b'10 EAST news | 2021 Issue 2Thank You to DonorsThank you to the many donors who have made generous contributions to the EAST Development Fund. Your generosity and commitment allow us to continue to fund scholarships and initiatives designed to reduce the incidence of trauma and improve the care of injured patients. As trauma continues to be the leading cause of death in the USA among persons ages 1 to 46,your support is vital to helping develop the next generation of trauma leaders working to prevent injury and save lives. Learn how your philanthropy is helping to change the future of trauma care from our scholarship and award recipients featured below. Click the images for more information.As a recipient of the EAST Grade Workshop Scholarship, I am extremely grateful for the opportunities it provided me early on in my career. One of the most valuable things EAST has to offer besides world-class educational opportunities, is the networking and platform to bring colleagues together who are passionate about caring for patients. Without EAST and the available funding through scholarships, many surgeons would not be where they are todaya truly impressive and giving organization. Thank you EAST!Douglas Fraser, MD, FACS UNLV MedicineHeres the math: This $40K EAST Trauma Research scholarship raised confidence in my institution to award me a $300K Career Development Award, and Ive parlayed this capital into my $3M 5-year Single PI NIH R01 grant (INSIGHT-ICU: GM120484), the first in our Vanderbilt Division of Traumas 30-year historyall within 3 years of the conclusion of EASTs support. Excluding other associated small awards, thats a 75-fold return on investment, which more importantly serves to advance and elevate the science for our injured patients.Mayur Patel, MD, MPH, FACS Vanderbilt University Medical CenterEAST has always been a special organization to me. The individuals who are members and leaders are both down to earth and brilliant. EAST is the kind of bold organization that not only encourages us to think outside the box, they question the need for any box in the first place. I am humbled and will always be grateful for being awarded the EAST Leadership Development Workshop Scholarship, the EAST/American College of Surgeons Executive Leadership Scholarship with Brandeis University, and the Cox-Templeton Injury Prevention Paper Competition award. Its our job to pay it forward now and support the next generation of surgeon scientists to collectively envision and imagine the future of trauma surgery.Tanya Zakrison, MD, MPH, FRCSC, FACS University of Chicago'