The JPS Trauma Symposium will be on current trauma, critical care, and complex social concerns impacting care delivery.
This year's symposium will take place on Friday, October 18, 2024.
The symposium features cutting edge lectures, innovative topics and interactive discussions by leaders in the field of trauma care. Through well researched and evidence-based trauma medical care, this symposium is intended to heighten participants’ competence by providing the most up-to-date best practice guidelines, pre-hospital care, violence prevention, cultural and language intricacies and treatment and management of traumatic injuries. The conference’s overall goal is to produce positive patient outcomes, provide professional development opportunities and expanded clinical practice guidelines for injury prevention and trauma care.
The 16th Annual JPS Trauma Symposium will take place on Friday, October 30, 2026. More details are coming soon!
Agenda
| Times | Agenda | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 8 a.m. | Direct Peritoneal Resuscitation: Soothing the Savage Abdomen | Jason Smith, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS University of Louisville Health |
| 9 a.m. | Evidence-Based Practices, Best Practices, and Speculative “Best Practices” for Identifying Sex Trafficking in Healthcare Settings | Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco, PhD Break the Chain, LLC |
| 10:15 a.m. | The Future of Trauma Recovery Infrastructure: Building Systems That Can Scale | Thomas Stephenson, BA TandemStride |
| 11:15 a.m. | Direct to OR Protocols for Trauma: Expediting Hemorrhage Control When Every Second Counts | Mike Wandling, MD, MS, FACS Red Duke Trauma Institute at Memorial Herman Hospital |
| 12:45 p.m. | Ghost in the Machine: Leveraging AI in the Trauma Bay | Ryan Dumas, MD, FACS Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2 p.m. | Bringing Enhanced Recovery to Emergency General Surgery: A Multidisciplinary Approach | Brandy Ferguson, MD Memorial Hermann Health System Adam Lee, MBA Memorial Hermann Health System |
| 3 p.m. | ECMO for the Critically Injured Patient: Challenges and Opportunities | Jonathan Marinaro, MD Exceed Medical “DPACC” |
Agenda
Continuing Education: NCPD, EMS, CME, and IPCE
Continuing education credit will be available.
Accreditation Statements:
JPS Health Network is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
JPS Health Network is accredited with the Texas Department of State Health Services to provide EMS Continuing Education (CE). DSHS CE Program is an Accredited Provider of CE credits and contact hours for educational activities.
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and JPS Health Network. The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to award continuing medical education to physicians.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit.
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth designates this activity for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth designates this program for a maximum of 7.0 contact hours of AOA Category 2B CME credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in the activity.
Social Workers completing this course receive 7.00 contact hour of continuing education credits.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 7.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Event Location:
Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex
505 W. Felix Street
Fort Worth, TX 76115
Questions?
Please contact Callie Crawford: ccrawfor02@jpshealth.org.