Morgan K. Anderson, MPH
Morgan is the Research Manager and Epidemiologist for ImageTrend’s Clinical & Research Services Department. Prior to coming to ImageTrend, Morgan spent five years with the Army Public Health Center as an Injury Prevention Epidemiologist. She is currently pursuing her doctorate of public health at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

Paul Barendregt, EMT-P, B.S., CMSgt (Ret)
Paul is the owner/operator of PJB Solutions LLC, teaching risk management, leadership and medicine in the operational environment. He’s worked with the Department of Defense, government agencies and other private organizations. He is a NREMT-P and retired U.S. Air Force Pararescueman. He served from 1992-2017 and performed peacetime rescue operations domestically and overseas and in the combat setting in the deployed environment. He is also a Helicopter Ski Guide with Chugach Powder Guides out of Anchorage, Alaska. He has enjoyed the transition from seeing people on their worst possible day to showing them one of their best days.
 

CAPT (Ret) Frank Butler, MD, FAAO, FUHM
Dr. Butler is President, DSO Medical Associates, LLC and TCCC Consultant to the Joint Trauma System. He was a Navy SEAL platoon commander before becoming a physician. He is an ophthalmologist and a Navy Undersea Medical Officer with more than 20 years' experience pro­viding medical support to Special Operations Forces. Dr. Butler spent 5 years as a Diving Medical Research officer at the Navy Experimental Diving Unit in Panama City, where he helped develop many of the diving techniques and procedures used by Navy SEALs today.  While there, he supervised the largest experimental oxygen dive series in U.S. history, which significantly extended the Navy's oxygen diving exposure limits. He later oversaw the completion of the Navy SEAL decompression computer project (now used throughout the U.S. military). He was awarded the prestigious NOGI award by the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences in 2011 for his accomplishments in SEAL-related diving medicine. CAPT (ret) Butler was the first Navy physician selected to serve as the Command Surgeon at the U.S. Special Operations Com­mand (2004). In 2012, he was awarded the U.S. Special Operations Command Medal by Admiral Bill McRaven. Dr. Butler pioneered the U.S. Military's Tactical Combat Casualty Care program and served as Chair of the Committee on TCCC for 11 years. In 2017, he was presented with the Distinguished Lifetime Service Award from the US Military Health System for his contributions to combat casualty care. In 2020, the American College of Surgeons presented him with the Distinguished Lifetime Military Achievement Award for his work as the Founder of TCCC. Dr. Butler was honored in 2016 by a Navy Forward Surgical Hospital in Iraq naming the road to the hospital “Frank Butler Boulevard” in honor of his work in developing and advancing TCCC concepts.

Jeffrey Carter, MD
Dr. Carter is a Professor of Surgery at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) and Medical Director, UMC Burn Center, New Orleans. He trained in General Surgery at Wake Forest University with fellowships in Trauma/Surgical Critical Care and burn care at UNC Chapel Hill. He specialized in applied learning and healthcare design with a third fellowship at Wake Forest where he cofounded the Center for Applied Learning. In 2017 he started the burn center in New Orleans at Charity Hospital where he has grown the burn research program to over $100 million as the lead investigator with BARDA, DoD, DHA, and NIH funding. He serves on several boards that oversee burn care nationally and as an officer for the American Burn Association. His clinical and research interests predominately focus on education and the development of innovative technologies that improve value through access, care, and economics.

CSM Curtis C. Conklin
CSM Curtis C. Conklin of the 44^th Medical Brigade, 18^th Airborne Corps is a native of San Ramon, California and enlisted in the Army as a Combat Medic in 2000.  CSM Conklin’s duty assignments included: Platoon Medic and Company Senior Medic for C-Co 3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment; Ranger Reconnaissance Team Medic and Ranger Reconnaissance Detachment Senior Medic, 75th Ranger Regiment; Regimental Special Troops Battalion Senior Medic, 75th Ranger Regiment; Regimental Senior Medic, 75th Ranger Regiment; Medical Squadron Sergeant Major, Joint Medical Augmentation Unit; Senior Enlisted Medical Advisor for Joint Special Operations Command and Joint Medical Augmentation Unit Sergeant Major, CSM for Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion for 2nd Infantry Division, and currently the Brigade Command Sergeant Major for 44th Medical Brigade. CSM Conklin has deployed multiple times to Afghanistan and Iraq, including the initial invasion in 2003. CSM Conklin received the CAPT Frank K. Butler, Jr. Award for Outstanding Contributions to Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) in 2017.

