State Trauma Advisory Committee (STAC)

State Trauma Advisory Committee (STAC) Meetings

All STAC meetings are open to the public

STAC Meeting Dates

Date Meeting Location
March 1, 2023 - canceled STAC Troy
May 11, 2023 STAC Albany
October 11, 2023 STAC Albany

Meeting Minutes

Meeting Agendas

State Trauma Advisory Committee Members

The STAC advises the Department and the Commissioner regarding trauma and disaster care within the State. Its mission and purpose is to promote public health, safety and welfare by providing for the development, coordination and maintenance of systems for emergency medical, trauma, and disaster care, including the effective and expeditious transfer of patients in need of such care to facilities appropriately staffed and equipped to provide such care, towards the goal of decreasing morbidity and mortality from traumatic injuries arising from single incidents as well as mass-casualty events.

George Agriantonis, M.D.
Trauma Medical Director
Elmhurst Hospital Center
Elmhurst, N.Y.
L.D. George Angus, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.
Director of Trauma/Vice-Chairman Department of Surgery
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, N.Y.
Abenamar Arrillaga, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S., F.C.C.P.
Medical Director Trauma Services
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
West Islip, N.Y.
Matthew A. Bank, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Chief, Acute Care Surgery, Executive Director Northwell Trauma Institute
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, N.Y.
Matthew Conn, M.S.N., R.N.
Trauma Program Director
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Queens, N.Y.
Arthur Cooper, M.D.
Director of Pediatric Surgical Services
Harlem Hospital Center
New York, N.Y.
Michael Dailey, M.D., F.A.C.E.P.
Chief, Division of Prehospital and Operational Medicine
Albany Medical College
Albany, N.Y.
Donald Doynow, M.D.
Chair of the State Emergency Medical Advisory Committee (SEMAC)
Emergency Medicine Physician
Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook, N.Y.
Kurt Edwards, M.D.
Trauma Medical Director
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Albany, N.Y.
William J. Flynn, Jr., M.D., F.A,C.S.
Chief of Service, Department of Surgery, Director of Trauma ICU
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.
Ariel Goldman, M.D.
Director, Orthopedic Trauma Service
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, N.Y.
Mark L. Gestring, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Chief, Acute Care Surgery Division
University of Rochester (Strong Memorial Hospital)
Rochester, N.Y.
Roseanna Guzman-Curtis, M.D.
Trauma Medical Director
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse N.Y.
William Hallinan, RN
Performance Improvement Coordinator
Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester, N.Y.
Kate Maguire, RN
Trauma Program Manager- Adult
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla N.Y.
Meghan Mullen, R.N.
Trauma Program Manager
Erie County Medical Center
Buffalo N.Y.
Kartik Prabhakaran M.D., M.H.S., F.A.C.S.
Chief of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Westchester Medical Center Health Network
Vahalla, N.Y.
Srinivas Reddy, M.D.
Trauma Medical Director- Pediatric
Jacobi Medical Center
Bronx N.Y.
Kerrie Snyder, M.S., B.S.N., R.N.
Trauma Program Manager
Albany Medical Center
Albany, N.Y.
Tammy M. Sykes, R.N.
Trauma Program Manager, Emergency Room Director
Canton Potsdam Hospital
Bronx, N.Y.
Sheldon Teperman, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Director of Trauma and Critical Care Services
Jacobi Medical Center, NYCHHC
Bronx, N.Y.
Jamie Ullman, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Director of Neurotrauma
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, N.Y.
James A. Vosswinkel, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Chief, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Emergency Surgery
Stony Brook University Medical Center
Stony Brook, N.Y.
Kim Wallenstein, M.D.
Surgical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit/ Pediatric Trauma Medical Director
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse N.Y.
Robert Winchell, MD
Chief, Division of Trauma, Burns, Acute and Critical Care Department of Surgery
NY Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, N.Y.