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 Sean Stuart  
  9:15 Keynote Day 1- Director Medical Corps, Commander Naval Medical Forces Pacific RADM Guido Valdes

 

 
  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

 
  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

Emergency Medicine at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)- One Physician’s Experience

CDR Judith Eisenberg

 
  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

 
  16:00 Countering the Electronic Warfare Threat: Modeling Electromagnetic Signatures of Portable Ultrasounds Used in Far Forward Environments

CPT Maya Alexandri

 
  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 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
(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
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  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

 
  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

 
  10:45 Defense Health Agency Clinical Community Update

 

 
  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

   
  13:00-1700 COMTOMS
(optional event with registration fee)
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Important Dates

Thu
10
2025
April 10 - 12, 2025

Government Services Symposium 2025

Hilton Palacio del Rio, San Antonio, TX

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