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UW Health Northern Illinois: Equipped to be Remarkable: Trauma Symposium (2026)
Overview
UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital is an Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) designated Level II Trauma Center. As part of maintaining trauma center designation, emergency department physicians, surgeons, and the trauma response team are required to obtain a minimum of 10 hours of trauma-related Continuing Medical Education (CME) per year to ensure safe, evidence-based procedural performance and adherence to current trauma care standards. Through ongoing trauma registry reviews, morbidity and mortality conferences, and performance improvement processes, several educational gaps have been identified. These include variable familiarity with mass casualty protocols, inconsistent application of reversal and antifibrinolytic therapies (e.g., TXA), evolving best practices in geriatric trauma management, and the need for deeper understanding of complex hematologic emergencies such as Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC). Additionally, trauma professionals require enhanced preparedness for nontraditional trauma scenarios (“Backyard Trauma”), greater awareness of human trafficking recognition and response, and improved coordination with organ and tissue donation services following critical injury or death. This multidisciplinary conference was designed to address these identified gaps through evidence-based updates, interactive case studies, and practical learning designed to enhance clinical competence, interprofessional collaboration, and patient outcomes across the continuum of trauma care.
Elements of Competence
This educational activity is designed to change learner competence and focuses on the following competencies:
- Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)/Nursing: Patient care and procedural skills and systems-based practice
- Interprofessional Education Collaborative Competencies: Interprofessional Communication
Intended Audience
This activity is designed for physicians, advance practice nurses, physician assistants, nurses, and pharmacists.
Learning Objectives
As a result of this activity, participants, as members of the healthcare team will be able to:
- Apply current trauma management protocols for civilian mass casualty incidents and improve coordination among emergency, surgical, and support personnel.
- Utilize resourceful, adaptive problem-solving strategies (“Stranger Things or MacGyver’s Toolbox”) to provide effective trauma care in limited-resource or unconventional settings.
- Recognize and manage common mechanisms of injury encountered in community (“Backyard”) trauma, emphasizing rapid assessment and evidence-based intervention.
- Appropriately administer and monitor reversal agents and Tranexamic Acid (TXA) according to current trauma and hematology guidelines for optimal management of coagulopathy and hemorrhage.
- Identify potential victims of human trafficking in emergency and inpatient settings and apply validated screening tools and response protocols to ensure patient safety and regulatory compliance.
- Implement geriatric trauma best practices, accounting for frailty, polypharmacy, comorbidities, and unique physiological considerations in older adult patients.
- Diagnose and manage Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) in trauma and hematology-oncology settings using current diagnostic criteria and evidence-based treatment approaches.
- Describe best practices in the management of burn trauma, including fluid resuscitation, wound care, infection prevention, and criteria for transfer to specialized burn centers.
- Coordinate effectively with UW Organ and Tissue Donation services to ensure ethical, timely, and compassionate facilitation of donation in appropriate trauma cases.
Program
7:30 am - 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast and Registration |
8:00 am - 8:05 am | Introduction Gregory McGovern, MD, FACS Trauma Medical Director and General Surgeon UW Health |
8:05 am - 8:50 am | Backyard Trauma Jillian Gorski, MD Pediatric Emergency Medicine UW Health |
8:50 am - 9:35 am | Civilian Public Mass Shooting Ryan Newberry, DO, MPH Emergency Medicine, Med Flight UW Health |
9:35 am - 9:50 am | Break |
9:50 am - 10:35 am | Blunt Chest Trauma - Hemothorax and Aortic Injuries Ryan Boudreau, MD Trauma Surgery UChicago Medicine |
10:35 am -11:20 am | Geriatric Trauma Oloruntoba Bolaji, DO Trauma Surgery UChicago Medicine |
11:20 am - 12:05 pm | *AM Keynote Speaker* Human Trafficking Megan Vold RAASE |
12:05 pm - 1:05 pm | Lunch |
| 1:05 pm - 1:50 pm | Reversal Drugs and TXA Kelsey Fausel, PharmD UW Health |
| 1:50 pm - 2:35 pm | Stranger Things or MacGyver's Toolbox Thomas Cartolano, DO Advocate Health Care |
| 2:35 pm - 2:50 pm | Break/Afternoon Snack |
| 2:50 pm - 3:35 pm | Trauma Burn Stathis Poulakidas, MD General Surgeon OSF Healthcare |
| 3:35 pm - 4:20 pm | *PM Keynote Speaker* UW Organ and Tissue Donation and Donor Mother Matthew McCauley, MD Emergency Medicine UW Health |
| 4:20 pm - 4:30 pm | Conclusion/CME Gregory McGovern, MD, FACS Trauma Medical Director and General Surgeon UW Health |
Valet parking and Shuttle Services are available
Policy on Disclosure
It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) to identify, mitigate and disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence the content of this accredited continuing education (CE). In addition, speakers, presenters, and authors must disclose any planned discussion of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation.
