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ForwardAtrium Health Navicent Will C. Sealy Trauma Symposium 2026
The Annual Trauma Symposium is dedicated to providing education to medical students, surgery residents, and surgical faculty. Guest lecturers will cover "hot topics" in Trauma Surgery and resuscitation based on their current practice. Speakers will include local faculty as well as invited experts from across the country.
This conference is being held in person.
NOTE: Please note this activity will be presented 7:00am – 11:00am CST / 8:00am - 12:00pm EST
Target Audience
This course is intended for physicians.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, learners should be able to:
- Describe academic evidence-based guidelines on topics covering principal components of trauma surgery and resuscitation.
- Implement updated strategies that may affect future practices of surgeons in their field.
Course summary
- 3.50 American Board of SurgerySuccessful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements 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.
- 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 3.50 AttendanceAttendance Credit
AGENDA
Time | Program (Topic and Speakers) |
08:00am – 08:10am | Introduction & Opening Remarks Dennis Ashley, M.D., FACS Will C Sealy Endowed Chair &Professor of Surgery Mercer University School of Medicine Department of Surgery Chair & Director of Trauma & Critical Care Atrium Health Navicent Medical Center |
08:10am – 08:40am | Time to Definitive Care and its Effect on Mortality James R. Dunne, M.D, FACS Chief of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Memorial University Medical Center Regional Trauma Medical Director, South Atlantic Division - HCA |
08:40am - 09:10am
| Exposing Reality for Quality Improvement: Trauma Video Review (TVR) and Post-Mortem CT (PMCT) A. Britton Christmas, M.D, MBA, FACS Professor of Surgery Wake Forest School of Medicine Medical Director and Section Chief of Trauma, The F.H. “Sammy” Ross, Jr. Trauma Center Atrium Health- Carolinas Medical Center |
09:10am – 09:40am | Mass Casualty Incidents: What History Taught Us – and What Bourbon Street Reinforced Roslyn M. Alexander, D.O Assistant Professor of Surgery Mercer University School of Medicine General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Atrium Health Navicent |
09:40am- 10:10am | BREAK |
10:10am- 10:40am | Prophylactic Antibiotics for Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, Is it Effective? James R. Dunne, M.D, FACS Chief of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Memorial University Medical Center Regional Trauma Medical Director, South Atlantic Division - HCA |
10:40am-11:10am | The Evolution of Trauma Resuscitation: Patients Bleed Blood A. Britton Christmas, M.D, MBA, FACS Professor of Surgery Wake Forest School of Medicine Medical Director and Section Chief of Trauma, The F.H. “Sammy” Ross, Jr. Trauma Center Atrium Health- Carolinas Medical Center |
11:10am-11:40am | RMOCC: Georgia’s Pathway to Trauma Care Connectivity Dudley B. Christie, M.D., FACS Associate Professor of Surgery Mercer University School of Medicine Residency Program Director General Surgery and Associate Director of Trauma Services Atrium Health Navicent |
11:40am-12:00pm | Questions and Answers |
Faculty
- A. Britton Christmas, M.D., MBA, FACS, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
- Dudley B Christie, III, M.D., FACS, Mercer University School of Medicine, Atrium Health Navicent Medical Center
- James R. Dunne, M.D., FACS, Mercer University School of Medicine- Savannah, Memorial University Medical Center
- Roslyn M. Alexander, D.O., Mercer University School of Medicine, Atrium Health Navicent Medical Center
Disclosure
Faculty disclosures are being reviewed and will be presented to the audience in advance of the program.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Advocate Health 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 Statement(s)
American Medical Association (AMA)
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Board Recognition Statement(s)
American Board of Surgery (ABS)
Successful completion of this CME activity 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.
Available Credit
- 3.50 American Board of SurgerySuccessful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements 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.
- 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 3.50 AttendanceAttendance Credit
Price
How to Register
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For Further Information
If you have any questions regarding the conference, please contact Brittany Smith at [email protected]
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