SUS Committee Members

Ethics and COI Committee

Gretchen Schwarze, MD - Chair (2015-2018)
University of Wisconsin

John Christein, MD (2016-2018)
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Alik Farber, MD (2017-2019) 
Boston Medical Center

Elliott R. Haut, MD, PhD (2017-2019)
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Melinda Maggard-Gibbons, MD, MSHS (2017-2019)
UCLA

Elmi Muller, MD (2017-2019)
University of Cape Town

Selwyn Rogers, Jr., MD, MPH (2017-2019)
University of Chicago

Global Academic Surgery Committee

Benedict Nwomeh, MD, MPH - Chair (2016-2019)
Nationwide Children's Hospital

Anthony Charles, MD, MPH (2017-2019)
University of North Carolina

Daniel DeUgarte, MD, MS (2017-2019)
UCLA

Samuel Finlayson, MD, MPH (2017-2019)
University of Utah

Randeep Jawa, MD (2017-2019)  
Stony Brook University

Sanjay Krishnaswami, MD (2017-2019) 
Oregon Health & Science University 

Ziad Sifri, MD (2017-2019)
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Ai-Xuan Holterman, MD - Senior Member 
Children’s Hospital of Illinois

George P. Yang, MD, PhD - Senior Member
Stanford University 

Membership Committee

Timothy Pritts, MD, PhD - Chair (2016-2019)
University of Cincinnati School of Medicine

Taylor S. Riall, MD, PhD - President (2017-2018)
University of Arizona

David J. Hackam, MD, PhD - Past President (2015-2018)
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

Sharon Weber, MD - Past President (2016-2019)
University of Wisconsin 

Rebecca M. Minter, MD - Past President (2017-2020)
University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center

Gregory D. Kennedy, MD, PhD - Secretary (2015-2018)
University of Alabama Birmingham

Rachel Kelz, MD, MS - Councilor-at-Large (2017-2020)
University of Pennsylvania

Daniel W. Abbott, MD (2016-2018) 
University of Wisconsin 

Russell Berman, MD (2016-2018) 
New York University 

Hong Jin Kim, MD (2016-2018) 
The University of North Carolina 

Charles Bellows, MD (2017-2019) 
University of New Mexico 

Danny Chu, MD (2017-2019) 
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Quyen Dihn Chu, MD (2017-2019) 
LSU Health Sciences Center

James Davies, MD (2017-2019) 
University of Alabama Birmingham 

David Foley, MD (2017-2019) 
University of Wisconsin

Timothy King, MD, PhD (2017-2019)
University of Alabama Birmingham

Geeta Lal, MD, MS (2017-2019)
University of Iowa Hospitals

Clara Lee, MD (2017-2019) 
Ohio State University 

Bryan Richmond, MD (2017-2019)
West Virginia University 

Nominating Committee

Allan Tsung, MD - Chair and President-Elect (2017-2018)
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Taylor S. Riall, MD, PhD - President (2017-2018)
University of Arizona

David J. Hackam, MD, PhD - Past President (2015-2018)
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

Sharon Weber, MD - Past President (2016-2019)
University of Wisconsin 

Rebecca M. Minter, MD - Past President (2017-2020)
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Rachel Kelz, MD - Councilor-at-Large (2017-2018)
University of Pennslyvania

2018 Superannuating Members of the Society

Publications Committee

Rebekah White, MD - Chair (2016-2018)
University of California, San Diego

Taylor S. Riall, MD, PhD - President (2017-2018)
University of Arizona

Carlton Barnett, MD  (2016-2018)  
University of Colorado Denver

Ernest Ramsay Camp, MD  (2016-2018) 
Medical University of South Carolina

Tina Wei-Fang Yen, MD, MSc  (2016-2018) 
Medical College of Wisconsin

David Bentrem, MD (2017-2018) 
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Mark Cohen, MD (2017-2018) 
University of Michigan Hospital and Health System

