Thank you for supporting the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma. We created the "Inside Track" newsletter to share our growth and accomplishments throughout the year. This is our first electronic version. If you prefer to receive a hard copy, please let us know by contacting CIPT@wakehealth.edu or (866) 635-8190.
CIPT Has a New Home!
We moved into our new offices at Wake Forest Biotech Place in downtown Winston-Salem in Feb. We celebrated our grand opening after our semiannual Advisory Board meeting in March with food, drinks and tours of the facility.
The building now known as Wake Forest Biotech Place was built in 1937 by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and is 242,000 sq. ft. with 65,869 glass blocks composing the fa�ade.
Violence-related injuries result in approximately 1,800 youths per day receiving medical care in our nation's hospitals. Dr. Veach's team has developed a model for violence intervention with hospitalized trauma patients aged 15-20.
CIPT sponsored a Worldwide Interactive Web Symposium on Pediatric Trauma to share cutting edge practices with clinicians around the world. CIPT's Executive Director Dr. Wayne Meredith, chairman of the Department of Surgery at Wake Forest School of Medicine, co-hosted with Dr. Martin Eichelberger, professor of surgery and pediatrics at Children's National Medical Center.
1,012 webinar participants
33 countries participated
Included a broadcast to a US Army FST deployed to Jalalabad, Afghanistan
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CIPT Goes Social
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