Regional Committees on Trauma
Regional Chair: Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD, FACS,
San Francisco, CA
Region 1
Chief: Brad M. Cushing, MD, FACS, Portland, ME
Connecticut: Kimberly A. Davis, MD, FACS, New Haven, CT
Massachusetts: Hasan B. Alam, MD, FACS, Boston, MA
Maine: David L. Ciraulo, MD, FACS, Portland, ME
New Hampshire: Rajan Gupta, MD, FACS, Lebanon, NH
Rhode Island: David T. Harrington, Providence, RI
Vermont: William E. Charash, MD, FACS, Burlington, VT
Region 2
Chief: William H. Marx, MD, FACS, Syracuse, NY
New Jersey: Felix Garcia-Perez, MD, FACS, Neptune, NJ
Greater New York: Patricia A. O’Neill, Brooklyn, NY
New York State: Mark L. Gestring, MD, FACS, Rochester, NY
Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands: Fernando L. Joglar, San Juan, PR
Region 3
Chief: Michael D. Pasquale, MD, FACS, Allentown, PA
Delaware: Mark D. Cipolle, MD, FACS, Newark, DE
Maryland: Dany Westerband, MD, FACS, Bethesda, MD
Pennsylvania: Patrick M. Reilly, MD, FACS, Philadelphia, PA
D of C: Suryanarayana M. Siram, MD, FACS, Washington, DC
Virginia: Ajai K. Malhotra, MD, FACS, Richmond, VA
West Virginia: Frank C. Lucente, MD, FACS, Charleston, WV
Region 4
Chief: Michael H. Thomason, MD, FACS, Charlotte, NC
Alabama: Sherry M. Melton, MD, FACS, Birmingham, AL
Florida: Karanbir S. Gill, MD, FACS, Pensacola, FL
Georgia: Christopher J. Dente, MD, FACS, Atlanta, GA
Kentucky: Glen A. Franklin, MD, FACS, Louisville, KY
Mississippi: George E. McGee, MD, FACS, Hattiesburg, M
North Carolina: Michael C. Chang, MD, FACS, Winston Salem, NC
South Carolina: Stephen A. Fann, MD, FACS, Columbia, SC
Tennessee: Ben L. Zarzaur, MD, FACS, Memphis, TN
Region 5
Chief: Jay A. Johannigman, MD, FACS, Cincinnati, OH
Chicago: Richard J. Fantus, MD, FACS, Chicago, IL
Illinois: John P. Sutyak, MD, FACS, Springfield, IL
Indiana: Lewis E. Jacobson, MD, FACS, Indianapolis, IN
Michigan: Joe H. Patton, Jr., MD, FACS, Detroit, MI
Minnnesota: Steven D. Eyer, MD, FACS, Duluth, MN
Ohio: Charles J. Yowler, MD, FACS, Cleveland, OH
Wisconsin: Karen J. Brasel, MD, FACS, Milwaukee, WI
Region 6
Chief: Ronald M. Stewart, MD, FACS, San Antonio, TX
Arkansas: Ronald R. Robertson, MD, FACS, Little Rock, AR
Louisiana: John P. Hunt III, MD, FACS, New Orleans, LA
New Mexico: Stephen W. Lu, MD, FACS, Albuquerque, NM
Oklahoma: Steven B. Katsis, MD, FACS, Tulsa, OK
Northern Texas: John A. Griswold, MD, FACS, Lubbock, TX
Southern Texas: Alan H. Tyroch, MD, FACS, El Paso, TX
Region 7
Chief: Reginald A. Burton, MD, FACS, Lincoln, NE
Iowa: Richard A. Sidwell, MD, FACS, Des Moines, IA
Kansas: Paul B. Harrison, MD, FACS, Wichita, KS
Missouri: Bryan R. Troop, MD, FACS, St. Louis, MO
Nebraska: Samuel Cemaj, MD, FACS, Omaha, NE
Region 8
Chief: Chris Cribari, MD, FACS, Fort Collins, CO
Colorado: Reginald J. Franciose, MD, FACS, Vail, CO
Montana: Dennis W. Maier, MD, FACS, Billings, MT
