Richard L. Wigle, MD
Annual Trauma Symposium
2025
16th Annual Trauma Symposium
October 11, 2025
7:30 am - 5:00 pm
LSU Health Shreveport
1501 Kings Hwy Shreveport, LA 71103
Center for Medical Education Building
Director
Sanaz Niknam Leilabadi, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, Associate Trauma Medical Director, Director of Trauma Community Education and Engagement
REGISTRATION:
Register
FEES:
Physician – $100
Non-Physician – $50
Students & Residents – FREE
Virtual options are available.
Contact Dr. Leilabadi for more details.
Contact Dr. Leilabadi for more details.
2025 Symposium Agenda
7:30 AM - Registration/Breakfast
8:00 AM - Welcome, The ABCs of Trauma
Sanaz Niknam Leilabadi, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor, Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Acute Care Surgery
8:30 AM - Prehospital POCUS and Thoracostomy
David Janese, MD, MS, NREMT-P
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine/Family Medicine
9:00 AM - Prehospital Blood Products
Shane Rinehart, DO, FACS
Assistant Professor, Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Acute Care Surgery
9:30 AM - Pregnant Trauma Patient
Perry Barrilleaux, MD
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
10:00 AM - Break/Vendors
10:15 AM - ECMO and Trauma
Jonathan Eaton, MD
Associate Professor, Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
10:45 AM - Don't Stop the Dreamin': Navigating Sedation in an Unstable Patient
Ryan Grant, PharmD
11:15 AM - Management and Reconstruction of Complex Facial Trauma
Yousef Al-Shamrani, DDS
Assistant Professor, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
11:45 AM - Ask the Trauma Experts: Q&A Panel
Trauma Team
12:15 PM - Lunch/Vendors
1:15 PM - LERN Louisiana
Michael Sutherland, MD, FACS
Medical Director, LERN Trauma
1:45 PM - Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury
Amey Savardekar, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
2:15 PM - The Role of the Majority: Strengthening the Trauma Chain of Survival in Our Region
Brett Chapman, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor, Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Acute Care Surgery
2:45 PM - The Uncracked Skull: Managing Intracranial Pressures
Matthew Cheung, MD
Fellow, Surgical Critical Care
3:00 PM - Break/Vendors
3:15 PM - Get a Grip: Guidelines for Pelvic Binders and Tourniquets
Victoria Cuebas-Hiner, DO
Fellow, Surgical Critical Care
3:30 PM - Beyond the Injury: Frailty as a Determinant of Trauma Outcomes in Older Adults
Bruno Alvarez-Concejo, MD
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
4:00 PM - LOPA in Trauma
Marji Howard
Donation Service Coordinator, LOPA
4:15 PM - Wound Care: Navigating Current Practices and Future Innovations
Rodrigo Martinez-Monedero, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery
4:45 PM - Closing
Continuing Medical Education Accreditation and Credit Designation Statements:
Louisiana State University Health Shreveport, School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Louisiana State University Health Shreveport, School of Medicine, designates this live education activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
2024
15th Annual Trauma Symposium
October 11, 2024
7:30 am - 3:35 pm
LSU Health Shreveport – Auditorium 1-400
1501 Kings Hwy Shreveport, LA 71103
Hybrid Event - Zoom or Medical School Auditorium 1-400
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Navdeep Samra, MD, FACS, FICS
Professor of Surgery, Chief, Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Trauma Medical Director
REGISTRATION FEES:
MD (in person) $100
MD (virtual) $35
Non-MD (in person) $50
Non-MD (virtual) $20
LSUHS or Ochsner LSUHS MD (in person) $60
LSUHS or Ochsner LSUHS MD (virtual) $25
LSUHS or Ochsner LSUHS Non-MD (in person) $30
LSUHS or Ochsner LSUHS Non-MD (virtual) Free
Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of Ochsner Clinic Foundation and the LSUHS. The Ochsner Clinic Foundation is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation
The Ochsner Clinic Foundation designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure
The Ochsner Clinic Foundation relies upon everyone in control of content at all sponsored continuing medical education activities to provide information objectively and free from bias. In accordance with ACCME and institutional guidelines, the faculty for this continuing medical education activity has been asked to complete the CME Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships form. If anyone involved in control of content for the activity does disclose a relationship with an ineligible company, their materials have been peer reviewed to mitigate any potential bias.
