Faculty - International Trauma Conference (ITC)

International Trauma Conference 2009 - Manchester

The conference programme includes the following Conference Faculty Speakers:-

Professor Kenneth D. Boffard BSc MBChB FRCS (Ed) FRCS (Eng) FRCPS (Glas) FCS (SA) FACS

Professor of Surgery & Trauma Surgery, Clinical Head of Department of Surgery, Johannesburg Hospital, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

President of The International Society of Surgery, Executive Committee Member and Past Society Treasurer. Past President of The International Association of Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care. President of The South Africa Trauma Society. Governor (SA) of The American College of Surgeons. Health Professions Council of South Africa Committee Member.

Worldwide Director of the Definitive Surgical Trauma Skills (DSTS) Course and Editor-in-Chief of the Manual of Definitive Trauma Care. The course and manual have become the standard Definitive Surgical Trauma Skills (DSTS) Course and course text for surgeons in many countries around the world and are provided through the respective national Surgical Associations and governing/regulatory bodies in each country.

Special Interests: Vascular Trauma, Critical Care, Trauma Systems, Trauma Education

Professor Karim H. Brohi BSc MBBS MD FRCS (Eng) FRCA

Professor of Trauma Sciences, Queen Mary School of Medicine & Dentistry, London, Consultant in General, Trauma, Vascular, Emergency & Critical Care Surgery, Barts and The London N.H.S. Trust, U.K., Honorary Senior Lecturer, Institute of Cell & Molecular Science, Queen Mary, University of London, U.K.

Surgical Tutor in General Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Emergency Surgery & Critical Care Surgery, The Royal College of Surgeons of England. Founder & Director of Trauma.org non-profit foundation.

Special Interests: Acute Traumatic Coagulopathy, Massive Blood Transfusion, Traumatic Inflammatory Response, Cytokine Inhibition, Biomarkers of Traumatic Injury, Emergency Preparedness

Lieutenant Colonel Adam J. Brooks MBChB FRCS (Gen Surg) DMCC

Sub-specialty Consultant Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgeon. Consultant in General, Trauma, Emergency & Critical Care Surgery. Lead Director for Major Trauma and Lead Clinician in Trauma, Emergency & Critical Care Surgery, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals N.H.S. Trust, U.K., Senior Lecturer in Trauma and Military Surgery, Academic Department of Military Surgery & Trauma, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, U.K.

Joint Clinical Lead in Major Trauma, NHS East Midlands.

Special Interests: Acute Traumatic Coagulopathy, Massive Blood Transfusion, Massive Haemorrhage Control, Damage Control Resuscitation, Damage Control Surgery, Emergency Surgery, Military Surgery, Trauma Systems

Dr. Otto Chan MBBS FRCS (Ed) FRCS (Glas) FRCR

Senior Consultant Radiologist, London Independent Hospital, London, U.K. Lecturer in Radiology, Queen Mary School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of London, U.K.

Author of ABC of Emergency Radiology and Ultrasound in Emergency Care.

Special Interests: Trauma Radiology (Clinical and Interventional)

Professor Dr. Richard P. Dutton MD MBA

Professor of Anaesthesiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA and Director of Trauma Anaesthesiology, International Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.

Editorial Board: TraumaCare, Anaesthesiology, Journal of Clinical Anaesthesia, Case Reports in Medicine.

Special Interests: Trauma Anaesthesiology, Blood Substitute Research, Cardiac, Thoracic & Vascular Anaesthesia, Treatment of Active Bleeding, Traumatic Brain Injury, Emergency Airway Management, Quality Management in Trauma Care

Dr. Mark K. Forrest BSc MBChB FRCA

Consultant in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Warrington & Halton Hospitals N.H.S. Foundation Trust, U.K.

Committee Member: Medical Director & Founding President of ATACC (Anaesthesia Trauma and Critical Care) non-profit foundation. Medical Director of Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service. President of AFRLEMA (Association of Fire, Rescue and Law Enforcement Medical Advisors). Director & Trustee of International Trauma Conferences (registered charity & non-profit foundation for international trauma education).

Special Interests: Trauma Anaesthesia, Acute Traumatic Coagulopathy & Treatment of Active Bleeding, Massive Blood Transfusion, Circulation Preservation, Haemostatics, Emergency Airway Management, Critical Care (Trauma & General), Pre-Hospital Trauma Care & Trauma Education.

Dr. Timothy Fotheringham MBBS FRCS (Eng) FRCR

Consultant Radiologist, Barts and The London N.H.S. Trust, U.K.. Lecturer in Radiology, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland.

