Executive Council & Representatives

Executive Council

President(2019-2020)

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

President-Elect(2019-2020)

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

Secretary (2018-2021)

Cristina Ferrone, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Treasurer (2019-2022)

Timothy Donahue, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Ethics and COI Chair (2018-2021)

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

Publications Chair (2018-2020)

Jayme Locke, MD, MPH
University of Alabama Birmingham

Global Academic Surgery Chair (2019-2022)

Sanjay Krishnaswami, MD
Oregon Health & Science University

Surgical Education Chair (2017-2020)

Kimberly Brown, MD
Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin

Social & Legislative Issues Chair (2017-2020)

Amir Ghaferi, MD, MS
University of Michigan

SUS Foundation President (2019-2022)

George Yang, MD, PhD
University of Alabama Birmingham

Past President (2017-2020)

Rebecca M. Minter, MD
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Past President (2018-2021)

Taylor S. Riall, MD, PhD
University of Arizona College of Medicine

Past President (2019-2022)

Allan Tsung, MD
The Ohio State University

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

Cynthia Downard, MD, MMSC
University of Louisville

Councilor-at-Large-Scholarship (2018-2021)

Rebekah White, MD
University of California, San Diego

Councilor-at-Large-Publications/Development (2017-2020)

Rachel Kelz, MD, MS
University of Pennsylvania

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

American College of Surgeons Board of Governors

Peter Angelos, MD

Term: 2017-2020
The University of Chicago Medicine

Kelli M. Bullard Dunn, MD

Term: 2013-2019
James Brown Graham Cancer Center at the University of Louisville

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

Sunil Geevarghese, MD

Term: 2017-2020
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

Kasper Wang, MD

Term: 2016 – 2019
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

National Association of Biomedical Research

Danny Chu, MD

Term: 2018-2021
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine