Mentoring Committee
The purpose of the EAST Mentoring Committee and its program offerings align with the overall mission of EAST by “…providing leadership and development for young surgeons active in the care of the injured patient…”. Through established members mentoring and coaching students, residents, junior faculty and mid-career trauma professionals, the EAST Mentoring Committee is dedicated to cultivating programs and resources aiding in the advancement of one's professional and personal development. The express purpose of these programs and resources is to help members achieve their academic, research, and clinical goals to become leaders in trauma and acute care surgery.
Committee members are appointed by the President with approval by the Board of Directors. Committee member terms are three years. All terms begin in January and conclude in January in the year specified in "term ends".
Members
Avi Bhavaraju, MD, Chair- Grady Memorial Hospital - Morehouse SOM in Smyrna, GA
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Tejal S. Brahmbhatt, MD, FACS, Committee Member- Cedars Sinai Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Rita Brintzenhoff Brown, MD, FACS, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Jennifer Geller, MD, Committee Member- Thomas Jefferson University in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Anna Goldenberg-Sandau, DO, Committee Member- Cooper Department of Trauma in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Jared H. Griffard, MD, Committee Member- Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Emily Grimsley, MD, Committee Member- University of South Florida in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Charles T. Harris, MD, Committee Member- INOVA in Leesburg, VA
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Elliott R. Haut, MD, PhD, FACS, Committee Member- The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Hee Soo Jung, MD, FACS, Committee Member- University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Konstantin Khariton, DO, Committee Member- New York Presbyterian in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
M. Victoria P. Miles, EMT-P, MD, Committee Member- University Medical Center New Orleans in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
David S. Morris, MD, FACS, Committee Member- Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, UT
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Courtney Pokrzywa, MD, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
- Lauryn Ullrich, DO, FACOS, Committee Member
- St. Luke's University Hospital in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Rembrandt VanDruff, MD, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Conrad T. Williams, MD, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Salina M. Wydo, MD, FACS, Committee Member- Cooper University Hospital in Camden, NJ
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Jeffry Nahmias, MD, MHPE, FACS, FCCM, Ex Officio- University of California, Irvine in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027