27th Annual USC National Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Symposium

Faculty

The faculty of the 27^th 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

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

Professor and Vice Chair of Surgery

Division of Acute Care Surgery and

Surgical Critical Care
Lydia Lam, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery

Director of Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program

Division of Acute Care Surgery
Kazuhide Matsushima, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Kenneth L. Mattox, MD

Distinguished Service Professor,

Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

Baylor College of Medicine

Chief of Staff/Chief of Surgery at the Ben Taub General Hospital

Houston, Texas
Philip C. Stepaniak, MD

NASA/Johnson Space Center Operational Flight Surgeon

International Space Station and Commercial Crew program

Lead to the NASA/JSC Contingency Medical Group for NASA spacecraft accidents

SPECIAL INVITED GUEST

Jorge Orozco

CEO, LAC+USC Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

GUEST FACULTY

Elizabeth R. Benjamin, MD, PhD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery

Trauma Medical Director, Grady Memorial Hospital

Emory University

Atlanta, GA
Nichole Bosson, MD, MPH, NRP, FAEMS

Assistant Medical Director, LA County EMS Agency

EMS Fellowship Director and Adjunct Faculty,

Harbor-UCLA DEM

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine,

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Los Angeles, CA
Megan Brenner, MD, MS, RPVI, FACS

University of California, Riverside

Director of Surgical Research

Comparative Effectiveness and Clinical Outcomes Research Center (CECORC)

Riverside University Health System

Riverside, CA
H. Gill Cryer, MD, PhD, FACS

Professor and Chief

Division of Trauma

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA
Rochelle A. Dicker, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery and Anesthesia UCLA

Vice Chair for Critical Care

Co-Chair-DGSOM UCLA Health Equity and Translational Social Science

Co-Chair-Program for the Advancement of Surgical Equity

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Los Angeles, CA
Jay J. Doucet, MD, FRCSC, FACS

Surgeon

Chief, Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care,

Burns and Acute Care Surgery

Medical Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response

Surgical Director, Perioperative Services-Hillcrest

UC San Diego Health

San Diego, CA
Christopher Foran, MD

Lietunant, US Navy
Joseph A. Herrold, MD, MPH

Visiting Clinical Instructor of Surgery

R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

Baltimore, MD
Mark Kaplan, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery and Director of Acute Care Surgery

Albert Einstein Medical Center

Philadelphia, PA
Dennis Y. Kim, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA
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

Professor of Surgery

Director of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA
Matthew Martin, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Colonel, Medical Corporal (ret.)

Scripps Medical Center

San Diego, CA
Brant A. Putnam, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Chief, Division of Trauma/Acute Care

Surgery/Surgical Critical Care

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA
Peter Rhee, MD, MPH, FACS

Professor of Surgery

Uniformed Services, University of Health Sciences

Atlanta, GA
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

Clinical Professor of Surgery

UC San Diego

Chief of Staff

Scripps Mercy Hospital

San Diego, CA
Aaron Strumwasser, MD, MS, FACS

Trauma Medical Director and Director of Trauma SICU

Desert Regional Medical Center

Palm Springs, CA
Odey Ukpo, MD

Deputy Medical Examiner

Los Angeles County

Los Angeles, CA

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

Bradley Allen, MD

Adjunct Professor in Clinical Surgery

Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
Glenn T. Ault, MD, MSEd, FACS

Associate Dean, Clinical Administration

Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of Colorectal Surgery
Melea Balwan, MA, CCC-SLP

Acting Chief of Speech Pathology and Audiology

Facilitator-Schwartz Rounds for Compassionate Healthcare

LAC+USC Medical Center
Subarna Biswas, MD, MS, FACS

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
Carl R. Chudnofsky, MD, FACEP

Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Chair, Emergency Medicine

Department of Emergency Medicine
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

Professor of Clinical Surgery and Anesthesiology

Director, Surgical Critical Care, Keck Medical Center

Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
Joshua Hewko, BSN, CCRN

Critical Care Nurse Educator

LAC+USC Medical Center
Brian Knipp, MD, FACS

Commander, Medical Corps, US Navy

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Uniformed Services University

Director, Navy Trauma Training Center
Angela Kwan, PT, DPT, CWS

Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy

Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy

Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC

Los Angeles, CA
Leo Laoang, RN

LAC+USC SICU RN
Eugenia Lee, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
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

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
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
Christine Mercado, MSN, RN, CCRN, TCRN

LAC+USC SICU
Kyle Mock, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
Lee A. Myers, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology

LAC+USC Medical Center
Thomas Noguchi, MD

Professor Emeritus

Surgery and Emergency Medicine
Morgan A. Schellenberg, MD, MPH, FRCSC, FACS

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
Jan Shoenberger, MD

Chief of Service and Vice Chair

Department of Emergency Medicine

LAC+USC Medical Center

Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Paul Wisniewski, DO

Commander, Medical Corps, US Navy

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Uniformed Services University

Navy Trauma Training Center