2026 Schedule of Events
| DATE | TIME | ACTIVITY | SPEAKER | LOCATION |
| Wednesday, March 18 | 8:30 | Registration Open | Slover Library | |
| 8:30 | Breakfast with Exhibitors | |||
| 9:00 | Opening Remarks/Welcome | CDR Stuart | ||
| 9:15 | Keynote Day 1 | To Be Announced |
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| 10:00 | Coffee Break with Exhibitors | |||
| 10:10 | Korea to Contemporary Practice: Lessons for Rapid Medical Deployment and Readiness | Lawrence Decker, MD | ||
| 10:30 | Common Medical Errors | Katey Osborne, MD | ||
| 10:50 | Reimagining the Emergency Deployment Model for the Future Fight | Benjamin Fox, MD | ||
| 11:10 | Coffee Break with Exhibitors | |||
| 11:25 | Fever in the Returning Indopacom servicemember / traveler | Katey Osborne, MD | ||
| 11:55 |
Night Shift Like a Pro |
Torree McGowan, MD, FACEP | ||
| 12:15 |
Lunch with Exhibitors |
MAJ Justine Stremick CDR Christine DeForest |
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| 13:00 |
Early Recognition and Treatment of Hepatic Encephalopathy |
Arun Jesudian, MD | ||
| 13:30 | Patients in Custody: Ethical and Legal Challenges in the Emergency Department | Joseph Gehrz, MD | ||
| 13:50 | Dessert with Exhibitors | |||
| 14:00 |
KSA Labs- select 3 from following options |
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| 17:00 | Adjourn |
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| 18:00-21:00 | Research Forum and Opening Reception | GSS26 Research Forum List (to come) | Nauticus National Maritime Museum | |
| Thursday, March 19 | 8:30 | Registration Open | Slover Library | |
| 8:30 | Breakfast with Exhibitors | |||
| 09:00 |
Keynote Day 2- |
L. Anthony Cirillo, MD, FACEP
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| 9:45 | Coffee Break with Exhibitors | |||
| 10:00 | Naval War College- Future Conflicts | Daniel Caldwell | ||
| 11:15 | Coffee Break with Exhibitors | |||
| 11:30 | End-of-Life Care in Austere/Deployed Environments | Panel Discussion | ||
| 12:30 | Lunch with Exhibitors | |||
13:15 |
Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine |
Kevin Knoop, MD | ||
| 13:45 | Reclassification of Traumatic Brain Injury: Improving Diagnosis and Management | Geoff Manley, MD, PhD | ||
| 14:15 | Dessert with Exhibitors | |||
| 14:30 | What Every Military Health Professional Should Know About the VA | Gerard Cox, MD, FACEP | ||
| 14:50 | Continuing the Mission - Post-Military Service Options | Ryan Leone/Panel Discussion | ||
| 15:30 | Dessert with Exhibitors | |||
| 15:45 | Designed to Fail: How Human Factors Put Physicians and Patients at Risk | Torree McGowan, MD, FACEP | ||
| 16:05 | Transition Military Medics as Intermediate Care Technicians-a VA Workforce Solution | Colleen McQuown, MD | ||
| 16:25 | Beyond ATLS: Civilian vs. Military Trauma Protocols | Stephen Radloff, MD | ||
| 16:45 | Adjourn | |||
| 18:00-19:30 | Sim Wars Competition and Closing Reception | To Be Announced | ||
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Friday, |
8:30 | Registration Open | Slover Library | |
| 8:30 | Breakfast with Exhibitors | |||
| 9:00 |
New Speakers Resident Competition Doc, not Doctor: Optimizing 68W Training for the Modern Battlefield (Hagler) Cold Weather, Mountains & Marines (Goodwin) Drones in Combat Medicine: The Future and Present (Turner) How to ask for feedback (Berk) Prehospital POCUS Program: Pearls and Pitfalls (McLean) Far-Forward Trauma Challenges: The Tactical Significance of Morrel-Lavelle Lesions (Bursch) Transcranial Doppler POCUS in the ED (Cappiello) Sustainment Saves Lives: WWII Pacific Case Studies for the Modern Military Emergency Physician (Colasacco) Unseen Threats: DNBI Critical Care in the Austere Environment (Sawyer) |
Gerald Hagler, MD Scott Goodwin, DO Matthew Turner, MD Joshua Berk, MD Theodore McLean, MD Katherine Bursch, MD
Jacob Cappiello, MD Bryan Colasacco, OMSIII
Joshua Sawyer, DO |
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| 10:00 | Feedback: It Doesn't Have To Be Fuzzy | Sean Stuart, DO, FACEP | ||
| 10:20 | No Pulse, No Problem: Using Ultrasound to Guide Cardiac Arrest Care |
Renato Rapada, DO |
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| 10:40 | Combat Assessment Sonographic Tool (CAST) for Role 1 Physiologic Reassessment and Prolonged Care Support |
Aicha Hull, MD, FACEP |
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| 11:00 | Cervical Motion Restriction in Tactical Environments | Nicholas Roberts, MD | ||
| 11:20 | Coffee Break | |||
| 11:30 | Tri-Service Specialty Leader Updates and Panel | CDR Christine DeForest COL Christopher Pitotti* COL Eric Chin* *invited |
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| 12:15 | GSACEP President Closing Remarks | CDR Christine DeForest | ||
| 12:30 | Interest Group/Networking Lunch |
