Rural and Community Care Committee
This Committee was approved by the EAST Board of Directors on February 2, 2022. First established as an Ad Hoc Task Force in April 2020 and elevated to a Committee in February 2022, the Committee has been established to foster connections between Level I and Level II trauma centers and Community Surgeons who serve rural trauma patients in order to facilitate the exchange of ideas, promote educational activities focused on rural trauma care, and increase multi-institutional research initiatives. The Committee will be responsible for disseminating educational resources focused on the rural Level III/IV trauma surgeon, surgeons who practice acute care surgery in a non-academic setting (rural, urban, or suburban) and to promote further partnerships between these surgeons and the facilities to which they transfer patients.
Members
Keelin F. Roche, MD, MPH, FACS, Chair- East Tennessee State University in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Steven Allen, MD, Committee Member- Penn State University in Hershey, PA
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Andrew Arnold, DO, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Benjamin Axtman, MD, Committee Member- Sanford Health in Bismarck , ND
- Term ends 01/17/2026
James M. Bardes, MD, Committee Member- West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Megan Bowen, MD, Committee Member- Sanford Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Bracken Burns, Jr., MS, DO, Committee Member- Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, TN
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Shannon Carroll, MD, Committee Member- The University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, AL
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Logan Clark, DO, Committee Member
- Michigan State University-McLaren Greater Lansing in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
- M. Andrew Davis, MD, Committee Member
- Emory University Hospital/Grady Memorial Hospital in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Rebekah J. Devasahayam, MD, FACS , Committee Member- Sanford Health in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Thomas S. Easterday, MD, Committee Member- University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, TN
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- Anthony Hayes, BS, MD, Committee Member
- Oregon Health & Science University in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Andrew Hopper, MD, Committee Member- Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Nashville, TN
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Tyler Johnson, DO, Committee Member- University of Alabama-Birmingham in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Kyle C Lange, DO, Committee Member- University of Tennessee Medical Center in Farragut, TN
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- SaeRam Oh Meehan, BS, MS, MD, Committee Member
- ECU Health Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
John Reinier F Narvaez, MD, MPH, Committee Member- Guam Regional Medical City in Dededo, GU,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Joshua Randles, PA-C, Committee Member- in Fort Sam Houston, TX
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Alex Rasarmos, DO, Committee Member- Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, MD
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Kyle N. Remick, MD, Committee Member- Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, MD
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Ariel Santos, MD, MPH,FRCSC, FACS, FCCM, Committee Member- Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, TX
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- Gregory P. Schaefer, DO, FACS, Committee Member
- West Virginia University in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Charles P. Shahan, MD, MS, Committee Member- University of Wisconsin in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Joon K. Shim, MD, MPH, FACS, Committee Member- Bassett Healthcare Network in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Eric Shurtleff, DO, Committee Member- Maine Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
William C Starr, MD , Committee Member- University of Utah in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Jon Winkler, MD, PhD, Committee Member
- UAB 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