2025 Schedule of Events

Draft Schedule Pending Confirmation of Presentations/Speakers

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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 Stuart
	9:15	Keynote Day 1	COL (ret) Robert Mabry, MD
	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 forr 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 CDR Christine DeForest
	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
	14:20	Disabling the Difficult, the Disruptive, & the Divas in the Emergency Department: Surviving AND Thriving with Your Self-Worth Intact!	Dr. Jeffrey Goodloe
	14:40	Vibrating Mesh Nebulizers: Advances in Aerosol Drug Delivery	Dan Cary, RRT
	15:00	Snack Break with Exhibitors
	15:15	Geriatric Trauma - What’s Different?	COL Cindy Shen, USAF
	15:30	Uncertainty Management in Prolonged Casualty Care	Dr. Amy Hildreth
	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
	16:15	Keeping pace with a Rapidly Changing Street Drug Market- tips for managing overdose and withdrawal	CDR Christine DeForest
	16:30	Adjourn
	18:00-20:30	Research Forum and Opening Reception	GSS25 Research Forum List	The Alamo
Friday, April 11	7:30	Registration Open		Hilton Palacio Del Rio
	8:00	Breakfast with Exhibitors
	08:30	Rising GSACEP Leaders in Action	CPT Mike Ramirez
	08:40	Literature in Review	MAJ Brit Long
	9:00	Keynote Day 2- Financialization in EM and National ACEP Update	Dr. Alison Haddock ACEP President
	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 (additional registration required- no cost to attend) 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: KSA Escape Room Nurse Airway Ultrasound CCATT Military Working Dog	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) Re-Examination of Bronchiolitis Guidelines (Weston)	CPT Alysa Edwards Capt Reneau Hailey LT Matthew Tovar CPT Joseph Farrell Capt Austin MacDonald CPT Summer Villa CPT Gabriella Weston
	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) 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)
	10:45	Defense Health Agency Clinical Community Update	LTC Andrew Kuschnerait
	11:00	Tri-Service Specialty Leader Updates and Panel	COL Christopher Mitchell COL Christopher Pitotti LCDR Daniel Finnin
	12:00	GSACEP President Closing Remarks	MAJ Justine Stremick
	12:00	Networking/Interest Group Lunch Breakouts