Trauma conference Nov. 16-17 on Pensacola Beach

Three Pensacola hospitals and the District 1 EMS Council are teaming up to sponsor the 17th Annual Surviving Trauma Conference, on Nov. 16-17 at the Hilton Garden Inn on Pensacola Beach.

The conference is designed to provide up-todate information for practicing surgeons, emergency physicians, anesthesiologists, and family practitioners, as well as other healthcare professionals who provide care to trauma victims.

Program director is Dr. Karanbir S. Gill, medical director of Trauma Services at Sacred Heart Hospital. Conference faculty include Dr. Gill as well as several other local physicians: Dr. Indermeet Bhullar, trauma surgeon, Sacred Heart Hospital; Dr. James R. Andrews, orthopedic surgeon, Andrews Institute; and Dr. Cyril Sebastian, neurosurgeon, Sacred Heart Hospital and West Florida Hospital.

Faculty members also include several physicians and healthcare professionals from major medical centers around the country, including:

Dr. Christopher B. Hughes, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville;

Dr. Lawrence Lottenberg, University of Florida

Dr. Rick Miller, University of Illinois, Peoria

Dr. Robert F. Mullins, medical director, Joseph M. Still Burn Center, Doctor's Hospital, Augusta, Ga.

Dr. Paul E. Pepe, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas

Tracy East-Porter, Mothers Against Brain Injury, Fruit Cove, Fla.

Michael J. Hewitt, director, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas.

Registration is limited to the first 350 participants. Deadline to register is Nov. 1. For more information, visit www.districtoneems.com; call Lee Smith, (850) 434- 4663; or email Smith at lee.smith@bhcpns.org.