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Society of University Surgeons (SUS)

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Committees

Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee +

Tracy Wang, MD, MPH- Chair (2023-2026)
Medical College of Wisconsin

Thomas Varghese, Jr., MD, MS, MBA — President (2024-2025)
University of Utah

Danny Chu, MD – President- Elect (2024-2025)
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Timothy Donahue, MD- Immediate Past President (2024-2025)
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Tania Arora, MD (2024-2026)
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Lola Fayanju, MD (2023-2025)
University of Pennsylvania

Kamran Idrees, MD (2024-2026)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Chukwuemeka Ihemelandu, MD (2023-2025)
Georgetown University

Michele Loor, MD (2024-2026)
Baylor College of Medicine

Aarti Mathur, MD (2023-2025)
Johns Hopkins University

Jennifer Plichta, MD (2023-2025)
Duke University

Libby Schroeder, MD (2024-2026)
Medical College of Wisconsin

Ethics and COI Committee +

Carrie Peterson, MD, MS – Chair (2024-2027)
Medical College of Wisconsin

Nick Cost, MD (2024-2026)
University of Colorado

Christopher DuCoin, MD (2024-2026)
University of South Florida

Krista Haines, MD (2024-2026)
Duke University

Dan Hall, MD (2023-2025)
University of Pittsburgh

Reza Saidi, MD (2023-2025)
SUNY

Jason Sicklick, MD (2023-2025)
UCSD Moores Cancer Center

Academic Global Surgery Committee +

Ziad Sifri, MD – Chair (2022-2025)
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Fizan Abdullah, MD (2024-2026)
Lurie Children’s Hospital

Christopher Dodgion, MD (2023-2025)
Medical College of Wisconsin

Tamara Fitzgerald, MD (2023-2025)
Duke University

Tolulope Oyetunji, MD (2023-2025)
Children’s Mercy

Vinayak Rohan, MD (2024-2026)
Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Aleem Siddique, MD (2024-2026)
University of Nebraska

Benedict Nwomeh, MD, MPH – Senior Member
Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Susan Orloff, MD – Senior Member 
Oregon Health & Science University

Membership Committee +

Colin Martin, MD – Chair (2022-2025)
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Thomas Varghese, Jr., MD, MS, MBA- President (2024-2025)
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Kasper Wang, MD- Past President (2022-2025)
University of Toronto

Rebekah White, MD – Past President (2023-2026)
University of California, San Diego

Timothy Donahue – Past President (2024-2027)
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Ankush Gosain, MD, PhD, MBA- Secretary (2024-2027)
University of Colorado

Shaun Kunisaki, MD, MSc – Councilor-at-Large (2023-2026)
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

Traci Hedrick, MD (2023-2025)
University of Virginia

Daniel Holena, MD (2023-2025)
Medical College of Wisconsin

Giorgos Karakousis, MD (2023-2025)
University of Pennsylvania

Amanda Laird, MD (2024-2026)
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Laleh Melstrom, MD (2023-2025)
City of Hope

Jaimie Nathan, MD (2024-2026)
Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Laura Rosenberger, MD (2023-2025)
Duke University

Shayna Showalter, MD (2023-2025)
University of Virginia

Bethany Slater, MD (2024-2026)
University of Chicago

Anne Stey, MD (2023-2025)
Northwestern University

Sharven Taghavi, MD (2023-2025)
Tulane University

Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, MD (2024-2026)
Massachusetts General Hospital

Nominating Committee +

Danny Chu, MD- Chair and President-Elect (2024-2025)
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Thomas Varghese, Jr. MD, MS, MBA- President (2024-2025)
University of Utah

Kasper Wang, MD – Past President (2022-2025)
University of Toronto

Rebekah White, MD – Past President (2023-2026)
University of California, San Diego

Timothy Donahue, MD – Past President (2024-2027)
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Catherine Hunter, MD – Most Recently Appointed Councilor-at-Large (2024-2025)
University of Oklahoma

2024 Superannuating Members of the Society and 2 Members at Large (to be elected by the Membership)

Publications Committee +

Genevieve Boland, MD, PhD- Chair (2024-2026)
Massachusetts General Hospital

Thomas Varghese, Jr. MD, MS, MBA – President (2024-2025)
University of Utah

Shaun Kunisaki, MD, MSc- Councilor-at-Large, Publications (2023-2026)
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

Derrick Wan, MD-Editorial Board of Surgery Representative (2022-2025)
Stanford University

Amanda Amin, MD (2024-2026)
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Peyman Benharash, MD (2024-2026)
University of California, Los Angeles

Tejal Brahmbhatt, MD (2024-2026)
Cedars Sinai

Jashodeep Datta (2024-2026)
University of Miami

Emilia Diego, MD (2024-2026)
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Afshin Ehsan, MD (2024-2026)
Rhode Island Hospital

