Transforming Trauma: Advancing Practice, Enhancing Patient Care

Hospital clinicians wheeling bed through hallway

Spring Trauma Symposium

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 — 12–4:30 p.m.

Lankenau Medical Center Auditorium
100 East Lancaster Avenue, Wynnewood, PA 19096

Registration fee: No cost — Registration is required

Registration is open from March 21 through April 4, 2025

Register online

For questions or assistance with registration, call 484.476.1390 or email jskahanj@mlhs.org.

Target audience

This program is designed for physicians, nurses, physician assistants, prehospital emergency medical service personnel and other interested allied healthcare professionals.

Learning objectives

At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:

  • Discuss current trends in VTE prophylaxis, vascular access in trauma resuscitation and care of multi-system trauma patients during acute and rehabilitative phases.
  • Explain if ASA alone is sufficient for VTE prophylaxis in higher-risk patients and what alternatives are used.
  • Identify the most appropriate catheter choice for rapid resuscitation and explain the acute vs. chronic effects of DAI.
  • Describe the role of orthopaedic trauma surgery in delivering multidisciplinary, team-based care for injured patients.
  • Discuss the importance of collaboration in managing multi-system traumatic injuries.
  • Describe the benefits of acute rehabilitation for patients with multi-system injuries, including TBI and orthopaedic injuries.

Topics and speakers

VTE Prevention in Trauma Patients: What You Need to Know in 2025
James D. Douketis, MD, FRCP, FACP, FCCP, FCAHS, David Braley-Nancy Gordon Chair, Thromboembolic Disease, McMaster University; Staff Physician, Internal Medicine, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

Vascular Access in Trauma Resuscitation
Chadley Potter, PA-C, Advanced Practice Provider, Trauma Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Lankenau Medical Center

Survivor Story: Collaborative Care for the Trauma Patient
Anirudh Kohli, MD, FACS, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; Medical Director, Trauma Program, Lankenau Medical Center
Mitesh Shah, MD, FAAOS, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon, Lankenau Medical Center
Ravichandra A. Madineni, MD, System Chief, Neurosurgery, Main Line Health

Statements

Accreditation statement: Main Line Health is accredited by the Pennsylvania Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Main Line Health is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Main Line Health is approved as a provider of emergency medical service continuing education by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Conflict of interest statement: Faculty and all others who have the ability to control the content of continuing education activities sponsored by Main Line Health are expected to disclose to the audience whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s).

There is no commercial support for this program.