Luis E. Llerena, MD, FACS, CHSE-A is the Medical Director of USF HEALTH CAMLS and Professor, Department of Surgery at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. Dr. Llerena holds both national and state leadershippositions: Surgical Director of the American College of Surgeons Accredited Educational Institute (ACS AEI) at USF CAMLS, ACS AEI Committees (Accreditation Review and Curriculum), Florida Committee of Trauma (FCOT)Vice Chair for Education and ATLS, and Florida Trauma State Faculty. He is a course director for key surgical and critical care curriculum, including Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), Advanced Trauma Operative Management (ATOM), and Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET), and the Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS) program. He is a trauma site surveyor for the Pennsylvania Trauma System Foundation. Dr. Llerena received both his undergraduate and his medical degrees from the University of Maryland. He completed his surgical residency at the Medical College of Pennsylvania / Hahnemann University in Philadelphia and UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Camden, New Jersey. He received his trauma/surgical critical care fellowship training at Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Florida. He is board certified in Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. Dr. Llerena is a master trainer for TeamSTEPPS and the Patient Safety Education Program (PSEP). He is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator - Advanced (CHSE-A) by the Society for Simulation Healthcare (SSH). His main research interests include military medicine, simulation-based education, patient safety, and trauma education.