Back Talk | Spine Education

Following the educational tracks for Indiana Spine Group’s annual continuing medical education symposium Back Talk, we will then feature the keynote speaker. As previously blogged, our keynote speaker joins us from Salt Lake City, Utah. James McGreevy, MD, is a trauma surgeon and Professor of Surgery at the University of Utah Medical Center and Chief of Surgery for the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center. Additionally, he is a Colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve and the Commander of the 419^th Medical Squadron.

During Dr. McGreevy’s keynote address he will discuss medicine on the front lines – as he talks about his experiences in Iraq. A few things that will be discussed include the operations of the Balad Air Force Theater Hospital, the level of trauma care available to wounded military personnel and civilians. Additionally, he will discuss the common occupational health hazards associated with fighter types of operations in a deployed environment. 

Dr. McGreevy was deployed in 2005 and 2007, and has served as a flight surgeon in Balad at the Balad Air Force Theater Hospital. This is one of the largest U.S. military hospitals in Balad, a multi-specialty trauma hospital that treats soldiers, military personnel, civilians and sometimes insurgents.