This years conference will see our strongest international speaker line-up ever.
Professor Keith Willet
Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, Oxford. National Clinical Director for Trauma Care at Department of Health. Chair of the British Orthopaedic Association’s trauma committee, a national executive & board member with TARN & a past president of the British Trauma Society. Keith has an impressive research portfolio; having published work on acetabular & pelvic fractures, fractures in the elderly, limb fracture surgery, fracture biomechanics, accident prevention & clinical outcome studies of orthopaedic trauma surgery techniques.
Professor Jeff Upperman
Director of Trauma, Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Southern California and an Attending Pediatric Surgeon at the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Dr. Upperman’s biomedical research focuses on intestinal inflammation, sepsis and trauma. He publishes clinical work in the area of pediatric disaster preparedness, pediatric trauma and computerized physician order entry and has served his country as a US Army Reservist.
Professor Hugh Montgomery
Professor of Intensive Care at University College Hospital & Consultant in ITU at the Whittington hospital London. Director of the UCL Institute for Human health and Performance. Hugh obtained a 1st class physiology BSc before graduating in medicine. He leads an active research group and reported the first 'gene for human fitness'. He has published on the genetics of outcome from injury and major trauma.
Professor Ari Leppaniemi
Ari Leppäniemi is Chief of Emergency Surgery at the Helsinki University Hospital, Finland. He is the President of the Finnish Society of Surgery, and the Past-President of the International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care (IATSIC), and the European Association for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (EATES). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Scandinavian Journal of Surgery, Editor of the European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, and Associate Editor of the World Journal of Surgery.
Professor Peter Mahoney OBE
Professor Peter Mahoney OBE is the first Defence Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine for UK Armed Forces at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine. He is a Colonel in the army and consultant anaesthetist in Birmingham. He has extensive trauma experience in the UK and in numerous overseas centres.
Professor Karim Brohi
Professor of Trauma and Vacular Surgery, Barts and London NHS Trust,m London. Founder of trauma.org. Karim has extensive experience in trauma from many different countries. His main research interests lie in the effect of trauma on coagulation.
Professor Volker Wenzel
Prof Wolker Wenzel is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Vice Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria. He graduated from Hannover, Germany and University of Florida in Gainesville, did a U.S. Residency at Ulm University, Germany and Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria. He has mentored 30 M.D. and 5 Ph.D. students and published 250 peer-reviewed publications. He is on the editorial board of three journals and has research interests in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, unprotected airway, major trauma and mentoring young scientists.
Professor John Oxford
John is the Scientific Director of Retroviral Ltd and Professor of Virology at Baarts and the London NHS Trust. He has authored seminal texts in virology and an acknowledged world expert on the pandemic flu.
Professor Mitchell Cohen
Mitchell J. Cohen, M.D is assistant Professor of Surgery and Director of Acute Care Research in San Francisco. He graduated in medicine from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York and did his residency in Chicago. He did fellowships in Loyola University and San Francisco General Hospital and is board certified in Surgery and Critical Care. Dr. Cohen has an active basic science research lab where he studies coagulation and inflammation after trauma.He is also actively involved in the San Francisco Injury Center with projects related to inflammatory lung injury and monitoring of resuscitation and coagulation after injury.
Professor Anne Chamberlain OBE
Emmeritus Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Leeds University. Immediate past president of the European Academy of Rehab Medicine. Anne was one of the founders of the academic unit in Leeds and is widely published in the peer reviewed literature and authored many seminal texts.
Mr Tim Draycott
Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Southmead Hospital, Bristol. Tim has worked in may countries including Sweden, France and S. Africa. His research interest is in patient safety, particularly multi-professional training, teamworking and quality assurance in obstetrics and he leads the PROMPT research group. This work has been recognised nationally with Tim's team being awarded Womens Health team of the year.
Dr Dermot McKeown
Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, and Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh. Chair the Scottish Trauma Audit Group. Dermott has been involved in most anaesthesia specialties, but has particular clinical interests in early resuscitation and critical care and is currently auditing resuscitation room use and emergency airway management.
Mr Graham Chalk
Lead Paramedic London HEMS. Graham has had extensive experience as a paramedic both in helicopter operations, motorcycles and fast resposne cars. He has been responsible for the tasking of London HEMS and developed a model of tasking that is cited in national guidannce as an example of best practice in the field.
Dr Jerry Nolan
Consultant in Intensive Care & Anaesthesia, Royal United Hospital Bath. Chairman Resuscitation Council UK. Co-Chair International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. Editor in Chief Resuscitation.
Dr Paul Frost
Consultant in Intensive Care, University Hospital Wales. Paul has published widely on issues pertaining to intensive care and with his colleagues provides the only resident consultant ITU service in the UK.
Dr Otto Chan
Consultant Radiologist.. Otto has specialist intrest in trauma radiology and is an internationally renowned trauma radiologist. He has published widely on the topic and is the author of many books.
