Trauma Conference 2009

From Beginning to End

On June 11, 2009 over 130 healthcare workers from around the region gathered together at Children's Hospital Los Angeles to share vital information regarding pediatric trauma care…

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES

To update participants on current management of common pediatric trauma and pediatric critical care.
To improve the understanding of differences between management in adult and pediatric trauma care
To present the state-of-the-art evidence-based medicine/research for pediatric injuries and care.
To demonstrate examples of how trauma and disease affects different ethnic populations.

Presentations

Each presentation requires a password to view. Please contact us at (323) 361-7607 for more information.

Access presentations using the conference password: CHLA09T

	Jeffrey Upperman, MD Trauma Medical Director at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Associate Professor of Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine. View Dr. Upperman's Spotlight
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	Jennifer Weiss, MD “MANAGEMENT OF DISPLACED AND OPEN FRACTURES” Dr. Weiss has been an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California since 2004. VIEW PRESENTATION (PDF)
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	Jeff Hammoudeh, MD “CRANIOFACIAL TRAUMA: MANAGING AIRWAY AND INJURIES” Dr. Hammoudeh served as a Craniofacial Fellow with the Department of Pediatric Plastic Surgery at CHLA/Keck school of medicine. VIEW PRESENTATION (PDF)
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	Thomas Lee, MD “TRAUMATIC EYE INJURIES” Dr. Lee is an Attending Physician at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. He is the Director of the Retina Institute at CHLA and the Associate Director of the Vision Center at CHLA. VIEW PRESENTATION (PDF)
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	Tony Ortega "PEDICATRIC ASSESSMENT TRIANGLE IN THE PREHOSPITAL SETTING" Mr. Ortega has been an RN in the Emergency Department at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Centers since 1993. He is an EMS Educator with the Los Angeles Fire Department and served in the US Navel Reserve as a hospital corpsman for over 7 years. VIEW PRESENTATION (PDF)
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	Cyrus Rangan, MD “ENVENOMATION” Dr. Rangan has been an Attending and Toxicology consultant at CHLA since 2000, and has been the Director of the Toxics Epidemiology Program for the Department of Health Services in Los Angeles since 2002. VIEW PRESENTATION (PDF)
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	Karen Kay Imagawa, MD “NON-ACCIDENTAL TRAUMA” Dr. Imagawa has been an Attending Physician at CHLA, Dept of Pediatrics, Divisions of General Pediatrics and Emergency and Transport Medicine since 1993.
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	Mark Krieger, MD “TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: AVOIDING HYPOTENSION AND HYPOXEMIA” Dr. Krieger is an Assistant Professor at University of Southern California who has 30 peer review publications, as well as over a hundred abstracts, presentations and lectures on subject areas such as pediatric brain tumors, traumatic brain injuries and pediatric skull abnormalities
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	Peter Grossman, MD “PREHOSPITAL AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CARE OF PEDIATRIC BURNS” Dr. Grossman practices out of the Grossman Medical Group and is Co-Director of the Grossman Burn Centers in Sherman Oaks.
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	Alan Nager, MD “UNIQUE TRAUMATIC INJURIES” Dr. Alan L. Nager is Director of the Division of Emergency and Transport Medicine at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles since 1997. VIEW PRESENTATION (PDF)
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	Roger De Filippo, MD “GENITO-URINARY TRAUMA” Dr. De Filippo is the head of the Laboratory for Organ Regenerative Research and Tissue Engineering for the Developmental Biology Program at CHLA. VIEW PRESENTATION (PDF)
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	Niurka Rivero, MD “SYSTEMIC EFFECTS OF TRAUMA: MORE THAN THE SUM OF THE PARTS” Dr. Rivero is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, USC Keck School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles. She is also the Educational Director and the Fellowship Director for the Division of Critical Care Medicine at CHLA VIEW PRESENTATION (PDF)
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	Judy Sherif, RN, CPN, BSN, MNA “PEDIATRIC TRANSPORT CONSIDERATIONS” Judy Sherif is the Operations Manager, Emergency Room, Kids Care and the Program Administrator for the Children's Emergency Transport at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. VIEW PRESENTATION (PDF)
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	Kevan Craig, DO “LONG TERM EFFECTS OF TBI” Dr. Kevan Craig is the Division Head of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Services at CHLA. He has also served as Medical Director for Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicines Services at both Loma Linda University Medical Center, Children’s Hospital Central California, and currently holds that position at Children’s Hospital of Orange County. VIEW PRESENTATION (PDF)
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	Nancy McGrath, PNP “FAMILY PRESENCE AND THE FAMILY PERSPECTIVE” Nancy McGrath is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.
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	Jeffrey Gold, PhD “POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER” Dr. Gold is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. He is the Director of the Pediatric Pain Management Clinic in the Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine at Children's Hospital Los Angeles VIEW PRESENTATION (PDF)
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	Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, MD “ CORONER’S REPORT” Dr. Lakshmanan is a 30+ year veteran of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, and was appointed as Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for Los Angeles County in 1992 by the Board of Supervisors. He is a Board Certified Physician in 6 specialties including Anatomic, Clinical & Forensic Pathology, Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease, and Geriatrics. VIEW PRESENTATION (PDF)
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	"Fellow Face-off Case Presentation" James Pierce, MD Dr. Pierce is a Pediatric Surgery Hospitalist at CHLA, and has served a Surgical Critical Care residency here as well. He was Chief Resident at LA County Hospital in 2007-2008. Todd Chang, MD Dr. Chang is the Chief Fellow for the Department of Emergency Medicine and Transport Medicine at CHLA. Mary Austin, MD Dr. Austin is the Chief Resident for the Pediatric Surgery Dept at CHLA Emily Willner, MD VIEW PRESENTATION (PDF)
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