Burn Surgery Committee
Improve understanding, treatment and prevention of thermal trauma. Facilitate collaborative relationships and improve the exchange of knowledge in the care of thermally injured patients between burn surgeons and their trauma and acute care surgery colleagues; to organize, grow, and lead scholarship opportunities for burn surgeons; and to support EAST members interested in the surgical and critical care of the burn patient.
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
Laura S. Johnson, MD, FACS, Co-chair- Emory University in Atlanta, GA
- Term ends 01/23/2026
Monty R. Littlejohn, MD, Co-chair- Geisinger in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Taryn Elise Travis, MD, FACS, Co-chair- MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Joshua Carson, MD, FACS, Committee Member- Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, IL
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Theresa L. Chin, MD, MPH, Committee Member- UC Irvine Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/18/2025
- Renford Cindass, MD, Committee Member
- Carolinas Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Kevin E Galicia, MD, Committee Member- Loyola University Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Samantha A Lahey, MD, Committee Member- University of Utah in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Stephanie Martinez, MD, Committee Member- University of Nevada, Las Vegas in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Lauren Nosanov, MD, Committee Member- Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA
- Term ends 01/18/2025
- Bradley Rittenhouse, MD, Committee Member
- Brooke Army Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Jennifer L. Hartwell, MD, FACS, Ex Officio- University of Kansas in Kansas City, KS
- Term ends 01/23/2026