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EAST news 2016 Issue 110 Key stats from last months Advocacy Day in D.C. 27 surgeons and 5 staff people participated 152 visits completed including 37 Senate offices and 115 House offices 1 Trauma Briefing organized by COL Bob Mabry RWJ Fellow House Committee on Education The Workforce HELP Sub- committee 24 state delegations visited It was a productive day and CNTRs message was well-received. EAST along with four other trauma associations American Association for the Surgery of Trauma AAST National Trauma Institute NTI ACS Committee on Trauma and Western Trau- ma Association WTA comprise CNTR. The main goals for the or- ganization are to receive consis- tent federal funding for research establish research priorities and support a trauma research infrastructure. Center for National Trauma Research CNTR Advocacy Day February 23 2016 Dr. James H. Red Duke Jr. an EAST Honorary member died this past August. He was a professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston UTHealth and a renowned physician. Duke spent much of his medical career developing an infrastructure to provide better care for injured patients while also focusing on programs to prevent injuries. He received numerous accolades throughout his career and most recently was dedicated to his ongoing work enhancing medical tech- nologies and surgical techniques supporting the US Military. In Memoriam Dr. James H. Red Duke Jr.