CELEBRATING THE U OF U HEALTH BURN TEAM EFFORTS AT THE 2025 ABA ANNUAL MEETING
The University of Utah’s Burn Center team had a busy week at the 2025 American Burn Association Annual Meeting. Here is a breakdown of their activities by type of event:
Poster Presentations
- Dr. Megan Wojick (general surgery resident) presented a poster, “Where Are We Now? Cultured Epithelial Autograft Application and Phase-Based Guidelines for Massive Burns”
- Lisa McMurtrey (outpatient burn clinic and burn therapy manager) presented a poster, “Implementation of a Patient Discharge Class”
- Hadley Regal (Burn SLP) presented a poster, “Compliance and General Incidence of Abnormal Cognitive Evaluations from the Electrical Injury Pathway”
- Chelsea Gamero (outpatient burn CNC) presented a poster, “Implementation of a Interdisciplinary Scar Board”
- Emily Beutler (burn nurse) presented a poster, “Work-Related Quality of Life in Burn Center Staff”
- Krystle Ferreira (burn APC) presented a poster, “Improving Communication Through Education of Initial Burn Management for Patients Awaiting Outpatient Burn Clinic Follow-up”
- Nikole Williams (burn nurse) presented a poster, “Implementation of an RN Led Quality Review Committee”
Podium Presentations
- Micayla Kotarski (burn HCA, Burn Camp Director) presented a podium, “Work-Related Quality of Life in Firefighters”
- Hadley Regal (Burn SLP) presented a podium, “Clinical Competencies for Burn Speech-Language Pathologists: A Multidisciplinary Development and Consensus Study”
- Courtney Lawrence (burn nurse and outreach coordinator) presented a podium, “A Multimodal Critical Care Pediatrics Course Improves Nursing Knowledge and Comfort”
Educational Forums
- Cortnie Turpin (burn nurse) presented at an educational forum, “Pediatric Education in the Adult Hospital World”
- Dr. Irma Fleming presented at an educational forum, “Collaborating with Rural Centers to Utilize tPA in Severe Frostbite”
- Dr. Giavonni Lewis presented at an educational forum, “Burn Care in the Southwest: Partnering with Native American Health Systems”
- Dr. Callie Thompson presented at three educational forums: “Resource Think Tank: Working Together to Optimize Creative Solutions for Burn Survivor Aftercare”, “Past, Present, and Future: Transforming Outcomes Through Deeper Stakeholder Engagement in Burn Care and Research”, “Engaging Burn Care Providers Across the Experience Continuum”
Sessions
- Dr. Chris LaChapelle presented a session, “Are We Bringing Them In or Sending Them Out? Handling the Challenging Transfer”
Committee Terms
- Dr. Giavonni Lewis completed their term as Chair of the DEI Committee
- Dr. Callie Thompson completed their term as Chair of the Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS) Advisory Committee