North Dakota: Randolph E. Szlabick, MD, FACS, Grand Forks, ND
South Dakota: David A. Strand, MD, FACS, Sioux Falls, SD
Utah: Stephen E. Morris, MD, FACS, Salt Lake City, UT
Wyoming: James A. Anderson, MD, FACS, Casper, WY
Region 9
Chief: Frank R. Kennedy, MD, FACS, San Diego, CA
Arizona: Corey L. Detlefs, MD, FACS, Phoenix, AZ
Southern California: Ali Salim, MD, FACS, Los Angeles, CA
San Diego/Imperial Valley: Jay J. Doucet, MD, FACS, San Diego, CA
Northern California: James W. Davis, MD, FACS, Fresno, CA
Hawaii: Caesar M. Ursic, MD, FACS, Honolulu, HI
Nevada: Deborah A. Kuhls, MD, FACS, Las Vegas, NV
Region 10
Chief: Eileen M. Bulger, MD, FACS, Seattle, WA
Alaska: Regina S. Chennault, MD, Anchorage, AK
Idaho: Drew M. McRoberts, MD, FACS, Pocatello, ID
Oregon: Martin A. Schreiber, MD, FACS, Portland, OR
Washington: Joseph Cuschieri, MD, FACS, Seattle, WA
Region 11
Chief: Mary H. vanWijngaarden-Stephens, MD, FACS, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Alberta: Rohan N. Lall, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Calgary, AB, Canada
British Columbia: Rardi D. van Heest, MD, FRCSC, FACS, New Westminster, BC
Manitoba: Sarvesh Logsetty, MD, FACS, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Saskatchewan: Paul R. Hayes, MD, FACS, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Region 12
Chief: Sandro B. Rizoli, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Toronto, ON, Canada
Newfoundland: Darrell C. Boone, MD, FACS, St. John’s, NF, Canada
Maritime Province: Guy F. Brisseau, MD, FACS, Halifax, NS, Canada
Ontario: Neil G. Parry, MD, FRCSC, FACS, London, ON, Canada
Quebec: Tarek S. A. Razek, MD, FACS, Montreal, QC, Canada
Region 13
Chief: Brian J. Eastridge, MD, FACS, Fort Sam Houston, TX
Navy: James R. Dunne, MD, FACS, Derwood, MD
Army: Brian J. Eastridge, MD, FACS, Fort Sam Houston, TX
Air Force: Warren C. Dorlac, Cincinnati, OH
Veterans Administration: Ralph G. DePalma, MD, FACS, Washington, DC
Canadian Military: Homer C. Tien, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Toronto, ON
Region 14
Chief: Renato S. Poggetti, MD, FACS, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Argentina: Gustavo J. Tisminetzky, MD, FACS, Buenos Aires
Brazil: Francisco Collet e Silva, MD, FACS, Sao Paulo
Chile: Carlos Carvajal Hafemann, MD, FACS, Santiago
Colombia: Maria Fernanda Jimenez, MD, FACS, Bogota
Ecuador: Enrique A. Guzman Cottalat, MD, FACS, Guayaquil
Mexico: Mauricio DiSilvio, Mexico City
Panama: Nestor Vega-Yuil, MD, FACS, Panama City
Peru: Juan Jaime Herrera-Matta, MD, FACS, Lima
Venezuela: Javier Barbeito Garcia, MD, FACS, Caracas
Region 15
Chief: Claus Falck Larsen, MD, FACS, Hillerod, Denmark
Israel: Avraham Rivkind, MD, FACS, Jerusalem
Region 16
Chief: Michael J. Hollands, MB BS, FRACS, FACS, Wahroonga, Australia
Region 17
Chief: Saud Al Turki, MD, FACS, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Revised June 2, 2011