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For physicians, nurses, and all other trauma care providers (BOTH Civilian and Military)
Monday, August 25, 2008
Plenary Speaker – James B. Peake, MD, Secretary , Department of Veterans Affairs
 Trauma Critical Care - Carlos V.R. Brown, MD, Brackenridge Hospital, Austin, TX
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Orthopedic Surgery - MAJ Joseph R. Hsu, MD, US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, TX
 Pre-Hospital and Emergency Medicine - LTC John McManus, MD, and MAJ Robert Mabry, MD, Brooke Army
Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX
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Trauma Nursing - Marilyn J. McFarland, RN, MS, University Health Systems, San Antonio, TX
 Craniofacial –LTC (P) Eric R. Helling, MD, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
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Anesthesia - COL David Longenecker, MD, Chief, Anesthesia & Operative Service, Brooke Army Medical Center,
Fort Sam Houston, TX, and Steven Venticinque, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center, and Audie
Murphy Veterans Hospital, San Antonio, TX
 Vascular Surgery –LTC Charles J. Fox, MD, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Plenary Speaker - LTG Eric B. Schoomaker, Surgeon General of the US Army and Commander of the Army Medical
Command
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Trauma Critical Care – Stephen Cohn, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
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Orthopedic Surgery –CDR Michael Mazurek, MD, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA
 Pre-Hospital and Emergency Medicine - Jeffrey P. Salomone, MD, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA
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Trauma Nursing - LTC Cathy M. Martin, RN, Army Training Center, Miami, FL
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Trauma Mental Health –Alan L. Peterson, PhD, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
 Anesthesia – Steven Venticinque, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center, and Audie Murphy Veterans
Hospital, San Antonio, TX and COL David Longenecker, MD, Chief, Anesthesia & Operative Service, Brooke Army
Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX
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Neurosurgery –LTC Richard Teff, MD, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Plenary Speaker - Dr. S. Ward Casscells, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
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Trauma Critical Care – CDR James R. Dunne, MD, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, and Lt Col Alan
Murdock, MD, Wilford Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, TX
 Trauma Hematology – Michael Dubick, PhD, Senior Research Pharmacologist, Damage Control Resuscitation
Task Ara Manager, US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, TX
 Orthopedic Surgery – Animesh Agarwal, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio , TX
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation – Amy O. Bowles, MD, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX

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Burn Surgery - Steven E. Wolf, MD, Betty and Bob Kelso Distinguished Professor in Burns and Trauma; Vice-
Chairman, Department of Surgery; Chairman, Institutional Review Board, University of Texas Health Science
Center, San Antonio, TX
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Trauma Nursing–Maj Mark Cornell, RN, BSN, MSN, Wilford Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, TX
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Pediatric Trauma –Philip Spinella, MD, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, CT
 Cardiothoracic Trauma –Lt Col Michael J. Eppinger, MD, Wilford Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, TX
Continuing Medical Education: The Office of the Surgeon General, United States Air Force, designates this educational activity for a maximum of 21.0 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Office of the Surgeon General, United States Air Force and National Trauma
Institute. The Office of the Surgeon General, United States Air Force is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Continuing Nursing Education: South Texas Regional Advisory Council is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas
Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This activity meets
Type I criteria for mandatory continuing education requirements toward relicensure as established by the Texas Board of Nursing. This activity provides up to 21.0 contact hours.
For more information contact
National Trauma Institute: http://www.nationaltraumainstitute.org