Sponsored by the Wayne State University School of Medicine and the DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital, the largest continuously running symposium on trauma medicine in the world will take place Nov. 9-10 at the MGM Grand Detroit.
The 65th annual Detroit Trauma Symposium is designed to address the continuum of care of the injured. Presenters will represent physicians, nurses and allied health providers who work together to maintain the interdisciplinary cooperation, a hallmark of a coordinated system of trauma care.
In addition to trauma physicians, the symposium attracts trauma nurses, surgery and emergency medicine residents, emergency medical technicians, allied health personnel and medical students from across the country and Canada.
This year's symposium will feature several talks about the "Stop the Bleeding" program, including a trainers' course offered by Lawrence Diebel M.D., F.A.C.S., professor of Surgery for the Wayne State University School of Medicine and chief of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care at Sinai Grace Hospital.
Stop the Bleeding, a program that is gaining traction nationally in the wake of a number of tragedies, including the concert shootings in Las Vegas, seeks to train first-responders in the techniques utilized to staunch bleeding in victims so that they can survive transportation to an emergency trauma center for treatment. The program provides both training and bleeding control kits to first-responders.
In Detroit, Donald Weaver, M.D., chair of the Michael and Marian Ilitch Department of Surgery at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, is seeking sponsors to help provide 2,000 bleeding control kits to Detroit Police officers. Training would be conducted by the Detroit Medical Center. Those interested in sponsoring the kits can call 313-745-8778.
Other scheduled speakers include:
Alexander Eastman, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
David Feliciano, M.D., F.A.C.S., of the Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland.
Kenji Inaba, M.D., F.R.C.S.C., F.A.C.S., of the University of Southern California.
Matthew Martin, M.D., F.A.C.S., of the Madigan Army Medical Center.
Richard Miller, M.D., F.A.C.S., of Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Grace Rozycki, M.D., M.B.A., of the Indiana University School of Medicine -
Methodist Hospital.
Andrew Peitzman, M.D., F.A.C.S., of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Martin Schreiber, M.D., F.A.C.S., of Oregon Health and Science University.
R. Stephen Smith, M.D., R.D.M.S., F.A.C.S., of the University of Florida.
David Spain, M.D., F.A.C.S., of Stanford University.
Samuel Tisherman, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.C.C.M., of the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Robert Winchell, M.D., F.A.C.S., of Weill Cornell Medicine.
John Gallien, M.D., R.D.M.S., of Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Anna Ledgerwood, M.D., F.A.C.S., of Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Samuel Perov, M.D., of Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Susanna Sirianni, D.N.P., N.P., of Sinai Grace Hospital.
Tolulope Sonuyi M.D., MS.c., of Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Kerellos Nasr, M.D., of the Detroit Medical Center.
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