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Society of University Surgeons (SUS)

Society of University Surgeons (SUS)

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Committees

Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee +

Thomas Varghese, MD – Chair (2020-2023)
University of Utah

Rebekah White, MD- President (2022-2023)
University of California, San Diego

Timothy Donahue, MD- President- Elect (2022-2023)
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Kasper Wang, MD- Immediate Past President (2022-2023)
Keck School of Medicine at USC

Rachael Callcut, MD (2020-2023)
University of California San Francisco

Nestor Esnaola, MD (2022-2024)
Houston Methodist Hospital

Kamran Idrees, MD (2022-2024)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Shaun Kunisaki, MD, MSc (2020-2023)
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Bindi Naik Mathuria (2022-2024)
Baylor College of Medicine

Heena Santry, MD (2022-2024)
Ohio State University

Christiana Shaw, MD (2020-2023)
University of Florida

Sanda Tan, MD (2020-2023)
University of Central Florida

Ethics and COI Committee +

George Chang, MD, MS – Chair (2021-2024)
The University of Texas MD Anderson

Christopher DuCoin, MD (2022-2024)
University of South Florida

Elliott R. Haut, MD, PhD (2021-2023)
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Mary Killackey, MD (2021-2024)
Tulane University

Srey-Ram Kuy, MD (2021-2023)
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Susan Rowell, MD, MBA (2021-2023)
University of Chicago

Jason Sicklick, MD (2021-2023)
UCSD Moores Cancer Center

Academic Global Surgery Committee +

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

Fizan Abdullah, MD (2022-2024)
Lurie Children’s Hospital

Mike Chen, MD (2022-2024)
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Erik Hansen, MD, MPH (2021-2023)
UT Southwestern

Sudha Jayaraman, MD, MSci, MMHC (2021-2023)
University of Utah

Catherine Juillard, MD (2022-2024)
University of California, Los Angeles

Fiemu Nwariaku, MD (2021-2023)
UT Southwestern

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

Rebekah White, MD- President (2022-2023)
University of California, San Diego

Gregory Kennedy, MD, PhD – Past President (2020-2023)
University of Alabama Birmingham

Sandra Wong, MD, MS – Past President (2021-2024)
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Kasper Wang, MD- Past President (2022-2025)
Keck School of Medicine at USC

Danny Chu, MD – Secretary (2021-2024)
UPMC

David Stewart, MD – Councilor-at-Large (2020-2023)
Southern Illinois University

Waddah Al-Refaie, MD (2021-2023)
Georgetown University

Leah Backhus, MD, MPH (2021-2024)
Stanford University

Ernest Ramsay Camp, MD, MS (2021-2023)
Baylor College of Medicine

Mark Cohen, MD (2021-2023)
University of Michigan

Mark Eskandari, MD (2022-2024)
Northwestern University

Melissa Hogg, MD (2021-2023)
North Shore Health System

Christopher Jones, MD (2021-2023)
University of Louisville

Kevin Mollen, MD (2021-2023)
UPMC

Katherine Morris, MD (2021-2023)
University of Oklahoma

Mayur Patel, MD (2022-2024)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Samuel Soffer, MD (2022-2024)
Hofstra NSLIJ

Russell Woo, MD (2021-2024)
University of Hawaii

Nominating Committee +

Timothy Donahue, MD- Chair and President-Elect (2022-2023)
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Rebekah White, MD- President (2022-2023)
University of California, San Diego

Gregory Kennedy, MD, PhD – Past President (2020-2023)
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Sandra Wong, MD, MS – Past President (2021-2024)
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Kasper Wang, MD – Past President (2022-2025)
Keck School of Medicine at USC

Colin Martin, MD – Most Recently Appointed Councilor-at-Large (2022-2023)
University of Alabama at Birmingham

2022 Superannuating Members of the Society and 2 Members at Large (to be elected by the Membership)

Publications Committee +

Ankush Gosain, MD, PhD- Chair (2022-2024)
University of Tennessee

Rebekah White, MD – President (2022-2023)
University of California, San Diego

David Stewart, MD- Councilor-at-Large, Publications (2019-2023)
Southern Illinois University

