Join Drs. Liz Dauer, Tatiana Cardenas, Samantha Tarras, Mohammed Bawazeer, and Melissa Warta as they interview speakers from the 37th EAST Annual Scientific Assembly including incoming EAST President Dr. Ben Zarzaur, in addition to Drs. Amy Goldberg, Jennifer Brewer, Simin Golestani, Nicole Tapia, Marcelo Robiero, Tara van Veen, Kendra Black, and Melike Harfouche.  Also included are medical students Rachel Cary and Cox-Templeton Award winner Grace Keegan. Supplemental Material:  EAST Awards and Scholarship Opportunities ..read more

Join Drs. Liz Dauer, Tatiana Cardenas, Samantha Tarras, Mohammed Bawazeer, and Melissa Warta as they interview speakers from the 37th EAST Annual Scientific Assembly including outgoing EAST President Dr. Jason Smith, in addition to Drs. TJ Schaid, Amanda Witte, Lauren Gallagher, Sneha Bhat, Caleb Butts, Rachel Choron, Julia Coleman, Bishwajit Bhattacharya, George Kasotakis, Susan Kartiko, and Melissa Boltz.  Also hear from Annika Kay PA-C and Colleen Trevino NP. Supplemental Material:  EAST Awards and Scholarship Opportunities ..read more

Join Drs. Prerna Ladha, Hassan Mashbari and Lauren Dudas and learn about Global Surgery from Drs. Mike Mallah, Chris Dodgion and the EAST Global Surgery Ad Hoc Task Force.  What does Global Surgery  even mean? How can you get involved, who is out there practicing internationally or can you practice Global Surgery domestically?   Supplemental Material: ♦https://www.mcw.edu/departments/surgery/education/global-surgical-programs♦https://medicine.musc.edu/departments/surgery/global-surgery-program♦https://www.panamtrauma.org/♦Incision (International Student Surgical Networ ..read more

Join Drs. Tatiana Cardenas, Zaffer Qasim and Jacob Edwards as they talk with guests Drs. Marissa Mery and Jeremy Cannon.  They discuss trauma resuscitation through the continuum of the trauma bay to OR with perspectives of emergency medicine, surgery and anesthesia providers.  Topics include permissive hypotension, use of pressors, massive transfusion practices, cell saver usage, additional anesthesia trauma training and more ..read more

Drs. Jeremy Levin, Shyam Murali, Mike Radomski, and Kaitlin Ritter talk about integrating Advanced Practice Providers into a trauma program with special guest, Jonathan Messing, MSN, ACNP-BC. Learn about how to start an APP practice within your trauma division on this EAST In the Arena ..read more

Join new moderator Dr. Mohammed Bawazeer and Dr. Lauren Dudas discuss the planning and implementation of a robotic ACS program with Drs. Bruce Crookes and Heather Evans.  They talk about the benefits for both patients and the institution and how it has transformed their practices.  The episodes finishes with a game of surgery truth or dare: Lap, Open or Robotic ..read more

Join Drs. Tatiana Cardenas, Liz Dauer and Qasim Zaffer chat with Drs. Paula Ferrada and Sharven Taghavi about ED vs OR intubation in patients with hemorrhagic shock.  They address - ABC vs CAB, the physiology of intubation of patients in shock and reconsidering the dogma.   Supplemental Material:  Ferrada P, Dissanaike S. Circulation First for the Rapidly Bleeding Trauma Patient-It Is Time to Reconsider the ABCs of Trauma Care. JAMA Surg. 2023 May 17. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.8436. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37195675 ..read more

Join Jeremy Levin, Shyam Murali, Mike Radomski, and Andrea Tsoris as they talk to Dr. Ken Wilson about how the trauma center at the University of Chicago was developed and the challenges they faced along the way ..read more

Join Dr. Tatiana Cardenas host Drs. Leah Tatebe and Rochelle Dicker to discuss trauma informed care.  Learn about what it is, how it affects patients, curriculum you can soon bring to your institution and why it is so important it will be part of ATLS 11! Supplemental Material:Dicker RA, Thomas A, Bulger EM, Stewart RM, Bonne S, Dechert TA, Smith R, Love-Craighead A, Dreier F, Kotagal M, Kozyckyj T, Michaels H; ISAVE Workgroup; Members of the ISAVE Workgroup. Strategies for Trauma Centers to Address the Root Causes of Violence: Recommendations from the Improving Social Determinants to Att ..read more

Join Drs. Jeremy Levin, Shyam Murali, and Mike Radomski as they talk with Dr. Irma Fleming of the University of Utah Burn Center about how Dr. Fleming provides burn care in the rural setting through an innovative telehealth platform ..read more