The Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, The Department of Anesthesiology
and the Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cordially invite you to attend the

5th Annual Safar Symposium
Thursday, May 31, 2007

Preliminary Program

Morning Session: (location: Starzl Biomedical Science Tower, South-Room S100)
Advances in Resuscitation Medicine – “Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury”

COL Geoff Ling – Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury:  An Overview of an Emerging Problem in Military Trauma and Terrorism
COL James M. Ecklund – Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury: Clinical Perspective from the Iraq War
Dr. Joseph Long / Dr. Richard Bauman:  Rodent Models of Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury
Mr. Steve Parks – Recent Developments in Large Animal Modeling of Blast-Induced
Traumatic Brain Injury
Alia Dennis, MD – Combined Traumatic Brain Injury and Hemorrhagic Shock in Mice:  A New Model and Novel Assessment by Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Afternoon Session: (location:  WISER, 230 McKee Place, Suite 300)
Advances in Human Simulation Education

COL Mark Bowyer – Surgical Simulation:  The Current and Near Future Promise
William McGaghie, MD – Advances in Simulation-Based Medical Education and Research
Amitai Ziv, MD – Simulation-Based Education on a National Scale:  The Israeli Experience
Elizabeth Hunt, MD – The Use of Simulation in Pediatrics to Improve Quality of Care
Amy Seybert, PharmD – Simulation-Based Learning in Pharmacy Education

Due to limited seating, we ask that you please RSVP by May 18, 2007
Replies can be faxed to:  412-624-0943 or email: mistrickfh@anes.upmc.edu
Please specify which session(s) you plan to attend.

Sponsored by:
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
The Laerdal Foundation
Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)
The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)