Peter M.C. DeBlieux, MD
Dr. DeBlieux is Professor of Clinical Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Pulmonary Critical Care at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) in New Orleans, LA. He completed his medical school, Emergency Medicine Residency and Pulmonary Critical Care fellowship training at LSUHSC in New Orleans' Charity Hospital. His leadership roles have included Program Director for the LSUHSC Emergency Medicine Residency, Vice Chair of LSUHSC Emergency Medicine, Director of Emergency Medicine Services, Associate CMO directing Quality and Patient Safety, CMO of University Medical Center New Orleans and Chief Experience Officer University Medical Center New Orleans. He continues to work clinically in the Level One Trauma Center and the Medical Intensive Care Unit of UMCNO.  He has been teaching faculty for the Difficult Airway Course Emergency Medicine for the past twenty years.

Juan Duchesne, MD, FACS, FCCP, FCCM
Dr. Duchesne, Chair of Trauma and Critical Care Surgery, Tulane University, was previously an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery/Trauma/Critical Care at The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. While there, he received the Outstanding Clinical Research Achievement Award. He joined the Tulane School of Medicine faculty as an assistant professor in December 2006. In 2013, Dr. Duchesne was in charge of developing a Level II Trauma Center at North Oaks medical center in Hammond, LA and achieved ACS verification of the trauma center within 2 years. He served as Chair of the Committee of Trauma for the Louisiana chapter with the American College of Surgeons and past president of the LA Chapter ACS. He is the co-founder of the International Damage Control Resuscitation (DCR) Society and has presented his research results at national and international trauma and critical care surgical conferences. Dr. Duchesne is well published, with over 250 publications and more than 100 national and international guest speaker invitations.
 

Major Tom Dransfield, NRP
Tom holds the rank of Major overseeing the Office of Quality Assurance and Safety and also the Pre-Hospital Trauma Blood program for New Orleans EMS. He is a 34-year Paramedic and has experience working in both urban and rural Fire and EMS systems in Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Tom serves as the department’s Safety Officer and oversees the New Orleans’ EMS Hazardous Materials Technician Medics in addition to many other initiatives.

Jeff Elder, MD, FAAEM, FACEP, FAEMS
Dr. Elder is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine in the Section of Emergency Medicine at LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans and is the Co-Director of the Division of EMS and Disaster Medicine.  He is the Associate Chief Medical Officer for Emergency Management at LCMC Health and serves as EMS medical director for LCMC Health and multiple local fire departments.  He is a member of the board of directors for the National Registry of EMTs.  Dr. Elder previously served as the Director and Medical Director of New Orleans EMS.  While working with some of the best paramedics in the country, he learned how advances in prehospital medicine can drive in-hospital emergency medical care. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine with subspecialty board certification in Emergency Medical Services by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. 

Carl Flores, EMT
Carl is the Burn Outreach Coordinator at the University Medical Center New Orleans Charity Hospital. He has over 30 years of EMS experience, most recently serving as the Chief for EMS for the City of New Orleans for more than 27 years. His leadership played a pivotal role in the rebuilding of New Orleans EMS, following Hurricane Katrina, to being recognized as a leader in EMS quality care and practices in the industry. Chief Flores was asked to serve as the Southern Regional Burn Disaster Coordinator for the American Burn Association (ABA) and has been named the Disaster Committee Chair of the ABA. Additional committees include the Louisiana Emergency Response Network – Region 1 Board and the Governor Appointed position on the Louisiana EMS Certification Commission.

