Conference Program
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Advanced Practice Providers Skills Course​
Location: Redford Hill
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Join us for an exclusive pre-conference hands-on session designed for advanced practice providers at the Western Pediatric Trauma Conference! Dive into practical learning experiences led by experienced professionals in pediatric trauma care. Enhance your skills, discuss the latest advancements, and network with fellow APPs.
This session is your opportunity to refine your expertise and stay ahead in delivering top-notch care to young patients.
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Resident/APP Research Course
Location: Redford Hill
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Join us for a pre-conference course designed for all healthcare providers interested
in quality improvement and clinical research. A Tool Kit for Practice-Based Research
will serve as both an introduction to research and an avenue to bring life to your research and quality improvement ideas. This course will cover research fundamentals, design and methodology, statistics, principle of scientific writing and more.
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Thursday, July 11, 2024
Sunrise Hike
Location: Meet in the hotel lobby
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Rick Black
6:00 AM
8:00
Controversies in Pediatric Trauma
Location: Redford Hill
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Todd Ponsky, MD, FACS
Katie Russell, MD, FACS, FAAP
Objectives:
10:00
Break with the vendors
Location: Screening Room
10:30
Tots, Bots, Clots, and Pixel Dots: An Evolving Paradigm in Pediatric Blunt Abdominal Trauma
Location: Redford Hill
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Christian J. Streck Jr., MD
H. Biemann Othersen Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Vice Chair, Education
Pediatric Trauma Medical Director
MUSC Children’s Health
Medical University of South Carolina
Objective: Explain how to implement an abdominal trauma imaging guideline.
Understand evolving options for low-grade solid organ injury management.
11:00
Podium Presentation - Best Practice
Location: Redford Hill
12:00 PM
Lunch
Location: Rehearsal Hall
1:00
How to Read a Head CT
Location: Redford Hill
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Jeffrey S. Prince, MD
Pediatric Radiologist
Intermountain Pediatric Imaging
Primary Children's Hospital
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Objective: Describe the basics of head CT interpretation in the trauma setting.
1:30
Point-Counterpoint: Neuromonitoring vs.
Early Craniotomy
Location: Redford Hill
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Robert J. Bollo, MD, MS, FACS, FAAP, FAANS
Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Primary Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Utah School of Medicine
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Vijay Ravindra, MD
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Objective: Discuss evidence-based clinical decision-making and practice variation in severe pediatric traumatic brain injury.
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Panel
Shannon Becker, BSN, RN, CON
Trauma Program Manager
Children's Hospital Colorado
Lillian F. Liao, MD MPH
Professor of Surgery
Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
University of Texas HSC San Antonio
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Deidre Wyrick, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Arkansas Children's Hospital
2:15
Break with the vendors
Location: Screening Room
2:30
Adjourn for the day
2:30
Float Provo River
Location: Meeting in the hotel lobby
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Extra fee will be required for this activity.
8:30
High West Whisky Tasting
Location: Meeting in the hotel lobby
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Extra fee will be required for this activity.
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Welcome
Location: Redford Hill
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Kacey Barns, RN
Katie Russell, MD
8:00 AM
Penetrating Trauma: Difficult Access
Location: Redford Hill
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Kenji Inaba, MD, FACS, FRCSC
Objectives:
8:15
9:00
Policy and Advocacy in Firearm Suicide Prevention
Location: Redford Hill
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Evan V. Goldstein, PhD, MPP
Assistant Professor
Department of Population Health Sciences
Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine
University of Utah
Objectives: Discuss how public policy affects firearm-related suicide outcomes and identify ways physicians can promote firearm suicide prevention.
9:30
Pediatric Firearm Injuries: How we got here and
where we can go.
Location: Redford Hill
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Maya Haasz, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Attending Physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Chair, Firearm Injury Prevention Workgroup
Children's Hospital Colorado
Objectives: Describe opportunities for healthcare providers to participate in decreasing the burden of pediatric firearm injuries.
10:00
Break with the exhibitors
Location: Screening Room
10:30
Inequities in Pediatric Trauma – Moving from
Descriptions to Action
Location: Redford Hill
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Meera Kotagal, MD, MPH
Director of Trauma Services
Director of Surgical Equity Fellowship
Assistant Professor, Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
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Objectives: Discuss strategies and approaches for addressing inequities in pediatric trauma.
