www.east.org 7 I donate to EAST because over the last decade I have seen incredible growth in the outreach of the organization. I am a trauma surgeon at a busy Level II community- based trauma center, and I interact with trauma providers from remote trauma centers all over the western part of the United States. Despite the fact that those trauma providers are from non-academic remote hospitals, many of them use EAST’s online education and PMG resources, which facilitates the application of evidenced-based care at their institutions. I find this type of outreach and impact to be invaluable in promoting quality care to the trauma community at large. The organization not only promotes the growth and development of EAST members, but more importantly has become a standard resource that is accessible and provides timely education and guidelines to a much larger surgical community. Ruby A. Skinner, MD, FACS, FCCP, FCCM Marian Regional Medical Center EAST Career Development Committee Member “ ” Research Scholarship, and/ or 2020 EAST Multicenter Trial Junior Investigator Award will be invited to apply. Apply for a 2020 EAST Research Scholarship/ Award by clicking here. With the intention of supporting the EAST mission by providing support to the young surgeon through research mentorship, research design assistance, multicenter collaborations, statistical support, and editorial services, the program delivered by fostering interdisciplinary collaboration to advance the care of the injured patient through research. See what some of those involved in the program had to say about the successful and innovative event! Interested in more information about the INVEST-C Program or how you can help support this EAST initiative? Click here. (continued from page 6)