2022 Student Conference

Are you an outdoor enthusiast? Are you looking for opportunities to merge your interests in outdoor adventures with your future as a healthcare provider?

Blue Ridge Adventure Medicine has partnered with Wake Forest University and Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine to host the 15th annual SE Student Wilderness Medicine Conference virtually on March 11-12th, 2022.

This FREE conference will provide both didactic and hands-on opportunities to build your knowledge on how to manage common emergencies in austere environments and improvise with limited resources. Nationally renowned healthcare providers with careers focused in wilderness medicine will host sessions ranging from Wilderness Toxicology, ultrasound, Avalanche and Hypothermia Management, and more.

Registration:
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When you register you will receive a link to a spreadsheet with live schedule and links. They will be continually updated so make sure to check back on the day of the event for most up to date options! Based on our virtual platform registration will be limited - so register now!

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Speaker Line Up:
Keynote: Lara Phillips, MD: Thomas Jefferson University Director of WM
Henderson McGinnis, MD: Wake Forest University WM Fellowship Director
Stephanie Lareau, MD: Virginia Tech Carilion WM Fellowship Director
Jennifer Hannum, MD: Wake Forest University, Toxicology
Patrick Reynolds, MD: Wake Forest University, Neurology
Jessie Gehner, Virginia Tech Carilion WM Asst. Fellowship Director
Chris Davis, MD: Wake Forest University WM Asst. Fellowship Director
Justin Gardner, DO: Virginia Tech Carilion WM Fellowship Faculty
Cal Staben, MD: Wake Forest University WM Fellow
Alex Axtell, PA: Virginia Tech Carilion WM Fellow
Ty Stannard, MD: Virginia Tech Carilion WM Fellow
Carver Haines, MD: Virginia Tech Carilion WM Fellow
Chris Peluso, DO: Wake Forest University Emergency Medicine
Alexandra Dinello, MD: Western Michigan University Emergency Medicine
Walter Schrading, MD: University of Alabama Birmingham Director of WM
Mark Shapiro, MD: Emory University Acute Care Surgery
Hillary Iron, MD: University of Massachusetts Emergency Medicine
Aaron Epstein, MD: President, Global Surgical Medical Support Group
Jenna White, MD: University of New Mexico Emergency Medicine
Mirela Burza-Augatis, PA-C: Seton Hall University Physician Assistant Studies
Mary Showstark, PA-C: Yale Institute of Global Health
Michael Caudell, MD: Medical College of Georgia Wilderness Medicine
Matt Smith, 18D: US Army Special Operations Command
Michael Beuhler, MD: Medical Director NC Poison Control
Kristina Drake, MD: Augusta University MCG WM Fellow
Sue Spano, MD: UCSF Fresno WM Fellowship Director

Schedule:
Friday March 11
8pm: WM Trivia Competition: Test your knowledge in this fun, interactive competition.
Saturday March 12
9:00 AM Keynote Speaker
10:00- 5:00PM: Small group lectures

The conference is open to outdoor enthusiasts and all current or future healthcare providers interested in wilderness medicine.

The wilderness holds answers to questions
man has not yet learned to ask
-Nancy Newhall

The greatest adventure is what lies ahead
-JRR Tolkien

15th Annual VirtualSoutheastern StudentWilderness Medicine ConferenceMarch 11-12th 2022

15th Annual Virtual
Southeastern Student
Wilderness Medicine Conference
March 11-12th 2022