www.east.org 7 The 5th Annual McSwain EMS Trauma Symposium will be held November 10, 2017 at the University Medical Center Conference Center in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Norman McSwain has said, “One of my long time missions is to provide education to prehospital providers. I want to develop a new and ‘forever’ system for such education for our EMTs.” The goal of the conference is to offer comprehensive team- based continuing education in the treatment of the critically ill and injured patients, stressing basic, cutting-edge guidelines and technology for evaluation, diagnosis and management. Educational methods will include lectures, panel discussions and ample time for questions and answers with featured speakers. Visit www.tulane.org for meeting and registration information. McSwain EMS Trauma Conference Mentoring The EAST Mentoring Program for members of EAST and under the direction of the EAST Mentoring Committee is in full swing during its sixth year! The goal of the Mentoring Program is promotion of academic and personal growth of the young trauma and acute care surgeon by providing extramural mentorship over a 1-year period. For more information about the EAST Mentoring Program, please visit the EAST Mentoring Program section of the website. You can view the newly launched “EAST Mentor Honor Roll” and “Mentoring Program Videos” in addition to reading about Dr. Paul J. (PJ) Schenarts (Mentor) and Dr. Lourdes Castanon (Mentee) as the current “Featured EAST Mentoring Pair”. While our call for Mentee applications for the 2017-2018 EAST Mentoring Program is now closed, we are planning for our 2018-2019 EAST Mentoring Program, which will be gearing up shortly after the 31st EAST Annual Scientific Assembly, January 9-13, 2018 at Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Interested in participating as future Mentee or Mentor? Please contact EAST headquarters at rdixon@east. org for more information or to volunteer. Looking for helpful tools, templates, and mentoring resources? Simply login using your EAST username and password to access the EAST Mentoring Warehouse. Paula Ferrada, MD, EAST Mentoring Committee Chair Shop for EAST Do you use Amazon for your online purchasing? Well, now, you can shop with an added bonus – a donation to EAST. Amazon Smile is a simple and automat- ic way you can support EAST every time you shop. Simply go to smile.amazon.com from your web browser or phone, select EAST and shop. Millions of prod- ucts are eligible for donations. If you already have an Amazon account, don’t worry, just select EAST from there. A portion of your purchase goes directly to EAST. Shop away!