SHC Trauma Care Review Committee

Occurs monthly on the 3rd Tuesday starting on 9/15/2026 at 4:00 PM
Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT, Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto, CA

The Trauma Peer Review Conference is a recurring multidisciplinary educational forum that reviews complex trauma cases, adverse events, near misses, unexpected outcomes, and systems-based challenges to improve the care of critically injured patients. Through structured case review and discussion, participants evaluate trauma team performance, multidisciplinary coordination, adherence to evidence-based trauma protocols, timely surgical and critical care interventions, and systems factors affecting patient outcomes. The conference promotes continuous performance improvement by identifying practice variation, applying evidence-based practices, and strengthening the safety, quality, and reliability of trauma care.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), ABA MOCA Part 2 (1.00 hours), ABS CC (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

1. Apply evidence-based guidelines and best practices to improve the evaluation, resuscitation, and management of injured patients.
2. Analyze trauma peer review cases to identify opportunities to improve clinical decision-making, systems of care, patient safety, and quality.
3. Implement lessons learned from peer review and collaborate with the multidisciplinary trauma team to improve patient outcomes, reduce unwarranted practice variation, and strengthen the reliability of trauma care.

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Credit Designation 
American Medical Association (AMA) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

American Board of Surgery MOC/CC Credit 
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit. 

MOC Participation Threshold

Learner participates in verbal or chat-based case discussion/conversation as judged by a group leader or observer.

Accessibility Statement
 Stanford University School of Medicine is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require visual, auditory, cognitive, or mobility accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact the CME office.

Cultural and Linguistic Competency
The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws.  You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: https://laneguides.stanford.edu/multicultural-health


For activity related questions, please contact
   Name: Javier Lorenzo, MD; Heather Buie, DBH, MS-HCA, CPHQ, HACP-IC, CLSSBB
   Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

For CME general questions, please contact 
     Email: [email protected]

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Stanford Medicine adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

There are no relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies for anyone who was in control of the content of this activity, except those listed in the table below. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

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9/15/2026 4:00:00 PM	SHC Trauma Care Review Committee - 9/15/2026 9/15/2026 4:00:00 PM 9/15/2026 5:00:00 PM 6 Stanford Hospital False MM/DD/YYYY	SHC Trauma Care Review Committee - 9/15/2026 The Trauma Peer Review Conference is a recurring multidisciplinary educational forum that reviews complex trauma cases, adverse events, near misses, unexpected outcomes, and systems-based challenges to improve the care of critically injured patients. Through structured case review and discussion, participants evaluate trauma team performance, multidisciplinary coordination, adherence to evidence-based trauma protocols, timely surgical and critical care interventions, and systems factors affecting patient outcomes. The conference promotes continuous performance improvement by identifying practice variation, applying evidence-based practices, and strengthening the safety, quality, and reliability of trauma care. Objective(s): 1 Apply evidence-based guidelines and best practices to improve the evaluation, resuscitation, and management of injured patients. 2 Analyze trauma peer review cases to identify opportunities to improve clinical decision-making, systems of care, patient safety, and quality. 3 Implement lessons learned from peer review and collaborate with the multidisciplinary trauma team to improve patient outcomes, reduce unwarranted practice variation, and strengthen the reliability of trauma care. Location: Stanford Hospital Specialties: Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine & Trauma, Surgery, General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care Faculty Disclosures: Joseph Derek Forrester, MD (Grant or research support-Varian (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Eclipse Regenysis|Grant or research support-Pacira (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-Costa Surgical|Independent Contractor (included contracted research)-UpToDate|Independent Contractor (included contracted research)-Merck and Company, Inc. - 03/04/2026) Ariel Knight, MD (Nothing to disclose - 07/28/2026) Download Handout Location: Stanford Hospital Specialties: Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine & Trauma, General Surgery, Surgery, Surgical Critical Care