2024 Trauma Symposium Speakers
Carlos H. Palacio, MD, FACS
Course Director
Dr. Palacio is the Director of Research for the trauma program and Director for the Advanced Trauma and Life Support course at STHS McAllen. He is also the local Program Director of the General Surgery Residency at the Valley Health System GME Consortium, and an instructor for the American College of Surgeons Stop the Bleeding class.
Rachel Appelbaum MD
Rachel Appelbaum, is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as part of the Division of Acute Care Surgery. She completed her Medical School education at the University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine. Dr. Appelbaum is board certified in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care.
Jay Doucet, CD, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, RDMS
Jay Doucet is Chief, Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Burns & Acute Care Surgery. He is Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness and Response. He is also in the Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Burns & Acute Care Surgery, University of California San Diego.
Robert D. Greenberg, MD, FACEP
Robert D. Greenberg is the Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Emergency Services, Central Texas Division of Baylor Scott & White Health and Associate Professor for Texas A&M Health Sciences Center College of Medicine in Temple, Texa
Jennifer Hartwell MD, FACS
Dr. Jennifer Hartwell is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center where she serves as the Section Chief of Emergency General Surgery.
David E. Meyer, MD, MS, FACS
David Meyer is Assistant Professor At the Department of Surgery | Acute Care Surgery McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. He is a Life Flight Assistant Medical Director Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center Houston, TX.
Alan H. Tyroch, M.D., FACS, FCCM
Alan H. Tyroch is Professor and founding Chair of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery. Dr. Tyroch is also Chief of Surgery and Trauma Medical Director at University Medical Center of El Paso, Texas.
Tanya Zakrison, MD, FACS
Tanya Liv Zakrison is a Professor of Surgery at the Department of Surgery at the University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences.
Nicole Meredyth MD, HEC-C
Nicole Meredyth is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care at Northwestern Medicine. Dr. Meredyth is currently the Associate Program Director for the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at Northwestern Medicine and is an active member of the Hospital Ethics Committee.
Paul Thomas Albini, MD, FACS
Dr. Paul Thomas Albini, is an Acute Care Surgeon, at the Riverside University Health System, Loma Linda University, and UC Riverside. He is an Assistant Professor, Associate Trauma Medical Director, and Assistant Program Director, holding degrees from Cornell and SUNY Buffalo, with extensive training and numerous publications in trauma and surgical care.
Marc Trust, MD, FACS
Marc Trust is an acute care surgeon and Surgical ICU Medical Director, Surgical Critical Care Program Director, and Associate Trauma Medical Director at Dell Seton Medical Center in Austin, TX. He completed his medical degree at UTMB, general surgery residency at Dell Medical School, and fellowship in surgical critical care at Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center.
Kyle Cunningham, MD, MPH, FACS
Dr. Kyle Cunningham is a clinical associate professor of Surgery at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He serves as Associate Trauma Director for Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center where he is also active in education and research. He is past chair of the EAST Quality, Safety, and Outcomes Committee.
Dr. Tanya Egodage
Tanya Egodage is a trauma surgeon at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, NJ, who is triple board certified in General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, and Neurocritical Care. Following medical school, she conducted her residence in General Surgery at Nassau University Medical Center and fellowship in trauma, burns, and surgical Critical Care from Cook County hospital in Chicago. Dr. Egodage serves as Associate Program Director for the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship and Medical Director of the Hospital Violence Intervention Program at Cooper.
Dr. Krislynn Mueck
Krislynn Mueck is an Assistant Professor of Surgery and clinician at the McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and the Red Duke Trauma Institute at Memorial Hermann Hospital, She obtained her medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in 2013 during which time she also completed a Masters Degree in Public Health from the University of Texas School of Public Health.