Agenda — Northeast Georgia Trauma Symposium

11TH ANNUAL NORTHEAST GEORGIA TRAUMA SYMPOSIUM

2026 Agenda

FROM RESUSCITATION TO RECOVERY

0700 - 0750
0750 - 0805
0805 - 0835
Dr. Charles Ingram: Traumatic Arrest: Are We Doing It Right? - Updates from the Literature
0835 - 0905
Dr. Sheldon Cheskes: Two Defibrillators. One Refractory Rhythm. Now What? - Double Sequential External Defibrillation
0905 - 0935
Dr. David Fischer: Too Soon to Say? - The Science of Neuroprognostication After Catastrophic Brain Injury
0935 - 0950
Panel Discussion
0950 - 1015
Break
1015 - 1045
Dr. Eileen Bulger: When the System Is Overwhelmed - Regional Medical Operations Coordination in Crisis
1045 - 1115
Tracy Henry, MSc, BSN: CT Catopsy: When Imaging Tells the Rest of the Story
1115 - 1145
Dr. Maia Dorsett: Measure What Matters - Rethinking Quality in Prehospital Trauma Care
1145 - 1200
Panel Discussion
1200 - 1210
Nathan Deal Governor’s Award for Trauma Excellence
1210 - 1255
Lunch
1255 - 1325
The Patient Behind the Protocol - A Trauma Survivor’s Story
1325 - 1355
Dr. Martin Zielinski: Blood Before the Trauma Bay - Taking Damage-Control Resuscitation to the Patient
1355 - 1425
Dr. Elizabeth Benjamin: The Bleeding Liver - Operate, Embolize, Observe - or All of the Above?
1425 - 1440
Panel Discussion
1440 - 1500
Break
1500 - 1530
Dr. Chance Spalding: REBOA in Pregnancy: When Two Lives Hang in the Balance - Case Series & Lessons Learned
1530 - 1600
Dr. Keshma Saujani, Dr. Bradley Kuhn, and the NGHS Simulation Team: Minutes to Delivery - Resuscitative Cesarean Hysterotomy LIVE Simulation
1600 - 1610

Northeast Georgia Trauma Symposium

This isn’t just another conference; it’s an opportunity to stay ahead with the latest advancements and premier trauma care insights. We spend months planning every detail to ensure we deliver the absolute best content for trauma care professionals in the region.