2023 ESS Symposium

0630-0700

ESS Networking 1: coffee/tea provided*

0700-0800 

ESS Business Meeting (ESS Members Only) - Omni Seaport Hotel, Ensemble D

0800-0830

ESS Networking II: coffee/tea provided*

0830-0900

Welcome | Presidential Address 

COL Jeremy W. Cannon, MD, SM, FACS 

Awards & Honorifics: Dr. Jonathan Woodson and Dr. Peggy Knudson 

Drs. Cannon, Gurney, Holt, Wisbach 

Omni Seaport Hotel, Ensemble EFG

0900-1030

NOMINATIONS CLOSE/VOTING BEGINS @ 0900 

Committee on Trauma Region 13 Paper Competition 

Introduction: COL Jennifer Gurney, MD, FACS 

Discussants: ESS Research Committee (CDR Diego Vicente, MAJ Jen Sabino) 

1030-1045

Break: coffee/tea provided

1045-1145

Major John P. Pryor Memorial Lecture 

Patrick M. Reilly, MD, FCCP, FACS 

Introduction: COL Jeremy W. Cannon, MD, SM, FACS 

1145-1200 

Introduction to Consultant Panels 

CAPT (Ret) Gordon Wisbach, MD, FACS 

1200-1300 

Consultant Lunch Session for Army, Navy, Air Force: Identifying Current Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities for Military Surgery** 

Army Consultant Breakout Panel: 

Moderator: COL Jennifer Gurney, MD, FACS 

COL Tyson Becker, MD, FACS – Army Surgical Consultant 

LTC John D. Horton, MD, FACS – Deputy Army Surgical Consultant 

COL Scott Armen, MD, FACS – Army Reserve Surgical Consultant 

COL Jamison Nielsen, DO,MBA, MCR, FACS – Army Reserve Deputy Surgical Consultant 

Navy Consultant Breakout Panel: 

Moderator: CAPT Matt Tadlock, MD, FACS 

CAPT Obie Powell, MD, FACS – Navy Surgical Specialty Leader 

CAPT Michael J. Barker, MD, FACS – Navy Reserve Surgical Specialty Leader 

Air Force Consultant Breakout Panel: 

Moderator: Lt Col Brian Gavitt, MD, FACS 

COL James Sampson, MD, RPVI, FSVS, FACS – Chief Surgical Consultant to AF/SG 

Lt Col Christopher Mahoney, MD, FACS – General Surgery Consultant to A/F

1300-1315 

Consultant Re-Group: Top Action Items, Opportunities for Synergy 

Drs. Wisbach, Gurney, Tadlock, Gavitt 

1315-1400 

Keynote Address 

Introduction: COL Jay Johannigman, MD, FACS 

Lt Gen (Ret) Paul K. Carlton, Jr, MD, FACS 

1400-1415 

Break: coffee/tea; VOTING ENDS @ 1500 

1415-1545 

Panel Session: Preparing for the Unexpected: Military Expeditionary Surgical Skills and Training for All Surgeons 

1415 

Introduction: COL Jeremy Cannon, MD, FACS 

Moderator: COL Jennifer Gurney, MD, FACS 

1420

Large-Scale Combat Operations: John Holcomb, MD, FACS 

1435 

Q & A: Ken Wilson/Matt Tadlock/Oksana Popova 

1440 

Disaster Management: Jay Doucet, MD, FACS 

1455 

Q & A: Brian Gavitt/Jamison Nielson 

1500 

Humanitarian/Global Health Engagement: Sherry Wren, MD, FACS 

1515 

Q & A: John Oh/Tamara Worlton 

1520 

Role for Rural Surgical Experience: Dustin L. Smoot, MD, FACS

1535 

Q & A: Maggie Gallagher/Dan Grabo 

1540 

Conclusion: COL Jennifer Gurney, MD, FACS 

1545-1600 

Voting Results Announced 

Adjournment