Conference Agenda

Day 1 - Thursday, May 31st, 2012

0700-0715
Welcome and Introductions
Carlos V.R. Brown, MD
President and CEO, Seton Healthcare Family, Greg Hartman

0715-0745 Session 1
The Future of Academic Medicine in Central Texas
Greg Hartman
Texas State Senator Kirk Watson's 10-in-10 Plan

0745-0845 Session 2
Critical Interventions in Trauma
Ben Coopwood, MD
Balloon Catheter Tamponade for Hemorrhage Control
David V. Feliciano, MD
Escharotomy: When and How?
John Griswold, MD
Screening and Brief Interventions for Drugs and Alcohol
Craig Field, PhD
Anterior Abdominal Stab Wounds: Who Needs an Operation?
John Uecker, MD

Panel Discussion

0845-0945 Session 3
The Rest of the Story …
Matthew Martin, MD
Alphabet Soup: Rehab, LTAC, SNF: What Does it All Mean?
Mary Ann Gonzales, MD
Entry or Exit? The Basics of Ballistics and Wounds
David Dolinak, MD
After Landstuhl: Where Do Our Troops Go and What Happens to Them?
Lorne H. Blackbourne, MD
ACS TQIP: What Is It and Why Should We Use It?
John Griswold, MD

Panel Discussion

0945-1015 Break

1015-1115 Session 4
Optimizing Intensive Care
Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD
What Is the Ideal Sedative for Ventilated Patients?
Mitch Daley, PharmD
ICU Nutrition in 2012
Laura Smith, RD
Respiratory Management of the Spinal Cord Injury Patient
Careen Foster, MD
Evaluating the Injured Brain – Beyond ICP
Stephen Olvey, MD

Panel Discussion

1115-1215 Session 5
At the Point of Injury
John Griswold, MD
Needle Thoracostomy: Right Patient? Right Needle? Right Place?
Kenji Inaba, MD
Fly or Drive? When to Use Helicopter Transport for Trauma
Roxie M. Albrecht, MD
How Are We Preventing Battlefield Mortality?
Lorne H. Blackbourne, MD
Is There Any Role for Prehospital Blood Transfusion?
Paul Hinchey, MD, MBA

Panel Discussion

1215-1315 Lunch

1315-1415 Session 6
Trauma Life in the ER
John Griswold, MD
Soothing the Savage Beast: How Do We Manage the Agitated Patient?
James Kempema, MD
Evaluating the Injured Extremity: Does the Patient Have a Vascular Injury?
David V. Feliciano, MD
Is There STILL a Role for Hypertonic Saline in Trauma Patients?
Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD
What Plain X-rays Do that We Actually Need?
Oscar Guillamondegui, MD

Panel Discussion

1415-1445 Session 7
Resident Jeopardy
Carlos V.R. Brown, MD
Participants to be Announced

1445-1515 Break

1515-1615 Session 8
Case Presentations
Ben Coopwood, MD
Oscar Guillamondegui, MD
David V. Feliciano, MD
Matthew Martin, MD
Ali Salim, MD
John Griswold, MD

1615-1715 Session 9
Showdown at the O.K. Corral
George Velmahos, MD
Preperitoneal Packing for Severe Pelvic Fractures …
Is a Dangerous Waste of Time
Oscar Guillamondegui, MD
Is Lifesaving, and We Don’t Do it Enough
Kenji Inaba, MD

Discussion/Resolution

Rib Plating for Flail Chest:
Is Expensive and Useless
John Sabra, MD
Should Be the Standard of Care
Drew Fielder, MD

Discussion/Resolution

Day 2 - Friday, June 1st, 2012

0700-0800 Session 10
A Little Bit of Everything
Matthew Muller, MD
Central Cord Syndrome
Hari Tumu, MD
Gunshot Wounds to the Face
George Velmahos, MD
Solid Organ Injury: Indications for Angiography
Thomas Fletcher, MD
Measuring Hemodynamics without a Pulmonary Artery Catheter
Ernest Gonzalez, MD

Panel Discussion

0800-0900 Session 11
And Now for Something Completely Different …
Carlos V.R. Brown, MD
Formula One is Coming to Austin
Stephen Olvey, MD
University of Texas Football: Keeping Players on the Field
Allen Hardin, PT, MS
Tweets per Second: Social Media Application in Disasters
Glenn Brown

0900-0930 Break

0930-1030 Session 12
Mano a Mano
Kenji Inaba, MD
The Mangled Extremity Needs to Be …
Amputated Early!
Ali Salim, MD
Saved at All Costs!
David Laverty, MD

Discussion/Resolution

1:1:1 Resuscitation….
Saves Lives and is Here to Stay!
Matthew Martin, MD
Has No Evidence to Support its Use!
George Velmahos, MD

Discussion/Resolution

1030-1130 Session 13
Not Just Little Adults
Oscar Guillamondegui, MD
Important Differences in the Injured Child
Matthew Muller, MD
Clearing the Pediatric Cervical Spine
Nilda Garcia, MD
Trampolines are Fun?
Roxie M. Albrecht, MD
Fractures Only Kids Get
Earl Kilbride, MD

Panel Discussion

1130-1230 Lunch

1230-1330 Session 14
Family Feud
Carlos V.R. Brown, MD
The Sabra Family vs. The Uecker Family
Multidisciplinary Panel of Contestants

1330-1400 Break

1400-1500 Session 15
Hidden Dangers
David V. Feliciano, MD
Pregnancy and Trauma
Ali Salim, MD
Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury
Matthew Martin, MD
The Abdominal Seatbelt Sign
Oscar Rios, MD
Pre-Injury Anticoagulation
Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD

Panel Discussion

1500-1600 Session 16
Case Presentations
Carlos V.R. Brown, MD
Roxie M. Albrecht, MD
Kenji Inaba, MD
Lorne H. Blackbourne, MD
George Velmahos, MD
Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD