The Tenth Annual Connecticut Trauma Conference
Looking Back...Moving Forward
April 3-4, 2008

Faculty List

Michael Ajemian, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director of Trauma
St. Mary’s Hospital
Waterbury, CT 

John Bonadies, MD, FACS
Director of Trauma
Hospital of St. Raphael
New Haven, CT 

L.D. Britt, MD, FACS
Brickhouse Professor and Chairman
Department of Surgery
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, VA 

Brendan Campbell, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
UConn School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
Chief, Section of Trauma
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Hartford, CT 

David Coletti, MD, FACS
Director of Trauma
William W. Backus Hospital
Norwich, CT

Alasdair K. T. Conn, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Chief of Emergency Services
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA 

Paul Cunningham, MD, FACS
Professor & Chair, Department of Surgery
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, NY

Kimberly Davis, MD, FACS
Chief, Section of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care And Surgical Emergencies
Associate Professor of Surgery
Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
New Haven, CT 

Linda Degutis, RN, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Emergency Medicine & EPH
Director, Yale Center of Public Health Preparedness
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT 

Thomas J. Esposito, MD, MPH, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Loyola University
Chief of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care & Burns
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL 

Samir Fakhry, MD, FACS
Chief, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care
INOVA Fairfax Hospital
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Dept. of Surgery
Falls Church, VA 

David V. Feliciano, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Emory University
Chief of Surgery
Grady Memorial Hospital
Atlanta, GA 

Heidi Lee Frankel, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Director & Chief, Surgical Critical Care
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX 

Eric R. Frykberg, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
University of Florida Health Sciences Center/Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL 

Lawrence Gentilello, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Burn/Trauma/Critical Care Division
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Department of Surgery
Dallas, TX 

Alice Gervasini, RN
Nurse Director
Trauma & Emergency Surgery Services
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA 

Vicente H. Gracias, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
UPenn School of Medicine
Medical Director Surgical Critical Care
The Trauma Center @ Penn.
Division of Trauma
Philadelphia, PA 

Ronald I. Gross, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Emergency Medicine & Traumatology
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Chair, American College of Surgeons Connecticut Committee on Trauma
Associate Director of Trauma
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT 

Leonard H. Guercia, Jr., EMT-P
Operations Branch Chief
Department of Public Health
State of Connecticut
Hartford, CT

Timothy S. Hall, MD, FACS
Professor of Clinical Surgery
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
Surgeon in Chief
Director of Cardio/Thoracic Surgery
Program Director, General Surgical Residency Program
Chair, Department of Surgery
Stamford Hospital
Stamford, CT 

Erwin Hirsch, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Boston University School of Medicine
Director of Trauma
Boston University Medical Center
Boston, MA 

Heidi Hotz, RN
Trauma Program Manager
Department of Surgery
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA 

Lenworth M. Jacobs, MD, MPH, FACS
Professor and Chairman
Department of Traumatology and Emergency Medicine
University of Connecticut Health Center
Chairman, EMS/Trauma Program/LIFE STAR/Rehabilitation
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT

Gary Kaml, MD, FACS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
New York Medical College
Trauma Director
St. Vincent’s Medical Center
Bridgeport, CT

Paul Kanev, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery
Tufts University School of Medicine
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center & Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT

Orlando Kirton, MD, FACS, FCCM, FCCP
Professor of Surgery
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Associate Program Director
Integrated General Surgery Residency Program

Ludwig J. Pyrtek, MD, Chair in Surgery
Director of Surgery, Chief Division of General Surgery
Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT 

Kathleen LaVorgna, MD, FACS
Director of Trauma
Norwalk Hospital
Norwalk, CT 

Frederick Luchette, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Loyola University Medical Center
Trauma and Critical Care
Maywood, IL 

Robert Mackersie, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Director, Trauma/Critical Care
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, CA

William Marshall, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Director of Trauma
Associate Director of Surgical Critical Care
St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center
Hartford, CT

Kenneth Mattox, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Chief of Staff
Chief of Surgery
Ben Taub General Hospital
Houston, TX 

Kimball I. Maull, MD, FACS
Director of Trauma Services
Consultant - Trauma Surgery
Hamad General Hospital
Doha, Qatar

Norman McSwain, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 

Basil Pruitt, Jr., MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
University of Texas Health Science Center
Editor, Journal of Trauma
San Antonio, TX 

Michael Rotondo, MD, FACS
Chairman & Professor
Department of Surgery at East Carolina University
The Brody School of Medicine
Greenville, NC

Thomas M. Scalea, MD, FACS
Physician-in-Chief
Shock Trauma Center
Francis X. Kelly Professor of Trauma Surgery
Director, Program in Trauma
Baltimore, MD 

John Schulz, III, MD, PhD, FACS
Chief, Section of Burns, Surgical Critical Care & Trauma
Bridgeport Hospital
Bridgeport, CT 

Kevin Schuster, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Surgical Emergencies
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT 

Salvatore J.A. Sclafani, MD
Professor & Chairman
Department of Radiology
SUNY Downstate
Brooklyn, NY 

Donald Trunkey, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Oregon Health Science University
Department of Surgery
Portland, OR 

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