1st SSMC Trauma and Acute Care Symposium – TACS

It’s our pleasure to invite you to the “1st SSMC Trauma and Acute Care Symposium – TACS” on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. This symposium will be jointly organized by the Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC), in partnership with Mayo Clinic, and will take place at SSMC in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The symposium aims to address issues and complex topics related to trauma and acute care surgery, and provide attendees the most up-to-date data on management, treatment options and outcomes. Experts will address damage control strategies for resuscitation and surgical control, as well as the common acute care surgery challenges for surgeons.

This one-day course will represent a unique networking opportunity for surgeons to discuss and share experience to improve clinical results for our patients. We have designed a comprehensive, interactive program in consultation with a renowned faculty from the field, and we strongly believe that participating in the course will be a memorable and valuable experience for you.

We are looking forward to your participation.

Learning Objectives

Upon participating in this scientific educational activity, participants will be able to:
  • Identify the challenges in the management of complex trauma patients.
  • Discuss what is new on the management of the most common acute care surgery diseases.
  • Understand the physiological implications after an acute injury, as well as the physiological response of patients.
  • Outline the highest level of evidence for treatment.

Target Audience

  • Health personnel related to trauma care.
  • Trauma and acute care surgeons.
  • Residents, medical students.
  • General surgeons.
  • This activity is accredited by the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi

Dr. Sharon Henry

Professor of Surgery
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Maryland, USA

Dr. Gary Alan Bass

Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Dr. Balamurugan Rathinavelu

Consultant, Department of Clinical Imaging
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Thomas M. Scalea

Physician-in-Chief
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Maryland, USA

Dr. Kimberly A. Davis

Professor of Surgery
Chief of the Division of General Surgery, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Yale School of Medicine, Connecticut, USA

Dr. Juan Duchesne

Chief of the Division of Acute Care Surgery
Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA

Dr. Shahin Mohseni

Consultant, Division of Trauma, Burns, Surgical Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Marcelo Ribeiro

Consultant and Chair, Division of Trauma, Burns, Surgical Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Time Agenda Speaker

8:30 – 9 a.m.

Registration

9 – 9:05 a.m.

Opening remarks

Dr. Marcelo Ribeiro
Consultant and Chair, Division of Trauma, Burns, Surgical Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery, SSMC, UAE

9:05 – 9:10 a.m.

Welcome message

Dr. Matthew Gettman
Chief Medical Officer, SSMC, UAE

Time Agenda Speaker
First session

9:15 – 9:50 a.m.

Coagulopathy in trauma: Lessons learned in the last 20 years

Dr. Sandro Rizoli (Qatar)

9:55 – 10:30 a.m.

Hybrid trauma resuscitation: The EVTM approach to the multi-injured hemodynamically unstable patient

Dr. Megan Brenner (USA)

10:30 – 10:40 a.m.

Discussion

10:40 – 11:10 a.m.

Coffee break
Second session

11:10 – 11:45 a.m.

Damage control resuscitation: Is there more to come?

11:45 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.

Damage control surgery: Best tricks to take you out of trouble

Dr. Thomas Scalea (USA)

12:10 – 12:45 p.m.

Current management of severe soft tissue infections

Dr. Sharon Henry (USA)

12:45 – 12:55 p.m.

Discussion

12:55 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Lunch break and prayer

Third session

1:55 – 2:10 p.m.

It is a stone there! How to manage the CBD calculi

Dr. Shahin Mohseni
Consultant, Division of Trauma, Burns, Surgical Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery, SSMC, UAE

2:10 – 2:25 p.m.

Diverticulitis in 2023: When and how to operate

Dr. Carlos Yanez (Spain)

2:25 – 2:40 p.m.

Acute appendicitis: Is it no longer a surgical disease?

Dr. Gary Bass (USA)

2:40 – 2:55 p.m.

Acute cholecystitis: When operation is not an option and what to do

Dr. Kimberly Davis (USA)

2:55 – 3:05 p.m.

Discussion

3:05 – 3 :30 p.m.

Coffee break
Fourth session

3:30 – 3:45 p.m.

Open abdomen: Have we gone too far? Indication, approach and results

Dr. Marcelo Ribeiro
Consultant and Chair, Division of Trauma, Burns, Surgical Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery, SSMC, UAE

3:50 – 4:05 p.m.

Tips and tricks on abdominal CT scan for surgeons: What the radiologist can teach us

Dr. Balamurugan Rathinavelu
Consultant, Department of Clinical Imaging, SSMC, UAE

4:10 – 4:25 p.m.

Penetrating cervical injuries: What the trauma surgeon needs to know

Dr. David Feliciano (USA)

4:30 – 5:15p.m.

Online open discussion with panelists

Live online

5:15 – 5:30 p.m.

Closing remarks