For this accredited continuing education activity all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated and detailed disclosures are listed below.
Name | Role(s) | Financial Relationship Disclosure | Discussion of Unlabeled/Unapproved Uses of Drugs/Devices in Presentation? |
Gregory McGovern, MD Physician UW Health | Course Director; Faculty | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Jennifer Pirrello, BSN, RN, TCRN, TNS Trauma Coordinator UW Health | Planning Committee Member | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Heather Nieves, MHA Medical Education Coordinator UW Health | Planning Committee Member | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Deanna Berg, DNP UW Health | Planning Committee Member | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Pamela Wales Emergency Medicine &Quality Coordinator UW Health | Planning Committee Member | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Veronika Yurchenko, PharmD Pharmacy UW Health | Planning Committee Member | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Carrie Hamilton, MSN UW Health | Planning Committee Member | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Ryan Newberry, DO, MPH, EMT-P Physician - Emergency Medicine & Med Flight UW Health | Faculty/Speaker | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Jillian Gorski, MD Physician - Pediatric Emergency Medicine UW Health | Faculty/Speaker | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Thomas Cartolano, DO Physician - Trauma Surgery Advocate Health Care | Faculty/Speaker | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Kelsey Fausel, PharmD (Resident) Physician - Obstetrics and Gynecology UW Health | Faculty/Speaker | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Stathis Poulakidas, MD Physician - General Surgery OSF Healthcare | Faculty/Speaker | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Megan Vold Program Manager & Community Educator RAASE | Faculty/Speaker | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Matthew McCauley, MD Physician - Emergency Medicine UW Health | Faculty/Speaker | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on, patients.
The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical services directly to patients to be ineligible companies.
Accreditation Statement
 | In support of improving patient care, the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP 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
| American Medical Association (AMA) The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. |
 | American Board of Surgery (ABS) - CME Only Successful completion of this CME activity, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit. By completing the requirements for this activity, the learner gives UW-Madison ICEP permission to share completion data with the ACCME and the certifying board(s) |
 | American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 8 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 8.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. |
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.0 ANCC contact hours. | |
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) A maximum of 8.0 hours of knowledge-based CE credit can be earned by successfully completing this live activity. Pharmacists should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. CE credit information, based on verification of live attendance and completion of the program assessment and evaluation, will be provided to NABP within 60 days after the activity completion. UAN: JA0000358-0000-26-016-L99-P | |
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP, as a member of the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), authorizes this program for 8.0 continuing education units (CEUs) or 8.0 hours. |
Available Credit
- 8.00 AAPA Category 1 CME
- 8.00 ABS Accredited CME
- 8.00 ACPE Contact Hours - Pharmacist
- 8.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 8.00 ANCC Contact Hours
- 8.00 University of Wisconsin–Madison Continuing Education Hours
- 8.00 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Please visit our exhibitors below, and for in-person attendees, during the breaks in the hallway.
Registration Fees
$80 - Non-UW Health Professionals
$25 - UW/VA/UnityPoint Health/UW Health Northern Illinois (SwedishAmerican) Faculty & Staff/Fellows
The registration fee includes cost of tuition, and a nonrefundable processing fee of $25. In-person attendee fees also include a breakfast, lunch, and refreshment breaks.
Use Early Bird Discount of $10 (on or before January 1, 2026): Use Coupon Code NILTC26EB
CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY
Requests for cancellation must be submitted in writing to [email protected]. Cancellation requests received at least 96 hours prior to the conference will allow a full refund except for the nonrefundable processing fee ($50.00). No refunds will be made for cancellations received less than 96 hours prior to the activity start date.
Registration for this activity can only be completed through the ICEP Learning Portal. Attendee registrations made through any other sites cannot be honored. UW-Madison ICEP is not able to refund fees paid through unaffiliated registration sites, such as eMedEvents.com, MedConfWorld.com, EventEgg.com, and 10times.com. Please report any unauthorized websites or solicitations for registrations to [email protected].
Questions about Registration
Email [email protected].
Program Changes
Emergency situations occasionally occur and may necessitate topic or speaker changes. The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP reserve the right to alter or substitute a topic or speaker without prior notification.
Accessibility
The University of Wisconsin provides equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title IX requirements. The University of Wisconsin fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof. If any participant in this educational activity is in need of accommodations, please notify us at [email protected]
For Further Information
For conference information please contact Jen Pirrello ([email protected])
Required Hardware/software
Virtual attendees: laptop, desktop, or tablet with video streaming capability will be required in order to view the videos within the course platform.