Past Presidents
Past Presidents
Click on a red president's name to download the Presidential Address.
| PAST PRESIDENTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| PRESIDENT | YEAR | LOCATION |
| Robert G. Volz, M.D. | 1971 | Vail |
| Robert G. Volz, M.D. | 1972 | Vail |
| Peter V. Teal, M.D. | 1973 | Vail |
| William R. Hamsa, M.D. | 1974 | Aspen |
| Arthur M. McGuire, M.D. | 1975 | Sun Valley |
| Lynn Ketchum, M.D. | 1976 | Snowmass |
| Fred C. Chang, M.D. | 1977 | Park City |
| Glen D. Nelson, M.D. | 1978 | Steamboat Springs |
| Gerald D. Nelson, M.D. | 1979 | Snowmass |
| Kevin G. Ryan, M.D. | 1980 | Snowbird |
| David S. Bradford, M.D. | 1981 | Jackson Hole |
| Erick R. Ratzer, M.D. | 1982 | Vail |
| William R. Olsen, M.D. | 1983 | Jackson Hole |
| Earl G. Young, M.D. | 1984 | Steamboat Springs |
| Robert B. Rutherford, M.D. | 1985 | Snowbird |
| Rudolph A. Klassen, M.D. | 1986 | Sun Valley |
| Robert J. Neviaser, M.D. | 1987 | Jackson Hole |
| Robert C. Edmondson, M.D. | 1988 | Steamboat Springs |
| Ernest E. Moore, M.D. | 1989 | Snowbird |
| Stephen W. Carveth, M.D. | 1990 | Crested Butte |
| George E. Pierce, M.D. | 1991 | Jackson Hole |
| Peter Mucha, Jr., M.D. | 1992 | Steamboat Springs |
| David V. Feliciano, M.D. | 1993 | Snowbird |
| R. Chris Wray, M.D. | 1994 | Crested Butte |
| David Kappel, M.D. | 1995 | Big Sky |
| Thomas H. Cogbill, M.D. | 1996 | Grand Targhee |
| G. Jerry Jurkovich, M.D. | 1997 | Snowbird |
| James B. Benjamin, M.D. | 1998 | Lake Louise |
| Herbert J. Thomas III, M.D. | 1999 | Crested Butte |
| Barry C. Esrig, M.D. | 2000 | Squaw Valley |
| Steven R. Shackford, M.D. | 2001 | Big Sky |
| James A. Edney, M.D. | 2002 | Whistler-Blackcomb |
| J. Scott Millikan, M.D. | 2003 | Snowbird |
| Harvey J. Sugerman, M.D. | 2004 | Steamboat Springs |
| Scott R. Petersen, M.D. | 2005 | Jackson Hole |
| Harold F. Sherman, M.D. | 2006 | Big Sky |
| Fred Moore, M.D. | 2007 | Steamboat Springs |
| Jim Davis, M.D. | 2008 | Squaw Valley |
| Grace Rozycki, M.D. | 2009 | Crested Butte |
| Robert C. Mackersie, M.D. | 2010 | Telluride |
| M. Gage Ochsner, M.D. | 2011 | Big Sky |
| R. Lawrence Reed, II, M.D. | 2012 | Vail |
| Mark T. Metzdorff, M.D. | 2013 | Aspen/Snowmass |
| David H. Livingston, M.D. | 2014 | Steamboat Springs |
| Christine S. Cocanour, M.D. | 2015 | Telluride |
| Thomas M. Scalea, M.D. | 2016 | Squaw Valley |
| Carl J. Hauser, MD | 2017 | Snowbird |
| Dennis W. Vane, M.D. | 2018 | Whistler-Blackcomb |
| Roxie Albrecht, M.D. | 2019 | Aspen/Snowmass |
| David V. Shatz, M.D. | 2020 | Sun Valley |
| Robert McIntyre, M.D. | 2021 | The Meeting That Never Was |
| Robert McIntyre, M.D. | 2022 | Big Sky |
| Walter L. Biffl, M.D. | 2023 | Lake Louise |
| Rosemary Kozar, M.D., Ph.D. | 2024 | Snowmass |
The Western Trauma Association thanks the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery for permission to provide our published presidential addresses.