Navigating the Space:The Intersection of Public Safety

and Public Health In Our Nation’s Trauma Centers

Join the American Trauma Society for an afternoon of unique presentations that examine the intersection of public safety and public health with injuries and deaths related to violent incidents across the nation. Our half day program will focus on this pressing crisis, through the lens of healthcare staff, public safety officials, and survivors. Join our members, staff, and guests for a virtual conference featuring well known national speakers as well as live question and answer sessions.

Speakers will include: 

• Maggie Baumer, JD - Area Clinic Business Manager at Hanger ClinicDr. Barsotti, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,  - American Foundation for Firearm Injury
• Courtney Dunkerton - Human Trafficking Program Coordinator and Content Strategist for North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NCCASA)
• Erin Carlyle Hall, M.D. M.P.H. - Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Georgetown University School of Medicine and Attending, Trauma Surgery and Critical Care at MedStar Washington Hospital Center
  
• Debra Houry, MD, MPH - Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Director for Program and Science at CDC
• Sharon Henry, M.D., F.A.C.S. - Anne Scalea Professor of Trauma Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and a trauma surgeon at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
• Susan Kennedy, RN  - Trauma Program Manager at Medstar Washington Hospital Center
• Melissa (Missy) Sorensen, MSN, BS, RN, CSTR, CPHQ - Trauma Registry Lead for Centura Health

This conference is designed for anyone involved in trauma care and systems at the EMS, hospital, local, or state level, including:

• Nurses
• EMTs
• Paramedics
• Physicians
• Trauma survivors and their families
• Registry professionals
• Injury prevention professionals
• Trauma program managers
• All other healthcare professionals