2025 Dr. James Dargin Memorial Critical Care Conference

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2025 Dr. James Dargin Memorial Critical Care Conference

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2025 Dr. James Dargin Memorial Critical Care Conference 

Celebrating Boston MedFlight 

  40 years. 110,000 Lives. One Mission.



Boston MedFlight invites you to a full day of advanced critical care, trauma, and transport medicine education featuring distinguished faculty from across the field. This year’s program honors four decades of lifesaving excellence and innovation.
 
Date: Friday, November 7, 2025 
Location: Beth Israel Lahey Hospital – Burlington, MA

Early Registration Ends Sept 30!
2025 fees: $120 early / $140 late (after Oct 1).

 

    Speaker Lineup


Alasdair Conn, MD, FRCSEd
40 Years, 110,000 Lives, One Mission: The Boston MedFlight Story.  
Dr. Conn reflects on four decades of service, innovation, and lifesaving missions with Boston MedFlight. This keynote will explore the vision, challenges, and milestones that shaped one of the nation's premier critical care transport programs.

Eric Benoit, MD
Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable: Decision Making in the Trauma Bay.  
In the trauma bay, discomfort is unavoidable—but it can also be a powerful teacher. This session explores uncertainty, the challenge of being wrong, and the value of learning from failure. By embracing discomfort with curiosity, flexibility, and humility, clinicians can make clearer decisions and strengthen performance when it matters most. 

Jonathan Gates, MD, MBA, FACS
40 Years of Evolution in Trauma Care and Management of Vascular Injuries.  
This session explores 40 years of progress in trauma and resuscitation—from tourniquets and TXA to whole blood, damage control, and endovascular repair. Attendees will trace key shifts in pre-hospital care, transport, and vascular injury management, gaining perspective on how past lessons continue to shape the future of trauma care. 

Kate Sullivan, DO
Eye Trauma in Focus: Cases and Clinical Pearls.  
Gain practical, case-based insights into ocular trauma from Dr. Sullivan. This session will provide diagnostic tips, treatment strategies, and visual tools to enhance your approach to common—and uncommon—eye injuries in trauma care. 

Bobby O’Donnell, FP-C
Human Factors in Critical Care and Transport.  
In high-stakes medicine, quick decisions save lives—but mental shortcuts can lead to traps. Using lessons from the backcountry, this session highlights common pitfalls like familiarity, halo, and consistency, and offers practical tools to sharpen judgment, strengthen teamwork, and improve outcomes. 

Stephen Thomas, MD, MPH
Evidence-Based Prehospital Decision-Making in the Absence of Definitive Evidence.  
How do you make sound clinical decisions when data is scarce? Dr. Thomas offers a framework for applying evidence-based thinking in the unpredictable world of prehospital care, drawing from research, real cases, and field experience.

Elizabeth Kadow, MD
Burns and Inhalation Injuries: Priorities and Pitfalls. 
Dr. Kadow breaks down the time-critical priorities and common pitfalls in the management of burns and inhalation injuries. Expect actionable takeaways for triage, airway management, and early interventions that save lives.  

Susan Wilcox, MD, FACEP, FCCM, FAAEM
Boston MedFlight Now: Shaping the Future of Critical Care Transport.  
Look ahead with Dr. Wilcox as she outlines Boston MedFlight’s current initiatives and future vision. Discover how cutting-edge technology, clinical excellence, and strategic partnerships are advancing the field of critical care transport.

NOTE: Early registration price ends Sept 30. Due to the increased costs associated with hosting a conference, we have had to slightly increase our registration prices. 


MA OEMS Approved for 8 hours continuing education All Levels
8 Contact Hours have been approved by the Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association.
ASTNA is an approved provider for the California Board of Registered Nursing CEP 13575.
 

 In Memory of Dr. James Dargin

Honoring a Legacy of Compassion, Innovation, and Excellence

This conference proudly bears the name of Dr. James Dargin, a deeply respected physician, educator, and mentor whose sudden passing in 2021 left a lasting void in the medical community.

Dr. Dargin held several prominent roles at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center and served as Associate Medical Director at Boston MedFlight, where he was instrumental in advancing critical care transport. As one of the region’s earliest dual-trained physicians in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, he helped shape a new era of interdisciplinary care.

Known not only for his clinical brilliance but also for his unwavering compassion and generosity, Dr. Dargin’s impact continues to resonate across Boston MedFlight and throughout Greater Boston’s medical institutions.

We dedicate this event to his memory—with gratitude for his leadership, inspiration, and enduring legacy.



    

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