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How long have you been using AIS? I've been using AIS since 2016 when I became a Trauma Registrar. What inspired you to obtain CAISS credentials? Moving from Cardiac Registries to the Trauma Registry, I realized that I really needed to brush up on anatomy! When I...

How long have you been a member of AAAM? I have been a member since 2008. What inspired you to join AAAM? As a student, I had the opportunity to attend the AAAM conference and I really enjoyed it. The conference attendees were so supportive of student work and I...

Dear Colleagues, Excitement abounds as plans for Leading the Race come to fruition. Our strong roots in motorsports medicine provided the inspiration for our 2021 Annual Conference, taking place in Indiana, also known as the racing capital of the world.  This year’s...

What inspired you to join AAAM? I have been performing medicolegal consulting and 4D Demonstrative Evidence for MVAs for the last decade plus, but would look forward to networking and collaborating with new talent. What are your main areas of interest in the field of...

How long have you been using AIS? I have been using AIS since 2008 when I attended a course in Seattle, WA to learn AIS coding to support the level III trauma designation for the facility where I began my trauma registrar career. What inspired you to obtain CAISS...

Dear Colleagues, Great anticipation abounds at AAAM as we look forward to the upcoming events of 2021. It has been a long winter for most above the equator, or summer for those below the equator, and everyone is ready to greet a new season. AAAM is no exception and...

How long have you been a member of AAAM? Since January 2021. What inspired you to join AAAM? As a pediatrician, I study physiology and pathophysiology. In my country, Chile, health providers do not study motor vehicle traffic crashes comprehensively. AAAM has a...

How long have you been using AIS? I started using AIS at the beginning of graduate school… in 2007! My first contact with AIS was at the University of Navarra in Spain. I had been working for four years at the department of collision analysis of a small company and,...

Bright Futures in Automotive Safety AAAM has just completed some of the most challenging months in its history. As we visioned 2020 from Madrid, who could have dreamed that we would not meet in Portland, Oregon, and that our speakers would present from their own...

How long have you been using AIS? I was hired 12 years ago in the trauma data analyst position and trained at that time in the use of the AIS coding system to assign a severity score to an anatomical injury. What inspired you to obtain CAISS credentials? My...

How long have you been a member of AAAM? Just a little over one year. What inspired you to join AAAM? I was doing some work on injuries and was curious about AIS and its origins which led me to AAAM. When I checked I found there was an offer for reduced membership...

How long have you been using AIS? My first contact with AIS was in 2007 when I attended the AAAM Coding Course in San Antonio, Texas. It was also my first time in the United States. Since then, I've been using AIS for 13 years. What inspired you to obtain CAISS...

The many Cs of COVID-19 have left no one unaffected. We shelter in place, mentor on zoom and share the challenges of family new normals. AAAM also has faced many challenges in recent weeks and with the skilled leadership of your committees, financial supervision and...

AAAM is moving forward at an amazing pace. Following the annual meeting in Madrid, the committees and leadership have focused on pivotal initiatives designed to propel AAAM into the 21st Century with effective and expanding design. A key component of the developing...

Donna has been a dedicated and respected AIS faculty member for both onsite (her favorite) and online classes for over 20 years. Starting her career as a Trauma Nurse in 1983, working shock-trauma ICU in Allentown, PA, Donna completed her MSN and moved first to a TPD...

How long have you been a member of AAAM? This is my third year as a member of AAAM. This is my first year serving as the Chair of the Automated Vehicles Special Interest Group. What inspired you to join AAAM? My research focus is on the etiology of injuries, and on...

Elaine Wodzin Young Achiever Award Francisco J. Lopez-Valdes, PhD Named for Elaine Wodzin, a long-serving executive director of AAAM, who had the innate ability to recognize the future of the organization through the efforts of young professionals.  The award is given...

Cindy is an epidemiologist, has been part of the AIS faculty since 2014, and is currently an At-Large member of the AIS Certification Board. She was a member of the University of Maryland Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN) project for close to...