Presidential Addresses
EAST Presidential Addresses as Published in the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
| Presidential Year | President | Presidential Address |
| 2024 | Ben L. Zarzaur, MD, MPH, FACS |
Amor Fati & Memento Mori |
| 2023 | Jason W. Smith, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS | |
| 2022 | Deborah M. Stein, MD, FACS, FCCM | |
| 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 Watch the Video |
| 2019 | Elliott R. Haut, MD, PhD | EAST Practice Management Guidelines and the Perpetual Quest for Excellence Watch the Video |
| 2018 | Andrew C. Bernard, MD | EAST: A Legacy of Inclusion Watch the Video |
| 2017 | Bruce A. Crookes, MD | It is a Sin to be Good When You Were Sent to be Great: Quality in Trauma Care Watch the Video |
| 2016 | Nicole A. Stassen, MD | Pay It Forward Watch the Video |
| 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 |
*Deceased
**Printed copy of Presidential Address is not available