29th Annual USC National Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Symposium

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  • Welcome and Opening Remarks Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD and Jorge Orozco, CEO, LAC+USC Medical Center

SESSION 1: Prehospital and Emergency Department

Moderator: Kenji Inaba, MD, MSc

  • Air 5 Flight Medics Dana Vilander
  • Tips and Pitfalls in the Evaluation and Management of the Pregnant Trauma Patient Areti Tillou, MD
  • Shock Index or Systolic Blood Pressure for Trauma Team Activation? Angelica Loza-Gomez, MD
  • Hypertonic Saline or Mannitol in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: What Is the Evidence? Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD
  • The Multi-Trauma Patient with Intra-Abdominal Bleeding and a Low GCS: CT Scan or Operating Room? Daniel R. Margulies, MD
  • Discussion

SESSION 2: Military Session

Moderator: CDR Obinna Ugochukwu, MD

  • LAC+USC Medical Center and US Navy Trauma Training Program: 20 Years of Productive Partnership CDR Jeffrey C. Chao, MD
  • Military & Civilian Collaborations in Trauma Training: Where Are We in 2023? Rachel Russo, MD
  • Humanitarian Trauma Care by US Military During Combat Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq COL Jennifer M. Gurney, MD
  • Discussion

SESSION 3: Distinguished Professor and Keynote Speaker

Introduction: Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD

  • Keynote Lecture: Controlling Risk, in a Dangerous World Jim Wetherbee, Captain, US Navy (Ret.), Former Astronaut, NASA

SESSION 4: Challenging Problems in Acute Care Surgery!

Moderator: COL (ret.) Matthew Martin, MD

  • Necrotizing Pancreatitis: Optimizing Outcomes Lt. Col. (ret.) Jay J. Doucet, MD
  • Reducing the Risk of Postoperative Recurrent Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction Brant A. Putnam, MD
  • Preoperative Discontinuation of Pharmacological VTE Prophylaxis: Finding the Perfect Risk/Benefit Balance Rodney McKeever, MD
  • Routine or Selective VTE Surveillance in the ICU for Trauma Patients? Elliot Williams, MD
  • Management of Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis: Challenging Decades of Standard of Care! Subarna Biswas, MD, PhD
  • Discussion

SESSION 5: The Kenneth L. Mattox Luncheon Session

Introduction: Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD

  • Ergonomics in Surgery Kenneth L. Mattox, MD

SESSION 6: Organ Donation

Moderator: Lydia Lam, MD

  • Special Guest
  • Specialized Centers for the Care of Organ Donors: The LA Experience Aaron Cohen
  • Thoracic Organs from the DCD Victor Pretorius, MBChB

SESSION 7: Better Trauma and Emergency Surgery Care and Critical Care

Moderator: Michael Sise, MD

  • Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Pitfalls Edward E. Cornwell III, MD
  • Ultrasonography for the Intensivist Meghan Lewis, MD
  • The Use and Abuse of Vasopressors in the ICU Bradley Allen, MD

SESSION 8: Challenging Controversies in Trauma: The REBOA Story

Moderator: Kenneth L. Mattox, MD

  • REBOA in 2023: What Is the Evidence? Peter Rhee, MD, MPH
  • REBOA in Non-Trauma Emergencies Kazuhide Matsushima, MD
  • REBOA in Severe Multi-Trauma: The Unknown Complications That We Should Know! Areg Grigorian, MD
  • Discussion

SESSION 9: Capsule Commentaries - Trauma Care

Moderator: Kazuhide Matsushima, MD

  • Reducing the Risk of Surgical Wound Infection Alpen Nacar, MD
  • Pressure Ulcers in the ICU: Can We Do Better? John Peter Gruen, MD
  • Rib Fixation for Flail Chest in the High Risk Obese or Chronic Cardiorespiratory Patient! Galinos Barmparas, MD
  • Rib Fixation for Flail Chest: Liberal or Highly Selective? Eugenia Lee, MD, MPH
  • Asymptomatic COVID Trauma Patients: Worse Outcomes, More Hospital Resources Lydia Lam, MD
  • Discussion

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

Moderator: Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD

  • Panel

    Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD

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

    Mark Kaplan, MD

    Daniel R. Margulies, MD

    Kenneth L. Mattox, MD

    Brant A. Putnam, MD

SESSION 10A: Updates from the Battlefield in Ukraine

  • Updates and Trauma Lessons Learned From the Battlefield in Ukraine Andrii Tkachenko, MD