Philip Efron, MD (2017-2018) 
University of Florida

Anthony W. Kim, MD (2017-2018) 
University of Southern California

Michael Morowitz, MD (2017-2018) 
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Peter Muscarella, MD (2017-2018)
Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center

Christopher Skelly, MD, MS (2017-2018)
University of Chicago Medical Center

Ankush Gosain, MD, PhD (2017-2019)
University of Tennessee

Kevin Mollen, MD (2017-2019)
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Melanie Morris, MD (2017-2019)
University of Alabama Birmingham

Jason Sicklick, MD (2017-2019)
University of California, San Diego

Douglas Smink, MD, MPH (2017-2019)
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Jordan Winter, MD (2017-2019)
Thomas Jefferson University

Vanita Ahuja, MD, MPH (2017-2020)
Sinai Surgery Associates

Todd Brennan, MD (2017-2020)
Duke University Medical Center

Robert Cowles, MD (2017-2020)
Yale School of Medicine 

Timothy Fitzgerald, MD (2017-2020)
East Carolina University

Sundeep Keswani, MD (2017-2020)
Texas Children's Hospital 

Bellal Joseph, MD (2017-2020)
University of Arizona

Eugene Lee, MD, PhD (2017-2020)
University of California, Davis 

Matthew Martin, MD (2017-2020)
Madigan Army Medical Center

Scholarship Committee

Timothy Donahue, MD - Chair (2015-2018)
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Allan Tsung, MD - President-Elect (2017-2018)
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

David J. Hackam, MD, PhD - Past President (2015-2018)
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

Sharon Weber, MD - Past President (2016-2019)
University of Wisconsin 

Rebecca M. Minter, MD - Past President (2017-2020)
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Timothy Pritts, MD, PhD - Councilor-at-Large (2016-2019)
University of Cincinnati 

Kasper Wang, MD - ACS SRC Representative (2016-2019)
University of Southern California

Andreas Kaiser, MD (2017-2018)
University of Southern California

Eric Choi, MD (2017-2018)
Temple University Hospital

Social & Legislative Issues Committee

Amir Ghaferi, MD, MS - Chair (2017-2020)
University of Michigan

Dev M. Desai, MD, PhD - ABS Representative (2016-2022)
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Frank Sellke, MD - ACS Board of Governors Representative (2011-2017)
Rhode Island Hospital

Kelli M. Bullard Dunn, MD - ACS Board of Governors Representative (2013-2019)
James Brown Graham Cancer Center at the University of Louisville

Carmen Solorzano, MD - AAMC-CFAS Representative (2016-2019)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Jeffrey Farma, MD (2016-2018) 
Fox Chase Cancer Center

Niraj J. Gusani, MD, MS (2016-2018)
Penn State M.S. Hershey Medical Center

Peter Muscarella, MD (2016-2018)
Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center

Courtney Scaife, MD (2016-2018)
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah

Marie Crandall, MD, MPH (2017-2019) 
University of Florida Jacksonville

Tracy Wang, MD, MPH (2017-2019)
Medical College of Wisconsin 

Surgical Education Committee

Kimberly Brown, MD - Chair (2017-2020)
Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin

Allan Tsung, MD - President-Elect (2017-2018)
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Dai H. Chung, MD - ABS Representative (2013-2019)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Frank Sellke, MD - ACS Board of Governors Representative (2011-2017)
Rhode Island Hospital

Kelli M. Bullard Dunn, MD - ACS Board of Governors Representative (2013-2019)
James Brown Graham Cancer Center at the University of Louisville

Sunil Geevarghese, MD - AAMC-CFAS Representative (2017-2020)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Martin McCarter, MD (2016-2018)
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Michael Meyers, MD (2016-2018)
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

John Scarborough, MD (2016-2018)
University of Wisconsin

Roger Kim, MD (2017-2019)
LSU Health Sciences Center

Ravi Radhakrishnan, MD  (2017-2019)
University of Texas Medical Branch