"Fright Night" Panel - Expert Discussion of Uncommon Trauma Cases

Friday, September 19, 2025

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM MST

Location: Grand Ballroom B-C, 1st Floor

CE: 1

Gerard A. Baltazar, DO FACOS FACS OMT (he/him/his)

Trauma and Acute Care Surgeon
NYU Langone Health

Slides
Katherine McKenzie, DO, FACOS, FACS (she/her/hers)

Trauma Medical Director
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Jeremy H. Conklin, D.O.

Trauma Surgeon
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
Seattle University School of Law
Justin J. Koenig, DO, FACOS, FACS

Trauma Medical Director, Trauma and General Surgeon
Beacon Medical Group: Elkhart General Hospital

Disclosure(s):

Gerard Baltazar, DO: No relevant financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Katherine McKenzie: No relevant financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Jeremy H. Conklin, D.O.: No relevant financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Justin J. Koenig, DO, FACOS, FACS: No relevant financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Learning Objectives:

Recognize opportunities to perform advance trauma surgical non-operative and operative interventions for uncommon injuries
Critique complex non-operative and operative interventions for uncommon injuries
Debate the best options for uncommon injuries’ management strategies when absent standardized, evidence-based approaches
Manage complex uncommon injuries with a rapid, informed multidisciplinary approach