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Trauma Programs

Resident and Fellow Trauma Paper Competition

Program Objectives:

  • Discuss current research in patient care for trauma injuries.
  • Evaluate new methods for treatment of trauma patients.
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CME Claiming

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.

Continuing Medical Education Credit Information

Accreditation

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™

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.*


The content of this activity may meet certain mandates of regulatory bodies. Please note that ACS has not and does not verify the content for such mandates with any regulatory body. Individual physicians are responsible for verifying the content satisfies such requirements.

Disclosure Information

In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as an “ineligible company”, defined below) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf of all other authors/contributors, if applicable.

  • Ineligible company: Any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients. Providers of clinical services directly to patients are NOT included in this definition.
  • Financial Relationships: Relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected. ACCME considers relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner.
  • Conflict of Interest: Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of an ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship.

The ACCME also requires that ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity. Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during the educational activity, please report it on the evaluation.

Speakers/Moderators/Discussants/Authors

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)

Planning Committee

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)

How to Claim Credit

2024 Regional Winners

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”