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Friday, May 15
 

8:00am EDT

Sex-Related Disparities in Vehicle Crash Injury
Friday May 15, 2026 8:00am - 8:30am EDT
Ballroom A

Speakers
avatar for Susan Cronn

Susan Cronn

Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric General & Thoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin
Susan Cronn is a trauma nurse practitioner and clinical researcher who recently served as the first Hargarten Injury Prevention Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Comprehensive Injury Center at Medical College of Wisconsin, one of 11 federally funded injury research centers in the US. Her... Read More →
Conference Board
avatar for Gary Kaml, MD

Gary Kaml, MD

Trauma Medical Director, Backus Hospital

D2 01 SusanCronnCTTrauma Conference pdf
Friday May 15, 2026 8:00am - 8:30am EDT
Ballroom A
  Expert Presentation

8:30am EDT

What The Healthcare Team Should Know: Tips from Law Enforcement
Friday May 15, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am EDT
Ballroom A

Speakers
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Brian Foley

Town Manager, Town of Tolland
Brian Foley is currently the Town Manager of Tolland, CT, and has held that post since June of 2022. Prior to that, Brian was the Assistant to the Commissioner of the State of Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for 3 years, CT DESPP oversees the Connecticut... Read More →
Conference Board
avatar for Gary Kaml, MD

Gary Kaml, MD

Trauma Medical Director, Backus Hospital

BFoley Preserving Evidence for Healthcare Providers pdf
Friday May 15, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am EDT
Ballroom A
  Expert Presentation

9:00am EDT

Bridging the Gap: How Forensic Pathology Informs Trauma Care
Friday May 15, 2026 9:00am - 9:30am EDT
Ballroom A

Speakers
avatar for Maura DeJoseph

Maura DeJoseph

Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, State of Connecticut
Dr. Maura DeJoseph is a board-certified Forensic Pathologist working as the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner for the State of Connecticut. Dr. DeJoseph has been the Deputy Chief in Connecticut for 12 years and a medical examiner for 19 years, having also worked previously in Long Island... Read More →
Conference Board
avatar for Gary Kaml, MD

Gary Kaml, MD

Trauma Medical Director, Backus Hospital

D2 03 DeJoseph Bridging the Gap Forensic Pathology in Trauma Care 5.15.2026 pdf
Friday May 15, 2026 9:00am - 9:30am EDT
Ballroom A
  Expert Presentation

10:00am EDT

A Surgeon In Crisis
Friday May 15, 2026 10:00am - 10:30am EDT
Ballroom A

Moderators
avatar for Jonathan Gates, MD

Jonathan Gates, MD

Trauma Medical Director, Hartford Hospital

Speakers
avatar for Michael Ivy

Michael Ivy

Chief Medical Officer, Gaylord Specialty Healthcare
Michael Ivy is the Chief Medical Officer for Gaylord Specialty Healthcare. He assumed that role in March of 2024. Prior to that, he was the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Yale New Haven Health System, a role he was in from Nov 2019 until Feb 2024. Before that, he served as the interim... Read More →
Ivy SurgeonInCrisis pdf
Friday May 15, 2026 10:00am - 10:30am EDT
Ballroom A
  Expert Presentation

10:30am EDT

EMS in Crisis
Friday May 15, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
Ballroom A

Moderators
avatar for Jonathan Gates, MD

Jonathan Gates, MD

Trauma Medical Director, Hartford Hospital

Speakers
avatar for Robert Luckritz

Robert Luckritz

Chief, Austin-Travis County EMS
Robert Luckritz has served in healthcare for nearly 30 years, serving in many roles including EMS Chief and hospital leader. He is currently the Chief of Austin-Travis County EMS, the largest municipal third-service EMS agency in the United States.Prior to joining Austin-Travis County... Read More →
Friday May 15, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
Ballroom A
  Expert Presentation

11:00am EDT

Fight Me! Lessons (and Injuries) from the Ring, Cage and Beyond
Friday May 15, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Ballroom A

Moderators
avatar for David Shapiro

David Shapiro

Chair, CT ACS Committee on Trauma; Chair, ACS Stop the Bleed Program
Dr Shapiro is also an Associate Professor of Surgery, UConn and Associate Professor of Surgery, Quinnipiac University Netter School of Medicine.
Speakers
avatar for Alex Arroyo

Alex Arroyo

Director of Pediatric Emergency Department, Maimonides Medical Center
Dr. Arroyo received his undergraduate education at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, graduating magna cum laude with a bachelor of science in biology and a minor in psychology. Dr. Arroyo received his doctor of medicine degree from the University of Connecticut school of medicine in... Read More →
Friday May 15, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Ballroom A
  Keynote

