Name: Interesting Cases
Start: 2026-05-15T14:30:00-0400
End: 2026-05-15T16:30:00-0400

Friday May 15, 2026 2:30pm - 4:30pm EDT

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

Gary Kaml, MD

Trauma Medical Director, Backus Hospital

Speakers

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 →

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.

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 →

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 →

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