Faculty
2020 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
Program Coordinator
Administrative Associate
Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Kenji Inaba, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery, Anesthesia,
And Emergency Medicine
Vice Chair and Program Director, Surgery
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
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
Lynette Scherer, MD, FACS
President and CEO
Surgical Affiliates Management Group, Inc.
Trauma Medical Director
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
Martin A. Schreiber, MD, FACS
Professor and Chief
Division of Trauma and Critical Care
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
Michael J. Sise, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery
UCSD School of Medicine
Trauma Medical Director
Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, CA
Chadwick P. Smith, MD, FACS
Director, Surgical Intensive Care Units
Vice Chairman
Department of Surgery
Orlando Regional Medical Center
Orlando, FL
Alison Wilson, MD, FACS
Vice-Chair and Professor,
WVU Department of Surgery
Skewes Family Chair for Trauma Surgery
Director, WVU Critical Care and Trauma Institute
Morgantown, WV
2020 FACULTY
Hasan B. Alam, MBBS, FACS
Norman W. Thompson Professor of Surgery and
Head of General Surgery
University of Michigan Health Care System
Ann Arbor, MI
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 Clinical Surgery
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Department of Surgery
Acute Care Surgery/Trauma Division
LAC + USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Andrew C. Bernard, MD, FACS
Paul A. Kearney, MD Endowed Chair of Trauma Surgery
Chief, Section of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Trauma Medical Director
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
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
Chris Cribari, MD, FACS
Medical Director of Acute Care Surgery
University of Colorado Health System
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Ft. Collins, CO
Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Director, Acute Care Surgery
(Trauma, Emergency Surgery & Surgical Intensive Care)
LAC+USC Medical Center & University
of Southern California – Los Angeles
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
Department of Surgery
University of California San Diego Health
San Diego, CA
Joseph J. DuBose, MD, FACS, FCCM
Professor of Surgery
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
Professor of Surgery
University of Maryland/R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma
Director, US Air Force Center for the Sustainment
Of Trauma and Readiness Skills
Baltimore, MD
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
Stephen F. Flaherty, MD, FACS
Medical Director of Trauma
Del Sol Medical Center
El Paso, 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
Kenji Inaba, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery, Anesthesia and Emergency Medicine
Vice Chair and Program Director, Surgery
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Jay A. Johannigman, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Bellal A. Joseph, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
University of Arizona
Medical Director, Southern Arizona Telemedicine
and Telepresence (SATT) Prog.
Tucson, AZ
Mark J. Kaplan, MD, FACS
Associate Chair, Department of Surgery
Chair, Division of Trauma/SICU
Einstein Medical Center
Professor of Surgery
Jefferson School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
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
R. Todd Maxson, MD, FACS
Director, Trauma/Burn Services
Professor, Department of Surgery
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Little Rock, AR
Zaffer Qasim, MBBS FRCEM FRCPC(EM) EDIC
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology/Critical Care
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Gregory M. Robertson, MB, CHb, FRACS
Chief of Surgery
Christchurch Hospital
Canterbury District Health Board
Christchurch, New Zealand
Ali Salim, MD, FACS
Division Chief, Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care
Brigham and Woman’s Hospital
Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Lynette Scherer, MD, FACS
President and CEO
Surgical Affiliates Management Group, Inc.
Trauma Medical Director
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
Martin A. Schreiber, MD, FACS
Professor and Chief
Division of Trauma and Critical Care
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
Mark J. Seamon, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Education
Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery,
Perelman School of Medicine
at the University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA
Michael J. Sise, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery
UCSD School of Medicine
Medical Director of Trauma Research
and Graduate Medical Education
Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, CA
Chadwick P. Smith, MD, FACS
Director, Surgical Intensive Care Units
Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery
Orlando Regional Medical Center
Orlando, FL
Scott R. Steele, MD, MBA, FACS, FASCRS
Chairman, Department of Colorectal Surgery
Rupert B. Turnbull, MD Endowed Chair in Colorectal Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Sheldon H. Teperman, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Director, Trauma and Critical Care Services
Jacobi Medical Center
Bronx, NY
Alan H. Tyroch, MD., FACS, FCCM
Professor & Founding Chair of Surgery
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Chief of Surgery & Trauma Medical Director
UMC of El Paso
El Paso, 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
Alison Wilson, MD, FACS
Vice-Chair and Professor,
WVU Department of Surgery
Skewes Family Chair for Trauma Surgery
Director, WVU Critical Care and Trauma Institute
Morgantown, WV
David Zonies, MD, MPH
Professor of Surgery & Public Health
Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
