Committee on Trauma 100th Anniversary Celebration

Anniversary Timeline 

As we mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the COT, we invite you to engage in this visual representation of the people and events that shaped how we care for the injured patient—and that will continue to energize and inspire this work into the future.

Join Us for a Year of Celebration!

Celebrate Our Leaders

Celebrate past, current, and future leaders, all dedicated to setting standards and creating programs to eliminate preventable death and disability across the globe by preventing injury and improving the outcomes of trauma patients.

Advocate for the Injured Patient

Help us raise public awareness of traumatic injury as a major public health issue and advocate for investment in trauma system development and sustainable research funding commensurate with the public health burden of injury. Details coming in the next year for how you can get involved.

Mark your calendars and celebrate with us at the following meetings in 2022!

Housing and registration information for each of these events will be made available separately.

ACS Clinical Congress 2022
October 16–20, 2022
San Diego, CA

ACS meetings with a special plenary session on the COT's 100 years:

ACS Quality & Safety Conference
July 15–18, 2022
Chicago, IL

ACS TQIP Annual Conference
December 11–13, 2022
Phoenix, AZ

COT 100th Anniversary Commemorative Book

The COT 100th anniversary commemorative book, Looking to the Future through the Lens of Legacy, covers the history of the COT with a focus on how the work of the COT has transformed trauma care from 1922, present day initiatives, and projecting a vision for the future.