SESSION 11: In the ICU

Moderator: Meghan Lewis, MD

  • Immunonutrition in the ICU Trauma Patient: Facts and Myths! Anaar E. Siletz, MD, PhD
  • Delirium in the ICU: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment Edward Cho, MD
  • Probiotics for Infection Prevention in ICU: Do They Work? Jamie Knell, MD
  • VTE Pharmacological Prophylaxis in the Severe Multi-Trauma ICU Patient: Optimal Time and Type Eric J. Ley, MD
  • Striving for Better Outcomes: Data Science in Intensive Care J. Perren Cobb, MD
  • Discussion

SESSION 12: Community and Trauma Programs

Moderator: Damon H. Clark, MD

  • Nursing Magnet Status: Impact on Patient Care and Outcomes Nancy Blake, PhD, RN, CCRN, NEA-BC
  • Should Age Be a Criterion for TTA? Morgan A. Schellenberg, MD, MPH
  • Geriatric Trauma: The New Trauma Verification Requirements Jennifer Smith, MD
  • Discussion

SESSION 13: Keynote Speaker

Introduction: Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD

  • Keynote Lecture: Outcomes Disparities in Trauma: Who, Why, When! Edward E. Cornwell III, MD

SESSION 14: The Tom Noguchi Session - Coroner’s Corner

Moderator: Thomas Noguchi, MD

  • Evaluation of Gunshot Wounds in Forensic Pathology Odey C. Ukpo, MD, MS

SESSION 15: Video Sessions - How To…

Moderator: Elizabeth R. Benjamin, MD, PhD

  • Cricothyrodotomy: Technique, Tips and Pitfalls MAJ Joshua Dilday, DO
  • Thoracostomy Tube Insertion: Technique, Tips and Pitfalls Chance Nichols, MD
  • Intraosseous Access: Technique, Tips and Pitfalls Jennie Kim, MD
  • Cardiac Repair: Technique, Tips and Pitfalls Amanda Hambrecht, MD
  • Vascular Shunts for Damage Control: Techinique, Tips and Pitfalls Kelly Boyle, MD
  • Discussion

SESSION 16: Luncheon Session

Moderator: Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD

  • Pursuing Excellence Through the Quality Improvement Process Brad Spellberg, MD

SESSION 17: Challenging and Controversial Issues in Trauma

Moderator: Edward E. Cornwell III, MD

  • Prophylactic Angioembolization of Solid Organs: A Risk-Free Procedure? COL (ret.) Matthew Martin, MD
  • Routine Screening for False Aneurysms After Solid Organ Injury: Should it Be the Standard of Care? Morgan A. Schellenberg, MD, MPH
  • Occlusion of the Left Subclavian Artery in Stenting Thoracic Aortic Injuries: Consequences Gregory A. Magee, MD
  • Carotid Artery Injury with Neurological Deficits: Repair, Ligation or Observation? Michael Sise, MD
  • Intraoperative Retroperitoneal Hematomas Elizabeth R. Benjamin, MD, PhD
  • Discussion

SESSION 18: Damage Control in Trauma Revisited

Moderator: Kenji Inaba, MD, MSc

  • Early and Liberal Damage Control Improves Outcomes Mark Kaplan, MD
  • Damage Control has been Overused and Results in Adverse Outcomes Peter Rhee, MD, MPH
  • Resolution: Lets Agree!

SESSION 19: Challenging Dilemmas

Moderator: Lydia Lam, MD

  • Peripheral Vascular Trauma: Endovascular or Open Approach? Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD
  • Severe Peritonitis: Laparotomy of Demand, Open Abdomen or Postoperative Lavage? Mark Kaplan, MD
  • Severe Pelvic Bleeding: Pelvic Binders, Angioembolization, Preperitoneal Packing, Bilateral Internal Iliac Ligation Elizabeth R. Benjamin, MD, PhD
  • Colectomy for Complicated Diverticulitis: Diversion, Primary Anastomosis, or Primary Anastomosis with Protective Proximal Stoma? Glenn T. Ault, MD, MSEd
  • Discussion

SESSION 20: Rheeopardy

Moderator: Peter Rhee, MD, MPH

  • Panel

    USC-Alpen Nacar, MD

    Harbor-UCLA-Jason Cheng, MD

    Cedars Sinai-Jack Stupinski, MD

    LLUM-Kristine Bonnick, MD