TY - JOUR
T1 - The AAST International Relations Committee
T2 - Fostering education, scholarship, research and partnership
AU - AAST International Relations Committee
AU - Buffalo, New York
AU - Guo, Weidun Alan
AU - Brahmbhatt, Tejal S.
AU - Jawa, Randeep S.
AU - Buhavac, Miloš
AU - LaGrone, Lacey N.
AU - Nehra, Deepika
AU - Bagaria, Dinesh
AU - Zhang, Guixi
AU - de Moya, Marc
AU - Peralta, Ruben
AU - Asensio, Juan A.
AU - Aboutanos, Michel B.
AU - Dicker, Rochelle
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2025 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2026/6/1
Y1 - 2026/6/1
N2 - ABSTRACT: Since its founding in 2011, the International Relations Committee (IRC) of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) has promoted global collaboration and knowledge exchange across the international acute care surgical community. Its efforts have expanded global engagement and diversity in scholarly activities within the AAST. This paper reviews the IRC's history, initiatives, and achievements, highlights current opportunities, and outlines future plans to further advance international dialogue, knowledge sharing, and education in acute care surgery. ( J Trauma Acute Care Surg . 2026;100: e57-e61.
AB - ABSTRACT: Since its founding in 2011, the International Relations Committee (IRC) of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) has promoted global collaboration and knowledge exchange across the international acute care surgical community. Its efforts have expanded global engagement and diversity in scholarly activities within the AAST. This paper reviews the IRC's history, initiatives, and achievements, highlights current opportunities, and outlines future plans to further advance international dialogue, knowledge sharing, and education in acute care surgery. ( J Trauma Acute Care Surg . 2026;100: e57-e61.
KW - diversity
KW - Global collaboration
KW - global trauma
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105039971781
U2 - 10.1097/TA.0000000000004902
DO - 10.1097/TA.0000000000004902
M3 - Review article
C2 - 41632447
AN - SCOPUS:105039971781
SN - 2163-0755
VL - 100
SP - e57-e61
JO - Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
JF - Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
IS - 6
ER -