Special Interests: Interventional Trauma & Vascular Radiology

Professor Dr. Eric R. Frykberg MD FACS

Professor of Surgery, Chief of Staff, Division of General Surgery and Trauma Surgery, Attending Surgeon in Trauma Surgery, General Surgery, Vascular Surgery and Acute Care Surgery, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A.

Special Interests: Trauma Surgery, Vascular Surgery (Vascular Trauma), General Surgery, Acute Care Surgery, Disaster Medicine, Injury Prevention, Trauma Epidemiology, Surgical Oncology, Biliary & G.I. Surgery, Hernia & Endocrine Surgery

Colonel Professor Dr. Ronald I. Gross MD FACS

Professor of Surgery, Chief of Staff, Division of Trauma & Emergency Surgery, Attending in Trauma Surgery, Emergency Surgery & Acute Care Surgery, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.. Professor of Surgery, University of Yale, School of Medicine.

Past Military Service: Colonel in U.S. Army Reserve. Medical Corps. Position: Chief of Staff & Commander of 405th Combat Support Hospital & 912th Forward Surgical Team

Special Interests: Ultrasound, Director of Advanded Trauma Operative Management (ATOM) Course

Lieutenant Colonel Professor Dr. John H. Hagmann MD FACEP

Professor of Emergency Medicine. Attending Physician in Emergency Medicine, U.S.A. Graduated in Bio-Chemical Engineering from M.I.T. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Boston, U.S.A. C.E.O. & Founding President of Deployment Medicine International and Operational & Emergency Medical Support Group.

Past Positions: Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer of the F.B.I. (Federal Bureau of Investigations). Medical Director of the Operational & Emergency Medical Skills Support Programme for F.B.I. Hostage Rescue Team. Medical Director of various U.S. law enforcement agencies. Medical Director of the Casualty Care Research Centre at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD, USA.

Special Interests: Massive Haemorrhage Control, Haemostatic Agents, Trauma Resuscitation, CBRN Medicine, Military Trauma Education

Dr. Timothy C. Hardcastle MBChB (Stell) MMed (Chir) (Stell) FCS (SA)

Principal Sub-specialist Trauma Surgeon, Trauma Service, Department of Surgery, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital (IALCH), Durban, South Africa. Honorary Lecturer of the Department of Surgery, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) & Deputy Director of the Trauma Service, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital (IALCH), Durban, South Africa.

Present Positions: Vice President of Trauma Society of South Africa. Councillor of Association of Surgeons of South Africa. Medical Director of V.E.M.A. (Voluntary Emergency Medical Assistance) Paramedics, South Africa.

Editorial Board: Journal of Emergencies, Trauma & Shock [Section Editor - Trauma Critical Care]

Special Interests: Trauma Surgery, Vascular Surgery (Vascular Trauma), Penetrating Trauma, Damage Control Resuscitation (pre-hospital and in-hospital), Damage Control Surgery, Fluid & AntibioticTherapy

Colonel Professor Dr. John B. Holcomb MD FACS

Professor of Surgery, Chief of Staff, Division of Acute Care Surgery, Director, Division of Trauma & Critical Care Surgery, Director, Center for Translational Injury Reserach, University of Texas Health Science Center of Houston, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX, U.S.A., University of Texas Chancellor's Health Fellow for Trauma & Injury Programs, Houston, TX, USA.

Committee Member: American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma & American College of Surgeons Scholarship Committee, Director of National Trauma Institute, Military Advisor to the Defence Science Board, Disaster & Medical Special Operations Committee, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Committe for Tactical Combat Casualty Care, Programme Committee for American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.

Past Positions: Trauma Consultant for US Surgeon General, Commander of US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Chief, Military Trauma Research, US Army Institute of Surgical Research.

Editorial Board: Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection & Critical Care (JTrauma) [also Section Editor for Military Trauma], Journal of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, Journal of American Medical Association, Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis, Annals of Surgery, Lancet, Vox, Sanguinis, Trauma, World Journal of Emergency Surgery.

Special Interests: Massive Haemorrhage Control, Damage Control Resuscitation, Damage Control Surgery, Military Surgery

Professor Dr. David B. Hoyt MD FACS

Professor of Surgery, Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine.CA, USA. Executive Vice-Dean, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.

Award: American College of Surgeons - 2007 Distinguished Service Award (Highest honour bestowed by American College of Surgeons)

Committee Member: Medical Director of Trauma, American College of Surgeons. Executive Committee Member of American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma. Chair of Trauma, Research and Optimal Patient Care Division, American College of Surgeons. Director of U.S. National Trauma Institute. Examiner of American Board of Surgery.

Past Positions: Past President of American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Past President of Society of General Surgeons of San Diego, Past President of Shock Society, Past Chairman of American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma, Past Chairman of American College of Surgeons - Trauma Registry Subcommittee, National TRACS & National Trauma Databank. Past Medical Director of American College of Surgeons Trauma Programme.

