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

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  • Welcome and Opening RemarksLydia Lam, MD, FACS and Carl R. Chudnofsky, MD

SESSION 1: Prehospital and Emergency Department

Moderator: Carl R. Chudnofsky, MD

  • Challenges in the Triage and Care of the Trauma Patient in the COVID-19 PandemicJan Shoenberger, MD
  • Doctors in the Ambulances: Do They Make a Difference?Nichole Bosson, MD, MPH, FAEMS
  • C-Collars: Indications, Contra-Indications and PitfallsBrant A. Putnam, MD, FACS
  • Prehospital Management of Non-Compressible BleedingDamon H. Clark, MD
  • REBOA: More Than Just a Tool for Trauma?Megan Brenner, MD
  • Discussion

SESSION 2: Military Session

Moderator: CDR Paul Wisniewski, DO

  • Military-Civilian Partnerships: Pursuing Zero Preventable Deaths!COL Stacey A. Shackelford, MD, FACS
  • Advances in Resuscitative CareCOL (ret.) Matthew Martin, MD
  • Body Armor: Missile and Blast InjuriesCDR Brian Knipp, MD
  • Discussion

SESSION 3: Distinguished Professor and Keynote Speaker

Moderator: Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD

  • Keynote Lecture: Reflections of an Academic Surgeon, Educator and ResearcherKenneth L. Mattox, MD, FACS

SESSION 4: Challenging Problems in Acute Care Surgery!

Moderator: Kazuhide Matsushima, MD, FACS

  • Small Bowel Obstruction in the Virgin AbdomenKyle Mock, MD
  • Abdominal Compartment Syndrome: Diagnostic and Therapeutic PitfallsEugenia Lee, MD
  • Toxic Megacolon: Diagnostic and Therapeutic ChallengesGlenn T. Ault, MD, MSEd, FACS, FASCRC
  • Necrotizing Soft Tissue InfectionsElizabeth R. Benjamin, MD, PhD, FACS

SESSION 5: Luncheon Session

Introduction: Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD

  • Bias, Compassion, and Professionalism in Trauma CareMichael Sise, MD

SESSION 6: Organ Donation

Moderator: Lydia Lam, MD, FACS

  • Organ Donation and the Donor Family ExperienceMelea Balwan, MA
  • Organ Donation During COVID: The RN PerspectiveLeo Laoang, RN
  • Ethical Dilemmas: Registered Donor but Family Does Not Agree!Lydia Lam, MD, FACS
  • Discussion

SESSION 7: Challenging Dogma in Trauma

Moderator: Kenji Inaba, MD, MSc, FACS, FRCSC

  • Gunshot Wounds to Abdominal Solid Organs: Selective Nonoperative Management is the New Standard of CareMorgan A. Schellenberg, MD, MPH
  • Prehospital Spinal Board: Science or Dogma?Emily Dubina, MD
  • Blunt Trauma Duodenal Hematomas: Observe, Operate, Unroof?Eric J. Ley, MD
  • Is ICP Monitoring in Head Trauma the Standard of Care?Peter Rhee, MD, MPH, FACS
  • Discussion

SESSION 8: Challenging Problems in Trauma

Moderator: Meghan Lewis, MD, FACS

  • Systemic and Local Hemostatic Agents: Prehospital, ED and Operating RoomJay J. Doucet, MD
  • Minimizing Radiation Burden in Trauma and Alternative OptionsLee A. Myers, MD
  • Intrahospital Transport of the Critical PatientJoshua E. Hewko, BSN, CCRN, TNCC
  • Discussion

SESSION 9: Capsule Commentaries - Trauma Care

Moderator: Aaron Strumwasser, MD, MS, FACS

  • Reducing Surgical Site InfectionTimothy S. Park, MD
  • Human Bites: Antibiotics, Suturing and Other ControversiesCristina Novak, MD
  • Thoracostomy Tube Insertion: Tips, Pitfalls and CatastrophesBrent Emigh, MD
  • Thoracic Aorta Stenting for Trauma: Revisiting Device-Related ComplicationsGregory A. Magee, MD, MSc
  • ECMO in Trauma: Pushing the EnvelopeBradley Allen, MD
  • Discussion

SESSION 10: One Hour with Dimitri: Believe It or Not!

