Our committees work year around to insure that the many WMS programs go forward—from CME programming, to publications, to fundraising, and everything in between. If you are interested in contributing your time and expertise, please contact any of the conference chairs!
COMMITTEE
MEMBERS*
Academy Oversight
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Andrew Badulak Aaron Billin Loren Greenway Teri Howell Lawrence LeBlond Scott McIntosh - Chair Robert Quinn Shana Tarter Ian Wedmore
CME Loren Greenway Teri Howell Lawrence LeBlond Hill McBrayer - Chair Barbara Phillips
Mission: The CME committee's mission is to review conferences to make sure they abide by ACCME standards and rules. It also assigns the number credits for each conference depending on the content. Objectives: - Quick and accurate approval of conferences
- Assure conferences comply with ACCME guidnelines - ACEP and AAFP prescribed credits for WMS main conferences Goals: Blog
Conference
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Brad Bennett Aaron Billin Loren Greenway - Chair Teri Howell Jim Ingwersen Scott McIntosh Robert Quinn
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Disaster and Humanitarian C. Richard Ahroon Omer Burnett Trevor Bush Darren Ferree William Forgey Justin Fuehrer Sean Hudson Jenevieve Kincaid - Chair Justin Price Paul Queior Richard Salkowe Scott Seager Jeff Thurman Nicholas Williams George Wortley Lynn Yonge
Mission: To effectively, efficiently, and expertly educate and prepare WMS members to better respond to, manage, and recover from disasters and humanitarian crises in order to minimize loss of life, health, property, and community and to protect the sanctity of the wilderness and the environment. Objectives: - To engage WMS members to participate in the governance of an active Disaster and Humanitarian community, which includes planning of educational opportunities, volunteering for disaster and humanitarian organizations, and facilitating communication/collaboration with other WMS committees. - To engage and collaborate with various WMS Committees to develop and offer high quality CME programs. - To provide support at all WMS conferences/programs with recruitment of commercial vendors of Disaster and Humanitarian Organizations and to provide pertinent educational displays. - To recruit high quality speakers and posters to provide a balanced approach to the issues of Disaster and Humanitarian Response. - To obtain financial support to make the Disaster and Humanitarian a self-sufficient and self-sustaining financial entity.
- To engage various university and professional Disaster and Humanitarian departments by both encouraging their interests in WMS and encouraging attendance at WMS conferences. Goals: - To connect WMS members with Disaster and Humanitarian Organizations and opportunities. - To reach out to national and international Disaster and Humanitarian organizations to develop sustaining partnerships and sponsorships. - To encourage the publication of high quality research, program planning, and program implementation that focuses on Disaster and Humanitarian issues. - To develop quality Disaster and Humanitarian training scenarios, workshops, conferences, and programs. - To recruit more students, residents, and early career professionals to pursue a career in WMS, Disaster/Humanitarian issues. - To incorporate Disaster and Humanitarian training into DiMM and DDMM and to continue adding high quality educational offerings for FAWM and MFAWM candidates. Blog
Education
Mission: To provide a forum in which WMS members with a special interest in medical education can gather and share information to further wilderness medicine education. The committee will strive to create education products to further wilderness medicine education for lay people, medical students, residents, fellows, and learners of all levels. Objectives: - To support the development of wilderness medicine education - To provide education opportunities for medical students and residents (Electives) - To provide products to assist members in educating others - To assist education in developing teaching tools Goals: - Update the education lecture series - Create new education modules - Create educational column for magazine for teachers and learners - Create resident curriculum - Provide paradigm for electives in wilderness medicine for students and residents
- Aid WMS members in becoming effective educators
Lauren Altschuh Aaron Billin Melissa Boetig Michael Caudell Christanne Coffey Geoffrey Comp Heather Coombs Thomas DeLoughery Elisabeth Edelstein Mark Ellis Andrea Ferrari Jessie Gehner Anst Gelin Taylor Haston Corey Heitz Mika Hemphill Arthur Islas Jacob Jensen J. David Keitz Stephanie Lareau - Chair Kris Lehnhardt Tyler Lemay Alexis Lenz Patrick Malone Erik McLaughlin Christopher McStay Brianna Mew Erin Meyer Todd Miner Nathaniel Moore Martin Mufich Anne O'Connor Lisa O'Driscoll Andre Pennardt Doug Petch Cassy Piela Jennifer Rossi Steven Roy Joshua Rudner Emily Sagalyn Linda Sanders Tod Schimelpfenig Sarah Schlein Walter Schrading Thomas Seibert Justin Spratt Michelle Stone Joshua Timpe Chris Winstead-Derlega Megann Young
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Environmental Council Chelsea Dymond Loren Greenway Carlton Heine Nathan Hemmer Sean Hudson Jenevieve Kincaid Jay Lemery Andrew Lewandowski D McCracken Edward Otten Lynne Summers Lynn Yonge
Mission: The environmental council works to engage the wilderness medicine community in active dialogue on the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health. We specifically aim to contribute educational programs, collaborate with professionals in related fields, and advocate for programs and policies that are consistent with current scientific evidence. Objectives: - To increase educational opportunities and discussions of topics pertaining to the environment, including climate change and its effects on health - To actively expand the organization’s mission and message to incorporate advocacy for health and the environment on a local and national level - To introduce the concept of conservation medicine as an integral component of wilderness medicine - To collaborate with a broad array of professionals from within the scientific, medical and advocacy communities.
