Symposium Faculty

Rachel Brown, MD
Medical Director of Prevention and Wellness, Business Health Solutions
Prisma Health
Columbia, South Carolina

Joseph S. Campbell, NRP, BS
Battalion Chief, Chief Medical Officer
Colleton County Fire-Rescue
Walterboro, South Carolina

Rachel Cobos, MD, MPH, FACS
Associate Trauma Medical Director
General & Critical Care Surgery
Grand Strand Regional Medical Center
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Aaron C. Dix, NRP, MBA
Executive Director, Emergency Medical Services
Prisma Health
Greenville, South Carolina 

Evert A. Eriksson, MD, FACS, FCCP, FCCM
Trauma Medical Director Professor of Surgery
Trauma Program: Acute, Critical Care and Trauma ICCE
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

Robert L. Gates, MD, FACS, FAAP
Clinical Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville Pediatric Trauma Medical Director and Staff Surgeon
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Prisma Health Children’s Hospital Greenville, South Carolina

Ashley B. Hink, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of General & Acute Care Surgery Trauma, Burn & Critical Care Surgery Medical University of South Carolina
Affiliate, Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center
Charleston, South Carolina

Amy L. Kolarova, DO
Staff Physiatrist, Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Shepherd Center
Atlanta, Georgia

Caleb J. Mentzer, DO, FACS
Trauma & Acute Care Surgery
Spartanburg Medical Center
Spartanburg, South Carolina   

Phillip Moschella, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
USCSOM Greenville and Clemson University School of Health Research Assistant Research Director
Department of Emergency Medicine Prisma Health: Upstate Affiliate
Greenville, South Carolina

Antonio Pepe, MD, FACS, FRCSC
Trauma Medical Director
Grand Strand Medical Center
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Phillip J. Prest, DO, FACOS, FACS
Assistant Professor, Clinical Surgery
Assistant Program Director, General Surgery Residency Director, Surgery Clerkship
Co-Medical Director, Nutrition Support Services
Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency General Surgery
The University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Prisma Health Richland
Columbia, South Carolina

Brian C. Thurston, MD, FACS
Chair of Department of Surgery
Director of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery
Associate Director of Neuro/Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Associate Residency Program Director; General Surgery Assistant Professor, AHEC-MUSC
Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery
Spartanburg Medical Center
Spartanburg, South Carolina

Manny Trujillo Jr, MD
Plastic, Reconstructive, & Maxillofacial Surgery
Acute Care & Trauma Surgery
Spartanburg Medical Center
Spartanburg, South Carolina

R. Briggs Westby, DO
Trauma & Acute Care Surgery
Spartanburg Medical Center
Spartanburg, South Carolina