28th Annual USC National Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Symposium

Faculty

The faculty of the 28th 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

Los Angeles, California

  • 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

  • Kazuhide Matsushima, MD, FACS

    Kazuhide Matsushima, MD, FACS

    Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

    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

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

  • Michael R. Barratt, MD

    Michael R. Barratt, MD

    Board certified in Internal and Aerospace Medicine

    NASA astronaut on two spaceflights

    Serves in the Mission Support branches providing medical and human factors expertise to multiple spaceflight programs

  • Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD, FACS

    Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD, FACS

    Surgeon-in-Chief of the Riverside University Health System Medical Center

    Professor of Surgery at Loma Linda University School of Medicine

    Emeritus Professor University of California San Diego

    Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

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

    Associate Professor of Surgery

    Trauma Medical Director, Grady Memorial Hospital

    Emory University

    Atlanta, GA

  • Megan Brenner, MD, MS, RPVI, FACS

    Megan Brenner, MD, MS, RPVI, FACS

    Professor of Surgery

    University of California, Riverside

    Director of Surgical Research

    Comparative Effectiveness and Clinical Outcomes Research Center (CECORC)

    Riverside University Health System

    Riverside, CA

  • 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

  • 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

  • Prasad Garimella, MD

    Prasad Garimella, MD

    COO, One Legacy

  • Brian Gavitt, MD, MPH, FACS

    Brian Gavitt, MD, MPH, FACS

    Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, MC

    Trauma Director, US+UAE TBRM Mission

    AF/SG Consultant for Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

  • Mark Kaplan, MD, FACS

    Mark Kaplan, MD, FACS

    Professor of Surgery and 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

  • Jonathan Lucas, MD

    Jonathan Lucas, MD

    Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner

    Los Angeles County

  • 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

  • Brant A. Putnam, MD, FACS

    Brant A. Putnam, MD, FACS

    Professor of Surgery

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

    Vice Chair- Clinical Affairs,

    Department of Surgery

    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

    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

  • Patrick Rudolf, LAPD Officer

    Patrick Rudolf, LAPD Officer

    EMT, Los Angeles Police Department Special Weapons and Tactics

  • Michael Sise, MD, FACS

    Michael Sise, MD, FACS

    Professor of Surgery

    UC San Diego

    Scripps Mercy Hospital

    San Diego, CA

  • Jennifer Smith, MD

    Jennifer Smith, MD

    Associate Professor of Surgery at UCLA

    Associate Chief of Trauma,

    Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

FACULTY

Keck School of Medicine of USC and LAC+USC Medical Center

  • 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, MS, FACS

    Subarna Biswas, MD, MS, FACS

    Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

  • 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

  • Carl R. Chudnofsky, MD, FACEP

    Carl R. Chudnofsky, MD, FACEP

    Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

    Chair, Emergency Medicine

    Department of Emergency Medicine

  • 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

    Professor of Clinical Surgery

    Director, Surgical Critical Care, Keck Medical Center

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

  • Eugenia Lee, MD

    Eugenia Lee, MD

    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, LAC+USC

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

  • Gregory Magee, MD, FACS

    Gregory Magee, MD, FACS

    Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

    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

  • Stephen F. Sener, MD, FACS, FSSO

    Stephen F. Sener, MD, FACS, FSSO

    Professor of Surgery

    Breast, Endocrine, and Soft Tissue Surgery Division,

    Department of Surgery

    Chief of Surgery, LAC+USC Medical Center

  • 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

  • Aaron D. Storms, MD

    Aaron D. Storms, MD

    Associate Director, Palliative Care

    Team Associate Professor of Medicine

  • Emily Switzer, MD

    Emily Switzer, MD

    Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

    Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE FELLOWS

  • MAJ Joshua Dilday, DO

    MAJ Joshua Dilday, DO

  • Gaurav Garg, MD

    Gaurav Garg, MD

  • Jennie Kim, MD

    Jennie Kim, MD

  • Chance Nichols, MD

    Chance Nichols, MD

  • Ian Powelson, MD

    Ian Powelson, MD

  • Elliot Williams, MD

    Elliot Williams, MD

AAST FELLOWS

  • Brent Emigh, MD

    Brent Emigh, MD

  • MAJ Benjamin Franklin, MD

    MAJ Benjamin Franklin, MD

  • Areg Grigorian, MD

    Areg Grigorian, MD

  • Cristina Novak, MD

    Cristina Novak, MD