Lieutenant Joe Frazier, NRP and Lieutenant Shaquille Harris, NRP
Joe Frazier, NRP, is a Lieutenant / paramedic and Shaquille Harris, NRP, is an FTO / paramedic with the New Orleans EMS.  Joe comes with 17 and Shaq with 10 years of experience as pre-hospital emergency care practitioners.  They have been featured on A&E’s hit television series NightWatch and were two of the first ground practitioners in the state of Louisiana to administer blood products in the field. Since then, they have gone on to administer pre-hospital blood numerous times over the last year, having a profound impact on many lives.

Stuart Glover, BSc, MPP
Stuart is a Paramedic with Wellington Free Ambulance Service (WFA), delivering emergency medical care in New Zealand's capital city and wider region. Stuart's interest in medicine began while serving in the British Military where in addition to his specialist heavy armour role, Stuart was trained and tasked as an operational team medic during combat tours of Iraq and Afghanistan. Stuart has completed a clinical Post Graduate Diploma in Health Science, and master’s degree with a thesis focusing on the pre-hospital medical response to terrorism. Stuart's career includes a paramedic in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service and working with the National Risk and Resilience Department of the Scottish Ambulance Service as a special operations paramedic. In 2017 Stuart deployed in a civilian role to both Ramadi and Mosul in Iraq, where he worked as a close protection paramedic for an explosive ordnance disposal specialist. Since moving to New Zealand, Stuart has worked as a tutor, delivering the Paramedic Health Science degree, before starting his current role with Wellington Free. As a Paramedic in WFA Stuart is currently completing an intensive care paramedic internship, while also operating within WFA's Tactical Emergency Medical Support team, on a New Zealand national Hazardous Material medical response team and continuing to hold a role as an adjunct degree tutor. Outside of work Stuart sits on the committee for Tactical Medicine New Zealand and is a member and strong supporter of the Australian Tactical Medical Association. He has a particular interest in education delivery with a focus on the medical response to complex and high threat incidents. Stuart is supported at home by his wife, a full-time serving member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and their beautiful daughter. 

John Hunt, MD, MPH
Dr. Hunt is a Professor of Surgery and the Trauma/Critical Care Division Chief at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is also the Trauma Medical Director for the Norman E. McSwain/Spirit of Charity Level I Trauma Center at University Medical Center at New Orleans, LA. He started the Trauma/Critical Care fellowship at LSUHSC, in 2004, and has served as the Program Director since.  He was also the Program Director of the General Surgery residency for ten years.  He is a member of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (COT) and served on the Trauma Systems sub-committee and as Vice Chair of the Trauma Quality Improvement Program sub-committee.  He is currently the Region VI chief. He has verified trauma centers and evaluated trauma systems, for the COT, across the country. These assignments have allowed him to study trauma systems and trauma quality improvement at the national level. He was also a gubernatorial appointment to the Louisiana Emergency Response Network, the state trauma system.  He serves on the Executive Committee and is the past chairperson.

Jay Johannigman, MD, FACS, FCCM
Dr. Johannigman serves as a Trauma Medical Director and Chief of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Denver Colorado. Previous appointments include four years at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio Texas; Director of the Institute of Military Medicine at the University of Cincinnati and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; and director of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care & Acute Care Surgery at University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Dr. Johannigman served as Director of the Surgical Critical Care Service as well as Associate Director of the United States Air Force Wilford Hall Medical Center Trauma Service. Dr. Johannigman is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the American College of Surgeons (fellow), the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, and the Western Trauma Society. He served as the Chief of Region 5 for the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma and now serves as the Liaison to the ACS for the Co-TCCC (Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care). Dr. Johannigman is an original member of the Co-TCCC and participates as a member of the Committees on EnRoute Care and Surgical Combat Casualty Care. Dr. Johannigman is a Colonel in the Medical Corps of the United States Army Reserves. His most recent deployment was as Senior Medical Advisor to the Commander of Operation Resolute support as well as DCCS at Craig Joint Theater Hospital. Dr. Johannigman has completed seven combat tours to southern Iraq and Afghanistan. Dr. Johannigman's military awards include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Army Commendation medal, and the Air Force Meritorious Service Award (where he served as a Flight Surgeon).  His current assignment is serving in an advisory role to The Uniformed Services Health Sciences University in Washington DC.  Dr. Johannigman maintains an active clinical practice in trauma surgery, surgical critical care, emergency general surgery as well as an elective practice in general surgery. Dr. Johannigman has active research interests in pulmonary failure, critical care monitoring and controlled loop ventilation. He has participated in the publication of over one-hundred peer-reviewed publications, eighteen book chapters and one hundred abstracts.