Dr Bob Winter
Dr Bob Winter is consultant in Intensive Care Medicine at Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham. He is President of the Intensive Care Society and Medical Lead for the Mid -Trent Critical Care Network. He has published and lectured widely on critical care and trauma.
Dr Dan Ellis
Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care, University College Hospital London. Dan has had extensive experience in trauma gained from working in the UK and Australia.
Dr Charles Deakin
Consultant Cardiac Anaesthetist Southampton General Hospital. Medical Director Hampshire Ambulance Service. Joint Royal College Ambulance Liaison Executive Committee Member. Chairman Hampshire BASICS. European Resuscitation Council Executive Committee Member.
Mr Nigel Tai
Consultant Surgeon in Trauma and Vascular Surgery at Barts and the London NHS Trust and Defence Medical Services. Nigel has had extensive experience in trauma through his military training both in the UK and abroad. He has published widely on the topic and authored several texts.
Mr Alan Kay
Mr Alan Kay is Defence Consultant Advisor in burns and plastic surgery for the UK armed forces. He is also a Consultant Plastic surgeon at Frenchay Hospital Bristol and Senior Lecturer in the Academic department of Military Surgery and Trauma at Royal Centre for Defence Medicine. He trained in London, Bristol and Sydney Australia.
Mr Simon Holmes
Mr Simon Holmes is a Consultant Maxilliofacial surgeon at Barts and the London NHS Trust. He is clinical lead for maxillofacial trauma and has presented and written widely on the subject. He qualified in dentistry at Guy's Hospital and medicine at Guy's and St Thomas Hospitals. His basic surgical training was at King's College, Kent and Sussex, and Sidcup hospitals. Higher surgical training was at St Bartholomew's and the Royal London Hospital.
Dr Rod Mackenzie
Senior Lecturer and Honorary NHS Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Leicester. Council Member
Faculty Prehospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons. Prehospital Care Subcommittee member, College of Emergency Medicine. Rod is helping lead sub specialty recognition of prehospital care in the UK and has published in peer reviewed journals on PHC training.
Dr Anne Weaver
Consultant in Emergency Medicine & Prehospital Care, Barts and the London NHS Trust. Anne has had extensive experience in trauma care both in the UK and Australia and has an interest in the ethics of trauma resuscitation.
Dr David Zideman
Dr David Zideman LVO(C) QHP BSc FRCA FIMC is Consultant anaesthetist at Imperial NHS trust in London. He is immediate past chair of the European Resuscitation Council and the British Association for Immediate Care (BASICS). He is lead clinician for emergency care for the Olympic Games in 2012. He has published and lectured widely on resuscitation and pre-hospital care topics.
Dr Kevin Davies
Principal Lecturer at the University of Glamorgan where he is primarily concerned with the MSc in Disaster Healthcare. Commanding Officer of 203 (Welsh) Field Hospital (V). Kevin has been an Army officer since 1983 in both the Regular Army and the Territorial Army & has deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kenya, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan in various roles including UN liaison, Nurse in Charge ED and command appointments. He is a Member of the Royal Red Cross and Queens Honorary Nurse.
Mr Mark Cadman
Second-in-command of Headquarter Squadron of 203 (Welsh) Field Hospital (V). Senior Charge Nurse and Trauma Practitioner in the Emergency Department of the Royal Gwent Hospital, South Wales. As a member of the armed forces Mark has been deployed to the Former Yugoslavia, Iraq and Afghanistan serving in a variety of roles including Regimental Nursing Officer deployed forward and as Nursing Officer-in-Charge ED.
Mr Henry Freydenson
Henry is experienced lawyer specialising in medicolegal work. His enthusiasm for medicine has led him to be successfully complete an ALS course. He has lectured widely and has media experience.
Mr Tim Harris
Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Barts & the London NHS Trust. & research lead for London Emergency Medicine Group. Tim has an active interest in role of ultrasound in Emergency Medicine & has directed many training courses on the same.
Dr Gareth Grier
Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Barts & the London NHS Trust. Gareth is lead for Trauma in Department Emergency Medicine & the medical module of the Helicopter Crew Course. He is a keen educator with responsibility for undergraduate EM training.
Mr Mark Wilson
Neurosurgical Registrar North East Thames. Mark has an active interest in neurotrauma & prehospital care & authored several texts.
Miss Kelly Griffiths LLb (Hons)
Miss Kelly Griffiths is a qualified solicitor. Kelly was seriously injured in a near fatal road traffic collision in London in 2006. She has since established Kelly's Heroes, a charitable organisation which provides practical advice and information and emotional support to anyone injured in, or affected by road traffic collisions. Kelly is also the patient representative on the London Trauma Clinical Assessment Group for patient rehabilitation and the Healthcare for London Trauma Steering Group.