LeAnne Young is the Assistant Clinical Director of Trauma and Injury Prevention at Texas Children’s Hospital, President of the Society of Trauma Nurses (STN), and Chair of the Trauma Centers Association of America (TCAA) Pediatric Trauma Committee. LeAnne is also an active member of the Pediatric Trauma Society (PTS), the Pan American Trauma Society (SPT), and an affiliate member of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).

LeAnne has over 19 years of trauma nursing experience with over 14 years of experience in both adult and pediatric trauma program operations. She has led trauma programs at community based, urban, and rural trauma centers with varying levels (I – IV) of state designation and ACS verification. Throughout her tenure in trauma program operations LeAnne has been involved in in trauma performance improvement, injury prevention and outreach, education, research, and the trauma registry.

LeAnne has participated in trauma clinical and academic research and has a number of publications in the Journal of Trauma Nursing (JTN) and other peer-reviewed journals. LeAnne has also presented both nationally and internationally on the aftermath of pediatric trauma mortality, pediatric child physical abuse, and trauma quality/performance improvement.