Johnson, MD

TRAUMA FELLOWS

  • Kelly Boyle, MD

    Kelly Boyle, MD

  • Amanda Hambrecht, MD

    Amanda Hambrecht, MD

  • Edward Cho, MD

    Edward Cho, MD

  • Jamie Knell, MD

    Jamie Knell, MD

SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE FELLOWS

  • Laura Bloom, MD, MS, MBA

    Laura Bloom, MD, MS, MBA

  • Adriana Valera Reyes, MD

    Adriana Valera Reyes, MD

  • Rembrandt Van Druff, MD

    Rembrandt Van Druff, MD

  • Smita Mascharak, MD

    Smita Mascharak, MD

  • Jaehee Yoon, MD

    Jaehee Yoon, MD

GUEST FELLOWS

  • Harriet Barratt, MD

    Harriet Barratt, MD

    Cedars-Sinai

  • Jin Sui, MD

    Jin Sui, MD

    Harbor-UCLA

  • Mallory Jebbia, MD

    Mallory Jebbia, MD

    UC Irvine