{"id":1183,"date":"2019-02-27T18:36:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T18:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/lsom-surgery\/?page_id=1183"},"modified":"2026-03-05T11:33:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:33:45","slug":"trauma-institute-of-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/surgery\/divisions\/trauma-emergency-surgery\/trauma-institute-of-san-antonio\/","title":{"rendered":"TRISAT – The Trauma Institute of San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Joining forces to enhance preparedness<\/h2>\n

The Trauma Institute of San Antonio (TRISAT) is the first Congressionally funded, joint military-civilian trauma institute in the United States.<\/strong> TRISAT coordinates academic, community and military resources to most effectively serve trauma victims and their families. The Institute is ensuring the preparedness of the community and country when trauma strikes, both in peacetime and wartime.<\/p>\n

TRISAT combines the expertise of surgeons, nurses and other trauma team members from the UT Health San Antonio, University Health System, Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) and the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, which operates the nation’s only military burn center. The establishment of TRISAT puts an exclamation point on the strong partnerships already present in these San Antonio trauma institutions. The city is the only one in the country with the distinction of having two Level 1 trauma centers working together with a Congressional mandate.<\/p>\n

TRISAT Role<\/h2>\n

From the streets of San Antonio to battlefields around the world, trauma is a daily occurrence. When seconds count, trauma surgeons do amazing work for patients with torso wounds, orthopedic injuries, head injuries and other types of life-threatening injuries. The collaborative nature of TRISAT permits all members to take advantage of each other’s individual strengths, making TRISAT a program with stronger sustainability at a time when many trauma programs in the United States are in a state of crisis.<\/p>\n

TRISAT member centers see over 8,000 trauma patients per year from a 22-county trauma service area and beyond. TRISAT, in collaboration with the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council (STRAC) has developed a regional trauma registry, which consolidates trauma data from the region’s hospital trauma registries, resulting in greater opportunities for clinical research injury prevention.<\/p>\n

TRISAT Rotation Sites<\/a><\/p>\n

TRISAT Education Consortium<\/h2>\n

The Consortium develops and administers components of the integrated schedules and curriculum across the Critical Care Fellowship programs. The mission of the Critical Care Fellowship is to provide comprehensive training in all aspects of critical care while ensuring state of the art management of trauma, surgical, transplant and burn critical care patients. This is accomplished through a fully integrated consortium of anesthesia and surgical critical care staff at UT Health San Antonio, BAMC, and the US Army Institute of Surgical Research that supports the clinical, research and teaching missions of the Trauma Institute of San Antonio (TRISAT).<\/p>\n

TRISAT Program Leadership<\/a><\/p>\n

Goals of the Consortium<\/p>\n