News

In the News Section of the Cutting Edge, we highlight some of the professional and personal updates on AAST members.

• Click here to read about Dr. David Jacobs story of how being an AAST member saved his son's life.
• Congratulations to Dr. Raul Coimbra for his new role as Surgeon-in-Chief at Riverside Univeristy Health System Medical Center and Professor of Surgery at Loma Linda University School of Medicine.
• Dr. David Efron has been named as the Johns Hopkins 2017 Physician of the Year.
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE-S3zR76jE#action=share or https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/clinical-awards/physician-of-the-year.html

• Dr. Alex Eastman has been recognized for saving a marathon runner while working as a reserve police officer.

• https://dpdbeat.com/2017/12/11/right-place-at-the-right-time-dallas-swat-doc-helps-save-fallen-marathon-runner/

• Congratulations to Dr. Patrick Reilly on his new role as Vice Chair for the ACS Committee on Trauma, and as Chair of the Regional Committees.
  • https://twitter.com/bulgercot/status/941108107308134400/photo/1

• Dr. Raul Coimbra has been recognized for helping to save a wounded North Korean defector.
  • http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/health/sd-me-doctor-yoda-20180122-story.html

If you have an update on an AAST member that you would like to highlight in the Cutting Edge newsletter, please send the info to us at aast@aast.org.