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3rd Annual How to Save a Life: IR and Surgical Management of the Trauma Patient Conference
Lake Buena Vista, FL US
November 6, 2023 to November 8, 2023
Join us for a unique opportunity to learn from the leading experts in trauma patient management!
Our conference will cover all the major topics related to the global treatment of critically-ill acute trauma patients, with a special focus on the critical partnership between interventional radiology and trauma surgery. Experience a multi-faceted approach to care as experts from both disciplines present the latest techniques and state-of-the-art equipment used for life-saving procedures. You'll gain insight from real-life examples of physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals who have been forever changed by their experiences in traumatic events.
Not only will you learn from their stories, but you'll also have access to valuable resources to help you manage challenging situations in your own practice. Don't miss out on this opportunity to expand your knowledge and skills in trauma patient care. Register now!
Not only will you learn from their stories, but you'll also have access to valuable resources to help you manage challenging situations in your own practice. Don't miss out on this opportunity to expand your knowledge and skills in trauma patient care. Register now!
Target Audience
This activity is designed for interventional radiologists and trauma surgeons as well as other surgical sub-specialists, intensivists, ER physicians, technologists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals who care for critically-ill acute trauma patients.
Learning Objectives
After this activity, participants will be able to:
- Recall problems associated with the management of mass casualties;
- State the appropriate interventional radiology and surgical diagnosis and treatment guidelines for solid organ injuries;
- Identify the unique challenges presented when managing trauma patients in the ICU;
- Discuss how the management approach to a pediatric trauma patient differs from the management approach to an adult trauma patient;
- Describe the nursing and technologist role in the life-saving measures provided to the trauma patient;
- Identify the emotional and physical problems afflicting the healthcare workers in this field and resources available for help.
| Monday, November 6 | ||
| Start Time | Subject | Speaker |
| 7:30 am | Introductory Remarks | Dr. Jeffrey Leef |
| 7:45 am | The Trauma Surgeon and Peripheral Vascular Injury | Dr. Jennifer Cone |
| 8:05 am | Tourniquets and Vascular Shunting: What We Know And What We Are Learning | Dr. David Hampton |
| 8:20 am | REBOA – How I Do It and Why? | Dr. Todd Rasmussen |
| 8:50 am | Destroying Dogma | Dr. Kenneth Mattox |
| 9:20 am | BREAK | |
| 9:40 am | PRESTO: A New Paradigm | Dr. J Matsumoto |
| 10:25 am | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | Dr. Thomas Scalea |
| 11:05 am | Imagine the Nightmare - The Death of John Lennon | Dr. David Halleran |
| 11:55 am | Debating Dogma - Discussion Panel | Moderator: Dr. Kenneth Wilson |
| Presenter: Dr. Priya Prakash | ||
| Dr. Kenneth Mattox | ||
| Dr. Thomas Scalea | ||
| Dr. LD Britt | ||
| Dr. Jonathan Lorenz | ||
| Dr. Jennifer Cone | ||
| Dr. J Matsumoto | ||
| 12:30 pm | LUNCH | |
| 12:45 pm | NON-ACCREDITED SESSION Lunch Lecture - Spectral CT and Trauma | Amar Dhanantwari, Canon Medical |
| 1:15 pm | GS Ends | |
| Tuesday, November 7 | ||
| Start Time | Subject | Speaker |
| 7:30 am | Fast Exam vs CT | Dr. Jennifer Cone |
| 7:50 am | The Role of Hybrid CT in the Trauma Patient | Dr. Mikin Patel |
| 8:10 am | Trauma - Are Our Imaging Practice Guidelines Malconcepts | Dr. Kenneth Mattox |
| 8:30 am | Liver/Pancreas Trauma: The Surgical Perspective | Dr. Priya Prakash |
| 8:50 am | Pancreas Trauma and IR | Dr. Jonathan Lorenz |
| 9:05 am | Hemothorax and the Role of Intercostal Artery Embolization | Dr. Jonathan Lorenz |
| 9:20 am | BREAK | |
| 9:45 am | Acute Care Trauma: Past, Present, and Future | Dr. LD Britt |
| 10:15 am | Dr. David Hampton | |
| 10:35 am | IR Role in Venous Lacerations and Caval Thrombosis | Dr. Mikin Patel |
| 10:55 am | BREAK | |
| 11:15 am | Transarterial Interventions in Civilian Gunshot Wound Injuries: Experience from a Level 1 Trauma Center | Dr. Clark Yu |
| 11:30 am | Discussion Panel: Topics in Trauma: What Would You Do? | Moderator: Dr. Jeffrey Leef |
| Dr. Kenneth Mattox | ||
| Dr. LD Britt | ||
| Dr. Todd Rassmussen | ||
| Dr. Priya Prakash | ||
| Dr. J Matsumoto | ||
| Dr. Jonathan Lorenz | ||
| 12:15 pm | LUNCH | |
| 1:15 pm | GS Ends | |
| Wednesday, November 8 | ||
| Start Time | Subject | Speaker |
| 7:30 am | Carotid/Vertebral Artery Trauma: The IR Perspective | Dr. Jordan Rosenblum |
| 7:55 am | The Trauma Surgeon's Perspective of Penetrating Brain Trauma: the False Security of Dogma | Dr. Priya Prakash |
| 8:20 am | Military and Civilian Contribution to Vascular Repair | Dr. Kenneth Wilson |
| 8:40 am | BREAK | |
| 9:00 am | War Lessons Learned | Dr. Kenneth Mattox |
| 9:30 am | The Greatest Day of My Life | Dr. Kenneth Wilson |
| 10:00 am | PTSD and the Trauma Healthcare Provider | Dr. Joseph Fanelli |
| 10:20 am | BREAK | |
| 10:40 am | Fact or myth? Empiric Liver Embolization Leads to Worse Outcomes in the Trauma Setting | Dr. Kylie Zane |
| 10:55 am | Discussion Panel: Old Guard vs. New Regime - Different Approaches? | Case Presentation: Phillip Morris |
| Moderator: Dr. Jeffrey Leef | ||
| Dr. Kenneth Mattox | ||
| Dr. LD Britt | ||
| Dr. Priya Prakash | ||
| Dr. Jennifer Cone | ||
| Dr. Kenneth Wilson | ||
| Dr. Mikin Patel | ||
| 11:45 am | Finals Remarks | Dr. Jeffrey Leef |
| 12:00 pm | GS Ends | |
*The agenda is subject to change.
Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club
1700 Epcot Resorts Blvd
Lake Buena Vista, FL
32836
United States
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HOTEL
Disney Yacht & Beach Club is a 4-star hotel in sunny Lake Buena Vista, FL. It is a Disney property that offers endless opportunities for you and the family to unwind, including leisure pools & waterslides, movies under the stars on the Beach Club Beach, poolside cabanas & boat rentals, fitness & spa services, and more! The resort is also within walking distance of EPCOT and a convenient boat ride to Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Please note rooms at the group rate are limited. Alternative options may be available, so call Disney at 407-939-4686 for up-to-date availability. Please secure accommodations before registering for the meeting.
Room blocks have been held at Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Resort for November 6-8, 2023, until October 6, 2023, or until the block is full. The meeting will take place at the Yacht & Beach Conference Center. If you stay at any other hotel, you will be responsible for transportation to and from the meeting. Parking for meeting participants is complimentary at the Conference Center.
Disney’s Yacht and Beach Resort Run of House at $365.00 per night (single/double occupancy)
Please note rooms at the group rate are limited. Alternative options may be available, so call Disney at 407-939-4686 for up-to-date availability. Please secure accommodations before registering for the meeting.
Room blocks have been held at Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Resort for November 6-8, 2023, until October 6, 2023, or until the block is full. The meeting will take place at the Yacht & Beach Conference Center. If you stay at any other hotel, you will be responsible for transportation to and from the meeting. Parking for meeting participants is complimentary at the Conference Center.
Disney’s Yacht and Beach Resort Run of House at $365.00 per night (single/double occupancy)
Discounted rates are available 2 days before the meeting, November 4, and 3 days post-meeting, November 11.
• Rates above do not include taxes of 12.5% (taxes subject to change).
• Reservations received after October 6, 2023, or after the block is full will be confirmed on a space availability basis at the prevailing rate.
To make room reservations, please access their online reservation system here and click on the Book Rooms link. You can also call 407-939-4686 and identify yourself as a participant in this meeting to book room reservations. Please note you will be required to enter credit card information to secure your hotel accommodations.
Theme park tickets are available for purchase here! Special theme park tickets and Advance Purchase Savings on multi-day tickets are available when purchased before the conference. Multi-day tickets also include a BONUS for you and your travel party!
Disney’s Magical Express (DME) is no longer a complimentary service for guests arriving at Orlando International Airport and staying at the Yacht and Beach Club. Mears Connect has taken over this service and for a fee, you can reserve a space on their website: https://www.mearsconnect.com/pricing.html.
ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact MOC&CO via email at uofcradiology@mocandco.com.
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LEADERSHIP TEAM
Course Director Jeffrey A. Leef, MD
Professor of Radiology
Director of Interventional Radiology Trauma Services
Course Director Mikin Patel, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Course Director 
Course Coordinator Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships prior to the start of the activity.
Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this Other activity (live/enduring) for a maximum of 45.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing Credit
University of Chicago Medicine is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Participants who successfully complete the entire activity and complete an evaluation form will earn 45.75 contact hours.
University of Chicago Medicine is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Participants who successfully complete the entire activity and complete an evaluation form will earn 45.75 contact hours.
Other Participant Credit
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the activity ends. Requests to claim credit after three months will be subject to additional fees.
EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE!
This conference offers a tremendous opportunity to highlight your company's products, services, and achievements in front of a wide array of key decision-makers. Increase your company profile by participating as an exhibitor at this exciting event.
We anticipate more than 100 participants including interventional radiologists and trauma surgeons as well as other surgical sub-specialties, intensivists, ER physicians, technologists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals who care for critically-ill acute trauma patients. Also in attendance will be our course faculty from the University of Chicago and other leading institutions.
Download the prospectus 
here or contact MOC&CO at uofcradiology@mocandco.com or 630-338-8460 for more information. We hope to see you there!
here or contact MOC&CO at uofcradiology@mocandco.com or 630-338-8460 for more information. We hope to see you there!
REGISTRATION
Click the button below to register! There is early bird registration pricing available for all conference passes of $100 off the standard cost. These discounted prices are available until October 7, 2023, 30 days prior to the event.
| Profession Type | Early Fees | Regular Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Physicians | $750 | $850 |
| Non-Physicians/Retirees/Veterans | $550 | $650 |
| Nurses/Technicians/Other Health Care Professionals | $550 | $650 |
| Industry Professional | $895 | $995 |
| Exhibitor/Sponsor | $895 | $995 |
| Students/Residents/Fellows | $375 | $475 |
CLAIMING CREDIT
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Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the conference end date. Requests to claim credit after three months will be subject to additional fees.
Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the conference end date. Requests to claim credit after three months will be subject to additional fees.
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