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Forward9th Annual Stepping Strong Trauma Research and Innovation Symposium
This is a live, hybrid activity.
The Gillian Reny Stepping Strong Center for Trauma Innovation catalyzes trauma innovation for injured civilians and military heroes, through multidisciplinary investigative collaborations across the continuum of trauma care, from prevention to treatment and recovery. The ninth annual Stepping Strong Symposium will begin with Stepping Strong Breakthrough Award finalist presentations including an opportunity for audience members to contribute to the selection of the 2026 Stepping Strong Breakthrough Awardee. After the presentations, there will be a panel discussion consisting of leaders in military and civilian trauma care, followed by a keynote presentation by Colonel Martin Schreiber highlighting military and civilian trauma readiness, and conclude with a reception.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for clinicians, researchers, healthcare administration, and public health professionals from multiple disciplines including trauma surgery, orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery, emergency medicine, emergency medical services, health systems research, public health research, and basic science research.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe at least two evidence-based advances in military trauma care (e.g., hemorrhage control, prehospital resuscitation, rapid evacuation protocols) and evaluate their applicability to civilian trauma settings.
- Identify the essential elements of civilian trauma systems that inform military readiness planning for future combat casualty care.
- Apply updated hemorrhage control and mass casualty triage principles in clinical or field practice to reduce preventable trauma mortality.
- Collaborate effectively across civilian and military professional roles (physicians, nurses, prehospital providers, and military medical personnel) to coordinate a unified response during a mass casualty or trauma event.
- Integrate lessons learned from combat casualty care into institutional protocols and training programs to strengthen civilian-military trauma system readiness.
Additional Information
Course summary
- 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 2.70 Nursing Contact Hours
- 2.75 Participation
| 3:05pm | Breakthrough Award Presentation 1 Moderator: Molly Jarman, PhD Rebecca Robbins, PhD, MS & Chana Sacks, MD |
| 3:20 | Breakthrough Award Presentation 2 Moderator: Molly Jarman, PhD Colette Cywes Bentley, PhD |
| 3:35 | Break |
| 3:45 | TBD Geoffrey Anderson, MD, MPH |
| 3:55 | TBD Michelle Joseph,MBBS, MSc, MPH, PhD, FRCS |
| 4:05 | TBD Chris Burns, MD |
| 4:15 | TBD Eric Goralnick, MD, MS |
| 4:25 | Panel Discussion Moderator: Ali Salim, MD Geoffrey Anderson, MD, MPH, Michelle Joseph, MBBS, MSc, MPH, PhD, FRCS, Chris Burns, MD & Eric Goralnick, MD, MS |
| 5:00 | Keynote Presentation Martin Schreiber, MD |
| 5:30 | Q & A Moderator: Ali Salim, MD |
| 5:45 | Closing Remarks | Ali Salim, MD |
| 6:00pm | Adjournment |
Ali Salim, MD - Course Co-Director
Division Chief, Trauma, Burn & Surgical Critical Care – Brigham & Women’s Hospital
BWH Endowed Chair in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Meghan McDonald, RN - Course Co-Director
Nurse Program Director, Trauma & Burn Program - Brigham & Women's Hospital
Geoffrey Anderson, MD, MP
Trauma Surgeon, University of Southern California
Critical Care Air Transport Physician, U.S. Air Force Reserve
Colette Cywes Bentley, PhD
Scientist, Division of Infectious Disease - Brigham & Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chris Burns, MD
Associate Surgeon, Division of Trauma, Critical Care & Acute Care - South Shore Hospital
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Eric Goralnick, MD, MS
Secretary, Executive Office of Veterans Services
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine - Harvard Medical School
Attending Physician & Principal Investigator, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Molly Jarman, PhD, MPH
Deputy Director, Health Informatics & Data Infrastructure - Center for Surgery & Public Health at Mass General Brigham
Assistant Professor, Surgery - Brigham & Women's Hospital
Michelle Joseph, MBBS, MSc, MPH, PhD, FRCS
Instructor, Global Health & Social Medicine - Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School
Rebecca Robbins, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Chana Sacks, MD
Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Co-Director, MGH Center for Gun Violence Prevention
Martin Schreiber, MD
Surgeon & Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve
In support of improving patient care, Mass General Brigham is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation Statements
AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
Mass General Brigham designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing
Mass General Brigham designates this activity for 2.75 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Available Credit
- 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 2.70 Nursing Contact Hours
- 2.75 Participation