Trauma Center Hosts Distinguished Visiting Professor for Statewide Lecture Series

SMH recently had the honor of serving as a host for the Florida Committee on Trauma’s (FCOT) statewide Visiting Professor Lecture Series.

FCOT, which is the Florida chapter of the American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma, brings in experts from all over the U.S. to share the latest research and best practices to improve trauma care.

The visiting professor at Sarasota Memorial was Thomas M. Scalea, MD, FACS, MCCM, who is the medical director of the Trauma Program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, a Distinguished Professor of Trauma Surgery and Physician in Chief of the Shock Trauma Center at the university. Dr. Scalea is a legend in the field with more than 600 articles, 190 abstracts, 80 book chapters 900 regional, national, and international presentations. During his visit, he shared the latest advances in the management of pelvic fractures.

Hosting the statewide lecture, above from left, are SMH Trauma Surgeon Brian Kimbrell, MD; Peter Pappas, MD, chair of the Florida Committee on Trauma; Justin Davis, APRN III, Trauma; Katie Deladda and Kaitlin Maslonka, both PA IIIs in Trauma; SMH Trauma Surgeon Christian Schuetz, MD; SMH Trauma Surgeon Ali Al-Rawi, MD; Jason Jaffe, PA III, Trauma; guest speaker Thomas Scalea, MD, FACS, MCCM, Distinguished Professor of Trauma Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine; SMH Trauma Surgeon Alan Brockhurst, MD; SMH Trauma Surgeon Dustin Price, DO; and SMH Surgeon T. Patrick Fitzgerald, MD.