Regional Committees on Trauma

Region 2

Chief: William H. Marx, MD, FACS, Syracuse, NY
New Jersey: Felix Garcia-Perez, MD, FACS, Neptune, NJ
New York/Brooklyn: Ronald J. Simon, MD, FACS, Bronx, NY
New York State: William J. Flynn, Jr., MD, FACS, Buffalo, NY
Puerto Rico/ Virgin Islands: Quirico M. Canario, MD, FACS, San Juan, PR

Region 3

Chief: Glen H. Tinkoff, MD, FACS, Newark, DE
Delaware: Edward L. Alexander, MD, FACS, Dover, DE
Maryland: Sharon M. Henry, MD, FACS, Baltimore, MD
Pennsylvania: Patrick M. Reilly, MD, FACS, Philadelphia, PA
D of C: Suryanarayana M. Siram, MD, FACS, Washington, DC
Virginia: Jeffrey S. Young, MD, FACS, Charlottesville, VA
West Virginia: Frank C. Lucente, MD, FACS, Charleston, WV

Region 4

Chief: Michael H. Thomason, MD, FACS, Charlotte, NC
Alabama: Sherry M. Melton, MD, FACS, Birmingham, AL
Florida: Patricia M. Byers, MD, FACS, Miami, FL
Georgia: Dennis W. Ashley, MD, FACS, Macon, GA
Kentucky: David E. Bentley, MD, FACS, Louisville, KY
Mississippi: George E. McGee, MD, FACS, Hattiesburg, M
North Carolina: Michael C. Chang, MD, FACS, Winston Salem, NC
South Carolina: Charles E. Morrow, Jr., MD, FACS, Spartanburg, SC
Tennessee: Julie Dunn, MD, FACS, Johnson City, TN

Region 5

Chief: Jay A. Johannigman, MD, FACS, Cincinnati, OH
Chicago: Manoj R. Shah, MD, FACS, Park Ridge, IL
Illinois: John S. Marshall, MD, FACS, Peoria, IL
Indiana:L.R. Scherer, MD, FACS, Indianapolis, IN
Michigan: Joe H. Patton, Jr., MD, FACS, Detroit, MI
Minnnesota: Steven D. Eyer, MD, FACS, Duluth, MN
Ohio: Charles J. Yowler, MD, FACS, Cleveland, OH
Wisconsin: Thomas H. Cogbill, MD, FACS, La Crosse, WI

Region 6

Chief: Ronald M. Stewart, MD, FACS, San Antonio, TX
Arkansas:  Richard J. Jackson, MD, FACS, Little Rock, AR
Louisiana: John P. Hunt III, MD, FACS, New Orleans, LA
New Mexico: Stephen W. Lu, MD, FACS, Albuquerque, NM
Oklahoma: Roxie M. Albrecht, MD, FACS, Oklahoma City, OK
Northern Texas: John A. Griswold, MD, FACS, Lubbock, TX
Southern Texas: Frederick A. Moore, MD, FACS, Houston, TX

Region 7

Chief: R. Stephen Smith, MD, FACS, Wichita, KS
Iowa:  Richard A. Sidwell, MD, FACS, Des Moines, IA
Kansas:  Jonathan M. Dort, MD, FACS, Wichita, KS
Missouri:  Bryan R. Troop, MD, FACS, St. Louis, MO
Nebraska: Reginald A. Burton, MD, FACS, Lincoln, NE

Region 8

Chief: Chris Cribari, MD, FACS, Fort Collins, CO
Colorado: Reginald J. Franciose, MD, FACS, Vail, CO
Montana: Dennis W. Maier, MD, FACS, Billings, MT
North Dakota: Steven K. Hamar, MD, FACS, Bismarck, ND
South Dakota: David A. Strand, MD, FACS, Sioux Falls, SD
Utah: Raymond R. Price, MD, FACS, Salt Lake City, UT
Wyoming: G. Douglas Schmitz, MD, FACS, Buffalo, WY

Region 9

Chief: Frank R. Kennedy, MD, FACS, San Diego, CA
Arizona: John J. Ferrera, MD, FACS, Phoenix, AZ
Southern California: Daniel R. Margulies, Los Angeles, CA
San Diego/Imp.Valley: Raul Coimbra, MD, FACS, San Diego, CA
Northern California: James W. Davis, MD, FACS, Fresno, CA
Hawaii: Hao Chih Ho, MD, FACS, Honolulu, HI
Nevada: Deborah A. Kuhls, MD, FACS, Las Vegas, NV

Region 10

Chief: Eileen M. Bulger, MD, FACS, Seattle, WA
Alaska: Frank D. Sacco, MD, FACS, Anchorage, AK
Idaho:  Drew M. McRoberts, MD, FACS, Pocatello, ID
Oregon: Martin A. Schreiber, MD, FACS, Portland, OR
Washington: Joseph Cuschieri, MD, FACS, Seattle, WA

Region 11

Chief: Richard K. Simons, MD, FACS, Vancouver, BC
Alberta: Mary vanWijngaarden-Stephens, MD, FACS, Edmonton, AB, Canada
British Columbia: D.Ross G. Brown, MD, FACS, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Manitoba:  Sarvesh Logsetty, MD, FACS, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Saskatchewan:  Paul R. Hayes, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Region 12

Chief: Jameel Ali, MD, FACS, Toronto, ON, Canada
Newfoundland:  Darrell C. Boone, MD, FACS, St. John’s, NF, Canada
Maritime Province: Guy F. Brisseau, MD, FACS, Halifax, NS, Canada
Ontario:  Sandro B. Rizoli, MD, Toronto, ON, Canada 
Quebec: Tarek S. A. Razek, MD, FACS, Montreal, QC, Canada

Region 13

Chief: David G. Burris, MD, FACS, Bethesda, MD
Navy: No chair at present
Army: Brian J. Eastridge, MD, FACS, Fort Sam Houston, TX
Air Force: Mark Bowyer, MD, FACS, Bethesda, MD
Veterans Administration:  Ralph G. DePalma, MD, FACS, Washington, DC
Canadian Military:  No chair at present

Region 14

Chief:  Renato S. Poggetti, MD, FACS, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Argentina:  David E. Eskenazi, MD, FACS, Buenos Aires
Brazil:  Francisco Collet e Silva, MD, FACS, Sao Paulo
Chile:  Carlos Carvajal Hafemann, MD, FACS, Santiago
Colombia:  Jorge Ospina Londona, MD, FACS, Bogota
Ecuador:  Enrique A. Guzman Cottalat, MD, FACS, Guayaquil
Mexico:  Salvador Martin Mandujano, MD, FACS, Mexico City
Panama:  Guillermo J. Arana, MD, FACS, Panama City
Peru:  David A. Ortega Checa, MD, FACS, Lima
Venezuela:  Javier Barbeito Garcia, MD, FACS, Caracas

Region 15

Chief:  Claus Falck Larsen, MD, FACS, Hillerod, Denmark
Israel:  Avraham Rivkind, MD, FACS, Jerusalem

Region 16

Chief:  Michael J. Hollands, MB BS, FRACS, FACS, Wahroonga, Australia

Revised April 16, 2008

Trauma Programs