Guidelines Committee
The Guideline Committee is responsible for all aspects related to EAST’s role as the premier provider of evidence based guidelines in all fields of clinical acute care surgery (trauma, critical care, emergency general surgery) as well as injury prevention. This committee supervises the creation of new guidelines on topics using the skills and the expertise of members of other sections (i.e. Injury Prevention, Acute Care Surgery) as well as the general EAST membership. It ensures all guidelines are up to date by revising already published guidelines.
EAST guidelines are developed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology.
Membership on the Guidelines Committee is not required to be an individual guidelines leader, first author, co-author, or team member. There is a separate call for volunteers to assist on specific individual guidelines.
Committee members are appointed by the President with approval by the Board of Directors. Committee member terms are three years. All terms begin in January and conclude in January in the year specified in "term ends".
Guidelines Task Forces
In addition to the core committee, task forces have been established to assist in the development of specific guidelines. Each task force is chaired by a member of the Guidelines Committee.
Content Task Forces
Emergency General Surgery Guidelines Task Force
Injury Prevention Guidelines Task Force
Surgical Critical Care Guidelines Task Force
Trauma Guidelines Task Force
Members
Lisa M. Kodadek, MD, FACS, Chair- Yale New Haven Health/Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT
- Term ends 01/15/2027
Jennifer J. Freeman, MD, MPH, FACS, Committee Vice Chair- TCU Burnett School of Medicine in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2027
John V. Agapian, MD, FACS, FCCM, Committee Member- University of California, Riverside in Los Angeles, CA
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Paul T. Albini, MD, Committee Member- Riverside University Health System Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2029
Rachel D. Appelbaum, MD, Committee Member- Vanderbilt University Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Laura R. Brown, MD, PhD, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Saskya E. Byerly, MD, MS, Committee Member- University of Tennessee in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Christian D Cain, MD, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2029
Roberto Castillo, DO, MPH, FACS, Committee Member- St. Luke's University Health Network in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Edward Chao, MD, FACS, Committee Member- Jacobi Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Julia R. Coleman, MD, MPH, Committee Member- The Ohio State University in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Kennith Conley Coleman, DO, Committee Member- West Virginia University - WVU Medicine in Morgantown, WV
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- James N. Conner, DO, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2029
- Kaily L. Ewing Casey, DO, Committee Member
- Creighton University Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2029
Dimitrios Giannis, MD, MSc, PhD, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2029
Sabrina Goddard, MD, FACS, Committee Member- University of Alabama Birmingham in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Carma Goldstein, MD, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Madison J Harris, DO, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Omer Hassan, M.D., Committee Member- Memorial Healthcare System in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2029
Diana Jewett, BSN, Committee Member- HCA in Richmond, VA
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Yann-Leei Larry Lee, MD, Committee Member
- University of South Alabama School of Medicine in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2029
Eric Legome, MD, Committee Member- Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Mount Sinai West in New York, NY
- Term ends 01/15/2028
- Kenji Leonard, MD, Committee Member
- ECU Brody School of Medicine in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Vishnu R. Mani, MD, FACS, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Helen A. Markowski, MD, Committee Member
- Honor Health Scottsdale Osborn in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Joshua A. Marks, MD, Committee Member- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Katherine McKenzie, DO, Committee Member
- NYU Langone Health-Long Island in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2029
Ida Molavi, MD, FACS, FRCSC, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2029
Anisa Nazir, MBBS, MCh, Committee Member- University of Toronto in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Asanthi M. Ratnasekera, DO, FACS, Committee Member- Christianacare in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2029
Nicholas A Rawson, DO, Committee Member- Carle Health in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2029
Jarrett Santorelli, MD, Committee Member- University of California at San Diego in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Kate Savoie, MD, MS, Committee Member- Yale School of Medicine in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Kyle M. Schmitt, MD, FACS, Committee Member- USF/HCA Aventura Medical Center in Aventura , FL
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Thomas J. Schroeppel, MD, Committee Member
- University of Colorado Health-Mem Hospital in Colorado Springs, CO
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Asha Shah, MD, Committee Member- St.Joes/Trinity Health/IHA in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Jyoti Sharma, MD, MPH, FACS, Committee Member
- Hospital of Central Connecticut in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Anaar Siletz, MD, PhD, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Zachary Tran, MD, Committee Member- Vanderbilt University Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Elizabeth Turner, MD MS FACS, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2029
Jessica L. Weaver, MD, PhD, Committee Member- UCSD in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2029
Marta Whyte, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2029
Linda Imen Yala, MD, Committee Member- Riverside University Health System in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Niels D. Martin, MD, FACS, Ex Officio- University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA
- Term ends 01/13/2029