- To develop teaching slides for presentations at medical schools and residencies on the topics of climate change and environmental determinants of health - To collaborate, as needed, with active projects led by national institutes and universities, including ongoing work on climate change by MGH/Harvard Medical School and the University of Colorado as well as inidivual efforts by WMS members and others. Goals: - To provide a visible platform for discussion of topics pertaining to the environment - To create opportunities for engagement with local, regional, and national environmental organizations and projects - To present a unified voice towards policies that are detrimental to the environment as it relates to health Blog
Executive
Brad Bennett Aaron Billin - Chair Robyn Bonini Loren Greenway Scott McIntosh Robert Quinn
Cindy Bitter Heather Coombs Chelsea Dymond David Fitzpatrick John Fors Justin Fuehrer Justin Gardner Arthur Islas Emily Johnston J. David Keitz Jenevieve Kincaid Alison Matthews Vicki Mazzorana John McCarter Laura McGladrey Alex Merkle Tracee Metcalfe Andrea Nelsen Landon Pratt Paul Queior - Chair Sara Squyres Nicholas Williams Benjamin Woodard Gordon Worley
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Expedition Medicine
Mission: The core mission of the Wilderness Medical Society Committee on Expedition Medicine is to advance and improve the knowledge and practice of Expedition Medicine in general and of the Expedition Medical Officer in particular. Additionally, the Committee will work to produce, and make available, training and qualification pathways specific to the practice of Expedition Medicine. Objectives: - To engage current and potential WMS members in the furtherment of the art, science, and practice of Expedition Medicine. - To explore the potential for collaborative projects with other WMS interest groups and committees. - To establish and renew associations with other organizations and agencies related to Expedition Medicine. Goals: - To assist existing and future WMS training programs with expert-level support on matters pertaining to Expedition Medicine. - To explore the potential for mentorship participation at the master FAWM level. - To encourage production of high-quality publications on the subject of Expedition Medicine. - To delineate and establish a training pathway leading to qualification as an Expedition Medical Officer.
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Global Health Cindy Bitter Michael Callahan Sundeep Chohan Jennifer Dow William Forgey - Chair Luanne Freer Gilbert Irwin Jay Lemery Vicki Mazzorana Marion McDevitt Christopher McStay Martin Musi Allan Rios Lynne Summers Christopher Tedeschi Brenda Tiernan
Mission: The Global Health Committee mission is to provide guidance and opportunity for members of the Society to become knowledgeable concerning issues affecting global health and to facilitate Society members with participation opportunities. Objectives: - To engage WMS members in participating in the governance of an active Global Health initiative, including educational, communication, and volunteer activities - To provide support to all WMS programs/conferences with recruiting active display and commercial providers of global health related programs and educational materials for the display area - To organize speakers for conferences concerning a balanced approach to the issues of Global Health - To obtain financial support to make the Global Health committee self-sufficient financially - To engage various university Global Health Departments, recruiting their interest in the WMS and encouraging their attendance at WMS conferences Goals: - To aid related committees within the WMS by providing opportunities to promote their work such as climate change (Environmental Council), advanced training activities (TCCC), volunteerism (Disaster Medicine) during co-sponsored or Global Health sponsored symposia
- To reach out to organizations involved in sustained and short term medical service projects to display their material and attend our conferences by providing reduced rate display opportunities, conference mixers, and free table display as appropriate through the minimum of a committee hosted display table at each function of the WMS - To maintain an active posting board with events and opportunities on the WMS web site via an assigned Global Health subcommittee - To submit periodic articles to the WMS newsletter via an assigned Global Health sub-committee - To organize a symposium, separate from an annual meeting (with BOD approval), that would involve participation from Environmental, Disaster, and other committees to be held within the next three years; (probably in the Napa Valley); and to obtain outside funding to insure financial feasibility and low risk to the Society. This will present a balanced view of current challenges, successes and opportunities for Global Health project participation - To hold meetings of the Global Health Committee at national WMS meetings and to coordinate special meeting opportunities elsewhere in the US and world-wide in order to enhance the opportunities for WMS members and to support the Society - To provide a “volunteer opportunity” initiative that would provide Society members coordinated volunteer networking Blog
GME Fellowship
Mission: The mission of the Graduate Medical Education (GME) Fellowship Committee is to serve as a platform to integrate GME fellows with the WMS and the Academy of Wilderness Medicine diplomates. In addition the committee strives to develop programs that contribute to the educational development of GME fellows, FAWM and the WMS general membership. Objectives: - Evidence-based core curriculum: Accumulate and organize an index of core articles that reflect the basis of both the GME fellowship core curriculum and FAWM core curriculum. - GME fellows lecture series: Develop and organize an annual Wilderness Medicine Fellowship Lecture Series at the winter national WMS meeting for GME fellows. These lectures are 15 minute lectures on hot topics in wilderness medicine. - AWLS course: Incorporate GME fellows as faculty in the WMS AWLS courses. - Adventure CME trips: Work with the WMS to promote GME fellowship diplomates to be faculty for WMS Adventure Trips.
