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This series is free to members AAAM kicked off its new educational webinar series with a dynamic one-hour session entitled Analysis Tips and Tricks for Proper Use, led by esteemed AIS faculty member Kathryn L. Loftis, Ph.D., CAISS. Dr. Loftis focused on the practical...

Greetings Members! Thanks to everyone who has submitted abstracts for this year’s 62nd Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee October 7-10, 2018. The Scientific Programming Committee (SPC) met in March and reviewed many of the quality abstracts submitted for full...

By Carolyn Roberts 2017 Recipient of Best Presentation at AAAM’s Student Symposium In 2011, Bose et al1 found that females are 47% more likely to sustain severe or fatal injuries in a given car crash compared to males, even after controlling for age, height, weight,...

Amy Brammer, AIS Faculty member and Chair of AISC.B, has been a registered nurse for 28 years. Her entire career has been spent treating trauma patients throughout the continuum of care. She has worked in the rehabilitation unit, step down, Surgical Intensive Care and...

Terry Smith joined AAAM in 1994. He reflects on what inspired him to be a part of the AAAM family, “My first ‘boss’ was Dr. Jim Newman of Biokinetics and Associates and Jim has always been a huge supporter of AAAM and all the things that it stands for. He was probably...

Greetings Members! First I’d like to thank everyone involved in planning and organizing our very successful 61st Annual Scientific Conference in Las Vegas on October 15-18, 2017. We had an excellent attendance of 144 at the meeting, including 31 students. This is our...

AAAM would like to thank everyone who participated in making this year’s conference a success. We had an overwhelmingly positive response and this is due to your contributions. Our world-renowned speakers, engaged mentors, and enthusiastic students are at the...

Mary Pat McKay, MD, MPH Dr. McKay is a Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician with more than 25 years of academic experience doing transportation safety and injury prevention research – in addition to teaching medical students and residents and taking care of...

AIS UPDATES AAAM’s Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) was proud to exhibit at the Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) Annual Scientific Meeting and Training held in November. TQIP is part of The American College of Surgeons (ACS), a scientific and educational...

By David Browne This is the third in an INROADS series on Automated Driving Systems (ADS), renamed henceforth in this series (from “Autonomous Vehicles / AVs”) to align with recent DOT/NHTSA nomenclature. Each article has highlighted a specific theme or issue within...

The Internet Marketing Association (IMA) recognized AAAM and Bostrom with an IMPACT Award in the Non-Profit Campaign category for the integrated marketing strategy and brand launch Bostrom created for its client, the Association for the Advancement of Automotive...

By David Browne This is the second in an INROAD series on the Autonomous Vehicle (AV). Each article will update you with timely news, as well as, highlight a specific theme or issue within the field. This article is an introduction to the safety implications of the...

Our Annual Conference is quickly approaching and I’m eager to share with you some exciting updates on what we have in store for you. For the first time, we have keynote speakers for all three days of the conference. We have a great lineup of subject matter experts and...

We are weeks away from gathering for our 61st Annual Scientific Conference held at the Vdara in Las Vegas, October 15 - 18 (with a pre-conference workshop on October 14). We are excited to have Keynote Speakers for all three days of the conference. We look forward to...

We’re turning the spotlight to Dr. Mark Zonfrillo, a pediatric emergency medicine physician and member of AAAM since 2010. His journey to AAAM began with an encounter with Dr. Kristy Arbogast (immediate past Treasurer and Board Member), who introduced him to our...

Maureen has over 20 years’ experience in the health information management field. After a number of years working across all general health information areas, she specialized in trauma; developing a hospital trauma registry program - collecting, analyzing, and...

Don’t miss our exciting new pre-conference workshop at this year’s AAAM Annual Scientific Conference! This 1-day course, entitled Cracking the Codes: Practical Information for Analyzing Injuries Using AIS Codes, will focus on the practical use of AIS codes for...