Editorial Board: Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection & Critical Care (JTrauma), SHOCK, Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Circulation, Annals of Surgery, Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, World Journal of Emergency Surgery.

Special Interests: Traumatic Haemorrhage Control & Transfusion, Shock Physiology, Damage Control/Trauma Resuscitation, Immunopathology & Immunomodulation, Trauma Systems

Dr. Pär I. Johansson MD MPA

Medical Director of Blood Bank & Transfusion Service, Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Department of Haematology & Clinical Immunology, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Special Interests: Traumatic Haemorrhage Control & Transfusion, Shock Physiology, Damage Control/Trauma Resuscitation, Immunopathology & Immunomodulation, Thromboelastometry, Circulation Preservation

Professor Dr. Jon R. Krohmer MD FACEP

Acting Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs & Chief Medical Officer, United States Department of Homeland Security

Past Positions: Appointed the first Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health Affairs, United States Department of Homeland Security. Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Michigan State University. Attending Physician in Emergency Medicine and Director of EMS. Medical Director of West Michigan Metropolitan Medical Response System, Kent County Medical Reserve Corps & Michigan Bioterrorism Preparedness Consortium. Previous Chair of EMS Committee and Trauma Care & Injury Control Committee of The American College of Emergency Physicians. Past President of the National Association of EMS Physicians.

Professor Krohmer has received numerous awards and honors including the 1998 ACEP Outstanding Contribution in EMS Award, the 2000 MCEP Meritorious Service Award and the 2003 NAEMSP Ronald Stewart Award for Outstanding Contribution to EMS.

Special Interests: Responsible for co-ordinating the United States National Medical Response to National Disasters and Terrorist Events (including chemical, nuclear, radiation and bioterrorism).

Major Dr. Roderick Mackenzie TD BSc MB BChir PhD MRCP FCEM FIMC

Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine. Consultant in Emergency Medicine & Pre-Hospital Care, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.

Past Position: Dr. Mackenzie previously served in the U.K. Defence Medical Services (where he held the rank of Major) until his subsequent retirement from active service.

Committee Member: National Curriculum Development Lead for Pre-Hospital Care and Retrieval Medicine & Executive Committee Member of Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Member of The College of Emergency Medicine Pre-Hospital Care Sub-Committee. Medical Director of Medical Charity MAGPAS. Senior London HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service) Consultant in Pre-Hospital Care & National Emergency Medical Silver Command Officer.

Special Interests: Pre-Hospital Critical Care, Injury Prevention & Control, Injury Epidemiology, Emergency Medical Systems & Pre-Hospital & In-Hospital interface for major trauma and severely ill patients.

Professor Dr. Walter Mauritz MD PhD

Professor of Anaesthesia & Critical Care Medicine. Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Intensivist & Emergency Physician, Trauma Hospital, Lorenz Boehler, Vienna, Austria.

Committee Member: Vice-President, Director & Chairman of Medical Supervisory Board, International Neurotrauma Research Organisation

Special Interests: Neuro trauma, Trauma Critical Care, Head Injuries, Malignant Hyperthermia, Wounds & Injuries, Polytrauma, Septic Shock, Haemodynamics, Emergency Medical Services, Resuscitation, Artificial Respiration & Ventilation, Intensive Care

Mr. Selvadurai Nayagam BSc MBChB MCh (Orth) FRCS (Orth)

Consultant Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgeon, Royal Liverpool University Hospital & Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal Liverpool University Children's (Alder Hey) Hospital, Liverpool, U.K. Medical Director of Liverpool Traumatic Lower Limb Reconstruction Service.

Committee Member: Senior Faculty Member of British Orthopaedic Association, Open Tibial Fracture Management Committee. Senior Faculty Member of Ilizarov Training Courses. Faculty & Founding Member of Essentials of Fracture Management Courses. International Faculty Member of Orthofix Fracture & Limb Reconstruction Courses.

Editorial Board: Editor-in-Chief of Strategies in Trauma & Limb Reconstruction. Reviewer of Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. Editor & Author of Apley's System of Orthopaedics & Fractures.

Major specialities: Traumatic Lower Limb Reconstruction, External Fixation, Paediatric Orthopaedic Trauma

Dr. Anthony A. Nicholson MBChB FRCR

Consultant Interventional and Cardiovascular Radiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospital N.H.S. Trust, U.K.

Current Position: Vice-President and Dean, Faculty of Clinical Radiology, The Royal College of Radiologists

Special Interests: Interventional Radiology and Ultrasound

Dr. Peter A. Oakley MA MB BChir FRCA MRCGP

Consultant in Anaesthesia & Trauma Intensive Care, University Hospital of North Staffordshire N.H.S. Trust, U.K.

