Biennial Gun Violence Symposium
LEADERSHIP
- Executive Director, JCIRP
- Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Emergency Medicine, & Population Health
1015 Walnut Street
Suite 703
Philadelphia, PA 19107
A Gun Violence Prevention Symposium hosted by Socially Responsible Surgery
Philadelphia Regional Gun Violence Symposium 2026
April 25, 2026
Connelly Auditorium | Dorrance H. Hamilton Building | Thomas Jefferson University
A multidisciplinary symposium on gun violence to discuss strategies for prevention, advocacy, and the role of healthcare professionals in addressing this critical public health issue.
Featured Speakers:
- Darilyn Moyer, MD, EVP and CEO, American College of Physicians
- Christine Laine, MD, Editor-in-Chief and SVP, Annals of Internal Medicine
- Philadelphia Violence Reduction Council, Philadelphia Department of Health
- Shawn Safford, MD, President, American Trauma Society
- Amy Goldberg, MD, The Marjorie Joy Katz Dean at Temple University
- Scott Charles, Trauma Outreach Manager at Temple University Hospital
Code Red Symposium 2024
April 27, 2024
Connelly Auditorium | Dorrance H. Hamilton Building | Thomas Jefferson University
On Saturday, April 27, 2024, the symposium was held at Thomas Jefferson University, hosted by student organizations at Sidney Kimmel Medical College – Socially Responsible Surgery and the Gibbon Surgical Society.
Featured Speakers:
- Charles J. Yeo, MD, Samuel D. Gross Professor and Chair of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University
- Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson, President, Philadelphia City Council
- Amy Goldberg, MD, The Marjorie Joy Katz Dean, Temple University
- Duane Duke, MD, Medical Director, Pediatric Trauma Center at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware
- Stanton Miller, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Jefferson Center for Injury Research & Prevention
Code Red: Battling the Plague of Gun Violence 2018
June 21, 2018
Connelly Auditorium | Dorrance H. Hamilton Building | Thomas Jefferson University
Featured Speakers:
- Raynard Washington, PhD, MPH, Philadelphia Department of Public Health
- Steven Klasko, MD, MBA, Thomas Jefferson University
- Allison Anderman, Senior Counsel & Director of Local Policy, Giffords Law Center
- Alec C. Beekley, MD, Trauma Surgeon, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
- Rachel K. Myers, PhD, MS, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Valerie A. Arkoosh, MD, MPH, Montgomery County Board of Commissioners
- Stephen DiDonato, PhD, LPC, NCC, Jefferson Eakins Writing Project
- Rachel Brandoff, PhD, ATR-BC, ATCS, LCAT, Thomas Jefferson University
- Shira Goodman, CeaseFirePA
- Thomas A. Farley MD, MPH, Philadelphia Department of Public Health
- Charles J. Yeo, MD, Samuel D. Gross Professor and Chair of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University
- Jim Kenney, Mayor of Philadelphia