PROGRAM AGENDA
7:30AM – 7:50AM Registration
7:50AM – 8:00AM Welcome Navdeep Samra, MD, FACS Trauma Medical Director; Professor, Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery
8:00AM – 8:30AM Trauma In the Littlest of Patients Jacquelyn Bowers, MD Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
8:30AM – 9:00AM Futility of Care in Hemorrhagic Shock: When Prolonging the Massive Transfusion Protocol is of No Benefit Rafael Tolentino, MD Assistant Professor, Clinical, Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery
9:00AM – 9:30AM Prehospital Trauma David Janese, MD Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine
9:30AM – 10:00AM Blunt Cardiac Trauma Keith White, MD Chairman and Professor, Surgery
10:00AM – 10:15AM Break
10:15AM – 10:45AM Spine Trauma Stanley Hoang, MD, FAANS Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
10:45AM – 11:15AM Pediatric Trauma Mike Nolan, RN, CFRN Pediatric Trauma Coordinator
11:15AM – 12:00PM Lunch
12:00PM – 12:30PM Tactical Medicine Richard Shane Barton, MD, MPH, FAAOS, FAOA Chairman and Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
12:30PM – 1:00PM Facial Trauma Samuel Allen, DDS Associate Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
1:00PM – 1:30PM Carotid Dissection and Stroke Secondary to Arterial Injuries Pankaj Sharma, MD Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology
1:30PM – 2:00PM Brain Injury Guidelines Shane Rinehart, DO, FACS Assistant Professor, Clinical, Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery
2:00PM – 2:15PM Break
2:15PM – 2:45PM Pain Management in the Geriatric Patient Beatrice Launius, DNP, ACNP-BC Chief NP, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
2:45PM – 3:15PM Does Size Matter? Chest Tubes in Trauma Justine Tripp, DO Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
3:15PM – 3:35PM Evaluation/Wrap-up/Closing Remarks
2023
14th Annual Trauma Symposium
October 13, 2023
7:30 am - 3:35 pm
LSU Health Shreveport – Auditorium 1-400
1501 Kings Hwy Shreveport, LA 71103
Hybrid Event - Zoom or Medical School Auditorium 1-400
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Navdeep Samra, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Charles D. Knight, Sr. MD Endowed Professorship in General Surgery, Director of Trauma Research and Trauma Quality Improvement Program
REGISTRATION FEES
MD (in person) $100
MD (virtual) $35
Non-MD (in person) $50
Non-MD (virtual) $20
LSUHS or Ochsner LSUHS MD (in person) $60
LSUHS or Ochsner LSUHS MD (virtual) $25
LSUHS or Ochsner LSUHS Non-MD (in person) $30
LSUHS or Ochsner LSUHS Non-MD (virtual) Free
PROGRAM AGENDA
7:30 am – 7:50 am Registration
7:50 am – 8:00 am Welcome Navdeep Samra, MD, FACS Trauma Medical Director; Professor, Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery
8:00 am – 8:30 am Trauma Systems Michael Sutherland, MD, MBA, FACS Director, Division of Member Services for the American College of Surgeons
8:30 am – 9:00 am Delirium Beatrice Launius, DNP, ACNP-BC Chief NP, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
9:00 am – 9:30 am Spine Boards and C-Collars Justine Tripp, DO Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
9:30 am – 10:00 am Genital/Urethral Injury Alexander Gomelsky, MD Professor and Chairman, Urology
10:00 am – 10:15 am Break
10:15 am – 10:45 am Evidence Collection Todd Thoma, MD, FACEP, D-ABMDI Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office
10:45 am – 11:15 am Pediatric Trauma Kevin Boykin, MD, FACS Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric Surgery
11:15 am – 12:00 pm Lunch
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm Pregnant Trauma Patient Perry Barrilleaux, MD Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm Face and Neck Trauma Rodrigo Monedero, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Hand Trauma Karl Bilderback, MD Associate Clinical Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Controversial Issues in the Pre-Hospital Setting Shane Rinehart, DO, FACS Assistant Professor, Clinical, Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm Break
2:15 pm – 2:45 pm To Fix or Not to Fix: An Evidence-Based Approach to Surgical Stabilization in Rib Fractures Rafael Tolentino, MD Assistant Professor, Clinical, Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery
2:45 pm – 3:15 pm Firearms 101 Brett Chapman, MD Assistant Professor, Clinical, Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery; Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
3:15 pm – 3:35 pm Evaluation/Wrap-up/Closing Remarks
Accreditation
The Ochsner Clinic Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing MedicalEducation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation
The Ochsner Clinic Foundation designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. R