Patrick Burns Carlo Canepa Michael Caudell Christanne Coffey - Chair Heather Coombs Andrea Ferrari Jessie Gehner Arthur Islas Jacob Jensen Stephanie Lareau Grant Lipman Darryl Macias Scott McIntosh Martin Musi Linda Sanders Susanne Spano
- Skills committee: Develop a set of "milestones" defining what wilderness medicine skills and procedures a GME fellow should be proficient in by the completion of their fellowship training. - Biannual meeting: Hold an official breakout GME fellowship committee meeting biannually at the national WMS conferences; where GME fellows, directors, and academic stakeholders converge to discuss and implement the above objectives. Goals: - To develop relationships that integrate post-residency Graduate Medical Education Wilderness Medicine Fellowships (GME Fellowships) with the Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) and the Academy of Wilderness Medicine diplomates (FAWM). - To develop deliverable programs that contribute to the educational development of GME Fellows, FAWM, and the WMS general membership. Blog
Operational Medicine
Mission: Acquire and function as a conduit for the latest operational medical research and field knowledge from the military. Objectives: To meet the mission of the committee. Goals:
- Create Education Lecture Series with an emphasis on prolonged evacuation - Simulation of prolonged evacuation - Field experiences - Pre-deployment preparation for civilian operations
Andrew Badulak Melissa Boetig Ryan Christensen Kurt Eifling Jeff Keck Sean Keenan Sean Keenan Alison Matthews Matthew Moorman Kevin Palmer Kevin Palmer Natasha Pyzocha Gregory Shannon Cynthia Stevens Timothy Talbot Ian Wedmore
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Research Council
Mission: To advance and promote research in wilderness medicine in clinical and basic science disciplines. Objectives: -Award research grants to wilderness medical society members in all stages of their career. -Provide a forum for disseminating results and discussing research projects at the Research forum at the WMS Summer Conference -Highlight outstanding contributions to wilderness medical research through oral and poster presentation awards -Improve the quality of wilderness medicine research by setting standard requirements for grants and abstracts -Provide education and resources for wilderness medicine researchers Goals: We are a group of WMS members with experience and interest in wilderness medical research. We promote and encourage wilderness medical research in several ways. One of the most important is through the annual research forum at the WMS Summer Meeting. Here, members and non-members can present and receive feedback on their work in moderated poster and oral forums. The best poster and best oral presentations receive awards based on specified grading criteria and research council members serve as judges. Last year’s research award winners were James Lang, who won $500 for best oral presentation for "Oral L-Tyrosine Supplementation Improved Core Temperature Maintenance to Whole-Body Cold Exposure in Older Adults" and Juan Campodonico who won $100 for best poster presentation for "Voluntary Ventilatory Response v/s Acetazolamide in Acute Mountain Sickness. Preliminary findings of RCT." In addition, both winners got to pick a WMS logo item from the WMS shop. We hope they wear it proudly! We had a great turn out in Breckenridge and we hope to see more of you in 2018 in Midway, Utah. For more information on Research Forum and how to submit abstracts go here. In addition to the WMS Research Forum, the council fosters research with several competitive grant awards to WMS members with outstanding projects in all stages of their careers, from medical and graduate students to seasoned professors. Previously funded projects range from bench science to clinical field studies. WMS grants have resulted in many publications for winners and have greatly contributed to the advancement of our field. A future blog post will highlight some of the important knowledge that has come from WMS funded grants. Blog
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Marc Berger Michael Bergeron Aaron Campbell Gwynn Curran-Sills Christopher Davis David Della-Giustina Thomas DeLoughery Ola Dunin-Bell Joseph Forrester Sanjey Gupta Tracy Hoeg Linda Keyes - Chair Morteza Khodaee Benjamin Levine Grant Lipman Christoph Lutter Scott McIntosh Roger Mortimer Neal Pollock Matiram Pun George Rodway Susanne Spano Giacomo Strapazzon Christopher Tedeschi Marissa Tsoi Dale Wagner
