Standing Committees
Executive Committee
President: Dr. Carlos Ordonez, Columbia | ordonezcarlosa@gmail.com
Vice-President: Dr. Ari Leppäniemi, Finland | ari.leppaniemi@hus.fi
President-Elect: Dr. Sandro Rizoli, Canada | orizolis@smh.ca
Executive Director: Dr. Thomas Scalea, USA | rivatury@gmail.com
Secretary-Treasurer: Dr. Esteban Foianini, Bolivia | efoianini@hotmail.com
Editor in Chief: Dr. Rao R. Ivatury, USA | rivatury@gmail.com
Past President: Gustavo Fraga, Brazil | fragagp2008@gmail.com
Past President: Michel Aboutanos, USA | Michel.Aboutanos@vcuhealth.orgProgram Committee
Chair: Dr. Thomas Scalea, USA
Dr. Rao Ivatury, USA
Dr. Carlos Ordoñez, Colombia
Dr. Sandro Rizoli, Canada
Dr. Esteban Foianini, Bolivia
Publication Committee
Chair: Dr. Rao Ivatury, Editor-in-Chief PJTCC
Dr. Carlos Ordoñez
Dr. Esteban Foianini
Dr. Jose Diaz, 2018
Dr. Juan Duchesne, 2018
Robert Lawrence, 2018
Dr. Carlos Morales, 2016
Dr. Andrew Peitzman, 2016
Dr. Sandro Rizoli, 2016
Dr. Jorge Sproviero, 2018By-Laws Committee
Chair: Dr. Antonio Marttos, 2018
Co-Chair: Dr. Martha Quiodettis, 2017
Dr. Manuel Lorenzo (Ex-oficio member)
Dr. Carlos Johnson, 2017
Dr. Luis Fernando Pino, 2017
Dr. Cristina Quintana Prado, 2017
Dr. Jaime Fisher Bonhomme, 2017
Dr. Nicholas Namais, 2018Membership Committee
Chair: Dr. Maria Jimenez, 2016 | mafejimenez2000@yahoo.es
Co-Chair: Dr. Tania Zakrinson, 2018 | zakrisonT@smh.ca
Dr. Carlos Ordonez
Dr. Esteban Foianini
Student Subcommittee
Chair: Nehal Naik, 2017 | naikns2@vcu.edu
Co-Chair: Paulo Henrique Kleinn, 2017 | paulo_kleinn@hotmail.com
Nursing Subcommittee
Chair: Cristiane de Alencar Dominques, 2016 | crismingues@usp.br
Resident Subcommittee
Chair: Dr. Laura Valencia, 2016 | lauraisabelvalencia@gmail.com
Dr. Marissa Boek, 2017
Dr. Shannon Rosatti, 2018
Pre-hospital Subcommittee
Chair: Dr. Jose Garcia Valasco, 2016 | jose_condor@hotmail.com
AD-HOC Committees
Education & Research Committee
Chair: Dr. Paula Ferrada, 2017 | paula.ferrada@vcuhealth.org
Co-Chair: Dr. Jorge Rabat, 2017 | jrabat05@yahoo.esEducation Subcommittee
Chair: Dr. Pablo Ottolino, 2017 | ottolinopablo@yahoo.com
Co-Chair:
Dr. Andre Campbell, 2018
Dr. Marc DeMoya, 2018
Dr. Sharon Henry, 2018
R.N. Lilia de Souza Nogueira, 2018
Dr. Gustavo Machain, 2018
Dr. Greg Peck, 2018Research Subcommittee
Chair: Dr. Juan Duchesne, 2017 | jduchesn@tulane.edu
Co- Chair: Dr. Michael Parra, 2017 | michaelwparra@yahoo.com
Telemedicine Subcommittee
Chair: Dr. Antonio Marttos, 2016 | AMarttos@med.miami.edu
Co- chair: Dr. Rifat Latifi, 2016 | latifi@surgery.arizona.eduBurns Subcommittee
Chair: Dr. Ricardo Ferrada, 2016 | ricardoferrada@gmail.com
Dr. Bruce Potenza, 2016 | bpotenza@ucsd.edu
Dr. Michael Feldman, 2016 |michael.feldman@vcuhealth.org
Chair: Dr. Charles Mock, 2016 | cmock@u.washington.edu
Trauma Systems Committee
Co-Chair: Dr. Andres Rubiano, 2016 | gaph2@yahoo.com
Disaster Subcommittee
Chair: Dr. Bruno Pereira, 2017 | drbrunomonteiro@hotmail.com
Co-Chair: Marc de Moya, 2017 | mdemoya@partners.org
Injury Prevention Subcommittee
Chair: Dr. Jorge Neira, 2016 | jan@datamar.com.ar
Co- chair: Dr. Stephanie Goldberg, 2016 | stephanie.goldberg@vcuhealth.org
Dr. Michel Aboutanos, 2018
Dr. Rochelle Dicker, 2018
Quality Improvement Subcommittee
Chair: Dr. Felipe Vega, 2017 | laparoscopia.y.trauma@gmail.com
Trauma Registry Subcommittee
Chair: Dr. Edgar Rodas, 2018 | ebrodas@gmail.com
Laura Bosque, 2018
Dr. Enrique Ginzburg, 2018
Dr. Tarek Razek, 2018
Dr. David Alejandro Scavo Montes, 2018
Emergency Medicine Subcommittee
Chair: David Burt, 2016 | DRB5P@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
Development & Scholarship Committee
Chair: Dr. Thomas Scalea, 2017 | tscalea@umm.edu
Dr. Michel B. Aboutanos
Dr. Susan Briggs, 2017
Dr. Esteban Foianini
Foundation Subcommittee
Chair: Dr. Thomas Scalea, 2017 | tscalea@umm.eduScholarship Subcommittee
Chair: Dr. Susan Briggs, 2017 | sbriggs@partners.org
Dr. Terence O'Keeffe, 2018
Dr. Carlos Ordonez, 2018
Dr. Sandro Scarpelini, 2018
Dr. Felipe Vega, 2018
Dr. Greg Peck, 2018Media Relations Subcommittee
Chair: Dr. Juan Carlos Salamea, 2017 | jsalamea@gmail.com