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:
Register now!
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!
Conference Gear:
Coming soon!
Order a t-shirt, stickers or other exciting logo gear!
Speaker Line Up:
KEYNOTE - Lara Phillips, MD: Thomas Jefferson University Director of Wilderness Medicine
Dr. Henderson McGinnis, MD: Wake Forest University WM Fellowship Director
Stephanie Lareau, MD: Virginia Tech Carilion WM Fellowship Director
Jennifer Hannum, MD: Wake Forest University, Toxicologist
Patrick Reynolds, MD: Wake Forest University, Neurologist
Matt Smith, 18D US Army Special Operations Command
Aaron Epstein, MD: President, Global Surgical Medical Support Group
Jessie Gehner, MD: 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
Claire Wilsey, PA: 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
Jenna White, MD: University of New Mexico Emergency Medicine
Mary Showstark, PA-C: Yale Institute of Global Health
Mirela Bruza-Augatis, PA-C: Seton Hall University Physician Assistant
Michael Beuhler, MD: Medical Director, NC Poison Control
Hillary Irons, MD: University of Massachusetts Emergency Medicine
Michael Caudell, MD: Medical College of Georgia Emergency Medicine
Stuart Harris, MD: Massachusetts General Hospital 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, Dr. Lara Phillips
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
Past Conferences:
2008
Wake Forest University School of Medicine,
Winston-Salem NC
2009
University of NC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine,
Chapel Hill NC
2010
Medical College of Georgia,
Augusta GA
2011
Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University,
Johnson City TN
2012
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC
2013
2013 Southeastern Student Wilderness Medicine Conference
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC
2014
2014 Southeastern Student Wilderness Medical Conference
Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University
Huntington, WV
2015
2015 Southeastern Student Wilderness Medicine Conference
Quillen ETSU School of Medicine
Johnson City, TN
2016
2016 Southeastern Student Wilderness Medicine Conference
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Roanoke, VA
2017
2017 Southeastern Student Wilderness Medicine Conference
Wake Forest SOM
Winston-Salem, NC
2018
2018 Southeastern Student Wilderness Medicine Conference
Augusta University/ Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA
2019
2019 Southeastern Student Wilderness Medicine Conference
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC
2020
2020 Southeastern Student Wilderness Medicine Conference
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Roanoke, VA
2021
2021 Southeastern Student Wilderness Medicine Conference
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