Moderator: Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD

  • Panel

    Daniel R. Margulies, MD

    Jay J. Doucet, MD

    Brant A Putnam, MD

    Megan Brenner, MD, MS

    COL (ret.) Matthew Martin, MD

SESSION 11: In the ICU

Moderator: Meghan Lewis, MD, FACS

  • Rescue Ventilation in the ICUSubarna Biswas, MD, MS
  • Challenges of Taking Care of the COVID-19 Patient: Lessons Learned in a Large Trauma CenterChristine Mercado, RN
  • Ambulation of the Mechanically Ventilated PatientJ. Perren P. Cobb, MD, FACS, FCCM
  • Anesthesia for the Severe Trauma Patient: Tips and PitfallsRodney Mckeever, MD
  • COVID-19: Critical Care ChallengesMeghan Lewis, MD, FACS
  • Discussion

SESSION 12: Community and International Programs

Moderator: Damon H. Clark, MD

  • Surgical Equity in the US: Where Are We Now?Rochelle A. Dicker, MD
  • Trauma Care and Violence Prevention in the Immigrant CommunityChristopher Foran, MD
  • Trauma Care in Low Socioeconomic CountriesJoseph A. Herrold, MD, MPH
  • Discussion

SESSION 13: Keynote Speaker

Introduction: Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD

  • Keynote Lecture: Space Medicine - Preparing for Space Flight Launch and Landing Medical EmergenciesPhilip C. Stepaniak, MD

SESSION 14: Coroner’s Corner

Moderator: Thomas Noguchi, MD

  • The Role of CT Scan in Coroner’s Trauma CasesOdey Ukpo, MD
  • Unusual Coroner’s CasesOdey Ukpo, MD
  • Discussion

SESSION 15: Video Sessions - How To…

Moderator: Elizabeth R. Benjamin, MD, PhD, FACS

  • Leg and Buttock FasciotomyLindsey C. Karavites, MD, MPH
  • Cricothyroidotomy: Tips, Pitfalls, Catastrophes and ControversiesJoelle E. Getrajdman, MD
  • Axillary VesselsEmily Switzer, MD
  • Duodenal ExposureBenjamin Franklin, MD
  • USC-Navy Trauma Training Center CollaborationCDR Paul Wisniewski, DO
  • Discussion

SESSION 16: Luncheon Session

Moderator: Elizabeth R. Benjamin, MD, PhD, FACS

  • Preparing for Trauma Center Verification: What to Do and Not Do!Daniel R. Margulies, MD, FACS

SESSION 17: Challenging and Controversial Issues

Moderator: H. Gill Cryer, MD, PhD, FACS

  • VTE Prophylaxis in Severe Trauma: Timing and ModalityAreg Grigorian, MD
  • Double Hit: The Burn Patient with Associated TraumaLeigh J. Spera, MD
  • Rib Plating 2021: The EvidenceKazuhide Matsushima, MD, FACS
  • The Mangled Extremity: What to Do, Who Should Do It, and When?H. Gill Cryer, MD, PhD, FACS

SESSION 18: Debate - Routine Use of Pelvic Binders

Moderator: Kenji Inaba, MD, MSc, FACS, FRCSC

  • Pro: Routine Prehospital and Emergency Room Application for all Suspected FracturesCOL (ret.) Matthew Martin, MD
  • Con: We Are Repeating the MAST Suit Mistakes!Dennis Y. Kim, MD
  • Resolution: Let’s Agree!

SESSION 19: Abdominal Catastrophies

Moderator: Lydia Lam, MD, FACS

  • The Septic Abdomen: Negative Pressure Therapy, Instillation Therapy or Laparotomy on Demand?Mark Kaplan, MD, FACS
  • Enteroatmospheric Fistulas: The Local Control Nightmare!Angela W. Kwan, PT, DPT, CWS
  • Definitive Closure of the Difficult Open Abdomen: Tips and PitfallsMark Kaplan, MD, FACS
  • Discussion

SESSION 20: Rheeopardy

Moderator: Peter Rhee, MD, MPH, FACS

  • Panel of Fellows

    Areg Grigorian, MDLAC+USC Surgical Critical Care

    Ryan McPherson, DOHarbor-UCLA Surgical Critical Care

    Felix Yong, MDCedars-sinai Surgical Critical Care

  • Closing RemarksLydia Lam, MD, FACS