11:00
Podium Presentations - Scientific
Location: Redford Hill
Lunch
Location: Rehearsal Hall
12:00 PM
Databases in Pediatric Trauma Research
Location: Redford Hill
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Justin Lee
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Objectives:
1:00
The Editor’s Perspective
Location: Redford Hill
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Whit Holcomb, MD
Objectives:
1:30
2:00
Guideline Implementation: who, what, when, where and why?
Location: Redford Hill
Regan F Williams, MD, MS, FAAP, FACS
Objectives: Examine the important aspects to ensure optimal implementation of pediatric trauma guidelines
2:30
How to Optimize Your TQIP Report
Location: Redford Hill
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Aaron R. Jensen, MD, MEd, MS, FACS, FAAP
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
Trauma Medical Director
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Oakland, CA
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Objectives: Describe the impact of injury-specific risk ratios and coding on risk-adjustment in your TQIP report.
3:00
Lightning Strike on the Grand
Location: Redford Hill
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AJ Wheeler, MD
David Weber, MD
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Objectives:
3:30
Death to Dogma
Location: Redford Hill
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Michael L. Nance, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric General Surgery
Director, Pediatric Trauma Program
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Objectives: Evaluate the choices we make and why we make them.
4:00
Break with the exhibitors
Location: Screening Room
4:30
Podium Presentations - Scientific
Location: Redford Hill
5:30
Adjourn for the day
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BBQ
Location: Rehearsal Hall
Night Activity
6:00
7:30
Trolls
Location: Theater
Night Activity
Friday, July 12, 2024
8:00 AM
The Future of Pediatric Trauma Care. The Future is Bright.
Location: Redford Hill
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R. Todd Maxson, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
The University of Arkansas for Medical Science
Surgeon in Chief, Arkansas Children’s,
Rachel Fuller Endowed Chair Surgery
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Objective: Explore the options for future technology for pediatric trauma care.
8:30
Pediatric vascular trauma: challenges and lessons learned
Location: Redford Hill
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Alexander S. Fairman, MD
Director of Pediatric Vascular Surgery
The Children’s Hopsital of Philadelphia
Objective: Describe the most typical pediatric vascular traumatic injuries and the different interventional challenges that we face in managing this patient population.
9:00
Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injury in Young Males
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Peri-Articular Knee Fractures: What to do with short segments and intra-articular fractures?
Location: Redford Hill
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Jeremy Meyer
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Jack Moser
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David Rothberg, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma
Residency Program Director
University of Utah
Department of Orthopaedics
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Anthony Schaeffer, MD, MPH, FAAP
Pediatric Urology
University of Utah School of Medicine
Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital
Objective: Discuss surgical treatment of major urethral injury related to pelvic fractures in young males.
10:00
Break with the vendors
Location: Screening Room
10:30
APPs in the Trauma Bay
Location: Redford Hill
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Annika Kay, PA-C, MPAS
Trauma Service
Intermountain Medical Center
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Objective: Describe an APP-led model of trauma bay leadership and resuscitation.
11:00
Current AI and Computer Simulation Model Research on Eye Findings of Ocular Trauma in 2024
Location: Redford Hill
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Donny W. Suh, MD, FAAP, MBA, FACS
Chief and Professor
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Gavin Herbert Eye Institute (GHEI) &
Fellowship Program & Eye Mobile Program
University of California at Irvine
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Objective: Discuss how AI and Computer Simulation Model can assist medical professionals in decision making process.
11:30
ECMO and Trauma
Location: Redford Hill
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Mark S Molitor, Jr, MD
Pediatric Surgeon
Director ECLS Program
Phoenix Children's Hospital
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Objective: Discuss the indications for and the implications of using ECMO in pediatric trauma patients.
12:00 PM
Creating a Clinical Trauma Network
Location: Redford Hill
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Matthew Eyre
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Objective:
12:30
Wrap-Up | Awards | Adjourn
Location: Redford Hill
12:45
Lunch
Location: Redford Lawn
1:00
Multi-Center Trails Lunch
Location: Redford Lawn
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Collaboration adult organizations
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ATOMAC
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