Manuscript and Literature Review Committee
The Manuscript and Literature Review Committee is responsible for approving the form and content of manuscripts submitted to the Annual Scientific Assembly through a pre-review process to assist the authors in preparation of their manuscript to the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (JTACS). The committee chair monitors the relationship between the JTACS and EAST. The committee is responsible for selecting the Best Manuscript that is awarded at the Annual Scientific Assembly.
The Manuscript and Literature Review Committee also produces a monthly literature review that is sent out to all EAST members via email.
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 specificed in "term ends".
Members
David S. Morris, MD, FACS, Chair- Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, UT
- Term ends 01/14/2023
Gerard A. Baltazar, DO, FACOS, Committee Member- NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola, NY
- Term ends 01/14/2023
Bishwajit Bhattacharya, MD, Committee Member- Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, CT
- Term ends 01/16/2021
Letitia Bible, MD, Committee Member- BUMC- University of Arizona in ,
- Term ends 01/14/2023
Alexandra Briggs, MD, Committee Member- Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH
- Term ends 01/15/2022
- Joseph T. Carroll, MD, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2022
Jody DiGiacomo, MD, Committee Member- Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, NY
- Term ends 01/15/2022
Ryan P. Dumas, MD, Committee Member- UTSW Medical Center / Parkland Memorial Hospital in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2022
Joseph Fernandez-Moure, MD, MS, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2022
Daniel J. Grabo, MD, FACS, Committee Member- West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV
- Term ends 01/14/2023
April A. Grant, MD, Committee Member- Grady Health System in Atlanta, GA
- Term ends 01/15/2022
Joshua P. Hazelton, DO, FACS, Committee Member- Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA
- Term ends 01/16/2021
Marcus Hoffman, MD, Committee Member- Baylor College of Medicine in ,
- Term ends 01/14/2023
Parker Hu, MD, Committee Member- University of Alabama Birmingham in Birmingham, AL
- Term ends 01/16/2021
Molly P Jarman, PhD, MPH, Committee Member- Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA
- Term ends 01/15/2022
Dennis Y. Kim, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FCCP, Committee Member- Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, CA
- Term ends 01/14/2023
Anirudh Kohli, MD, Committee Member- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA
- Term ends 01/16/2021
Matthew E. Kutcher, MD, Committee Member- University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS
- Term ends 01/15/2022
Stefan W. Leichtle, MD, FACS, Committee Member- Virginia Commonwealth University Health System in Richmond, VA
- Term ends 01/14/2023
- Daniel I. Lollar, MD, Committee Member
- Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA
- Term ends 01/15/2022
Allison G. McNickle, MD, Committee Member- University of Nevada, Las Vegas in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2022
Jonathan P. Meizoso, MD, MSPH, Committee Member- Denver Health / University of Colorado in Denver, CO
- Term ends 01/16/2021
Bryan C. Morse, MS, MD, Committee Member- Maine Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2021
Brian Myer, MD, Committee Member- Regions Hospital in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2021
- Chaitan Narsule, MD, Committee Member
- Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2021
Vanessa Nomellini, MD, PhD, Committee Member- University of Cincinnati in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2021
- Alicia R. Privette, MD, FACS, Committee Member
- Medical University of South Carolina in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2021
Christine L Ramirez, MD, Committee Member- St. Luke's University Health Network in Bethlehem, PA
- Term ends 01/16/2021
Thomas Robb, DO, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/14/2023
Sebastian Schubl, MD, Committee Member- University of California, Irvine Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2022
- Forest Sheppard, MD, Committee Member
- Maine Medical Center, Portland Maine in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2022
- Kelley Sookraj, MD, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2022
- Brian M. Tibbs, MD, Committee Member
- Texas Health-Dallas Presbyterian in Dallas, TX
- Term ends 01/14/2023
Catherine G. Velopulos, MD, MHS, FACS, Committee Member- University of Colorado Anschutz in ,
- Term ends 01/14/2023
Robert D. Winfield, MD, FACS, Committee Member- University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, KS
- Term ends 01/14/2023
Vanessa P. Ho, MD, MPH, FACS, Ex Officio- MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, OH
- Term ends 01/15/2022
