Meeting Program
Agenda
Three days of focused exchange — a welcome evening, two days of sessions, and time to connect.
🕓 All session times are shown in Central Time (CT).
Final Agenda
Welcome Evening
Friday, July 10
Church & Union · Loge Room
5:30–7:30PM
Optional Dinner at Church & Union
Loge Room
Getting there: No shuttle for this event — please make your own way to Church & Union (downtown Nashville).
Optional · RSVP Closed
Featured Presentation
Robotics Program: How We Started It at Vanderbilt
Oliver Gunter, MD, MPH
8:00–10:00PM
Optional Night Clinical Experience
Vanderbilt Health
Attending: Zoe Maher, MD · Marc de Moya, MD
Optional · Max 3 · RSVP Closed
Day One
Saturday, July 11
Children’s Hospital Board Room
7:00–8:00AM
Morning Report — Trauma
Attending: Matt Eckert, MD · Andy Kerwin, MD · Brian Yorkgitis, DO
Shuttle: First pickup 6:30 AM outside the lobby at Loews & Marriott (hotels are ~2 minutes apart) → Medical Center East, where Dr. Brad Dennis and Dr. Steve Gondek will meet attendees and walk them to the Morning Report rooms. Please be outside on time — the session starts promptly at 7:00 AM.
Optional · Max 3 · RSVP Closed
7:00–8:00AM
Morning Report — EGS
Attending: S. Morad Hameed, MD · Zoe Maher, MD · Robert Winchell, MD
Shuttle: First pickup 6:30 AM outside the lobby at Loews & Marriott (hotels are ~2 minutes apart) → Medical Center East, where Dr. Brad Dennis and Dr. Steve Gondek will meet attendees and walk them to the Morning Report rooms. Please be outside on time — the session starts promptly at 7:00 AM.
Optional · Max 3 · RSVP Closed
8:00–8:30AM
Transit from Hospital/Hotel to Children’s Hospital Board Room
Escorted by Diana Russell & Patricia Barceló
Shuttle: Pickup in front of the hotel lobby — Loews 7:45 AM · Marriott ~8:00 AM → Children’s Hospital Board Room.
8:30–9:00AM
Welcome & Introduction
Mayur B. Patel, MD, MPH
9:00–9:30AM
Trauma Service
Bradley M. Dennis, MD
9:30–10:00AM
Military–Civilian Program
Bradley M. Dennis, MD
10:00–10:30AM
Transforming Acute Care Surgery with APP Workforce Expansion
Shelley Atkinson · Caroline Banes · Cherry Chassen · Katie Forrester · Manry Martin · Linda Wilkinson
10:30–11:00AM
Emergency General Surgery Service
Michael Smith, MD
11:00–11:30AM
Emergency Operations
Michael Smith, MD
11:30–12:00PM
Acute Care Surgery Fellowship
Stephen Gondek, MD, MPH · Robel Beyene, MD · Jill Streams, MD
12:00–1:00PM
Lunch Break
1:00–1:30PM
Burn Service
Anne Wagner, MD · Erica Schoch, RN · Annie Mitchell, DNP, RN
1:30–2:00PM
Surgical Intensive Care Unit Service
Shannon Eastham, MD
2:00–2:30PM
Building a Regional Acute Care Surgery System: The Vanderbilt Wilson County Experience
Andrew Hopper, MD
2:30PM
Group Photograph
2:30–3:00PM
Tour, Transition to Hotel & Day One Adjourn
Eric Mace, MD · Joshua Thompson, MD, PhD · Z. Tom Mou, MD
Note: The tour will be divided into 3 groups — an announcement about groups will be made during the course of the day.
3:00–5:00PM
Break Break
5:30–8:30PM
Dinner with Vanderbilt Teams
Pizza Perfect
Shuttle: Pickup at the hotels at 5:15 PM to Pizza Perfect; return departs Pizza Perfect at 8:30 PM to the hotels.
8:00–10:00PM
Optional Night Clinical Experience
Vanderbilt Health
No sign-ups for this session
Optional · Max 3 · RSVP Closed
Day Two
Sunday, July 12
Children’s Hospital Board Room
7:00–8:00AM
Morning Report — Trauma
Attending: Marc de Moya, MD · Matthew Lissauer, MD · Kaushik Mukherjee, MD
Shuttle: First pickup 6:30 AM outside the lobby at Loews & Marriott (hotels are ~2 minutes apart) → Medical Center East, where Dr. Brad Dennis and Dr. Steve Gondek will meet attendees and walk them to the Morning Report rooms. Please be outside on time — the session starts promptly at 7:00 AM.
Optional · Max 3 · RSVP Closed
7:00–8:00AM
Morning Report — EGS
Attending: Matt Eckert, MD · Brian Yorkgitis, DO
Shuttle: First pickup 6:30 AM outside the lobby at Loews & Marriott (hotels are ~2 minutes apart) → Medical Center East, where Dr. Brad Dennis and Dr. Steve Gondek will meet attendees and walk them to the Morning Report rooms. Please be outside on time — the session starts promptly at 7:00 AM.
Optional · Max 3 · RSVP Closed
8:00–8:30AM
Transit from Hospital/Hotel to Children’s Hospital Board Room
Escorted by Diana Russell & Patricia Barceló
Shuttle: Pickup in front of the hotel lobby — Loews 7:45 AM · Marriott ~8:00 AM → Children’s Hospital Board Room.
8:30–9:00AM
Business Meeting
SACSC Leadership
9:00–9:30AM
Community Engagement Programs
Rachel Appelbaum, MD
9:30–10:00AM
Outreach, Education & Prevention
Catherine Wilson, RN
10:00–10:30AM
Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction & Survivorship Center
Amelia Maiga, MD, MPH
10:30–11:00AM
Pursuing Professionalism: Addressing Behaviors that Undermine a Culture of Safety and Respect
William Cooper, MD, MPH
11:00–11:30AM
AI Product Map for Acute Care Surgery
Kevin Sexton, MD
11:30AM
Day Two Adjourn
11:30–1:00PM
Optional Lunch: Advocacy for Health Economics & Market Access
Geri Cramer, PhD, MBA, RN
Optional · RSVP Closed
1:00–5:00PM
Optional Afternoon Operative Experience
Optional · RSVP Closed