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2021 Speakers and Topics
Virtual Conference
March, 2021
Dr. Phillip Coule
Vice-President and Chief Medical Officer Augusta University Health System, Augusta, Georgia
In Hospital Disaster Response - Covid 19
Dr. Jim Ducanto
Anesthesiologist
Inventor of the “SSCOR DuCanto Suction Catheter”, the “SALAD" Technique, and the Nasco Life/form® S.A.L.A.D. Simulator
Advocate Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Improving Emergency Airway Management withthe Suction Assisted Laryngoscopy AirwayDecontamination Technique
Dr. Dan McCollum
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Residency Director
Director for GCEPAugusta University Health System in Augusta, Georgia
Drugs for Cardiac Arrest
Dr. Max Bursey
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Chief of ED Critical Care
Specialize in EM and Critical Care
Augusta University Health System
Peri‐intubation Cardiac Arrest
Dr. Jeremy Boyd
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director of the Division of Emergency Ultrasound
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Beyond the Wheeze Detector: Lung POCUS in 2021
Dr. Andrew Pfeffer
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Psych Emergencies
Dr. Lee Laravia
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Augusta University Health System
US Guided Nerve Block
Dr. Jean Hoffman
Assistant Professor of
Emergency Medicine and Anesthesia
Specialize in EM and Critical Care
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1. Ventilator Management in the ED
2. Vassopressor Tool Kit
Dr. Matt Delaney
Associate Professor & Assistant Program Director
for the Emergency Medicine residency program
University of Alabama Birmingham
Neuro Nightmares: Stroke Mimics and Chameleons
Amy Mills, RN
1. Key Concepts of IO
2. Intraosseous Access Landmarking Deep Dive
Dr. Neal Richmond
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine,
Director of EMS Research
EMS Fellowship Program Director
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1. Disaster Management
2. Quality Assurance
Dr. Peter Antevey
Pediatric EM Physician
EMS Medical Director for Fire
and Rescue Departments
in south FL.
Innovator of the Handtevy Pediatric
Resuscitation System
Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital
"Implementing the PALS 2020 Guidelines:
A Cautionary Tale”.
Dr. Keith Lurie
Head’s Up CPR
Robbie Murray
1. Capnography, did you know?
2. Learning Capnography Thru Case Review
Dr. Ric Solis
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Augusta University Medical Center
Ultrasound for EMS
Bob Matoba
Elusive Endocrinology
Dr. Jared McKinney
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant EMS Medical Director
for the Nashville Fire Department
Vanderbilt Medical Center
Case Study Potpourri
Dr. AaronYengo-Kahn
Neurosurgery resident
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Hydrocephalus & VentriculoperitonalShunts in the ED:
Emergencies and Not‐So‐Muches
Dr. Matt Lyon
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Executive Director of the Center for Ultrasound Education
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Vice Chairman for Academic Programs and Research
The Department of Emergency Medicine
Medical Director for Telehealth
Augusta University Medical Center
Bedside Cardiac Evaluation
Dr. Catherine Burger
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical
Pediatric Cardiac Arrest
Dr. Richard Schwartz
Professor and the Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
Medical College of Georgia
Developer for National Disaster Life Support Courses
Augusta University Medical Center
Junctional Hemorrhage Management
Dr. Larry Stack
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Co-editor of
The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5th Ed.
and the Handbook of Medical Photography
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
What's what
Kevin High RN, MPH, MHPE
Teaching faculty member
with focus on airway management,
trauma care, EMS and air medical transport
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
REBOA
Dr. Colin O’Shea
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
The Crashing Pulmonary HTN Patient
Dr. Mary Kate Jordan
Assistant Professor
Associate Director of Ultrasound Operations
Department of Emergency Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Stellate Ganglion Block in Refractory VT/VF
Dr. Larry Mellick
Vice Chair and Professor of Emergency Medicine
Division Chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
The creator and first editor of
the Clinical Monograph,
and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports.
Contributor to the Atlas of Emergency Medicine
and
Roberts and Hedges' Clinical Procedures
in Emergency Medicine
USA Health, in Mobile, Al
Genitourinary Emergencies of the Adult & Pediatric Male
Dr. Saralyn Williams
Vice Chair of Education
Associate Professor of
Emergency Medicine,
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.
Specialize in Toxicology.
An appointed member of
Emergency Medicine Residency
Review Committee
(RRC) for the ACGME
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Toxicant Induced Dysrhythmias
that can be Harmed by ACLS
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