In this address I would like to reflect upon trauma surgery as a specialty and what role, if any,
surgeons who do not choose trauma as their major interest should continue to play in its …

96 (GURID pride and chide the rest of us for failing to delineate a tidy academic unit to mark
our own endeavours. The fact is that in the field of trauma we have had a problem …

Over this past year I have thought much about the appropriate topic and content for this
address. The task has been made somewhat easier by this being the fiftieth anniversary of …

The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) is proposing a new surgical
subspecialty of acute surgery. 1 This new subspecialty would reorganize the current …

Report to the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Page 1 The following has been
condensed from a report accepted by the Board of Managers of the American Association for …

The story of the formation of the Association and events prior to the first meeting were
published in 1953 in the revised Constitution and By-Laws. Certain extracts are worthy of …

On September 7, 2021, surgery, thoroughbred racing, and the world lost a tremendous
surgeon, educator, mentor, and incredible human being. Dr. J. David Richardson had been …

As this century winds down, there are many reasons to be extremely satisfied and gratified
with the status of the American Association for Surgery of Trauma and with trauma care in …

The longstanding friendly relationships between sur-geons from Canada and the United
States under the umbrella of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma is no …

The Western Trauma Association (WTA) is com-pleting its second decade as a viable,
functional, and selfsustaining regional trauma society; it may be an appropriate time to …