The Procedures Course - USA

Professor Mark Fitzgerald is Director of the National Trauma Research Institute and Director of Trauma Services at The Alfred and has led the establishment of trauma reception, resuscitation and management programs along with Trauma Systems development in Australia, China, India, Myanmar, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka. He is co-chair of the Australian New Zealand Trauma Registry. Professor Fitzgerald’s research themes include trauma systems development, clinical care of the severely injured, error reduction and the standardisation of resuscitation care.

Jeff is a professor of emergency medicine at University of California San Francisco (UCSF) school of medicine and practices clinically at San Francisco General Hospital Emergency Department where he is the ED trauma liaison for the hospital trauma program. He completed internal medicine and emergency medicine residencies at UCLA Medical Center and has focused his professional career on researching and developing innovative curricula in cardiovascular emergencies, procedural skills training, and faculty development. He has developed and taught multiple cadaver based procedures courses at local, regional, and national venues.

A/Prof Mathew has been successfully involved in Trauma systems development across Asia in countries like India, Sri Lanka, China and Saudi Arabia. He was the Australian lead of the successfully completed Australia- India Trauma System Collaboration which involved systems development, registry development and technology development. He is done work as a consultant in trauma systems development.

A/Prof Chris Groombridge is an Emergency Physician and Trauma Specialist at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne and was recently appointed head of clinical research at the National Trauma Research Institute after completing a PhD focusing on clinician performance during resuscitation. Chris has a particular interest in the prehospital management of trauma and has worked as a retrieval specialist with Sydney HEMS, CareFlight NSW, and Adult Retrieval Victoria, and internationally with London’s Air Ambulance and Essex & Hertfordshire Air Ambulance in the UK.

Dr. Marianne Juarez is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco, California. She is interested in orthopedic trauma and procedural skills education and has taught limb- and life-threatening procedural skills through cadaver-based courses locally, regionally and nationally, including at past ACEP Scientific Assemblies. Her other interests include medical education, mentorship and advising with a focus on those underrepresented in medicine, and the advancement of DEIB-related issues in medicine and medical education. She is also the Co-Director of Medical Student Education within the Department of Emergency Medicine at UCSF and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and enjoys teaching across fields at all levels of education and training.

Dr Amit Maini is an Emergency Physician and Director of Emergency Medicine Training at the Alfred Hospital. Dr Maini obtained his MBBS at St George’s Hospital Medical School in London 2002, and his Fellowship to the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine in 2011. In 2014, Dr Maini became the program director for Emergency Medicine trainees at the Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre.

Dr Lauren Chalwell, MD, FACEP, FACEM
Dr Lauren Chalwell is an Emergency Physician and Trauma Consultant at The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. She previously was the Director of Emergency Trauma Services and Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at University of California San Francisco - San Francisco General Hospital in the US. She has a significant interest in resuscitation and procedural skills education and for years has taught cadaver-based procedural skills courses locally, regionally and nationally at ACEP Scientific Assemblies. Her other academic interests include emergency trauma education, clinical guideline development, and community violence prevention.