Event Details

About This Event

• Event Type:Lectures & Special Events

Details:

We are pleased to present the third annual Boulder Community Health (BCH) Trauma Symposium. In this full-day event, the BCH Trauma Services Department presents a team of experts on a variety of topics around trauma medicine, care and practices. As the first Level II Trauma Center in Boulder County, BCH has sophisticated resources and highly trained medical staff readily available to treat seriously injured patients.

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This event is made possible through generous support from the Boulder Community Health Foundation.

Event Agenda: 

7:30 - 7:55 a.m. - Sign in and Breakfast

7:55 – 8:00 a.m. - Welcome - Dr. Laura Harmon, Trauma Medical Director

8:00 – 8:45 a.m. - Substance Use Disorders through the Lens of Trauma - Dr. Kelly Cushing, Hospital and Addiction Medicine, Medical Director, Substance Use Disorder Program

8:45 – 9:30 a.m. - Planes, Trains and Automobiles: The Softer Side of Hard Trauma - Dr. Barry Platnick, Medical Director for Palliative Care, Trauma and Acute Care Surgeon, Denver Health and Boulder Community Health, Assistant Professor of Surgery CUSOM

9:30 – 9:45 a.m. - Break

9:45 – 10:30 a.m.- Trauma, Teamwork and Leadership: Lessons Learned - Dr. Robert Vissers, Chief Executive Officer and President, Boulder Community Health

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. - Dr. Ben Keidan, Chief Medical Officer, Boulder Community Health

10:45 – 11:30 p.m. - Keynote Address - Triny Willerton, Founder and President of It Could Be Me

11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. - Lunch

12:15 – 1:00 p.m. - Social Vulnerability in Trauma - Dr. Catherine Velopulos, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Health and Finance Management

1:00 – 1:45 p.m. - Thoracic Trauma and Surgical Rib Fixation - Dr. Daniel VanDerPloeg, Surgical Intensive Care, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Denver Health

1:45 – 2:30 p.m. - Geriatric Trauma - BCH Geriatrician Group

Registration

• Price: Free
• Registration Instructions:

  Attendance for the event includes in-person and virtual options. You may register for the event by filling out the form below!

  Note: In-person capacity for the event is capped at 300 people, in the event of the event reaching capacity, there is an option to be placed on a waiting list should any spots open up. You are also welcome to attend the event virtually.