Luis E. Llerena MD, FACS

Luis E. Llerena, MD, is the Medical Director of the Surgical and Interventional Training Center (SITC) at USF CAMLS and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. Dr. Llerena holds both national and state leadership positions: Surgical Director of the American College of Surgeons Accredited Educational Institute at USF CAMLS, Florida Committee of Trauma (FCOT) Education Pillar director, 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.

Dr. Llerena is a master trainer for TeamSTEPPS® and the Patient Safety Education Program (PSEP). His main research interests include military medicine, simulation-based education, patient safety, and trauma education. 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.