About the Symposium
2026 Patrick Gill Memorial Trauma Symposium
scheduled for Thursday, November 19, 2026
Hilton Conference Center, 2 Forbes Rd, Woburn, MA
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
The Patrick Gill Trauma Institute presents: The Patrick Gill Memorial Trauma Symposium, a not-for-profit educational consortium that provides expert educational programs and training in the fields of austere and extreme medicine. The symposium was founded in 2016 by educator and nurse practitioner Stephen Wood. Steve named the symposium in memory of Patrick Gill, a Winchester High School student who was tragically killed in a car crash in 2014 at the age of 17. Steve, along with Patrick’s parents Pat and Susan Gill, continue to offer this conference annually.
Top speakers in the field join participants each year to discuss key topics in the management of trauma. The course symposium has educational programs for EMS, police, as well as nursing, advanced practice providers and physicians. OEMS approved continuing education credits are always approved for EMTs and nursing contact hours are approved for those nurses in attendance. Thank you to our friends at Northeastern University School of Nursing for providing nursing contact hours as an accredited provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Our 2026 November conference marks our 11th year with an exciting group of speakers on new and interesting topics. We host approximately 200 attendees and thanks to our generous sponsors we continue to offer the symposium free of charge.
Any questions may be directed to Susan Gill via email at psgill32@gmail.com.
Stephen P. Wood is a nurse practitioner and is currently the Director of Advanced Practice Providers in the MICU at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. He is also a visiting researcher at the Petrie Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard Law School and a former fellow in bioethics at Harvard Medical School. Stephen spent over 30 years in EMS including nine years with Boston MedFlight. Stephen continues to work as an EMT, swerving as a SWAT medic for the NEMLEC SWAT team and as an EMT for the Boston Red Sox. Stephen is also a podcast host for World Extreme Medicine and his podcasts can be found