Secure the future of trauma for the next 100 years Today’s investment. Tomorrow’s trauma leaders. Fund an immersion experience for a junior faculty member that covers all aspects of the Committee on Trauma. Actively engage young surgeons in projects that will address quality at the trauma center and system levels. Create a legacy. Contribute to the professional development of the next generation of trauma surgeons. “ I can say without hesitation that my participation in the FTL —and the opportunities it has provided— has been the single most pivotal, educational, and gratifying experience of my career , in more ways than I could have ever imagined. I do not know of any other opportunity for junior faculty that allows them to contribute so significantly to trauma care as far as the arms of the COT reach, which, as we all know, is around the world. — MEGAN BRENNER, MD, FACS (FTL GRADUATE, OCTOBER 2016) ” We can support the COT in its vision to eliminate preventable deaths and disabilities across the globe by engaging the next generation of trauma surgeon leaders early and fostering their growth to ensure the COT remains the leading organization in revolutionizing the future of care to the injured patient. The program that does that is the FTL . Winston Churchill said, ‘We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.’ — PETER E. FISCHER, MD, FACS (FTL GRADUATE, OCTOBER 2016) “ ” Ensure the work in trauma goes on. Visit facs.org/ ftl100 to donate. You can also text FTL100 to 41444 . The FTL100 Campaign supports mentorship activities that further the identification and development of surgeons with an interest in the practice of trauma surgery through the Trauma Mentoring Fund. Opportunities for a named mentoring scholarship also exist through the Future Trauma Leaders Named Mentorship Fund. #FTL100 facs.org/ ftl100
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