AAAM Member Spotlight – Sergio Rendich, M.D.
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...
AIS Certification Board Spotlight – Francisco José López Valdés, PhD, CAISS
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,...
President’s Message – November 2020
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...
AIS Certification Board Spotlight – Julia Philion, CHIM, CAISS
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...
AAAM Member Spotlight – Vincent Mutiso
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...
AIS Certification Board Spotlight – Rebeca Abajas Bustillo, PhD, RN, MS
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...
President’s Message – June 2020
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...
President’s Message – March 2020
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...
AIS Faculty Spotlight – Donna Nayduch, RN, MSN, ACNP, TCRN, CAISS
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...
AAAM Member Spotlight – Anuj K. Pradhan, MS, PhD
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...
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