MASWMC 2025

Register

Schedule

Saturday, Oct 11

Check-In & Breakfast

8:15 AM — 9 AM

Bleumle Biological Sciences Building Lobby

Lara Phillips

Why Wilderness Medicine Matters

9 AM — 10 AM

Bleumle Biological Sciences Building, Room 105/107

Bernie Lopez

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Why is it 
Important in Wilderness Medicine

10 AM — 11 AM

Bleumle Biological Sciences Building, Room 105/107

Amit Padaki

Keynote: Remote Medical Command

11 AM — 12 PM

Bleumle Biological Sciences Building, Room 105/107

Lunch & Learn Poster Session

12 PM — 1 PM

Bleumle Biological Sciences Building & Courtyard

Small Group Sessions: Block 1

1 PM — 2 PM

  • Worms Without Borders: A Field Guide to Parasitic Helminths (Rebecca Kreston, Hamilton 210/211)
  • Avalanche (Eric Hawkins, Hamilton 208/209)
  • Swamp Medicine (Rayelle Nokovich, Hamilton 226)
  • Search and Rescue (Douglas Sward, Hamilton 224/225)
  • Prolonged Casualty Care (Evan Komorowski & Kyle Carr, Bleumle 105/107)

    • Small Group Sessions: Block 2

    2 PM — 3 PM

  • Dive Medicine [2 hrs] (Dave Lambert, Hamilton 210/211)
  • Improvised Splinting & Litter Carries [2 hrs] (Amit Padaki, Bleumle 105/107)
  • Lightning (Eric Hawkins, Hamilton 208/209)
  • Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women/Persons (Catherine Zeman, Hamilton 224/225 – virtual)

    • Small Group Sessions: Block 3

    3 PM — 4 PM

  • Dive Medicine [2 hrs] (Dave Lambert, Hamilton 210/211)
  • Improvised Splinting & Litter Carries [2 hrs] (Amit Padaki, Bleumle 105/107)
  • The Adventurer’s Spirit is in Everyone: Accessibility and Remote Resilience (Matthew P, Hamilton 226)
  • Neurodiversity in the Wilderness Setting (BOEC staff moderated by Catherine Zeman, Hamilton 224/225)
  • Hypo/hyperthermia (Eric Hawkins, Hamilton 208/209)
  • Tick Borne Illness (Maddie Dwyer, Hamilton 217)

    • Social Hour

    4 PM — 5 PM

    Bleumle Biological Sciences Building & Courtyard

    Sunday, Oct 12

    Breakfast

    8:30 AM — 9 AM

    Bleumle 105/107

    Evan Baines

    Ethics of Austere Triage

    9 AM — 10 AM

    Bleumle 105/107

    Small Group Sessions: Block 1

    10 AM — 10:45 AM

  • Snake Bites (Gregory Tokarsky, Hamilton 208/209)
  • Bear Attacks and Safety (Ashlee Davis, Hamilton 210/211)
  • Miles from Help: The Intersection of Endurance Sports and Wilderness Medicine (Eric Macaluso, Hamilton 224/225)
  • Calories, Cramping, and Crises: Nutritional Planning and Food-Related Emergencies in the Wilderness (Rachel Cohen & David Gordon, Hamilton 226)

    • Small Group Sessions: Block 2

    10:45 AM — 11:30 AM

  • Chronic Disease Considerations for the Adventure Traveler (Kaitlin Payne, Hamilton 208/209)
  • Burns and Rashes (Jacqueline King & Tom Connelly, Hamilton 210/211)
  • Make Your Own Electrolyte Beverage (David Horacio, Hamilton 224/225)

    • Long-Form Small Group Sessions

    10 AM — 11:30 AM

  • Ultrasound in the Wilderness: Didactics & Scanning (Cosimo Laterza, Bleumle 105/107)
  • Nursing Considerations in Wilderness Med (Brian Journey, Hamilton 220)

    • Rapid-Fire Small Group Sessions

    10 AM — 11:30 AM

    Hailton 216, 217 (Virtual from Kuwait)

  • EKGs in WM (Ali Hani Ashkanani)
  • Women in the Wilderness (Ala’a Husain)

    • Closing Remarks

    11:30 AM — 12 PM

    Bleumle 105/10