b'2 EAST news | 2019 Issue 3EAST Mission StatementMessage from the President (continued from page 1)EAST is a scientificgrowing our connections with other organizations, expanding beyond theorganization providing lead-traditional scope of trauma surgery. Our new relationships with the Societyership and development for of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), theyoung surgeons active in the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), the American Burncare of the injured patient Association (ABA) are bringing EAST expertise and programming to theirthrough interdisciplinary national meetings and hosting their members to present at the EAST Annualcollaboration, scholarship, Scientific Assembly. We have partnered with the Society of Universityand fellowship.Surgeons (SUS) to fund and enroll participants in the Promising Leaders Program.Finally, EAST is growing our affiliations to reach out to the public regardingEAST injury prevention, one of our most important roles, especially in this timeVision Statementof heated debate about gun safety. Earlier this year I had the honor of representing EAST in Chicago at a collaborative meeting of nearly 50EAST seeks to improveprofessional organizations for a Medical Summit on Firearm Injurycare of the injured by provid-Prevention. Our collective voices will remind the country that gun violenceing a forum for the exchange and firearm safety are matters of public health rather than partisan orof knowledge in the prac-political issues. #ThisIsOurLane Just this month, a new public servicetice of trauma surgery; to announcement co-sponsored by EAST, alongside three leading nationalpromote trauma prevention, organizations (Brady, Giffords, and End Family Fire) debuted to improveresearch, and improvedawareness of safe storage of firearms. By working together, we have thetrauma systems design;opportunity to reach a wider audience and make a larger impact on theto encourage investigationpublic locally, nationally, and around the world. and teaching of the methods Please contact me any time via email (ehaut1@jhmi.edu) or Twitterof preventing and treating (@elliotthaut) about EAST-related matters. trauma; and to stimulatefuture generations of sur-geons to meet the challenge.Elliott R. Haut, MD, PhD, FACS EAST PresidentEAST is on LinkedIn!EAST is on LinkedIn! EAST is dedicated to advancing science, fostering relationships, and building careers through education, research, and fellowship. Build your network, connect with your peers, and stay updated on the latest EAST news by following along at linkedin.org. Search for Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma and stay in touch!'