Conference Faculty
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Kwami Asante, MD
Chairman of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
St Francis Hospital
Medical Director, Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital
Hartford, CT
David Bailey, BS, NRP, EMS-1
EMS Coordinator
Hartford HealthCare
Hartford Hospital
Department of Emergency Medicine
Kimberly Barre, MHA, BSN, RN*
Trauma Program Manager
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT
Stacey Bass, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Yale School of Medicine
Medical Director, Pediatric Interventional Radiology
New Haven, CT
Rachel Beekman, MD
Assistant Professor
Yale School of Medicine
Director, Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program
New Haven, CT
Carina Biggs, MD FACS
Trauma Medical Director
Saint Mary’s Hospital
Waterbury, CT
Ada Booth, MD FAAP
Ada Booth, MD FAAP
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
UConn School of Medicine
Child Abuse Pediatrics (SCAN Program)
Connecticut Children’s
Hartford, CT
Eileen Bulger, MD FACS
Professor & Division Chief, Division of Trauma, Burns, & Critical Care
Department of Surgery
University of Washington
Surgeon-in-Chief
Harborview Medical Center
Brendan Campbell, MD, MPH, FACS*
Associate Professor of Surgery & Pediatrics
UCONN School of Medicine
Medical Director, Pediatric Trauma Program
Connecticut Children’s
Hartford, CT
Mark Cicero, MD
Associate Professor Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
Director, Pediatric Disaster Preparedness
Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital
New Haven, CT
Alfred Croteau, MD*
Assistant Professor of Acute Care Surgery
UCONN School of Medicine
Division of Acute Care Surgery
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT
Alexandra Dinello, MD
Fellow, Wilderness Medicine
Wake Forest University
Brianna Fram, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation
Yale School of Medicine
Orthopedic Trauma
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT
Jonathan Gates, MD, FACS*
Professor of Surgery
UCONN School of Medicine
Trauma Medical Director
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT
Emily Gilmore, MD, FNCS, FACNS
Associate Professor
Yale School of Medicine
Director, Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit, Neurology
Co-Director, Neurotrauma, Neurology & Neurosurgery
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT
Shea Gregg, MD, FACS*
Trauma Surgeon
Hartford Healthcare
Hartford Hospital & Hospital of Central CT
Ronald I. Gross, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine
Trauma & Acute Care Surgery
St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center
Hartford CT
COL (Ret), MC, USAR
David T. Harrington, MD
Professor of Surgery at Alpert Medical School
Vice-chair for Quality, Department of Surgery
Chief, Division of General Surgery
Director of Rhode Island Burn Center at Rhode Island Hospital
President, Rhode Island Burn Foundation
Melissa Hoffman, MD, ND, FACS
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Mission Hospital
Asheville, NC
Gary Kaml, MD, FACS*
Assistant Professor
UCONN School of Medicine
Medical Director, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care
Backus Hospital
Norwich, CT
Kenneth Lipow, MD
Neurosurgeon
Adrian Maung, MD, FACS*
Associate Professor of Surgery
Yale School of Medicine
Adult Trauma Medical Director
Section of General Surgery,
Trauma & Surgical Critical Care
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT
Kyle McClaine, MD
Emergency Medicine
Chief of Emergency Services
EMS Medical Director
William Backus Hospital
Norwich, CT
Leah Meisterling, DO, MBA
Assistant Clinical Professor
UConn School of Medicine
Chair of NeuroAnesthesia
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT
Stephanie Montgomery, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
UConn & Frank L. Netter Schools of Medicine
Trauma Medical Director
Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center
Hartford, CT
Lucy Ruangvoravat, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
General Surgery, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT
Kevin Schuster, MD, MPH, FACS*
Associate Professor of Surgery
Section of General Surgery,
Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Yale School of Medicine
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT
David Shapiro, MD, FACS, FCCM*
Associate Professor of Surgery
UConn & Frank L. Netter Schools of Medicine
Chief Medical Officer
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Hartford, CT
Jason Smith, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS
Chief Medical Officer for UofL Health
Berel L. Abrams, MD Endowed Professor in Surgery
Chief of the Division of General Surgery
Professor of Surgery & Physiology
Hiram C. Polk Jr. Department of Surgery
Louisville, KY
Daniel Solomon, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics
Yale School of Medicine
Director, Pediatric Surgical Quality, Surgery
Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital
New Haven, CT
Jennifer Tabak, RN, MSN*
Trauma Program Manager
Connecticut Children’s
Hartford, CT
Matthew Tischauer, MD
Director, Division of Emergency Critical Care & Emergency Critical Care Unit
Fellowship Director, Emergency Critical Care & Resuscitation
Associate Professor, UConn School of Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care
Hartford Hospital & The Central Region
Peter Zdankiewicz, MD, FACS*
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Frank L. Netter School of Medicine
Trauma Medical Director
Waterbury Hospital
Waterbury, CT
*Board of Directors