1:00pm EDT

How EMS Can Impact Trauma Center Verification
Friday May 15, 2026 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
Ballroom A

Moderators
avatar for Kevin Schuster, MD

Kevin Schuster, MD

Section Chief, General Surgery, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Yale Medicine/Bridgeport Hospital

Speakers
avatar for Scott Sagraves

Scott Sagraves

Surgeon, BaylorScott & White
Dr. Scott G. Sagraves was born in New Britain, CT and graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, CT with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Biology. He served his community as an EMT/Paramedic for ten years and was an Auxiliary Police Officer with the New Britain Police Department... Read More →
Sagraves EMS and Verification pdf
Friday May 15, 2026 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
Ballroom A
  Expert Presentation

1:30pm EDT

Inpatient Care and Trauma Center Verification
Friday May 15, 2026 1:30pm - 2:00pm EDT
Ballroom A

Moderators
avatar for Kevin Schuster, MD

Kevin Schuster, MD

Section Chief, General Surgery, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Yale Medicine/Bridgeport Hospital

Speakers
avatar for Kimberly Barre

Kimberly Barre

Conference Director, System Registry Manager, Trauma Program Manager, Yale New Haven Health
Kim has been a nurse for over 35 years and has been CCRN certified for 22 years. She has worked in SICU, MICU, CCU, and the Burn Unit. In addition to these populations, she has experience with Trauma, Neuro-trauma, and Cardio-thoracic patients.  Supporting critical care education... Read More →
D2 Barre Inpatient and VRC pdf
Friday May 15, 2026 1:30pm - 2:00pm EDT
Ballroom A
  Expert Presentation

2:30pm EDT

Interesting Cases
Friday May 15, 2026 2:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Ballroom A
Providers from across the state will share unique and interesting cases as a platform for learning and development.
1. More Than Skin Deep: Shock in a Pediatric Patient with a Scald Burn. Mariann Kelley. Connecticut Children's Hospital
2. Prolonged Neuromuscular Blockade in Traumatic Brain Injury: Balancing Cerebral Perfusion with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. Jacquiline Danisi. Danbury Hospital
3. Thoracotomy - Necessity for OR in Blunt Trauma?? Sean Ramras, Waterbury Hospital
4. Power of a Trauma System: Survival After Blunt Traumatic Arrest. Tiahna Spencer. Hartford Hospital.
5. Blood and Air: Field Resuscitation of Traumatic Arrest with a Disrupted Airway. Sarah Posillico. St Francis Hospital & Medical Center.
Moderators
avatar for Gary Kaml, MD

Gary Kaml, MD

Trauma Medical Director, Backus Hospital

Speakers
avatar for Sarah Posillico

Sarah Posillico

Trauma Surgeon, St Francis Hospital & Medical Center
Dr. Sarah Posillico went to medical school at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and completed her surgical residency at University Hospitals/Cleveland Medical Center in Cleveland, OH. She received additional fellowship training in Surgical Critical Care at University... Read More →
avatar for Sean Ramras

Sean Ramras

Chief Resident General Surgery, Waterbury Hospital
Sean Ramras is a current Chief Resident in General Surgery at UConn Health Waterbury Hospital and will be continuing as a fellow in Vascular Surgery at UConn Health/Hartford Hospital.
avatar for Jacqueline Danisi

Jacqueline Danisi

DO, Resident, General Surgery, Danbury Hospital
Jacqueline Danisi is a general surgery resident now in her research year at Danbury Hospital, Zucker School of Medicine, Northwell Health. She received her Master of Science in Anatomy at Penn State College of Medicine and her medical degree from University of the Incarnate Word School... Read More →
avatar for Mariann Kelley

Mariann Kelley

MD Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Connecticut Children's Hospital
Mariann Nocera Kelley, MD is a Pediatric Emergency Medicine attending at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.  Dr. Kelley graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine... Read More →
avatar for Tiahna Spencer

Tiahna Spencer

Fellow, Hartford Hospital
Dr. Spencer is a Surgical Critical Care and Trauma fellow at UConn/Hartford Hospital and a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She completed her general surgery residency at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Northern Virginia. She has a strong interest in education... Read More →
Ramras Thoracotomy pdf
Kelley Peds Scald Burn pdf
Danisi NMB and VAP pdf
Posillico Disrupted Airway pdf
Spencer TraumaSystemBluntArrest pdf
Friday May 15, 2026 2:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Ballroom A
 

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