St. Anthony Health – Crown Point Trauma Symposium Attracts Wide Interest

St-Anthony-Health-Crown-Point-New-Specialty-Health-Center-a-Blessing-for-PatientsEias Jweied, MD, PhD, a Franciscan Alliance cardiovascular thoracic staff surgeon, addresses the topic, Management of Thoracic Trauma, during a second annual Franciscan Alliance Northern Indiana Hospitals Trauma Symposium.

The purpose of the program, conducted at Franciscan St. Anthony Health - Crown Point Oct. 28, was to provide an educational opportunity for health care and emergency services providers from throughout Indiana and is part of a hospital effort to become a Level 3 Trauma Center. Besides from Franciscan Alliance, other speakers were from University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital and Memorial Hospital of South Bend. Approximately 125 attendees were on hand.