Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. Claims for CME credit will be accepted until May 9, 2024.
The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
The American College of Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Of the AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ listed above, a maximum of 4.50 hours meet the requirements for Trauma.*
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Matthew Bank, MD, FACS - (Nothing to Disclose)
Galinos Parmparas, MD, FACS - (Nothing to Disclose)
David P. Blake, MD, FACS - (Nothing to Disclose)
Stephanie Bonne, MD, FACS - (Nothing to Disclose)
Juan Duchesne, MD, FACS - (Nothing to Disclose)
Thomas Duncan, MD, FACS - (Nothing to Disclose)
Brian Eastridge, MD, FACS - (Nothing to Disclose)
Peter E. Fischer, MD, FACS - (Nothing to Disclose)
Krista L. Kaups, MD, MSc, FACS - (Nothing to Disclose)
Lacey LaGrone, MD, FACS - (Nothing to Disclose)
Babak Sarani, MD, FACS - (Nothing to Disclose)
Kevin Schuster, MD, FACS - (Nothing to Disclose)
Matthew E. Kutcher, MD, FACS - Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., Access Pro Medical, LLC; Consultant; Received: Food, Beverage, and Lodging
Jose Aldana, MD - (Nothing to Disclose)
Stas Amato, MD - (Nothing to Disclose)
Tej D. Azad, MD, MS - (Nothing to Disclose)
Andrew Bernard, MD, FACS (Nothing to Disclose)
Maraya Camazine, MD - (Nothing to Disclose)
Sophia Engel, MD, MSc. - (Nothing to Disclose)
Lauren Gallagher, MD - (Nothing to Disclose)
Kelly E. Harrel, DO - (Nothing to Disclose)
Jay Johannigman, MD, FACS - (Nothing to Disclose)
Kimberly T. Joseph, MD, FACS (Nothing to Disclose)
Lillian S. Kao, MD, FACS (Nothing to Disclose)
Lisa Kurth, MD - (Nothing to Disclose)
Lacey LaGrone, MD, MPH, MA - (Nothing to Disclose)
Armaan K. Maholtra, MD - (Nothing to Disclose)
Jennifer Munley, MD - (Nothing to Disclose)
Emily Myers, MD - (Nothing to Disclose)
Sahil Patel, MD - (Nothing to Disclose)
Adam D. Prince, MD - (Nothing to Disclose)
Maria Agustina Pienovi Reyes, MD - (Nothing to Disclose)
Christopher Hui Fung Sum, MBBS - (Nothing to Disclose)
L Tinoco-Garcia, MD - (Nothing to Disclose)
Sally Trout, MD - (Nothing to Disclose)
Warren C. Dorlac, MD FACS - Decisio Health, Zibrio, Aspen Medical; Investor for Decisio Health and Zibrio, Consultant for Aspen Medical; Nothing received from Decisio Health or Zibrio, salary received from Aspen Medical
Raymond Fang, MD FACS - (Nothing to Disclose)
Stephanie Lueckel, MD, FACS - (Nothing to Disclose)
Thomas Schroeppel, MD, FACS - (Nothing to Disclose)
Douglas Schuerer, MD, FACS - (Nothing to Disclose)
Elizabeth Turner, MD, FACS - (Nothing to Disclose)
Naisan Garraway, MD, FRCSC, FACS - (Nothing to Disclose)
Region 1
Stas Amato, MD
University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT
“Comparing Risk Adjusted Trauma Mortality Between Systems with Different Resource Availability: MGAP is a More Appropriate Adjustment Score”
Region 2
Sally Trout, MD
North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
“Immediate Weight-Bearing for Distal Femur Fractures Fixed with a Lateral Locking Plate Leads to Decreased Short-Term Complications without Increased Failure Rates”
Region 3
Tej D. Azad, MD, MS
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
“Challenging Neurosurgical Futility — Traumatic Subdural Hematoma Evacuation is Associated with Favorable Discharge Disposition in Patients with Poor Neurologic Examination”
Region 4
Jennifer A. Munley, MD
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“Post-Injury Pneumonia Induces a Unique Blood Microbiome Signature”
Region 5
Adam D. Price, MD
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
“Hypobaria During Aeromedical Evacuation Increases Systemic Inflammation Following Porcine Traumatic Brain Injury”
Region 6
Maraya Camazine, MD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
“Standard ROTEM Protocols May Fail to Identify Coagulopathy in Hypothermic Trauma Patients”
Region 7
Jose Aldana, MD
Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis MO
“Prolonged Hourly Neuro Exams are Associated with Increased Delirium and no Discernible Benefit in Mild/Moderate Geriatric TBI”
Region 8
Lauren Gallagher, MD
University of Colorado, Denver, CO
“Platelet Releasates Mitigate the Endotheliopathy of Trauma”
Emily Myers, MD
University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
“Neighborhood Disadvantage in the Pediatric Trauma Population: Relationship Between Injury Mechanism, Severity, and Outcomes”
Region 9
Lisa Kurth, MD
UC San Diego, San Diego, CA
“Weight-Based Enoxaparin Dosing After TBI"
Sahil Patel, MD
UCSF-East Bay, Oakland, CA
“A Novel 4D Volumetric M-Mode Ultrasound Scanning Technique to Support Automated Hemorrhage and Physiologic Monitoring during Prolonged Damage Control Resuscitation”
Region 10
L Tinoco-Garcia, MD
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
“Swine Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Do Not Produce Hypercoagulability in a Swine Model of Uncontrolled Hemorrhagic Shock”
Region 12
Armaan K. Malhotra, MD
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
“Influence of Health Insurance Status on Timing of Mortality After a Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Treatment Decision for Adults with Isolated Severe Traumatic Brain Injury"
Region 13
Kelly E. Harrell, DO
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX
“From Brothers to Heroes in Arms: Expanding Walking Blood Banks to Include Women Donors Leading to the Potential for More Lives Saved”
Region 14
María Agustina Pienovi Reyes, MD
Hospital de Clínicas “Dr. Manuel Quintela”, Mdeo, Uruguay
“Drugs of Abuse and its Relation with Trauma and its Severity”
Region 15
Sophia Engel, M.D., MSc.
Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
“Patterns Opioid use Among Trauma Patients: A National Cohort Study”
Region 16
Sum Hiu Fung Christopher, MBBS
Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
“Implementation of an Institutional CT Head Decision Rule to Reduce Radiation Exposure in Paediatric Neurotrauma”