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Trauma: An Osteopathic Surgeon Perspective
Trauma: An Osteopathic Surgeon Perspective
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this educational activity, participants will:
- To Evaluate and identify opportunities to apply osteopathic principles and practice to the care of an injured patient.
- To integrate osteopathic principles and practice into the acute care of trauma victims.
- To recognize when to recommend or employ OMT for trauma patients.
- To define opportunities to collaborate on projects about OMT and the acute care of trauma surgical patients.
Disclosure: Dr. Baltazar has a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with one or more organizations that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation:
- Affiliation: Speakers' Bureau
- Name of Organization: New York Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Educational Consortium.
Accreditation Statement:
The New York State Osteopathic Medical Society (NYSOMS) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. NYSOMS designates this program for a maximum of 1 AOA Category 1-A CME credits and will report CME credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation.
Grievance Policy:
​Grievances regarding this program or AOA CME credit reporting will be handled on and individual basis. All grievances should be directed in writing to the NYSOMS Executive Director at nysoms@nysoms.org or by mail to NYSOMS, PO BOX 8000, Old Westbury, NY 11568. Grievances that cannot be resolved by NYSOMS will then be sent to the AOA Council on CME , 142 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611.
Gerard Baltazar, DO, FACOS, FACS
Dr. Baltazar is an academic surgeon at NYU Langone Hospital Long Island and assistant professor of surgery at the NYU Long Island School of Medicine. After obtaining degrees in biology and art from Georgetown University, he graduated with a D.O. from Touro University California. Dr. Baltazar’s post-doctorate training and practice in inner city communities and global surgery work in the developing world have deeply informed Dr. Baltazar’s empathetic practice of trauma and critical care surgery. Since matriculating to NYU, Dr. Baltazar has studied the psychoemotional and physical effects of PTSD and burnout including how osteopathic principles and practice may provide benefit. His recent work focuses on scientific and personal experiences on the COVID-19 frontline.
