The agenda for the 34th Annual Hampton Roads Trauma Symposium will give you details on the topics to be covered at the April 17, 2026 conference in Williamsburg, Virginia.
AGENDA Controversies in Trauma: Challenging the Status Quo
8:00 - 8:10 a.m. | Welcome
Scott Reed, MD, FACS Chair, Hampton Roads Trauma Symposium Trauma & Acute Care Surgeon Riverside Regional Medical Center
8:10 - 8:55 a.m. | To Decompress or Not Decompress: That is the Question
Chris Kroboth, M.S., FP-C
Owner / Lead Instructor
Lifeline EMS Training and Consulting LLC
8:55 - 9:40 a.m. | Take My Breath Away: Managing Rib Fractures in the Elderly
W. Taylor Walsh, DO
Trauma Medical Director
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center
9:40 - 9:55 a.m. | Break
9:55 - 10:40 a.m. | Trauma Arrest: Beyond Compressions and Epinephrine
Lindsey Ewing, MS, NRP, FP-C
Critical Care Flight Paramedic
PHI Air Medical
10:40 - 11:25 a.m. | The Difference it Makes Using a Victim-Centered Approach While Working with Human Trafficking Victims
Deanna “Dede” Wallace
Victim Assistance Specialist
HSI Norfolk
Jennifer Fisher
Grant Coordinator and Outreach Chair
HSI Norfolk
11:25 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. | Lunch
12:45 - 1:30 p.m. | Caught in the Crossfire: A Gang Investigator’s Testimony Regarding Local Criminal Street Gang Investigations
Detective / TFO Aaron J. Kempf
NNPD Gang Unit Enforcement
Newport News Police Department
1:30 - 2:15 p.m. | OEMS Data
Daisy Banta, MPH
Senior Epidemiologist
Virginia Department of Health
2:15 - 3:00 p.m. | EMS Literature Review: Controversial and Hot Topics in EMS
Daniel Munn, MD
Trauma Medical Director
Riverside Regional Medical Center
Bryant Gray, MD
Assistant Emergency Medical Director
Riverside Regional Medical Center
Ciera Fenske
Battalion Chief of EMS
Williamsburg Fire Department
3:00 - 3:15 p.m. | Break
3:15 - 4:00 p.m. | The Cost of Caring: Managing Compassion and Trauma Fatigue and Burnout in Healthcare
Neisha C. Himes
Trauma Liaison Educator
Hand in Hand Hospital-Based Violence
Intervention Program
Riverside Regional Medical Center
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Trauma 360
Scott Reed, MD, FACS
Chair, Hampton Roads Trauma Symposium
Trauma & Acute Care Surgeon
Riverside Regional Medical Center
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