Amanda Arrington, MD (2022-2024)
Houston Methodist Hospital

Peyman Benharash, MD (2022-2024)
University of California, Los Angeles

Cataldo Doria, MD (2022-2024)
Capital Health Cancer Center

Peter Ekeh, MD (2022-2024)
Wright State University

Juliet Emamaullee, MD (2022-2024)
University of Southern California

Kakra Hughes, MD, PhD (2022-2024)
Howard University

James Lau, MD (2022-2024)
Loyola University

Eric Liao, MD (2022-2024)
Massachusetts General Hospital

Giorgios Karakousis, MD, MS (2021-2023)
University of Pennsylvania

Troy Markel, MD (2021-2023)
Indiana University

Nicholas Namias, MD (2022-2024)
University of Miami

Naris Nilubol, MD (2022-2024)
National Cancer Institute

Samir Pandya, MD (2022-2024)
UT Southwestern

Alexander Parikh, MD (2022-2024)
East Carolina University

Kevin Pei, MD (2022-2024)
Parkview Health

Susan Pitt, MD (2022-2024)
University of Michigan

Faisal Qureshi, MD (2021-2023)
UT Southwestern

Mohsen Shabahang, MD, PhD (2021-2023)
Wellspan Health System

Tze-Woei Tan, MD (2022-2024)
University of Arizona

Susan Tsai, MD (2022-2024)
Medical College of Wisconsin

Derrick Wan, MD (2021-2023)
Stanford University

Tina Yen, MD (2022-2024)
Medical College of Wisconsin

James Yoo, MD (2022-2024)
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

 

Research Committee +

Melinda Maggard-Gibbons, MD- Co-Chair (2021-2023)
UCLA

Catherine Hunter, MD – Co-Chair (2022-2024)
The University of Oklahoma

Shaun Kunisaki, MD – NABR Representative (2022-2024)
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

Stephanie Bonne, MD (2022-2024)
Hackensack University Medical Center

Darren Carpizo, MD (2022-2024)
University of Rochester Medical Center

Zara Cooper, MD (2021-2023)
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Jeremy Davis, MD (2021-2023)
National Cancer Institute

Vikas Dudeja, MD, MBBS (2021-2023)
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Karin Hardiman, MD (2022-2024)
University of Alabama Birmingham

Sundeep Keswani, MD (2021-2023)
Texas Children’s Hospital

Benjamin Levi, MD (2021-2023)
UT Southwestern

Motaz Qadan, MD (2022-2024)
Massachusetts General Hospital

Catherine Velopulos, MD (2022-2024)
University of Colorado

Bryan Whitson, MD (2022-2024)
The Ohio State University

Scholarship Committee +

Jayme Locke, MD, MPH – Chair (2021-2024)
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Timothy Donahue, MD – President-Elect (2022-2023)
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Gregory Kennedy, MD, PhD – Past President (2020-2023)
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Sandra Wong, MD, MS – Past President (2021-2024)
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Kasper Wang – Past President (2022-2025)
Keck School of Medicine at USC

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

Adam Berger, MD – ACS SRC Representative (2019-2025)
Rutgers Cancer Center

Genevieve Boland, MD (2022-2023)
Massachusetts General Hospital

Christopher Gayer, MD (2022-2023)
University of Southern California

Social & Legislative Issues Committee +

Tracy Wang, MD, MPH – Chair (2020-2023)
Medical College of Wisconsin

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

Benedict Nwomeh, MD, MPH – ACS Board of Governors Representative (2019-2022)
Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Peter Angelos, MD – ACS Board of Governors Representative (2017-2023)
University of Chicago

Clara Lee, MD – AAMC-CFAS Representative (2019-2025)
The Ohio State University

Paris Butler, MD (2022-2024)
University of Pennsylvania

Marie Crandall, MD (2022-2024)
University of Florida Jacksonville

Marc Melcher, MD (2022-2024)
Stanford University

Erika Newman, MD (2022-2024)
University of Michigan

Kari Rosenkranz, MD (2021-2023)
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Dana Telem, MD (2022-2024)
University of Michigan

Surgical Education Committee +

Ravi Radhakrishnan, MD – Chair (2020-2023)
Dell Medical School, University of Texas Medical Branch

Timothy Donahue, MD – President-Elect (2022-2023)
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Valentine Nfonsam, MD, MS – ABS Representative (2021-2027)
University of Arizona

Benedict Nwomeh, MD – ACS Board of Governors Representative (2019-2022)
Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Peter Angelos, MD – ACS Board of Governors Representative (2017-2023)
University of Chicago

Sunil Geevarghese, MD – AAMC-CFAS Representative (2017-2023)
Vanderbilt University

Vanita Ahuja, MD (2022-2024)
Yale University

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

Darrell Cass, MD (2022-2024)
Cleveland Clinic

Samir Gadepalli, MD (2022-2025)
University of Michigan

Raghu Motaganahalli, MD  (2022-2024)
Indiana University