Stephen M. Cohn began his academic career at University of Massachusetts Medical School after studying at Baylor College of Medicine, the University of California, and Boston Univeristy/Boston City Hospital. He joined Yale University School of Medicine as Chief of the Trauma Service until he was called to serve with the US Army Medical Corp in Desert Storm.

Upon return to New Haven, Dr. Cohn assumed the position as Division Chief of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care where he established a successful ACS Level One Trauma Center, a surgical critical care fellowship, and an active research program. He subsequently moved to the University of Miami where he lead the Divisions of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care as the Medical Director of the Ryder Trauma Center.

Dr. Cohn later served as Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He now lives in New York City where he recently transitioned to the faculty of the new Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall as a clinician, educator and researcher.

Ara J. Feinstein is an Arizona native and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Arizona, Tucson. He received his MD from Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, and trained in General Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. He completed an NIH-sponsored research fellowship and received a Masters in Public Health from the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. His clinical fellowship in Trauma and Critical Care was at Ryder Trauma Center in Miami.

He is currently an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix and serves as a Physician Executive, overseeing Specialty Care for Banner Medical Group.