Trauma surgery associations and societies: which organizations match your goals?

Chad G Ball; Sean C Grondin; Colin Schieman; David V Feliciano; Elijah Dixon; Andrew W Kirkpatrick; Rao R Ivatury; Jeffrey P Salomone; Lawrence R Reed

doi:10.1186/1752-2897-8-6

Trauma surgery associations and societies: which organizations match your goals?

J Trauma Manag Outcomes. 2014 Jun 14:8:6. doi: 10.1186/1752-2897-8-6. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Chad G Ball¹, Sean C Grondin¹, Colin Schieman², David V Feliciano³, Elijah Dixon¹, Andrew W Kirkpatrick¹, Rao R Ivatury¹, Jeffrey P Salomone⁴, Lawrence R Reed³

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Surgery, University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
² McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
³ Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
⁴ University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

Abstract

This focused summary is a multi-institutional, multi-national, and multi-generational project designed to briefly summarize current academic trauma societies for both trainees and faculty alike. The co-authorship is composed of former and/or current presidents from most major trauma organizations. It has particular relevance to trainees and/or recent graduates attempting to navigate the multitude of available trauma organizations.