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UT System Trauma Research Symposium

Location: AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center

Address: 1900 University Ave., Austin, Texas 78705 | View Map »

Start Date: Monday, February 10, 2025 at 7:30 a.m.

End Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 3 p.m.

About the Event

The UT System Trauma Research Symposium unites experts, researchers and practitioners from the UT System and the Department of Defense to prompt the exchange of innovative ideas and the development of new professional connections. It is a unique opportunity to engage with leaders in the field through presentations, workshops and networking sessions that foster collaboration and advancement of trauma research. View the agenda »

Register by Friday, Jan. 31.

Keynote Speakers

Day 1 | Feb. 10

  • 9:30-10 a.m. | “Advances in Artificial Intelligence to Improve Care for Trauma (ACT): Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Trauma System Performance in Texas”
    Brian Eastridge, M.D., Chief, Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery; Jocelyn and Joe Straus Endowed Chair in Trauma Research, UT Health San Antonio
  • 11:15 a.m.-noon | Military Keynote Speaker | “National Disaster Medical System as a Matter of National Defense”
    Colonel Valerie Sams, M.D., USAF, Director, Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (C-STARS) Cincinnati
  • 2-2:30 p.m. | “Utilization of Short-Wave Infrared Imaging and Machine Learning Algorithms for Assessment of Burn Wound Depth”
    Benjamin Levi, M.D., Dr. Lee Hudson-Robert R. Penn Chair in Surgery and professor, UT Southwestern; Director, Center for Organogenesis Regeneration and Trauma
  • 5-5:30 p.m. | Trauma Keynote Speaker
    Marc Fucarile, CEO, M.A.R.C. Network; Founder, ReM.A.R.C.able Foundation; Boston Marathon Bombing survivor

Day 2 | Feb. 11

  • 8:30-9 a.m. | “TRUST (Trauma Recovery Using Support From Trauma Informed Care): An Approach to Health Equity”
    Erika Brigmon, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, UT Health San Antonio
  • 1-1:30 p.m. | “Clinical Trial Planning: Precision Medicine Trial Identifying Glyburide Responsive Genotypes To Reduce Contusion Expansion After TBI”
    Charles Cox, M.D., Clare A. Glassell Distinguished Chair of Pediatric Surgery; George & Cynthia Mitchell Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience, McGovern Medical School; Director, Pediatric Trauma Program, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital; Co-director, Texas Trauma Institute

For more information, email Christina Spencer.

This event is hosted by the Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative, an initiative of The University of Texas System.