2025 Schedule of Events
Draft Schedule Pending Confirmation of Presentations/Speakers
DATE | TIME | ACTIVITY | SPEAKER | LOCATION |
Thursday, April 10 | 7:30 | Registration Open | Hilton Palacio Del Rio | |
8:00 | Breakfast with Exhibitors | |||
9:00 | Opening Remarks/Welcome | CDR Sean Stuart | ||
9:15 | Keynote Day 1- Director Medical Corps, Commander Naval Medical Forces Pacific | RADM Guido Valdes
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10:00 | Coffee Break with Exhibitors | |||
10:15 | Taking Civilian Trauma Lessons to the Battlefield | CDR Christine DeForest | ||
10:35 | Military Medicine is Prehospital Medicine: Preparing Medical Directors for LSCO | Maj Joshua Lowe | ||
10:55 | Active-Duty EM Procedural Currency and Preparation for LSCO | Lt Col Joshua Stierwalt | ||
11:15 | Coffee Break with Exhibitors | |||
11:30 | Pocket POCUS: Tactical Adventures of a Handheld Ultrasound | CPT(P) Renato Rapada | ||
11:50 |
The Israeli MDA response to Oct 7 and the aftermath |
Dr. Arian Nachat | ||
12:00 |
Lunch with Exhibitors and GSACEP Awards Presentation |
MAJ Justine Stremick Lt Col (Ret) Rod Fontenette |
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12:40 |
Managing Patient with Acute Respiratory Distress |
Dr. Tony Anzueto | ||
13:15 | Dessert with Exhibitors | |||
13:30 | If You’re Not at the Table, You’re on the Menu – Advocacy for Institutional Employees | Dr. Willian Leninger, CAPT(ret), USN | ||
13:50 |
Women’s Reproductive Health in the Emergency Department Panel |
Moderator: 2LT Ryan Leone; CAPT (ret.) William Leininger LTC Erin Keyse USAF Additional Panelist |
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14:20 | Disabling the Difficult, the Disruptive, & the Divas in the Emergency Department: Surviving AND Thriving with Your Self-Worth Intact! |
Dr. Jeffrey Goodloe |
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14:40 |
Emergency Medicine at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)- One Physician’s Experience |
CDR Judith Eisenberg |
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15:00 | Snack Break with Exhibitors |
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15:15 | Geriatric Trauma - What’s Different? |
COL Cindy Shen, USAF |
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15:30 |
Uncertainty Management in Prolonged Casualty Care |
Dr. Amy Hildreth |
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15:45 | Bicarb or Bye-carb: is sodium bicarb part of the dogma or should it become part of the dogma-lysis in cardiac arrest? |
Zane Elfessi, Pharm D |
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16:00 | Countering the Electronic Warfare Threat: Modeling Electromagnetic Signatures of Portable Ultrasounds Used in Far Forward Environments |
CPT Maya Alexandri |
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16:15 | Keeping pace with a Rapidly Changing Street Drug Market- tips for managing overdose and withdrawal |
CDR Christine DeForest |
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16:30 | Adjourn |
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18:00-20:30 | Research Forum and Opening Reception | Link to list of abstracts coming soon | The Alamo | |
Friday, April 11 | 7:30 | Registration Open | Hilton Palacio Del Rio | |
8:00 | Breakfast with Exhibitors | |||
9:00 | Keynote Day 2- National EM/ACEP Status Update with ACEP President | Dr. Alison Haddock | ||
9:45 | Coffee Break with Exhibitors | |||
10:00 | Naval War College - Future Conflicts | Daniel Caldwell | ||
11:30 | Transition to JSSEM Event at Lackland | Transportation on your own to Lackland (if attending JSSEM) | ||
12:00 | Lunch at JSSEM | Lackland AFB | ||
13:00 |
JSSEM KSA/Skills Lab and Workshops If planning to participate in JSSEM activities, please complete this form. THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE TO JOIN JSSEM ACTIVITIES. |
Lackland AFB | ||
Registrants will rotate between the following KSA/Skills Labs:
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SIGN UP HERE | |||
16:30-18:30 | Sim Wars Competition and Closing Reception | Lackland AFB | ||
Saturday, April 12 | 7:30 | Registration Open | Hilton Palacio Del Rio | |
7:45 | Breakfast with Exhibitors | |||
8:15 |
New Speakers Resident Competition Breaking the Language Barrier: Best Practices for Interpreter Use in Emergency Medicine (Edwards) Bots, Bytes, and Bandages: How AI is Reshaping Battlefield Medicine (Hailey) Beyond the Golden Hour: Shaping the Future Horizons of Prolonged Casualty Care (Tovar) Working with Persons Experiencing Incarceration (PEI) (Farrell) Catching Chaos (aka Eden): Logging my most unexpected delivery during EM Residency (MacDonald) Who Needs Plastics? Perfecting the Pediatric Laceration Repair (Villa) |
CPT Alysa Edwards; Capt Reneau Hailey; LT Matthew Tovar; CPT Joseph Farrell; Capt Austin MacDonald; CPT Summer Villa |
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9:15 | Coffee Break with Exhibitors | |||
09:30 | Uniform Service University Faculty Development and Support Resources Panel | Dr. Amy Hildreth (civilian, former Navy, USU); Dr. Steve Walton (civilian, former Air Force, BAMC); CPT(P) Renato Rapada, DO (Active Duty Army, BAMC); LT Christina Powell, DO (Active Duty Navy, Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune); Major Josh Oliver, MD (Active Duty Army, Madigan) | ||
10:10 | Academic Roles- Department of Military & Emergency Medicine Faculty Ranks and Promotions |
Dr. Amy Hildreth (civilian, former Navy, USU); CAPT Sheri Rudinsky, USN |
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10:45 | Defense Health Agency Clinical Community Update |
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11:00 | Tri-Service Specialty Leader Updates and Panel | Drs. Eric Chin, Chris Pitotti, Sean Conley | ||
12:00 | GSACEP President Closing Remarks | MAJ Justine Stremick | ||
12:00 |
Networking/Interest Group Lunch Breakouts |
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13:00-1700 | COMTOMS (optional event with registration fee) |
REGISTER HERE! | Hilton Palacio Del Rio |
Important Dates
Thu
10
2025
April 10 - 12, 2025
Government Services Symposium 2025
Hilton Palacio del Rio, San Antonio, TX