Dr. Meg Marino, MD, FAAP
Dr. Marino is the Director and Medical Director for New Orleans EMS and a pediatric emergency medicine physician. She serves on local and national committees and lectures nationally and internationally with the aim of improving the prehospital emergency care that patients receive.

Timothy Pritts, MD, PhD, FACS
Dr. Pritts is Professor of Surgery and Division Chief of General Surgery, where he practices clinically and leads programs providing care for trauma, general surgery, bariatric surgery, emergency general surgery, and surgical critical care patients for the University of Cincinnati Health system. He has served on the executive councils of the Central Surgical Association, Society of University Surgeons, Association for Academic Surgery, Shock Society, and the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Pritts is immediate past president of the Central Surgical Association as well as the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Surgeons.  He is the recipient of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine’s Research Service Award, Excellence in Mentoring Award, and Clinical Faculty-to-Faculty Research Mentoring Award. Dr. Pritts’ research seeks to advance care for injured and critically ill patients, with a focus on resuscitation strategies and blood product improvement, and care for the wounded warfighter. His research is funded by the NIH and the United States Air Force. 

L.J. Relle, BBA, NRP, FP-C, CCP-C
L.J. is Superintendent for the Louisiana Fire and Emergency Training Academy and a career Firefighter/Paramedic serving the State of Louisiana for over 19 years. He is a veteran responder of Hurricane Katrina and many other industrial and natural disasters.  He began his career in the fire service while he studied at Southeastern Louisiana University, where he obtained his bachelor’s degree in business administration. L.J. has performed various roles in high call volume Fire/EMS/Critical Care agencies, which have contributed to his experience and passion for improving response, training, and management in the realm of emergency medicine. He has a passion for teaching and is a nationally recognized procedural skills educator. 

Lt. Col. Stephen Rush, MD
Lt. Col. Stephen Rush, MD, of the 106th Rescue Wing, NY Air Guard, is an Air Force Reservist and Pararescue Flight Surgeon, and was previously the USAF Pararescue Medical Director. He has been a voting member on the Committee for Tactical Combat Casualty Care. Dr. Rush is a radiation oncologist who specialized in the treatment of brain tumors and head and neck cancer, and performed gamma knife radiosurgery.



Christopher “C. J.”  Winckler MD, LP, FAEMS
Dr. Winckler serves as the deputy medical director for the San Antonio Fire Department, medical director for North Channel EMS, Wilson County ESD, and Texas Emergency Medical Task Force Region 8. He is an associate clinical professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio and Texas A&M College Station. He provides daily clinical supervision to over 2000 EMS providers. Dr. Winckler and multiple stakeholders, worked tirelessly to deploy prehospital whole blood in San Antonio. This is the first-time whole blood was available to save prehospital patients in hemorrhagic shock, for an entire American metropolitan city.

Tracy Zito, MD, FACS, FRCS(G)
Dr. Zito is the Trauma Medical Director and Regional Director, Trauma Program Development at Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando Health in Orlando, Florida.  With more than 20 years in the medical field, Dr. Zito has provided expert trauma care for patients and service-members with 3 deployments and 11 years of service in the U.S. Navy. She currently holds a teaching faculty position for the surgical residency and critical care fellowships and she serves on several local and regional organizations helping coordinate trauma care and disaster management in central Florida. She is the Florida Committee on Trauma's Vice-Chairperson for the Disaster Management and Stop-the-Bleed Committee and is a Governor-at-Large for the American College of Surgeons. Her interests lie in Disaster Management, Trauma/Critical Care and Trauma simulation.