Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Symposium 2024

The care of injured and critically ill patients is complex and challenging. The goal for the Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Symposium at Massachusetts General Hospital, aims to give clear guidelines to practicing clinicians who manage such patients. This symposium offers an ideal mix of the traditional standard-of-care principles with new, cutting-edge information. It explores issues in several areas including resuscitation, surgical techniques, bleeding control, inflammation and infection, respiratory care, nutrition, prehospital care, rehabilitation, and ethics. Multiple learning modalities will be incorporated into the course to engage the learner in the educational process and help them develop new strategies they can apply in their own practice setting.

Target audience

This activity is intended for Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and other members of the healthcare team who focus on critical care, emergency medicine, general surgery and trauma/acute surgery.

Learning objectives

Upon completion of the activity, participants will be able to:

1. Apply treatment plans for trauma and acute surgery patients.
2. Describe indications for operative versus non-operative management after complex emergency surgical problems.
3. Evaluate challenges related to systems of, and leadership in, patient care.
4. Create systems to improve quality of trauma care in their own institutions.
5. Organize multidisciplinary teams to provide well-coordinated care. 

Maintenance of Certification (MOC)

American Board of Surgery (ABS) MOC Recognition Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

Registration instructions

Cancellation Policy:
Registrations cancelled on or before October 28, 2024 will be refunded, less a $90 administrative fee. Registrations cancelled after October 28, 2024 will not be refunded.

Contact partnerscpd@partners.org if you require assistance in cancelling your online registration.

Additional information

Massachusetts General Hospital, and Mass General Brigham

Faculty credentials

Course Director

George Velmahos, MD
Division Chief of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care,
Massachusetts General Hospital;
John F. Burke Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Faculty

Aalok Agarwala, MD
Division Chief, General Surgery Anesthesia,
Associate Director, Anesthesia Quality and Safety,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Katherine Albutt, MD
Department of Surgery,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Suzanne Algeri, RN
Associate Chief Nurse, Surgical, Orthopedics and Neurosciences,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Geoffrey Anderson, MD
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School;
Trauma, Burn and Surgical Critical Care,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Reza Askari, MD
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School;
Trauma, Burn and Surgical Critical Care,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Matthew Bartek, MD
General Surgeon, Critical Care Physician,
Palliative Care Physician, 
Massachusetts General Hospital
Salem Hospital

Kristina Bermas, MD
Medical Director, Acute Care Surgery and Trauma, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
Surgical Director, Critical Care Unit, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital

Gabriel Brat, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center;
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School (Secondary)

Jason Brocker, MD
General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery,
Chief, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery,
Salem Hospital

Danielle Cameron, MD
Pediatric Surgeon,
Associate Program Director, Surgical Residency Program,
Massachusetts General Hospital;
Director of Pediatric Surgical Oncology, Mass General for Children

Jason Cohen, MD
Chief Medical Officer,
Boston MedFlight

Charles Cook, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School;
Chief of Acute Care Surgery, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care, 
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

Zara Cooper, MD
Director, Center for Surgery and Public Health,
Director, Center for Geriatric Surgery,
Michele and Howard J. Kessler Distinguished Chair in Surgery and Public Health,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Tracey Dechert, MD
Chief,  Acute Care and Trauma Surgery,
Boston Medical Center;
Associate Professor of Surgery, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (CASM)

Amory de Roulet, MD
General Surgeon,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Michael DeWane, MD
Surgeon, Trauma, Emergency and Elective General Surgery,
Surgical Critical Care,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Matthew Elson, MD

Adam Field, MD
Clinical Fellow in Surgery,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Karim Fikry, MD
Anesthesiology,
Surgical Critical Care,
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

Jonathan Gates, MD
Chief, Surgery, Hartford Hospital

Denise Gee, MD
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations, Department of Surgery,
Surgical Director, Mass General Weight Center
Section Head, Swallowing, Heartburn and Esophageal Disease Program,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Petrut Gogalniceanu, MD
Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Trust, King’s College, United Kingdom

Jeremy Goverman, MD
Burns Service,
Surgery,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Peter Hedberg, MD
General Surgeon,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Martha’s Vineyard Hospital

John Hwabejire, MBBS
Director, Trauma Research,
Trauma and Acute Care Surgeon,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Megan Janeway, MD
Surgeon, Acute Care and Trauma Surgery/Surgical Critical Care,
Boston Medical Center (BMC);
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (CASM)

Haytham Kaafarani, MD
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School;
Medical Director, Hospital Quality & Safety,
Medical Director, Trauma Center,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Jane Keating, MD
Acute Care Surgery,
Hartford Hospital 

Edward Kelly, MD
Chief, Division of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery & Surgery Critical Care,
Baystate Health

Kristina Kramer, MD
Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery, Trauma Surgery,
Baystate Health

Hiroko Kunitake, MD
Surgical Director, Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health Clinic,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Casey Luckhurst, MD
Pancreatic and General Surgeon
Inpatient Director, Pancreatitis Treatment Center, 
Massachusetts General Hospital

Adrian Maung, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery (General, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care),
Trauma Medical Director, Surgery,
Surgical Director, Perioperative Services, Surgery 
Yale School of Medicine

Lauren Nentwich, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician,
Boston Medical Center (BMC)

Josh Ng-Kamstra, MD
Surgeon,
Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Charudutt Paranjape, MD
Faculty at Harvard Medical School
Program Director, Robotic Education,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Chair and Chief of General Surgery
Mass General Brigham,
Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Jonathan Parks, MD
General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Martha’s Vineyard Hospital

Erika Rangel, MD
Acute Care and General Surgeon
Associate Program Director, Surgical Residency Program,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Ali Salim, MD
Division Chief, Trauma, Burn and Surgical Critical Care,
BWH Distinguished Chair in Surgery,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Kevin Schuster, MD
Professor of Surgery (General, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care),
Section Chief, General Surgery, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care,
Yale School of Medicine

Stefani Schwartz, MD
Critical Care Medicine,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Anupamaa Seshadri, MD
Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

Jamie Sparling, MD
Director, Trauma & Burn Anesthesia,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Crisanto Torres, MD
Trauma Surgeon,
Boston Medical Center (BMC);
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (CASM)

Robert Winchell, MD
G. Thomas Shires II Professor of Surgery,
Professor of Medical Ethics in Medicine,
Chief, Division of Trauma, Burns, Acute and Critical Care,
Weill Cornell Medicine

Sara Zhao, MD
Interventional Radiologist,
Associate Program Director, Interventional Radiology Residency Program,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Mass General Brigham is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statements

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM
Mass General Brigham designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing
Mass General Brigham designates this activity for 14.5 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physician Assistants
Mass General Brigham has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 14.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Program

Monday, November 11, 2024 | 7:00am – 4:20pm

Trauma & Critical Care

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 | 7:30am – 4:00pm

Acute Care Surgery