Committee Member: British Trauma Society. Trauma Committee of Royal College of Surgeons of England. Executive Committee of TARN (Trauma Audit Research Network).

Past Positions: Past President of British Trauma Society

Special Interests: Trauma Anaesthesia, Head Injuries, Trauma Resuscitation

Mr. Aung Y. Oo MBBS MD FRCS (Ed) (CTh)

Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, The Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, U.K.

Surgical Practice: Clinical Team Member of the U.K. National Thoracic Aneurysm Centre

Major specialities: Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Heart Failure Surgery, Aortic Root & Thoracic Aortic Surgery, Surgery & Endovascular Therapy of Thoracic Aorta, Arterial Revascularisation, Epicardial Pacing & Cardiac Resynchronisation and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Mr. Abbas Rashid MD FRCS (Eng)

Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, The Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, U.K.

Surgical Practice: Lead Clinician & Founder of the U.K. National Thoracic Aneurysm Centre

Major specialities: Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Aortic Valve Surgery, Aortic Root & Thoracic Aortic Surgery, Stentless Valve and Blood Conservation Techniques in Cardiac Surgery

Colonel Professor James M. Ryan OstJ MB BCh MCh FRCS DMCC FFAEM

Professor of Military Surgery. Leonard Cheshire Professor of Conflict Recovery. International Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, U.S.A.. Senior Lecturer in Trauma and Consultant in Accident and Emergency Medicine, University College Hospital N.H.S. Trust, U.K..

Past Positions: Surgical Tutor in Military Surgery, The Royal College of Surgeons of England. Professor of Military Surgery at the U.K. Royal Army Medical Corps. Course Director of Definitive Surgical Trauma Skills Course (DSTS) for General Surgeons, Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Special Interests: Ballistics and Terrorists Injuries, Military and Conflict Medicine

Captain Stephanie Smith RN ENP

Critical Care Nursing Officer, Canadian Armed Forces, Department of Defence, Canada
Medical Support Officer for 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games

Special Interests: Military Trauma Nursing, Pre-hospital Care

Lieutenant Colonel Nigel R.M. Tai MBBS MD FRCS (Gen Surg)

Consultant in General, Trauma, Vascular, Emergency & Critical Care Surgery, Barts and The London N.H.S. Trust, U.K.. Lieutenant Colonel, U.K. Royal Army Medical Corps.

Steering Group Faculty Chairman & Course Director of Definitive Surgical Trauma Skills Course (DSTS) for General Surgeons, Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Director of Trauma.org non-profit foundation

Special Interests: Vascular Trauma, Thoracic Trauma, Damage Control Surgery, Military Surgery

Professor Keith M. Willett MBBS MD LRCP FRCS (Eng)

U.K. National Clinical Director of Trauma, Department of Health, U.K.. Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, University of Oxford. Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, U.K. and Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital, Oxford, U.K..

Committee Member: Co-Founder & Clinical Director of Oxford Trauma Service. Founding Chairman of Kadoorie Centre for Critical Care Research and Education. Oxford Trauma Research Group. Royal College of Surgeons Trauma & Orthopaedic SAC Committee Member. Senior Faculty Member of National and International Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery courses. Chairman of AUK Long Bone Specialty Group. Chairman of the U.K. National AO Fracture Management Surgery Courses. Executive Committee of TARN (Trauma Audit Research Network). Adviser to N.H.S. Chief Executive on "Managing for Excellence" evolution. The Royal College of Surgeons of England P.M.E.T.B. (Postgraduate Medical Education Training Board) Quality Assurance Advisory Group Member. Department of Health Trauma & Orthopaedic HRG Advisory Group Member.

Past Positions: Past President of British Trauma Society. Founder of the Oxford Trauma Research Group. Specialist Adviser to Health Authorities Acute Services Review & Adviser to King's Fund: Acute Hospital Futures Report. Member of the Audit Commission: Accident & Emergency Services Review. Member of The Royal College of Surgeons and British Orthopaedic Association on Standards of Trauma Care in the U.K.. Royal College of Surgeons Regional Speciality Adviser to Oxford Region. Medical Adviser to the Automobile Association Foundation for Road Safety Research. N.H.S. Ombudsman apponinted independent review expert.

Major specialities: Complex Trauma & Multiply-Injured Patients, Pelvic & Acetabular Fractures and Reconstruction, Complex Fractures, Treatment of Fracture Complications, Fractures in the Elderly, Limb Fracture Surgery, Fracture Biomechanics, Accident Prevention, Clinical Outcome Studies of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Techniques.