2026 LB TraumaCon Schedule
(please note, schedule is subject to change)
DAY 1—Thursday, December 3, 2025
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: tbd
09:15 The Perfect Storm: Navigating Concurrent Stroke and Traumatic Injury
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
SESSION 3: THE GOLDEN HOUR: EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DYNAMICS
Moderator: Sherry Haghighat, MD
10:15 Urban Menace: The E-Bike Trauma Epidemic
Danny Fernandez
10:10am - Discussion
10:25am - Break
SESSION 3: DISASTER PREPARATION
Moderator: Bryan Love, MD
10:45am - Preparing for a MCI: Looking Towards the LA Olympics
Kathy Dollarhide, RN, BSN, CEN, CEM & Matthew Wojcik
11:45am - Discussion
11:55am Lunch
SESSION 4: SPECIAL TOPIC - COMPLEX PELVIC TRAUMA
Moderator: Hector Ludi, MD
12:30pm - Trauma
Bryan Love, MD, FACS
12:50pm - Orthopedics
Christopher Hoshino, MD
01:10pm - Interventional Radiology
Su-Yu Li, MD
01:30pm - Discussion
SESSION 5: KEYNOTE
01:40pm - International Trauma
Hector Ludi, MD
02:30pm - Break
SESSION 6: ICU
Moderator: Guarav Garg, MD
02:45pm - Emergency Airway Management
Justin Kirzner, MD
03:00pm - Ventilator: Beginner to Advanced Techniques
Karim Tadlaoui, MD
03:15pm - Burn Management Principles
Blair Smart, MD
03:30pm - Wounds Care
Carlos Guzman, MD
03:45pm - ICP Monitoring
Mian Mohsin Shah, MD
04:00pm - One Legacy
Speaker
04:30pm - Discussion
Closing Remarks
16:45 - Adjourn
COCKTAIL HOUR
05:00pm
DAY 2—Friday, December 4, 2025
07:00AM
Registration and Breakfast
SESSION 7: ANTICOAGULATION AND COAGULOPATHY IN TRAUMA
Moderator: Bryan Love, MD
07:30am - TEG
Farabi Hussain, MD
07:45am - Emergency Hemostatics in Trauma
Adam Golden, MD
08:00am - MTP
Jennie Kim, MD
08:15 am -Discussion
SESSION 8: REHABILITATION AND OUTREACH
Moderator: Arlene Vernon, MD
08:30am - Geriatric Trauma
Andrew Fragen, MD
08:45am - Case Management: Patient Placement
Nina Boies, Interim Director of Care Coordination
09:00am - Rehabilitation in Trauma
Amirpasha Ehsan, MD
09:20am - Long Beach Trauma Recovery Center
Speaker
09:40am - Community Outreach
Damon Clark, MD, FACS
10:00am - Discussion
10:15am - Break
SESSION 9: HOT TOPICS IN TRAUMA
Moderator: Joe Sirody, MD
10:35am - AI in Medicine
Jeff Cripe, ProCode
10:55am - Rib Plating
Guarav Garg, MD
11:15am - Direct Peritoneal Resuscitation (DPR)
Kyrillos Awad, DO
11:35am - TEAMING & Psychological Safety
Dr. Keany
11:55am - Discussion
Closing Remarks
12:05pm
Bryan Love, MD, FACS