2026 Connecticut Trauma Conference: Full Schedule

1:00pm EDT

Lenworth Jacobs Keynote Speaker - From Idea to Impact: A Retrospective on the Evolution of Ideas to Meaningful Change

Thursday May 14, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

Ballroom A

Moderators

Kevin Schuster, MD

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

Speakers

Michael Rotondo

Senior Advisor for Innovation, Academic Engagement & Leadership Development, University of Rochester Medical Center & the UR Health Lab

Dr. Michael F. Rotondo, MD, FACS, is a distinguished Senior Advisor at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), where he champions innovation, academic engagement, and leadership development. With an extensive career spanning over three decades in academic acute care surgery... Read More →

D1 06 The Jacobs Address Rotondo pdf

Thursday May 14, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Ballroom A

Keynote

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

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

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