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
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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
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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
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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
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Kazuhide Matsushima, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
LAC+USC Medical Center
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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
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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
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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
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Jorge Orozco
CEO, LAC+USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
GUEST FACULTY
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Elizabeth R. Benjamin, MD, PhD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Trauma Medical Director, Grady Memorial Hospital
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
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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
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Carlos V.R. Brown, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery
Dell Medical School,
University of Texas at Austin
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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
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Prasad Garimella, MD
COO, One Legacy
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Brian Gavitt, MD, MPH, FACS
Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, MC
Trauma Director, US+UAE TBRM Mission
AF/SG Consultant for Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
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Mark Kaplan, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery and Director of Acute Care Surgery
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA
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Eric J. Ley, MD, FACS
Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Director, Surgical Care Fellowship Program
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
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Jonathan Lucas, MD
Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner
Los Angeles County
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Daniel R. Margulies, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Director of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
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Kenneth L. Mattox, MD, FACS
Distinguished Service Professor
Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
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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
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Peter Rhee, MD, MPH, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Uniformed Services, University of Health Sciences
Atlanta, GA
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Patrick Rudolf, LAPD Officer
EMT, Los Angeles Police Department Special Weapons and Tactics
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Michael Sise, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
UC San Diego
Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, CA
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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
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Bradley Allen, MD
Adjunct Professor in Clinical Surgery
Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
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Glenn T. Ault, MD, MSEd, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Colorectal Surgery
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Subarna Biswas, MD, MS, FACS
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
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Jeffrey C. Chao, MD, FACS
Commander, MC, USN
Director, Navy Trauma Training Center
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Uniformed Services University
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Carl R. Chudnofsky, MD, FACEP
Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Chair, Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
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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
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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
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Eugenia Lee, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
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Meghan Lewis, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Associate Director, SICU, LAC+USC
Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
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Gregory Magee, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
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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
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Sixta Navarette, RN
Trauma Nurse Coordinator
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Thomas Noguchi, MD
Professor Emeritus
Surgery and Emergency Medicine
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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
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Morgan A. Schellenberg, MD, MPH, FACS
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
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Aaron D. Storms, MD
Associate Director, Palliative Care
Team Associate Professor of Medicine
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Emily Switzer, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE FELLOWS
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MAJ Joshua Dilday, DO
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Gaurav Garg, MD
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Jennie Kim, MD
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Chance Nichols, MD
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Ian Powelson, MD
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Elliot Williams, MD
AAST FELLOWS
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Brent Emigh, MD
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MAJ Benjamin Franklin, MD
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Areg Grigorian, MD
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Cristina Novak, MD