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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.

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Registration

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Our Sponsors

Thank you to all of our sponsors!

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2026 Agenda

8:00 – 9:00 Check in
9:00 – 9:10 Opening Remarks Gill Family & Stephen Wood
9:10 – 10:10 Pediatric Hemorrhage: A Case Review Ryan Mueller, Lawrence General Hospital
10:10 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:00 Sex Matters: All Patients aren’t created equally. Is your care endangering your female patients? Tim Redding
11:00 – 11:30 Trauma in Pregnancy
11:30 – 12:00 Hemostatic Agents and Hemorrhage Control
12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH
1:00 – 1:30 Trash or Treasure Stephen P. Wood, MGB-Faulkner
1:30 – 2:00 It’s Just a Fall: Elderly Trauma Mark Millet, Brewster
2:00 – 2:30 Cumulative Caregiving Stacy Gillis
2:30 – 3:00 Speaker Panel and Questions Panel
3:00 – 3:10 Closing Remarks Stephen P. Wood

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2026 Conference Speakers

Mark Millet, MSN, RN, NRP, CEN, TCRN, CPEN

Mark Millet has spent nearly four decades working in emergency medicine, both in the field and in the emergency department. He currently works as an Emergency Department Nurse at Tufts Medical Center in Boston and as a Paramedic with Brewster Ambulance Service. He is also the owner of Rapid Response Training, LLC, providing education for EMS providers, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.

Mark holds a Master’s degree in Nursing Education and multiple specialty certifications in emergency and trauma nursing. Having spent his career on both sides of the ambulance bay doors, he brings a practical perspective to education, using real patient encounters, lessons learned along the way, and a little humor to keep things interesting. His goal is simple: to share information that providers can actually use the next time they care for a patient.

Check back soon for more bios of our 2026 speakers!

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Sponsorship

SPONSORSHIP AND EXHIBITING OPPORTUNITIES

We offer sponsorship as well as exhibitor opportunities. We are a non-profit organization and all of the proceeds will be dedicated to conference expenses. As a sponsor we will happily display your logo and business contact on our website and at the conference.

Exhibitor space is limited to 10 exhibitors meaning that you will have lots of participant contact. The Exhibitor space is just outside the lecture hall and Sponsors will be highlighted throughout the conference.

To sponsor this conference and to reserve your exhibitor space contact Susan Gill at: psgill32@gmail.com

We will provide you with details and will look forward to greeting you at the conference!

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Our Founder

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 here Stephen is an active educator and is on the faculty at Northeastern University and is active as an educator & content developer for the FDNY EMS Fellowship.

Shortly after a tragic car crash took the life of 17 year old Patrick Gill of Winchester, Stephen had the idea to put together a memorial symposium aimed at updating the education of local first responders and others regarding new methods and protocols for treating trauma in the field. His ability to gather an outstanding group of speakers to present on a wide variety of topics in medicine made the conference a hit and it became an annual event. Now in our 10th year we are so grateful to Stephen for creating and implementing this Symposium.

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Roster

Click the link to download the roster of attendees:

2025 Trauma Symposium Roster (OEMS)

2024 Trauma Symposium Roster (OEMS)

2023 Trauma Symposium Roster (OEMS)

2022 Trauma Symposium Roster

2021 Trauma Symposium – All Virtual Sessions

2019
2019 Trauma Symposium – Morning Session
2019 Trauma Symposium – Afternoon Session

2018
2018 Trauma Symposium- Morning Session
2018 Trauma Symposium- Afternoon Session

2017
2017 Trauma Symposium Rosters (.pdf)