Executive Council & Representatives

Executive Council

President (2021-2022)

Kasper Wang, MD
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

President-Elect (2021-2022)

Rebekah White, MD
University of California, San Diego

Secretary (2021-2024)

Danny Chu, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Treasurer (2019-2022)

Timothy Donahue, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Ethics and COI Chair (2021-2024)

George Chang, MD
MD Anderson

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee Chair (2020-2023)

Thomas K. Varghese Jr., MD, MS
University of Utah

Publications Chair (2020-2022)

Melanie Morris, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Academic Global Surgery Chair (2019-2022)

Sanjay Krishnaswami, MD
Oregon Health & Science University

Research Co-Chair (2019-2022)

Allan Goldstein, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Research Co-Chair (2021-2023)

Melinda Maggard-Gibbons, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Surgical Education Chair (2020-2023)

Ravi Radhakrishnan, MD, MBA
University of Texas Medical Branch

Social & Legislative Issues Chair (2020-2023)

Tracy Wang, MD, MPH
Medical College of Wisconsin

SUS Foundation President (2021-2024)

O. Joe Hines, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Past President (2019-2022)

Allan Tsung, MD
The Ohio State University

Past President (2020-2023)

Gregory D. Kennedy, MD, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Past President(2021-2024)

Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Councilor-at-Large -Membership (2019-2022)

Cynthia Downard, MD, MMSC
University of Louisville

Councilor-at-Large for Scholarship (2021-2024)

Jayme Locke, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Councilor-at-Large-Publications/Development (2020-2023)

David Stewart, MD
Southern Illinois University

Representatives

The American Board of Surgery

Dev M. Desai, MD, PhD

Term: 2016-2022
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Jennifer Tseng, MD, MPH

Term: 2019-2025
Boston Medical Center

Valentine N. Nfonsam, MD, MS

Term: 2021-2027
University of Arizona

American College of Surgeons Board of Governors

Peter Angelos, MD

Term: 2017-2023
The University of Chicago Medicine

Benedict Nwomeh, MD, MPH

Term: 2019-2022
Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): Council of Faculty and Academic Societies (CFAS)

Sunil Geevarghese, MD

Term: 2017-2023
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Clara Lee, MD

Term: 2019-2022
The Ohio State University

Editorial Board of Surgery

Jussuf Kaifi, MD

Term: 2019-2022
University of Missouri

Surgical Research & Education Committee-American College of Surgeons

Adam Berger, MD

Term: 2019-2022
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

National Association of Biomedical Research

Ankush Gosain, MD, PhD

Term: 2021-2024
University of Tennessee