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Guidelines Committee

The Guideline Committee is responsible for all aspects related to EAST’s role as the premier provider of evidence based guidelines in all fields of clinical acute care surgery (trauma, critical care, emergency general surgery) as well as injury prevention. This committee supervises the creation of new guidelines on topics using the skills and the expertise of members of other sections (i.e. Injury Prevention, Acute Care Surgery) as well as the general EAST membership. It ensures all guidelines are up to date by revising already published guidelines. 

EAST guidelines are developed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology.  

Membership on the Guidelines Committee is not required to be an individual guidelines leader, first author, co-author, or team member. There is a separate call for volunteers to assist on specific individual guidelines.

Committee members are appointed by the President with approval by the Board of Directors.  Committee member terms are three years.  All terms begin in January and conclude in January in the year specified in "term ends".

Guidelines Task Forces
In addition to the core committee, task forces have been established to assist in the development of specific guidelines. Each task force is chaired by a member of the Guidelines Committee.

Content Task Forces
Emergency General Surgery Guidelines Task Force
Injury Prevention Guidelines Task Force
Surgical Critical Care Guidelines Task Force
Trauma Guidelines Task Force

 

Members

Lisa M. Kodadek, MD, FACSLisa M. Kodadek, MD, FACS, Chair
Yale New Haven Health/Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT
Term ends 01/16/2027
Jennifer J. Freeman, MD, MPH, FACS, Committee Vice Chair
TCU Burnett School of Medicine in ,
Term ends 01/16/2027
John Agapian, MD, FACS, FCCMJohn Agapian, MD, FACS, FCCM, Committee Member
University of California, Riverside in Los Angeles, CA
Term ends 01/16/2027
Laura R. Brown, MD, PhDLaura R. Brown, MD, PhD, Committee Member
in ,
Term ends 01/16/2027
Edward Chao, MD, FACSEdward Chao, MD, FACS, Committee Member
Jacobi Medical Center in ,
Term ends 01/16/2027
Justin Cirone, MD MSJustin Cirone, MD MS, Committee Member
University of Texas at San Antonio in ,
Term ends 01/17/2026
Kennith Conley Coleman, DOKennith Conley Coleman, DO, Committee Member
West Virginia University - WVU Medicine in Morgantown, WV
Term ends 01/16/2027
Sabrina Goddard, MDSabrina Goddard, MD, Committee Member
in ,
Term ends 01/16/2027
Diana Jewett, BSN, Committee Member
HCA in Richmond, VA
Term ends 01/16/2027
Abid Khan, MDAbid Khan, MD, Committee Member
University of Chicago in ,
Term ends 01/17/2026
Ryan A. Lawless, MDRyan A. Lawless, MD, Committee Member
in Littleton, CO
Term ends 01/17/2026
Amelia W. Maiga, MD, MPHAmelia W. Maiga, MD, MPH, Committee Member
Vanderbilt University Medical Center in ,
Term ends 01/17/2026
Vishnu R. Mani, MDVishnu R. Mani, MD, Committee Member
in ,
Term ends 01/16/2027
Helen A. Markowski, MDHelen A. Markowski, MD, Committee Member
Honor Health Scottsdale Osborn in ,
Term ends 01/16/2027
Joshua A. Marks, MDJoshua A. Marks, MD, Committee Member
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA
Term ends 01/16/2027
Ida Molavi, MD, FACS, FRCSC, Committee Member
St. Joseph's University Medical Center in ,
Term ends 01/17/2026
Joshua S. Ng-Kamstra, MDCM, MPH, FRCSC, Committee Member
The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu in ,
Term ends 01/17/2026
Matthew D. Painter, MD, FACSMatthew D. Painter, MD, FACS, Committee Member
Lehigh Valley Health Network in ,
Term ends 01/17/2026
David Poliner, DO, MPHDavid Poliner, DO, MPH, Committee Member
SUNY Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, NY
Term ends 01/17/2026
Asanthi M. Ratnasekera, DO, FACSAsanthi M. Ratnasekera, DO, FACS, Committee Member
Crozer Keystone Health System in ,
Term ends 01/17/2026
Christina M. Regelsberger-Alvarez, DO FACS, Committee Member
East Carolina University in ,
Term ends 01/17/2026
Kate Savoie, MD, MSKate Savoie, MD, MS, Committee Member
Yale School of Medicine in ,
Term ends 01/16/2027
Kyle M. Schmitt, MDKyle M. Schmitt, MD, Committee Member
USF/HCA Aventura Medical Center in Hollywood , FL
Term ends 01/16/2027
Asha Shah, MD, Committee Member
St.Joes/Trinity Health/IHA in ,
Term ends 01/16/2027
Jyoti Sharma, MD, MPH, FACSJyoti Sharma, MD, MPH, FACS, Committee Member
Hospital of Central Connecticut in ,
Term ends 01/16/2027
Forest R. Sheppard, MDForest R. Sheppard, MD, Committee Member
Maine Medical Center, Portland Maine in ,
Term ends 01/17/2026
Anaar Siletz, MD, PhDAnaar Siletz, MD, PhD, Committee Member
in ,
Term ends 01/16/2027
Amanda Teichman, MD, FACSAmanda Teichman, MD, FACS, Committee Member
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in ,
Term ends 01/17/2026
Elizabeth Turner, MD, MS, Committee Member
in ,
Term ends 01/17/2026
Jorge A Vega, MD, FACS, Committee Member
Broward Health in ,
Term ends 01/17/2026
Linda Imen Yala, MD, Committee Member
Riverside University Health System in ,
Term ends 01/16/2027
Bellal Joseph, MD, FACSBellal Joseph, MD, FACS, Ex Officio
University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ
Term ends 01/17/2026

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