TAS Annual Meeting 2018
Venue: Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
Date: October 12, 2018

Full Registration
- Academic Program
- Refreshments
- Roof Top Social Function
- AMA 4.5 CME
- Cost $200USD
Trainee Registration
- Academic Program
- Refreshments
- Roof Top Social Function
- Proof of Status required
- Cost $25USD
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Designation: UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


Meeting Schedule
Welcome from the Conveners
TAS – State of the Union – Outgoing President Dr Michael Murray
Prognostication in TBI
Professor J Claude III Hemphill MD MAS
Dr. Hemphill is Co-Director of the UCSF Brain and Spinal Injury Center. His clinical and research interests have included (1) intracerebral hemorrhage and (2) advanced neuromonitoring in neurocritical care. His NIH-funded research has focused on secondary brain injury in intracerebral hemorrhage and the new NETT (Neurological Emergency Treatment Trials network) in which he is PI of SF-NET (the San Francisco site). Additionally he is a founding director and current officer (secretary) of the Neurocritical Care Society. He serves on the editorial board of the journal Neurocritical Care. He regular lectures at national and international meetings on advances in neurocritical care, brain injury, and stroke, with an emphasis on practical clinical implementation.
Three clinical streams will run simultaneously – Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, and Acute Stroke.
Each clinical domain will have a session focused on
a) State of the art RESEARCH
b) Clinical BEST PRACTICE
c) CONTROVERSIES and challenges
Light refreshments
“What should a trauma anesthesia department look like?”
Moderator – Dr Richard Dutton MD MBA
Dr. Dutton received his B.A. from Harvard in 1983, an M.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1987 and an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland in 2001. He completed his residency in anesthesiology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in 1991 and then served as an attending anesthesiologist at the National Naval Medical Center, while on active duty in the United States Navy. In 1994, Dr. Dutton joined the Faculty at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center of the University of Maryland, where he served as Director of Trauma Anesthesiology and Director of Clinical Operations. Dr. Dutton was promoted to the rank of Professor in 2009, based on his work in trauma system design.
Closing statements from the Trauma Anesthesiology Society
Drinks and light snacks served on the ZSFG Rooftop garden overlooking Potrero Hill and the City of San Francisco