SUS Committee Members

Ethics and COI Committee

Melinda Maggard-Gibbons, MD - Chair (2018-2021)
UCLA

Mark Cohen, MD (2018-2019)
University of Michigan Hospital and Health Systems

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

David Gourlay, MD (2018-2020)
Medical College of Wisconsin

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

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

Allan Tsung, MD - President (2018-2019)
UPMC

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

Taylor S. Riall, MD, PhD - Past President (2018-2021) 
University of Arizona

Cristina Ferrone, MD - Secretary (2018-2021)
Massachusetts General Hospital

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

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

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

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

Cynthia Downard, MD (2018-2020) 
University of Louisville

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

Marlon Guerrero, MD (2018-2020) 
University of Arizona

Daithi Heffernan, MD (2018-2019) 
Brown University

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

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

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

Anne Lidor, MD, MPH (2018-2020)  
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

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

Nominating Committee

Gregrory Kennedy, MD, PhD - Chair and President-Elect (2018-2019)
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Allan Tsung, MD - President (2018-2019
UPMC

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

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

Taylor S. Riall, MD, PhD - Past President (2018-2021) 
University of Arizona

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

2018 Superannuating Members of the Society

Publications Committee

Jayme Locke, MD - Chair (2018-2020)
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Allan Tsung, MD - President (2018-2019)
UPMC

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 

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

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

Jussuf Kaifi, MD (2018-2020)
University of Missouri

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

Julie Lang, MD (2018-2020)
University of Southern California

Catherine Lee, MD (2018-2020)
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

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

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

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

Kate Morris, MD (2018-2020) 
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

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

John Porterfield, MD (2018-2020)
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

Jason Sperry, MD (2018-2020) 
Stanford University

Wesley Thayer, MD, MPH (2018-2020) 
Brigham and Women's Hospital 

Tom Varghese, MD, MS (2018-2020) 
Brigham and Women's Hospital 

Grayson Wheatley, MD (2018-2020) 
Centennial Heart & Vascular Institute

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

Scholarship Committee

Rebekah White, MD - Chair (2018-2021)
University of California, San Diego 

Gregory Kennedy, MD, PhD - President-Elect (2018-2019)
University of Alabama-Birmingham 

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

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

Taylor Riall, MD, PhD - Past President (2018-2021) 
University of Arizona

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

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

Daniel Holena, MD, MSCE (2018-2019)
University of Pennsylvania

David Stewart, MD (2018-2019)
University of Arizona

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

Peter Angelos, MD - ACS Board of Governors Representative (2017-2020)
University of Chicago

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

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

Zara Cooper, MD (2018-2020) 
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Bellal Joseph, MD (2018-2020)
University of Arizona 

Bryan Richmond, MD (2018-2020)
West Virginia University 

J. Scott Roth, MD (2018-2020)
University of Kentucky

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

Gregory Kennedy, MD, PhD - President-Elect (2018-2019)
University of Alabama-Birmingham

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

Peter Angelos, MD - ACS Board of Governors Representative (2017-2020)
University of Chicago

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

Rebecca Britt, MD (2018-2020)
Eastern Virginia Medical School 

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

James Lau, MD (2018-2020)
Stanford University 

Valentine Nfosnam, MD (2018-2020)
University of Arizona

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