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5 Robert D. Barraco MD MPH FACS FCCP www.east.org hotel and registration fees made possible by donations to the EAST Foundation Nurse Fellow program. The successful candidates will be assigned a mentor who will assist the fellow with designing a plan for programs to attend and interviews with leaders. The Nurse Fellow will write a daily news brief that will be sent out electroni- cally and feature daily program and event highlights. The Fellow will also author an editorial that will run in the Journal of Trauma Nursing following the meeting. The editorial will summarize their experience and feature a call for future Nurse Fellows. Mentoring from the JTN Editorial Review Board will be provided. The Nurse Fellow will be introduced during the EAST 29th Annual Scientific Assembly at both the STN Networking Reception and the EAST Business Meeting. Interested candidates may apply via the STN website. The call for nominations will close on August 1 2015 and selected candidates will be notified and announced in September 2015. Information about the Nurse Fellow program can be found on the EAST Founda- tions website. The 29th EAST Annual Scientific Assembly is scheduled for January 12-16 2016 at the JW Marriott San Antonio in San Antonio Texas. On behalf of the Foundation Board of Trustees I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all of you in our continued fundraising efforts. Your contributions aid in supporting and promoting the key missions of EAST includ- ing the care investigation and prevention of injury trauma education and encouraging the development of the young trauma practitioner and investigator. If you have any questions or comments regarding our efforts please contact the EAST Foundation at eastfoundationeast. org. I look forward to building upon our con- tinued success and we wish you all a safe and enjoyable summer Sincerely Robert Barraco MD MHP FACS FCCP President EAST Foundation Dates to Remember Visit the News and Events section of the EAST website for the most up-to-date news and listing of upcoming events. July 1 2015 EAST Call for Abstracts Submission Deadline July 58 2015 3rd Annual Congress of the World Society of Emergency SurgeryLocation Inbal Hotel July 17 2015 TraumaCritical Care SymposiumLocation The Fess Parker Doubletree by Hilton Resort July 30August 2 2015 American College of Surgeons ACS Com- prehensive General Surgery Review Course Location The American College of Surgeons August 57 2015 TEACH and GRADE Location New York Academy of Medicine September 912 2015 74th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery Location Wynn