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The Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Global Symposium will be held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, March 13-15 in conjunction with the COT Annual Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, Join us for an outstanding educational program and the chance to network with ATLS course directors, site coordinators, instructors, and educators from around the world.
Target Audience
- ATLS Faculty
- ATLS Course Directors
- ATLS Site Coordinators
- ATLS Educators
- Any clinician involved in ATLS or other Trauma Education Courses
Learning Objectives
- Discuss new research in patient care for trauma injuries.
- Evaluate new methods for treatment of trauma patients.
- Network and collaborate with other trauma healthcare providers.
- Recognize how to apply new knowledge and skills gained at home institution.
In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as “ineligible companies”, defined below) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf all other authors/contributors, if applicable.
Ineligible Company: The ACCME defines an “ineligible company” as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients. Providers of clinical services directly to patients are NOT included in this definition. |
Financial Relationships: Relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected. |
Conflict of Interest: Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of an ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship. |
The ACCME also requires that ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity. Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during the educational activity, please report it on the evaluation.
2026 ATLS Global Symposium Disclosure List
Jeffrey Kerby, MD, PhD, FACS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Eileen Bulger, MD, FACS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
John P. Sutyak, EdM, MD, FACS, MAMSE
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Dany Westerband, MD, FACS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Mentor Ahmeti, MD, FACS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Andrew Baker, MBChB, FRCS(Orth), FCS (Orth)SA, FACS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Erin Beck, MS, RN, CEN, CCRN, TCRN
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Brian Beldowicz, MD
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Erika Bisgaard, MD
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Mark Bowyer, MD
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Jeanette Capella, MD, MEd, FACS, MAMSE
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Michael Cripps, MD, FACS
Dr. Cripps received stock options from TraumaCare.AI for his advisory role; research funding from Integra for his PI role; payment and research funding from Grifols for his advisory role; research funding from AROA for his PI role; and research funding from Calcimedica for his PI role.
Scott D'Amours, MD, FRSC, FRACS, FRCS(Glasg), FACS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Anthie Dimoglou
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Jimm Dodd, PA-C, LTC(R) US Army
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Chris Dodgion, MD, FACS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
David Efron, MD, FACS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Hakim Elkholy, MD, FACS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Paul Engels, MD, LLM, FRCSC, DRCPSC, FACS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Sarnai Erdene
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Diogo Garcia, MD, FACS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Adam Goldstein, MD
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Andrea Hawk, MA, BSN, MAEd, RN, TCRN
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Dale Hill, MEd, MEP
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Antria Jennifer
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Joakim Jorgensen, MD, PhD, FACS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Saima Jamil Khurram
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Chong-Jeh Lo, MD
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Claire Leidy
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Kimberly Molik
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Mayur Narayan, MD, MPH, MBA, FACS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Jade Nunez, MD, MSc
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Nirav Patel, MD
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Maria Paulsen, RN, BSN
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Michael Person, MD, MPH, MBA, FACS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Tam Pham, MD, FACS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Timothy Plackett, DO, MPH
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Alicia Ponton-Carss, MD, MSc, PhD
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Asmaa Asif Shaikh, MD
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Guy Slater, FRCS(Tr&Orth)
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Leif Sorensen, BS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Dennis Taylor, MEd, MBA, DNP, PhD, ACNP-BC, FCCM
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Garry Taylor
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Lilli Thomas, BS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Jordan Tiller, RN, BSN, CEN, TCRN
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Simon Tsang, MD
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Anita Verschure
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Catherine Wilson, MSN, ACNP-BC
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Continuing Medical Education Credit Information
Accreditation
The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
The American College of Surgeons designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 12.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Of the AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ listed above, a maximum of 12.00 hours meet the requirements for Trauma. *
*The content of this activity may meet certain mandates of regulatory bodies. Please note that ACS has not and does not verify the content for such mandates with any regulatory body. Individual physicians are responsible for verifying the content satisfies such requirements.
CME Credit Claiming Information
All attendees must complete the course evaluation in order to claim a CME Certificate or a Certificate of Completion. The course evaluation will appear once you take and complete this course. The following requirements will need to be completed:
- Review all course materials
- Course evaluation
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 17399 for 8.00 contact hours.
Diplomates of the American Board of Surgery
By attending an ACS-accredited activity, you may choose to participate in the automatic transfer of your CME credits to the ABS via the ACCME. If you are a physician and Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery (ABS). This is a free offering.
Opt in to Automatically Send your CME Data to the ABS
The direct automatic transfer applies to all learners who have an ACS profile, are Diplomates of the ABS, and have provided their ABS ID and date of birth in the ACS MyCME Portal on the Board Certification page.
Step-by-Step Instructions to Access MyCME and Opt in to Transmit Your CME Data:
- Log in to your MyCME Portal
- Select the Board Certification tab
- Enter the American Board of Surgery
- Enter your ABS ID
- Enter your Day and Month of birth
- Next go to the Send CME Data tab
- Toggle to Opt In (green) “Yes! I choose to Opt-in and permit the ACS to automatically transfer all my ACS -Accredited CME data.
Once you have opted to automatically transfer your CME credits to the ABS, please allow 24 hours after transferring claiming your CME credits before you log into your ABS account to confirm the credits are in your ABS CME Repository. You may opt out at any time.
For more information or to request assistance, contact [email protected]. Please note: if you have previously successfully transmitted your ACS-accredited CME credits to the ABS via ACCME, then you can skip steps 2-6, and go directly to the Send CME Data tab, and Toggle to Opt In (green).
Available Credit
- 12.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 12.00 Trauma
- 12.00 CE Contact hours
- 12.00 Certificate of Completion