| Presidential Year |
President |
Presidential Address |
| 2023 |
Jason W. Smith, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS |
One Day
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| 2022 |
Deborah M. Stein, MD, FACS, FCCM |
Alex's Notebook
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| 2021 |
Jeffrey A. Claridge, MD, MS |
Go Big AND Go Home |
| 2020 |
A. Britton Christmas, MD |
The Trauma Surgeon: A Career of Purpose and Value
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| 2019 |
Elliott R. Haut, MD, PhD |
EAST Practice Management Guidelines and the Perpetual Quest for Excellence
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| 2018 |
Andrew C. Bernard, MD |
EAST: A Legacy of Inclusion
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| 2017 |
Bruce A. Crookes, MD |
It is a Sin to be Good When You Were Sent to be Great: Quality in Trauma Care
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| 2016 |
Nicole A. Stassen, MD |
Pay It Forward
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| 2015 |
Stanley J. Kurek, Jr., DO |
Resilience... |
| 2014 |
Kimberly A. Davis, MD, MBA |
Look Both Ways |
| 2013 |
Scott G. Sagraves, MD |
Maintaining Relevance in a Revolving Trauma World |
| 2012 |
Jeffrey P. Salomone, MD |
The One Who Applies the First Dressing** |
| 2011 |
Erik S. Barquist, MD |
It Matters: The Case for Advocacy |
| 2010 |
Donald Jenkins, MD |
Union of Forces |
| 2009 |
Patrick Reilly, MD |
Fellowship |
| 2008 |
Ernest FJ Block, MD |
Think Different |
| 2007 |
Kimberly O. Nagy, MD |
Traditions, Innovations, and Legacies |
| 2006 |
Michael Pasquale, MD |
Outcomes for Trauma: Is There an End (Result) in Sight? |
| 2005 |
Michael F. Rotondo, MD |
The Rural Trauma Imperative: A Silent Killer in America’s Heartland** |
| 2004 |
Philip S. Barie, MD |
Leading and Managing in Unmanageable Times |
| 2003 |
J. Wayne Meredith, MD |
Trauma Surgery: Current Status and Future Directions** |
| 2002 |
Blaine L. Enderson, MD |
Can Trauma Surgeons Survive Health Care Business? |
| 2001 |
Eric R. Frykberg, MD* |
Disasters and Mass Casualties – How Can We Cope? |
| 2000 |
Paul R. G. Cunningham, MD |
Leadership, Professional Heroism, and the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma |
| 1999 |
David B. Reath, MD |
Why Am I Here? |
| 1998 |
Timothy C. Fabian, MD |
Evidence-Based Medicine in Trauma Care – Whither Thou Goest? |
| 1997 |
John A. Morris Jr., MD |
The Evolving Role of the Scientific Society in the New Millennium |
| 1996 |
William F. Fallon Jr., MD |
Surgical Lessons Learned on the Battlefield |
| 1995 |
James M. Hassett, MD |
Do It Right, Do the Right Thing |
| 1994 |
Carl Boyd, MD |
On Timeless Principles in Changing Times |
| 1993 |
Michael Rhodes, MD |
Practice Management Guidelines for Trauma Care |
| 1992 |
C. William Schwab, MD |
Violence: America’s Uncivil War |
| 1991 |
Howard R. Champion, MD |
Reflections On and Directions for Trauma Care |
| 1990 |
Lenworth M. Jacobs, MD |
Forces Shaping Trauma Care |
| 1989 |
Burton H. Harris, MD |
Searching for Values in Changing Times |
| 1987 & 1988 |
Kimball I. Maull, MD |
Dispelling Fatalism in a Cause-and-Effect World |