Dr. Elon Glassberg is a senior medical executive and trauma care specialist with over two decades of leadership across emergency medicine, trauma systems, and national health services. He combines frontline experience in complex casualty care with deep expertise in designing and managing large-scale healthcare systems.

As Surgeon General of the Israel Defense Forces (2019–2024), he led a wide-ranging transformation of military medicine — from trauma system modernization and digital health innovation to public health integration and multinational coordination. His leadership contributed to significant improvements in casualty survival rates and operational medical readiness. Dr. Glassberg has directed medical responses to multiple crises, including armed conflicts, the COVID-19 pandemic, and international humanitarian missions. At the forefront of systemic change in trauma care, his work has focused on advanced resuscitation strategies and the early use of blood products in prehospital and austere settings. As co-director of the THOR network - a leading international collaboration for trauma, haemostasis, and oxygenation research - he continues to shape global standards. Currently serving as a Professor of Surgery at Bar-Ilan University and as an Adjunct Professor at the Uniformed Services University (USUHS) in the United States, Dr. Glassberg has published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. He remains actively involved in mentoring clinicians and future health leaders. His upcoming talk will focus on innovation in trauma resuscitation, including system-level implementation of whole blood use and its impact on advanced casualty care.