b'2 EAST news | 2020 Issue 4EAST Mission StatementMessage from the President (continued from page 1)EAST is a scientificorganization providing lead-volunteers selflessly continued to give their expertise and their coveted timeership and development for to support this great organization. For that, as your President, I am trulyyoung surgeons active in the grateful. As I conclude my Presidential term, I would like to sincerely thankcare of the injured patient the members of EAST for the opportunity to lead this great organization.through interdisciplinary Through my many years of service, EAST has afforded me manycollaboration, scholarship, opportunities that I would never have imagined possible in my career. I firmlyand fellowship.believe that this is what our founders envisioned when drafting the mission of EAST:EAST is a scientific organization providing leadership and EAST development for young surgeons active in the care of the injuredVision Statementpatient through interdisciplinary collaboration, scholarship, and fellowship. EAST seeks to improveThe youth of our organization is our greatest strength. It is what drives us tocare of the injured by provid-continuously evolve and press forward even during the most trying times.ing a forum for the exchange It is what prevents us from ever accepting the status quo. It is what drivesof knowledge in the prac-EAST to flourish and continuously attract new members. It is the core oftice of trauma surgery; to EASTs collaboration, scholarship, and fellowship. Perhaps the greatestpromote trauma prevention, thing about the end of my role in leadership, is the opportunity that I knowresearch, and improvedit will bring to those who follow. That is the true spirit of EAST. It has beentrauma systems design;my privilege to serve for these many years but now I encourage the nextto encourage investigationgeneration of young trauma care providers to seize the many opportunitiesand teaching of the methods afforded by this great organization. While my chapter is coming to anof preventing and treating end, your chapters awaitand I am truly excited to see where the nexttrauma; and to stimulategeneration of leaders will take us. future generations of sur-geons to meet the challenge.A. Britton Christmas, MD, FACS EAST PresidentGivingEAST asked, and you gave! Thank you to all the donors that supported our Giving TuesdayTuesday campaign to fund trauma research. You helped raise more than $51,000.When you consider that trauma is one of the most poorly funded areas of research Recap relative to disease burden, your contributions are vital to shaping the future of trauma research. Your contributions will help support future investigators through the EAST DONATE Trauma Research Scholarship, the EAST Multicenter Trials Junior Investigator Award as well as the INVEST-C Research Hackathon. Thank you for your outstanding show of support. Learn how your philanthropy is helping to change the future of trauma care from the beneficiaries of these programs featured on page 8. If you missed Giving Tuesday, theres still time to donate before the end of the year. Consider a donation or a long-term investment by opting in for recurring donations. Thank you for your generosity!'