Board of Directors
President: Thomas F. Higgins, MD, FIOTA
President-Elect: William T. Obremskey, MD, MPH, FIOTA
2nd President Elect: George V. Russell, MD
Immediate Past President: Douglas W. Lundy, MD, FIOTA
2nd Past President: Emil H. Schemitsch, MD, FIOTA
Chief Financial Officer: Brian Patrick Cunningham, MD
Secretary: Anna N. Miller, MD, FACS, FIOTA
Member at Large: Kelly A. Lefaivre, MD, FRCSC
Member at Large: Robert V. O'Toole, MD
Member at Large: Saam Morshed, MD, PhD, FIOTA
Annual Meeting Program Chair: Ida Leah Gitajn, MD
2025 Ex-Officio Board Members
IOTA Steering Committee Chair: Theodore Miclau, III, MD, FIOTA
Publications Committee Chair: Hassan Riaz Mir, MD, MBA, FACS, FIOTA
Committee Chairs
American College of Surgeons - Committee on Trauma Representative: Bryant Will Oliphant, MD, MBA, MSc
Annual Meeting Program Chair: Ida Leah Gitajn, MD
Basic Science: Zachary Mark Working, MD
Bylaws and Hearings: Matthew D. Karam, MD
Classification and Outcomes: Ashley E. Levack, MD
Disaster Management and Emergency Preparedness: Daniel J. Stinner, MD, Col, PhD
Education: Thuan V. Ly, MD
Evidence Based Quality & Value: Joseph Thomas Patterson, MD
Fellowship and Career Choices: Roman M. Natoli, MD, PHD
Fellowship Match Compliance: Lisa Kaye Cannada, MD
Fund Development/Vendor Policy: Robert A. Probe, MD
Global Relations Committee: Theodore Miclau, III, MD, FIOTA
Health Policy and Planning: Milan K. Sen, MD, FRCSC, FAAOS, FIOTA
Healthcare Access and Excellence: Toni M. McLaurin, MD
International Relations: Miguel S. Daccarett, MD
International Trauma Care Forum Sub-committee: Theodore Miclau, III, MD, FIOTA
Membership: Mai Nguyen, MD
Military: Chris Renninger, MD
Moral Injury, Advocacy and Member Well-Being: Derek J. Donegan, MD
Nominating and Past Presidents Liaison: Douglas W. Lundy, MD, FIOTA
Online Discussion Forum Committee: Niloofar Dehghan, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Patient Education Committee: Christopher Domes, MD
Patient Mental Health: Philip R. Wolinsky, MD
Podcast Sub-Committee: Michael Blankstein, MD, FRCSC
Practice Management: Brian P. Cunningham, MD
Publications: Hassan Riaz Mir, MD, MBA, FACS, FIOTA
Public Relations and Branding: Babar Shafiq, MD
Research: Prism Schneider, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Strategic Research Initiative: Gerard P. Slobogean, MD, MPH, FRCSC
Traveling Fellowship: Anna N. Miller, MD, FACS, FIOTA
Video Library: Phillip M. Mitchell, MD
Young Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeons: Arvind von Keudell, MD
Task Force Chairs
AI Task Force: Meir Marmor, MD
Firearm Injury Task Force: David C. Teague, MD and Brian P. Cunningham, MD
Resource Limited Settings Content Workgroup: Mai Nguyen, MD and Carla S. Smith, MD
