b'8 EAST news | 2020 Issue 1EAST Development FundBabak Sarani, MD, FACS, Development Committee ChairHello, fellow EAST members, andsupport of the Polk Familyat a lower dollar figure over welcome to our new members. AsFoundation and the Dorothy K.a large contribution. Visit the Chair of the EAST DevelopmentCommanday Foundation whoseDonate page to set up a regular Committee Im happy to reportgenerous contributions continuecontribution or to make a one-that EAST had another bannerto support our education andtime donation. year by all measures in 2019,leadership initiatives. AnotherDuring the 33rd EAST Annual and I certainly hope that we$35,000 came from our industryScientific Assembly, we raised can work together to repeat ourpartners. Thank you to everyone$16,850. For those of you who accomplishments, if not surpasswho donated.were not able to attend, we still them, in 2020. For our newWhat did we do with the surplus?have plenty of merchandise members, the EAST DevelopmentWe placed it in the Developmentavailable. Please contact EAST to Committee oversees the EASTFund corpus, which is now oversee whats available and donate to Development Fund, which$1 millionanother milestonethe EAST Development Fund. You is supported mainly by ourachievement. Our goal is tocan wear cool EAST swag and membership. Your donationcontinue to grow the fund to apay it forward at the same time. dollars allow us to fund:level that it will support all of theNot a bad deal! The EAST Trauma Researchabove activities and allow us toTwo years ago, the Development Scholarship: $40,000 per year establish new initiatives alignedCommittee also started lookingThe EAST INVEST-C Researchwith the Development Fundsinto aligning with our industry Hackathon: $20,000 per year purpose of Furnishing Leadershippartners to raise the corpus of the and Fostering Advances inDevelopment Fund through an The Multicenter JuniorTrauma Surgery.Investigator Award: $6,000 perinitiative called the EAST Industry year Speaking of milestones, thankThink Group. This is a partnership you to our Milestone Donors.which allows industry to meet with GRADE Training for PracticeIn 2019, another 12 EASTa select group of trauma leaders Management Guidelinesmembers achieved milestonefor up to two hours in order to development: $10,000 per year status, bringing the total numberdetermine how they can further The total money that EASTof EASTs Milestone Donors tothe management and treatment commits each year to support91yet another all-time highof injured and critically ill patients. research, researchers, andrecord. A very special thanks toThis partnership benefits industry, member development isthese members. Your leadershipEAST, and most importantly, our significant. In 2019, we raisedand support are both noticedpatients. Thank you to the EAST $164,543, with $129,543 comingand greatly appreciated. You canmembers who participated in from individual supporters! Thischeck your status by logging intothis program in 2019 and during is simply incredible and has setyour EAST Profile. I encouragethe 33rd EAST Annual Scientific yet another new bar for us. Weall of our members to contributeAssembly. We plan to double this also attracted 161 new donors,to the EAST Development Fundprogram this year, and I would bringing the total number of EASTand be appropriately recognizedlike to thank in advance those Development Fund donors to 751.by EAST for doing so. I stronglymembers who will be asked to We also appreciate the ongoingencourage a regular contributiondonate their time in 2020.'