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    Trauma and Critical Care

    Trauma Rapid Fire Abstracts

    Saturday, May 2, 2026
    4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
    Location:Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, Stage 1, HBGCC

    Presentations:

    • 4:06 PM - 4:08 PM CT
      Alterations in Salivary miRNAs and Corresponding Biological Pathways Associated with Recurrent Head Injury in Former Professional Football Players

      Presenting Author: Colin Hansen, BS – Medical College of Wisconsin

    • 4:09 PM - 4:11 PM CT
      Examining Pediatric Neurosurgical Outcomes in Adult Centers versus Pediatric Centers: A National Trauma Data Bank Analysis

      Presenting Author: Aaron Noori, MS – Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

    • 4:12 PM - 4:14 PM CT
      Leveraging Micro-Structural MRI Analysis To Explore Baseline Heterogeneity & Outcomes of SCI—Insights from the RISCIS Imaging Sub-Study

      Presenting Author: Michael G. Fehlings, MD, PhD – University of Toronto

    • 4:15 PM - 4:17 PM CT
      Evaluating Implementation and Applicability of a Global Traumatic Brain Injury Registry: Insights from the GEO-TBI Platform

      Presenting Author: Zhikai Li, BA – University of Cambridge

    • 4:18 PM - 4:20 PM CT
      Impact of Insurance on Hospital Costs and Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) Analysis

      Presenting Author: Debraj Mukherjee, MD, MPH – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    • 4:21 PM - 4:23 PM CT
      Anticipatory Initiation of Intrathecal Nicardipine Reduces Delayed Cerebral Ischemia in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

      Presenting Author: Matthew J. Cotroneo, BS – University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

    • 4:27 PM - 4:29 PM CT
      Machine Learning Prediction of Discharge Disposition After Decompressive Craniectomy for Traumatic Brain Injury: An ACS-NSQIP Analysis

      Presenting Author: Barbara Buccilli, MD – Houston Methodist (Clinical Innovations Laboratory)

    • 4:30 PM - 4:32 PM CT
      Molecular and Functional Effects of Spinal Cord Stimulation After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Preclinical Systematic Review

      Presenting Author: Monique Mitchell, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital

    • 4:36 PM - 4:38 PM CT
      Role of Coagulopathy in Prognostication and Management of Civilian Gunshot Wounds to the Head

      Presenting Author: Sricharan Gopakumar, MD – Baylor College of Medicine

    • 4:39 PM - 4:41 PM CT
      Survival Advantage for Operative Spine Trauma at Level I Trauma Centers: A Comparative Analysis of Mortality, Complications, and Resource Use

      Presenting Author: Mitchell K. Ng, MD – Rothman Orthopaedic Institute

    • 4:42 PM - 4:44 PM CT
      Agitation Prediction in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Computer Vision Based Machine Learning Modeling for the Development of a SMART-ICU

      Presenting Author: Noah Lubin, BS – Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

    • 4:48 PM - 4:50 PM CT
      Augmented Renal Clearance in Severe TBI: High Incidence and Unexpected Nutritional Impact

      Presenting Author: Kazunori Oda, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    • 4:51 PM - 4:53 PM CT
      Comparison of Risk Factors for Early Versus Delayed Neuroworsening after Moderate-to-Severe TBI

      Presenting Author: Julian M. Burwell, MS – Geisinger Commonwealth School Of Medicine

    • 4:54 PM - 4:56 PM CT
      Detection and Prognostic Significance of Cognitive Motor Dissociation in Disorders of Consciousness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of EEG, fMRI and fNIRS Studies.

      Presenting Author: Emmanuel Mensah, MD, MPH – Massachusetts General Hospital

    • 4:57 PM - 4:59 PM CT
      Functional Outcomes in Depressed Skull Fractures: The Role of Surgical Timing and Perioperative Clinical Radiological Predictors

      Presenting Author: Herve Monka Lekuya, MD, MMED, FCS, PhD – Université de Kinshasa

    • 5:00 PM - 5:02 PM CT
      Inflammatory Blood-Based Biomarkers to Aid in the Assessment and Prognostication of Traumatic Brain Injury

      Presenting Author: John K. Yue, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

    • 5:03 PM - 5:05 PM CT
      Metabolomic Analysis of Cerebral Microdialysis After Traumatic Brain Injury: Associations with Functional Outcome

      Presenting Author: Michael K. Coffin, III, B.S. – University of Cincinnati Department of Neurological Surgery

    • 5:06 PM - 5:08 PM CT
      Pilot Study of Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins in the SUR1–TRPM4 Pathway after Traumatic Brain Injury

      Presenting Author: Sirin Gandhi, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute

    • 5:09 PM - 5:11 PM CT
      Protocol for Serial Neurological Examinations to Maximize Sleep and Safety in the ICU After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective Study

      Presenting Author: Torben Pearson – University of Minnesota

    • 5:12 PM - 5:14 PM CT
      Sex Differences in Cranial Lesions Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Propensity-Matched Cohort Study Using the TriNetX Network

      Presenting Author: Monique Mitchell, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital

    • 5:15 PM - 5:17 PM CT
      The Use of Steroid Injection Does Not Provide Perioperative Clinical Benefits in Patients with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A National Retrospective Study.

      Presenting Author: Lansaol Yang, MS – Johns Hopkins University

    • 5:18 PM - 5:20 PM CT
      Time to Restarting Anticoagulation in Chronic Subdural Haematoma – A Single Centre Retrospective Study

      Presenting Author: Zhikai Li, BA – University of Cambridge

    • 5:21 PM - 5:23 PM CT
      Administration of a Novel Engineered Peptide Promotes Functional and Neural Recovery Following Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Translational Implications for a New Targeted Therapy

      Presenting Author: Michael G. Fehlings, MD, PhD – University of Toronto

    • 5:24 PM - 5:26 PM CT
      Whole Blood GFAP and LCH-L1 for Prediction of Absence of Intracranial Injury on Computed Tomography in Pediatrics

      Presenting Author: Megan McChesney, MSN – University of Nebraska Medical Center

    • 5:27 PM - 5:29 PM CT
      Torsemide Enhances Functional Recovery After Cervical Spinal Cord Injury by Modulating NKCC1-Mediated Hyperexcitability

      Presenting Author: Michael G. Fehlings, MD, PhD – University of Toronto