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#AASThankful
We are so thankful for each and every AAST member! We want to congratulate these AAST Members on their recent accomplishments!
Congratulations to Dr. Rochelle A. Dicker for joining UCSF Health as the inaugural Section Chief of Acute Care Surgery in the Division of General Surgery & Co-Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Units!
Congratulations to Dr. Amy Goldberg for being appointed dean of Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University — the first female dean in the school’s history!
Congratulations to Dr. Haytham Kaafarani as The Joint Commission's new Chief Patient Safety Officer & Medical Director AND for being named as the 2022 recipient of the American University of Beirut Surgical Alumni Academic Achievement Award!
Congratulations to Dr. Rachael A. Callcut for being appointed the Associate Dean for Data Science and Innovation for UC Davis School of Medicine!
Congratulations to Dr. Amy Goldberg for being appointed dean of Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University — the first female dean in the school’s history!
Congratulations to Dr. Haytham Kaafarani as The Joint Commission's new Chief Patient Safety Officer & Medical Director AND for being named as the 2022 recipient of the American University of Beirut Surgical Alumni Academic Achievement Award!
Congratulations to Dr. Rachael A. Callcut for being appointed the Associate Dean for Data Science and Innovation for UC Davis School of Medicine!
diversity, equity,
and inclusion
and inclusion
Supporting Intersectionality in Trauma Surgery
At our committee meeting this past September in Chicago, we discussed a new initiative common across many surgical organizations as well as in trauma: how do we account for and support intersectionality?
Read the full article below!
diversity, equity,
and inclusion
essay winner
and inclusion
essay winner
AAST Congratulates
Nnaemeka Eze, MD, MPH
Nnaemeka Eze, MD, MPH
JTACS year-in-review
Check out what's new this year at JTACS!
Read key points that Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD, FACS, Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery put together regarding the new direction of JTACS!
Read the full article here:
international committee
2022 ACS/AAST International Scholarship Summary Report
Dr. Anteneh Gadisa Belachew created a one-page summary of his experience attending the AAST Annual Meeting and visiting various trauma centers in Chicago and Milwaukee. A special thank you to Dr. Belachew’s mentors and tour guides!
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military liaison committee
Calling all Military Surgeons!
Recognizing the impact of the interwar period and the risk of maintaining a ‘trauma focus’ in the military medical community, the AAST Military Liaison Committee (MLC) is excited to announce two initiatives starting in 2023 that received the generous support of the AAST Board of Managers.
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pediatric committee
Pediatric ED Thoracotomy
Emergency department thoracotomy (EDT) can be lifesaving for select adult trauma patients presenting in extremis. Guidelines for EDT in adult patients are well established, but instructions for optimal use in the pediatric population are evolving. When adult guidelines are broadly applied to children, studies fail to show improved outcomes. In this article, we review the use of EDT in pediatric patients.
Read the full article below!
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