Faculty
2021 PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Kenneth L. Mattox, MD, FACS
Program Director
Distinguished Service Professor
Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Chief of Staff & Chief of Surgery
Ben Taub Hospital
Houston, TX
Mary K. Allen, BA
Program Coordinator
Administrative Associate
Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
USC School of Medicine
Director of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Alexander L. Eastman, MD, MPH, FACS, FAEMS
Senior Medical Officer – Operations
US Department of Homeland Security
Lieutenant and Chief Medical Officer
Dallas Police Department
Dallas, TX
Jennifer M. Gurney, MD, FACS
COL, Medical Corps, US Army Surgeon, USAISR
Chief of Trauma Systems Development, Joint Trauma System
Assistant Professor
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
San Antonio, TX
Matthew J. Martin, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Associate Director of Trauma Research
Professor of Surgery
Scripps Mercy Hospital
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
San Diego, CA
FACULTY
Stephen L. Barnes, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery & Anesthesia
Chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery
Hugh E. Stephenson Department of Surgery
University of Missouri School of Medicine
Columbia, MO
Elizabeth R. Benjamin, MD, PhD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care at
Grady Memorial Hospital
Department of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Trauma Medical Director, Grady Memorial Hospital
Atlanta, GA
Carlos V.R. Brown, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery
Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Andre R. Campbell, MD, FACS, FACP, FCCM
Professor of Surgery, UC San Francisco
Medical Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
San Francisco, CA
Christy E. Cauley, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
CAPT Miguel Cubano, MD, MBA, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery
USUSH
San Diego, CA
Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
USC School of Medicine
Director of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Jay A. Doucet, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, RDMS
Professor and Chief, Division of Trauma,
Surgical Critical Care, Burns, and Acute Care Surgery
Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Medical Director, Emergency Preparedness & Response
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
University of California San Diego Health
San Diego, CA
Alexander L. Eastman, MD, MPH, FACS
Senior Medical Officer
US Department of Homeland Security Lieutenant and Chief Medical Officer Dallas Police Department
Dallas, TX
Jennifer M. Gurney, MD, FACS
COL, Medical Corps, US Army Surgeon, USAISR
Chief, Defense Committee on Trauma Joint Trauma System
Chair, Committee on Surgical Combat Casualty Care
US Army Institute of Surgical Research
San Antonio, TX
And The Joint Trauma System
Falls Church, VA
Haytham Kaafarani, MD, MPH, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for Outcomes & Patient Safety in Surgery (COMPASS)
Director, Trauma & Emergency Surgery Research
Director, Mass General Wound Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Matthew J. Martin, MD, FACS
Associate Director of Trauma Research
Scripps Mercy Hospital
Professor of Surgery
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
San Diego, CA
Kenneth L. Mattox, MD, FACS
Distinguished Service Professor
Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Chief of Staff & Chief of Surgery
Ben Taub Hospital
Houston, TX
Martin A. Schreiber, MD, FACS
Professor and Chief
Division of Trauma and Critical Care
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR
Chadwick P. Smith, MD, FACS
Director, Surgical Intensive Care Units
Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery
Orlando Regional Medical Center
Orlando, FL
Sheldon H. Teperman, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Director, Trauma and Critical Care Services
Jacobi Medical Center
Bronx, NY
Lori Upton, RN, BSN, MS ,CEM
Vice President
Preparedness and Response
SETRAC
Houston, TX
Sydney J. Vail, MD, FACS
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and ACS
Valleywise Health Medical Center
Associate Professor of Surgery
Creighton University School of Medicine
Phoenix, AZ
David Zonies, MD ,MPH, MBA
Associate Chief Medical Officer, OHSU Health
Professor of Surgery
Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
