DAY 1 - Thursday, December 3, 2026
07:00 - Registration, Breakfast, Visit with our sponsors
07:30 - Welcome - Bryan Love, MD, FACS - Trauma Medical Director
07:35 - Color Guard - Long Beach Police Color Guard
07:40 - Blessing - Reverend Stanley Kim
07:45 - Opening Remarks - Carolyn Caldwell, St. Mary Medical Center CEO
SESSION 1: THE FRONTLINES: PRE-HOSPITAL RESCUE OPERATIONS
Moderator: Kathy Dollarhide, RN
08:00 - Beyond the Walls: Deploying the Hospital Emergency Response Team (HERT)
Damon Clark, MD
08:30 - Beneath the Surface: The Physiology and Reality of Water Rescue
Matt Wojcik, MS
09:00 - Tape Review & Discussion
SESSION 2: STROKE AND TRAUMA
Moderator: Devin Creighton, NP
09:15 - STRAUMA
Lisa Johnson, MSN, NP-C
09:30 - Inside the Brain: Neuro Interventional Radiology’s Frontier in Trauma
Elie Dancour, MD
09:45 - Tape Review & Discussion
10:00 - BREAK (15 MINUTES)
SESSION 3: THE GOLDEN HOUR: EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DYNAMICS
Moderator: Sherry Haghighat, MD
10:15 - Urban Menace: The E-Bike Trauma Epidemic
Danny Fernandez, MD
10:30 - Managing the Obese Trauma Patient
Rey Henry
10:45 - Topic TBD
John Mark Sawyer
11:00 - Emerging and re-emerging Infections
Arlene Vernon, MD
11:15 - Tape Review & Discussion
SESSION 4: SPECIAL POPULATIONS: TRAUMA IN PREGNANCY & NEONATOLOGY
Moderator: Hector Ludi, MD
11:30 - Pregnancy & Trauma Management Principles
Bryan Love, MD, FACS
11:50 - Tiny Patients, Massive Stakes: The Golden Minutes of Neonatal Resuscitation
Marianne Gaushe-Hill, MD, FACEP, FAAP, FAEMS
12:10 - Tape Review & Discussion
12:25 - LUNCH (45 MINUTES)
SESSION 5: KEYNOTE
Moderator: Bryan Love, MD, FACS
13:10 - The Pediatric Pipeline: Triage, Treatment, and Transfer of the Injured Child
Dr. Donald Moores
13:55 - Discussion
SESSION 6: BEYOND THE ER: CRITICAL CARE & ICU MANAGEMENT
Moderator: Joseph Sirody
14:40 - Turf Wars: The Open vs. Closed ICU Debate
Karim Tadlaoui, MD
14:25 - Gut Check: The Truth About Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis
Adam Golden, MD
14:40 - The Hardest Conversation: Palliative Care in the Trauma Setting
April Aloiau, DNP, AGNP-C, APRN, PHN, Palliative Care Specialist
14:55 - Moral Injury: Navigating Ethical Minefields in Trauma Care
Speaker: TBD
15:10 - Tape Review & Discussion
15:25 - BREAK (15 MINUTES)
SESSION 7: Disaster Management
Moderator: Bill Paige, RN, Trauma Program Director
15:40 - Shockwave: The Physics and Physiology of Blast Injuries
James Tatum, MD
15:55 - Invisible Threat: Frontline Management of Radiation Exposure
Arlene Vernon, MD
16:10 - Grab and Go: Mastering Personal Emergency Preparedness
Johnathon Pryor, MD
16:25 - Tape Review & Discussion
16:40 - Closing Remarks
Bryan Love, MD, FACS - Trauma Medical Director
16:50 - ADJOURN
DAY 2 - Friday, December 4, 2026
07:00 - Registration, Breakfast, Visit with our sponsors
SESSION 8: ESSENTIAL UPDATES: TRAUMA, BURN & PREPAREDNESS
Moderator: Matt Wojcik
07:30 - Trial by Fire: Critical First Steps in Severe Burn Management
Akira Sugiyama, MD
07:50 - When the Sky Falls: MCI on the Tarmac
Kathy Dollarhide, RN, BSN, CEN, CEM(r) Certified Emergency Manager
08:15 - Tape Review & Discussion
SESSION 9: THE CONTINUUM OF CARE: CASE MANAGEMENT, REHAB, & OUTREACH
Moderator: Bill Paige, RN, Trauma Program Director
08:30 - Connecting the Dots: The Critical Role of Trauma Case Management
Stephanie Estrada
08:45 - The Long Road Back: Redefining Recovery and Resilience in Trauma Rehab
Mirabelle Fobi, DHA, FACHE, MBA, CHPC, CIPP, BSN, CMSRN
09:15 - Tape Review & Discussion
09:30 BREAK (15 MINUTES)
SESSION 10: CONFRONTING HIDDEN CHALLENGES: RESILIENCE, TEAMWORK, AND ADVOCACY
Moderator: Arlene Vernon, MD
09:50 - Hidden in Plain Sight: Identifying Human Trafficking
Special Agent Ronald G. Schloegel, FBI
10:10 - Healing the Healers: Surviving Burnout on the Frontlines
Christy Martinez, RN
10:30 - Synchronized Chaos: Building High-Performance Teams
James Keany, MD, MBA, FACEP
10:50 - Tape Review & Discussion
SESSION 11: THE FUTURE OF TRAUMA: EMERGING TRENDS & THREATS
Moderator: Dr. Garg
11:05 - The AI Revolution
TBD
11:25 - See You in Court: Navigating the Medicolegal Minefield of Trauma Care
Michael Liu (Bonne, Bridges)
11:45 - Code Black: Defending Against Cyber Warfare
Jesse Munoz, DTS
12:05 - Tape Review & Discussion
12:20 - Farewell/Closing Remarks
Bryan Love, MD, FACS
12:30 - ADJOURN