Arizona Burn Symposium

The annual burn symposium is a premier event dedicated to advancing burn and trauma care in both the prehospital and inpatient settings.
About this Event

Join us at the Desert Willow Conference Center on Friday, 10/09/26 for the 2026 Arizona Burn Symposium — Igniting Innovation: Illuminating Advances in Burn Science and Technology. The annual burn symposium is a premier event dedicated to advancing burn and trauma care in both the prehospital and inpatient settings.

Hosted by Valleywise Health, this annual conference is a trusted forum for knowledge-sharing and collaboration. It brings together a diverse group of professionals including EMS administrators, physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, paramedics, firefighters, EMTs, and law enforcement officers—all with a shared commitment to delivering exceptional care to patients with burn and inhalation injuries.

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Click here to learn more about: The Diane & Bruce Halle Arizona Burn Center at Valleywise Health

Agenda

🕑: 07:00 AM - 07:45 AM
Guest Registration and Light Breakfast
🕑: 07:45 AM - 07:55 AM
Presentation of Colors

Info: Scottsdale Fire Honor Guard Pipes and Drums

🕑: 07:55 AM - 08:00 AM
Opening Remarks
Host: Kevin Foster, MD, MBA, FACS
🕑: 08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Burns in Austere Environments
Host: Christine Elmer Collins, MA, BS, BSN, RN
🕑: 09:05 AM - 09:25 AM
Lightning Injuries
Host: Alexandra Lueders, PA-C
🕑: 09:25 AM - 09:35 AM
Activity | Lightning Round
Host: Suzanne Buchanan, MSN RN, CCRN
🕑: 09:35 AM - 09:50 AM
Break / Exhibitor Hall
🕑: 09:50 AM - 10:10 AM
Cyanokit Use
Host: Asia Quan, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
🕑: 10:10 AM - 10:25 AM
Technology in Burn Resuscitation
Host: Stacey Richerbach, MSN, RN, CBRN
🕑: 10:25 AM - 10:55 AM
Wellness “Cake”
Host: W. Michelle Spencer, PsyD
🕑: 10:55 AM - 11:15 AM
Secondary Trauma in the Burn Center
Host: Ashley Honea, MaFPsy, LMSW
🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:20 AM
Featured Exhibitor / Platinum Sponsor
Host: Lyndsay Deeter, MD, MS, FACS, FABA
🕑: 11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
Lunch / Exhibitor Hall
🕑: 12:20 PM - 12:50 PM
Laser Therapy
Host: Arpana Jain, MD, MBBS, FACS, FABA
🕑: 12:50 PM - 01:20 PM
Artificial Skin
Host: Nathan Cockerill, MD
🕑: 01:20 PM - 01:45 PM
3-D Face Masks
Host: Derek Murray, PT, MS, BT-C
🕑: 01:45 PM - 01:50 PM
Sponsor Recognition
Host: Lyndsay Deeter, MD, MS, FACS, FABA
🕑: 01:50 PM - 02:10 PM
Break / Exhibitor Hall
🕑: 02:10 PM - 02:20 PM
Courage Rising
Host: Kevin Foster, MD, MBA, FACS
🕑: 02:20 PM - 02:45 PM
Ketamine / Pain in Acute Burns
Host: Nicholas Winter, PharmD, BCPS
🕑: 02:45 PM - 03:10 PM
Pediatric Pain Management
Host: Nellie Farrington, MD
🕑: 03:10 PM - 03:20 PM
Activity | Burn Care: Then, Next, Now
Host: Amber Morgan, BSN, RN, CCRN
🕑: 03:20 PM - 04:00 PM
Future of Burn and Hyperbaric Therapy
Host: Kevin Foster, MD, MBA, FACS
🕑: 08:35 AM - 09:05 AM
Oxygen Flash: Smoking on Oxygen
Host: Ryan Taylor, BSN, RN, CBRN, RRT