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Society of University Surgeons (SUS)

Society of University Surgeons (SUS)

Supporting and advancing leaders in academic surgery.

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Committees

Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee +

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

Timothy Donahue, MD- President (2023-2024)
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Thomas Varghese, Jr., MD, MS – President- Elect (2023-2024)
University of Utah

Rebekah White, MD- Immediate Past President (2023-2024)
University of California, San Diego

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

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

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

Chukwuemeka Ihemelandu, MD (2023-2025)
Georgetown University

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

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

Jennifer Plichta, MD (2023-2025)
Duke University

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

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

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

Mary Killackey, MD (2021-2024)
Tulane University

Carrie Peterson, MD (2023-2025)
Medical College of Wisconsin

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 (2022-2024)
Lurie Children’s Hospital

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

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

Tamara Fitzgerald, MD (2023-2025)
Duke University

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

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

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

Timothy Donahue- President (2023-2024)
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

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

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

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

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

Ankush Gosain, MD, PhD – Secretary-Elect (2023-2024)
University of Colorado

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

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

Mark Eskandari, MD (2022-2024)
Northwestern University

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

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

Laura Rosenberger, MD (2023-2025)
Duke University

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

Samuel Soffer, MD (2022-2024)
Hofstra NSLIJ

Anne Stey, MD (2023-2025)
Northwestern University

Sharven Taghavi, MD (2023-2025)
Tulane University

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

Nominating Committee +

Thomas Varghese, Jr. MD, MS- Chair and President-Elect (2023-2024)
University of Utah

Timothy Donahue, MD- President (2023-2024)
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

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

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

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

Shaun Kunisaki, MD, MSc – Most Recently Appointed Councilor-at-Large (2023-2024)
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

2023 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 Colorado

Timothy Donahue, MD – President (2023-2024)
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

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 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

Daithi Heffernan, MD (2023-2025)
Brown University

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

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

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

James Lau, MD (2022-2024)
Loyola University

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Research Committee +

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

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

Benjamin Levi, MD – NABR Representative (2023-2024)
UT Southwestern

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

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

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

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

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

Monica Lopez, MD (2023-2025)
Vanderbilt University

Troy Markel, MD (2023-2025)
Indiana University

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

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

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

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

Thomas Varghese, Jr., MD, MS – President-Elect (2023-2024)
University of Utah

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

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

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

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

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

Michael Goodman, MD (2023-2024)
University of Cincinnati

Sundeep Keswani, MD (2023-2024)
Texas Children’s Hospital

Sajid Khan, MD, MD (2023-2024)
Yale University

Timothy King, MD (2023-2024)
Loyola University

Robert Meguid, MD (2023-2024)
University of Colorado

Kevin Mollen, MD (2023-2024)
University of Pittsburgh

Vanessa Nomellini, MD (2023-2024)
UT Southwestern

Karen Woo, MD (2023-2024)
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Social & Legislative Issues Committee +

Marie Crandall, MD – Chair (2023-2026)
University of Florida Jacksonville

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

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

Dawn Coleman, MD (2023-2025)
Duke University

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

Marc Melcher, MD (2022-2024)
Stanford University

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

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

Surgical Education Committee +

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

Thomas Varghese, Jr., MD, MS – President-Elect (2023-2024)
University of Utah

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

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

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