Faculty and Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Edward E. Cornwell III, MD, FACS, FCCM
The LaSalle D. Leffall Professor of Surgery
Howard University College of Medicine
Washington, D.C.

Dr. Cornwell will discuss Outcome Disparities in the Trauma Population and Penetrating Trauma.

Bio

Dr. Edward E. Cornwell III was born and raised in Washington, D.C., attended Howard University College of Medicine and graduated with honors (AOA Medical Honor Society) and as class President. He received his surgical training at the Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center and his trauma/critical care fellowship at the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems in Baltimore, Maryland. He has been certified and re-certified in both General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care by the American Board of Surgery.

Dr. Cornwell's career interest is in the prevention, treatment, and outcome disparities of traumatic injuries, and their critical care sequelae. He has authored or co-authored over 270 articles and chapters and has given over 350 invited presentations in the field. He has delivered the named lecture or keynote address at over 35 institutions and conferences. He is a reviewer for several surgical journals and is the past deputy editor of JAMA-Surgery.

Dr. Cornwell has received numerous awards and citations for his efforts in education, outreach, and violence prevention. He has received major teaching awards in every faculty position he has held, on top of numerous amounts of other prestigious awards. Dr. Cornwell will be delivering the Scudder Oration in Trauma at the Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons in October of 2023.

Additional Trauma and Critical Care Speakers

A Peter Ekeh, MD, MPH, FACS
Trauma Medical Director
Level I Trauma Center
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton, OH

James Augustine, MD, FACEP
National Director of Prehospital Strategy
US Acute Care Solutions
Canton, OH

Emily Boulos 
Child Life Specialist 
Level I Pediatric Trauma Center
Dayton Children’s 
Dayton, OH

John Bruun, MD, FACS
Associate Trauma Medical Director
Level I Trauma Center
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton, OH

Mark Gebhart, MD, EMT-P, FAAEM, CPM
Department Chair of Emergency Medicine
Level III Trauma Center
Atrium Medical Center
Middletown, OH

Kristy Greer
Child Life Specialist 
Level I Pediatric Trauma Center
Dayton Children’s 
Dayton, OH

Brandon R. Horne, MD
Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon
Level I Trauma Center
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton, OH

Kermit D. Huebner, MD, MPH, FACEP, FAAEM, FAWM
Director of Prehospital and Operational Emergency Medicine
Wright State University
Dayton, OH 

Samantha Lahey, MD
General Surgeon
Wright State Department of Surgery
Dayton, OH

Brittany Staarmann, MD
Neurosurgeon
Level I Trauma Center
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton, OH 

Reza Miremadi, DDS, MD
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon
Level I Trauma Center
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton, Ohio

Sarah Pearson, MSN, RN, CPEN
EMS Outreach Educator/ EMS Coordinator
Level I Pediatric Trauma Center
Dayton Children’s 
Dayton, OH

Mitchell Simmons, AT, EMT-B, CSCS, TSAC-F
Healthy Heroes
Premier Health
Dayton, OH

Brian Wheeler, AT, CSCS, TSAC-F
Healthy Heroes
Premier Health
Dayton, OH