Quality, Safety and Outcomes Committee
The Quality, Safety, and Outcomes Committee was established as a committee by the EAST Board Directors on July 11, 2018. The committee has been charged with identifying major challenges to EAST members with respect to identifying and achieving quality as it pertains to EAST's Core Strategic Goals. The committee has been directed to develop recommendations related to how EAST might be able to assist members with effecting quality in trauma and emergency surgical critical care in organizations and for patients.
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
Melissa M. Boltz, DO, MBA, FACS, Chair- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Carlos H. Palacio, MD, FACS, Committee Vice Chair- McAllen Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Jeffrey H. Anderson, MD, Committee Member- Temple University Health System in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Sofya H. Asfaw, MD, MBA, FACS, Committee Member- Cleveland Clinic in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Shuntaye D. Batson, MD, MS, FACS, Committee Member- University of Mississippi Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- Megan V. Beems, MD, Committee Member
- Cleveland Clinic in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Vicki J. Bennett, MSN, RN, Committee Member- Banner Health in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
William M Brigode, MD, Committee Member- John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Alexander S Canales, MD, Committee Member- Allegheny Health Network in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Anne M. Conquest, MD, Committee Member- St. David's South Austin Medical Center in Austin, TX
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Christopher J. Dente, MD, Committee Member- Emory University/Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, GA
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Phillip Dowzicky, MD, Committee Member- The University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Science in Chicago, IL
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- Meagan E Evangelista, BS, MD, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Michele Fiorentino, MD, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Lane L. Frasier, MD, MS, Committee Member- University of Cincinnati in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Dina Galaktionova, DO, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
John P Gaspich, MD, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Sriharsha Gummadi, MD, Committee Member- Jefferson Health in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Daniel N. Holena, MD, MSCE, FACS, Committee Member- Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Melissa A Hornor, MD, Committee Member- Loyola University Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Phillip Kim, MD, MBA, Committee Member- Hartford Healthcare in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Jordan M. Kirsch, DO, Committee Member- Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, NY
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Miroslav Kopp, DO, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
- Shannon R. Kotch, MD, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Caitlyn R. McCall, MD, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Patrick McGrew, MD, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Ian McKinley, MD, Committee Member- University of Chicago in Chicago, IL
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Robert J McLoughlin, MD MSCI, Committee Member- UConn Health in Farmington, CT
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Andrew J. Medvecz, MD, MPH, Committee Member- Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- Nishant Merchant, MD, Committee Member
- Hartford Healthcare in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Allan S. Philp, MD, Committee Member- Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, PA
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Rachel Rodriguez, MD, MS, FACS, Committee Member- Indiana University Health in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Erica C. Roth, MD, Committee Member- Grady Memorial Hospital in ,
- Term ends 01/19/2028
- Victoria Schlanser, DO, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- William R.C. Shillinglaw, DO, Committee Member
- Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Sawyer G. Smith, MD, MBA, Committee Member- University of California Davis in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Tandis Soltani, MD, Committee Member- University of Michigan in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Alan J. Sori, MD, Committee Member
- Saint Joseph's University Medical Center in North Haledon, NJ
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Collin H. Stewart, MD, Committee Member- University of Arizona in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Jill R. Streams, MD, Committee Member- Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Jessica E. Taylor, MD, Committee Member- University of Florida College of Medicine in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Victoria Wagner, MD, MS, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Cassandra Q. White, MD, FACS, Committee Member- University of Florida in Jacksonville, FL
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- John Yerxa, MD, Committee Member
- Ryder Trauma Center-UMH-Jackson Health in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Andrew J. Young, MD, FACS, Committee Member- The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Alva J. Bethurum, BS, Ex Officio- Quillen College of Medicine in Johnson City, TN
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Jennifer L. Hartwell, MD, FACS, Ex Officio- University of Kansas in Kansas City, KS
- Term ends 01/23/2026