Juliet Emamaullee, MD (2024-2026)
University of Southern California

Oliver Eng, MD (2024-2026)
University of California, Irvine

Nina Glass, MD (2024-2026)
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Evan Glazer, MD (2024-2026)
University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Alan Harzman, MD (2024-2026)
Ohio State University

Daithi Heffernan, MD (2023-2025)
Brown University

Kakra Hughes, MD, PhD (2024-2026)
Howard University

Romeo Ignacio, MD (2023-2025)
University of California, San Diego

Joga Ivatury, MD (2023-2025)
University of Texas at Austin

Irene Kim, MD (2024-2026)
Cedars Sinai

Matthew Neal, MD (2023-2025)
University of Pittsburgh

Joseph Phillips, MD (2023-2025)
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Kathleen Romanowski, MD (2024-2026)
University of California, Davis

Flavio Rocha, MD (2024-2026)
Oregon Health & Science University

Benjamin Shogan, MD (2024-2026)
University of Chicago

Kathy van Leeuwen, MD (2024-2026)
Phoenix Children’s Hospital

Victor Zaydfudim, MD (2024-2026)
University of Virgnia

Research Committee +

Mayur Patel, MD- Co-Chair (2023-2025)
Vanderbilt University

Benjamin Levi, MD – Co-Chair (2024-2026)
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Matthew Neal, MD – NABR Representative (2024-2027)
University of Pittsburgh

Darren Carpizo, MD (2024-2026)
University of Rochester Medical Center

Todd Costantini, MD (2023-2025)
University of California, San Diego

Alex Hawkins, MD (2024-2026)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Jonathan Hernandez, MD (2023-2025)
National Cancer Institute

Lorraine Kelley-Quon, MD (2024-2026)
University of Southern California

Monica Lopez, MD (2023-2025)
Vanderbilt University

Troy Markel, MD (2023-2025)
Indiana University

Hari Nathan, MD (2023-2025)
University of Michigan

Bart Rose, MD (2024-2026)
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Liana Tsikitis, MD, MD (2023-2025)
Oregon Health & Science University

Karen Woo, MD (2024-2026)
University of California, Los Angeles

Ali Zarrinpar, MD (2024-2026)
University of Florida

Scholarship Committee +

Catherine Hunter, MD – Chair (2024-2027)
University of Oklahoma

Danny Chu, MD – President-Elect (2024-2025)
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Kasper Wang – Past President (2022-2025)
University of Toronto

Rebekah White, MD – Past President (2023-2026)
University of California, San Diego

Timothy Donahue, MD – Past President (2024-2027)
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Colin Martin, MD- Councilor-at-Large (2022-2025)
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Jayme Locke, MD, MPH- ACS SRC Representative (2024-2025)
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Luke Brewster, MD (2024-2025)
Emory University

Emmanuel Gabriel, MD (2024-2025)
Mayo Clinic Florida

Miral Grandhi, MD (2024-2025)
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Jussuf Kaifi, MD (2024-2025)
University of Missouri

Robert Meguid, MD (2024-2025)
University of Colorado

Gita Mody, MD (2024-2025)
University of North Carolina

Satish Nadig, MD (2024-2025)
Northwestern University

Samer Tohme, MD (2024-2025)
University of Pittsburgh

Social & Legislative Issues Committee +

Marie Crandall, MD, MPH – Chair (2023-2026)
MetroHealth

Jennifer Tseng, MD, MPH – ABS Representative (2019-2025)
Boston Medical Center

Benedict Nwomeh, MD, MPH – ACS Board of Governors Representative (2019-2025)
Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Ravi Radhakrishnan, MD, MBA – ACS Board of Governors Representative (2023-2026)
UTMB

Clara Lee, MD, MPP – AAMC-CFAS Representative (2019-2025)
University of North Carolina

Courtney Collins, MD (2024-2026)
Ohio State University

Dawn Coleman, MD (2023-2025)
Duke University

Christopher Gayer, MD (2023-2025)
University of Southern California

Marc Melcher, MD (2024-2026)
Stanford University

Erika Newman, MD (2024-2026)
University of Michigan

Dana Telem, MD (2024-2026)
University of Michigan

Surgical Education Committee +

Kevin Mollen, MD – Chair (2024-2027)
University of Pittsburgh

Danny Chu, MD – President-Elect (2024-2025)
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Valentine Nfonsam, MD, MS – ABS Representative (2023-2026)
LSU Health New Orelans

Benedict Nwomeh, MD, MPH – ACS Board of Governors Representative (2019-2025)
Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Ravi Radhakrishnan, MD, MBA – ACS Board of Governors Representative (2023-2026)
University of Chicago

Mayur Narayan, MD, MPH, MBA, MHPE – AAMC-CFAS Representative (2023-2026)
Rutgers University

Vanita Ahuja, MD (2024-2026)
Yale University

Mary Austin, MD (2022-2025)
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Darrell Cass, MD (2022-2024)
Cleveland Clinic

Randeep Jawa, MD (2024-2026)
Stony Brook University

Raghu Motaganahalli, MD  (2024-2026)
Indiana University