Annual Scientific Assembly Committee
The Annual Scientific Assembly Committee is responsible for the overall format and program content for the EAST Annual Scientific Assembly. The committee is responsible for reviewing, scoring and selecting clinical abstracts to be presented (oral, quick shot, and video presentations). The committee is responsible for selecting the recipients of the Raymond H. Alexander, MD Residents’ Paper Competition. In addition, the committee selects the plenary sessions, workshops, short courses, and any other special programming or sessions added to the meeting program.
The mission of the Annual Scientific Assembly Committee is to plan, design, and oversee the execution of the top academic scientific meeting for trauma and acute care surgery professionals in the world. This includes ensuring all aspects of the meeting are developed with a focus on the core tenets of the organization: advancing science, fostering relationships, and building careers. As the trauma organization that particularly focuses on development of the “young trauma surgeon/professional”, the Committee should constantly be critically evaluating, revising, and incorporating the most up to date methods and metrics for delivering high quality content and opportunities for all EAST members and non-member attendees.
The Education Division Director is the Chair of the Annual Scientific Assembly Committee.
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".
Members
Cynthia Talley, MD, FACS, Chair- Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC
- Term ends 01/21/2023
Stephanie Bonne, MD, FACS, Committee Member- Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, NJ
- Term ends 01/13/2024
Patrick L Bosarge, MD, Committee Member- University of Arizona College of Medicine- Phoenix in Phoenix, AZ
- Term ends 01/21/2023
Tejal S. Brahmbhatt, MD, FACS, Committee Member- Boston University Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2024
Brandon R. Bruns, MD, MBA, FACS, Committee Member- University of Texas Southwestern in ,
- Term ends 01/18/2025
Bruce Chung, MD, Committee Member- Maine Medical Center in Portland, ME
- Term ends 01/21/2023
Michael W. Cripps, MD, FACS, Committee Member- University of Colorado in Aurora, CO
- Term ends 01/21/2023
Brad Dennis, MD, FACS, Committee Member- Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN
- Term ends 01/13/2024
Jordan Estroff, MD, Committee Member- George Washington University in Washington, DC
- Term ends 01/21/2023
Bellal Joseph, MD, FACS, Committee Member- University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ
- Term ends 01/21/2023
Tareq Kheirbek, MD, ScM, FACS, Committee Member- Brown University in Providence, RI
- Term ends 01/18/2025
Mayur B. Patel, MD, MPH, FACS, Committee Member- Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN
- Term ends 01/21/2023
Purvi P. Patel, MD, Committee Member- Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, IL
- Term ends 01/18/2025
Alicia R. Privette, MD, FACS, Committee Member- Medical University of South Carolina in ,
- Term ends 01/18/2025
Samuel Wade Ross, MD, MPH, Committee Member- Carolinas Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/18/2025
Lisa Schlitzkus, MD, Committee Member- UCHealth Memorial Central Colorado Springs in ,
- Term ends 01/18/2025
Gregory Semon, DO, Committee Member- Wright State University in Dayton, OH
- Term ends 01/21/2023
Brian K. Yorkgitis, DO, FACS, Committee Member- University of Florida- Jacksonville in Jacksonville, FL
- Term ends 01/21/2023
Martin D. Zielinski, MD, FACS, Committee Member- Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN
- Term ends 01/21/2023
Hee Soo Jung, MD, FACS, Ex Officio- University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI
- Term ends 01/21/2023
David S. Morris, MD, FACS, Ex Officio- Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, UT
- Term ends 01/21/2023