Listing of ACS Accredited Education Institutes

The following institutions have successfully met the program requirements of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Program for Accreditation of Education Institutes, and as a result are accredited as either Level I – Comprehensive or Level II - Basic Accredited Education Institutes. Each institute’s accreditation level and date of initial accreditation is listed.

One of the goals of the accreditation program is to build a community of institutions interested in furthering surgical education. Therefore, we have received permission from each of the Accredited Education Institutes to provide names and e-mail addresses of those individuals who are willing to be contacted about their programs. However, it is up to the contacts at the Accredited Education Institutes to determine the level of information that each facility is willing to provide and share. This support is done on a voluntary basis.

Accredited Education Institutes

Carl J. Shapiro Simulation and Skills Center at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Level I – First accredited June 2006 www.bidmc.org Dave Fobert Operations Manager dfobert@bidmc.harvard.edu Daniel B. Jones, MD, FACS Co-Director, Director of Surgical Program djones1@bidmc.harvard.edu John Pawlowski, MD, PhD Co-Director jpawlows@bidmc.harvard.edu	Boston, MA
Institute for Clinical Simulation and Patient Safety Temple University School of Medicine Level I – First accredited June 2006 www.temple.edu/medicine/education/sims.htm Jane Cripe, BSMT Professional/Technical Director jcripe@temple.edu John M. Daly, MD, FACS, FRCPS (Hon. Glasg.) Surgical Director johndaly@temple.edu	Philadelphia, PA
Centre of Excellence for Simulation Education and Innovation, University of British Columbia Level I – First accredited June 2006 www.cesei.org A. Karim Qayumi, MD, PhD, FRCSC Director qayumi@cesei.org	Vancouver, BC
Minimally Invasive Surgery Education Center University of California Irvine School of Medicine Level I – First accredited June 2006 www.ucihs.uci.edu/urology Cynthia Shell Educational Coordinator cshell@uci.edu Elspeth M. McDougall, MD, FRCSC Director	Orange, CA
The University of New Mexico Health Science Center BATCAVE Medical Simulation Program Level I – First accredited June 2006 http://hsc.unm.edu/som/programs/batcave/ Steve McLaughlin, MD Director and Assistant Dean for Simulation BATCAVE@salud.unm.edu	Albuquerque, NM
Southwestern Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery UT Southwestern Medical Center Level I – First accredited June 2006 www.utsouthwestern.edu/SCMIS Seifu Tesfay, RN, MS Manager and Senior Education Coordinator Seifu.Tesfay@UTSouthwestern.edu Daniel J. Scott, MD, FACS Director Daniel.Scott@UTSouthwestern.edu	Dallas, TX
Institute for Simulation and Interprofessional Studies (ISIS) University of Washington Level I – First accredited June 2006 www.isis.washington.edu Farrah Leland ISIS Administrator batchel@uw.edu Brian K. Ross, PhD, MD Director bkross@u.washington.edu	Seattle, WA
Center for Medical Education & Innovation at Riverside Methodist Level I – First accredited December 2006 www.ohiohealth.com/cmei Lori Wiseman, RN Administrator lwiseman@ohiohealth.com Doug Knutson, MD Director dknutso2@ohiohealth.com	Columbus, OH
University of Toronto Surgical Skills Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital Level I – First accredited December 2006 www.utoronto.ca/ssc Lisa Satterthwaite RPN Manager skills.centre@utoronto.ca Helen MacRae, MD, MA (education), FRCSC, FACS Director	Toronto, ON
Marcia & Eugene Applebaum Surgical Learning Center William Beaumont Hospital Level I – First accredited December 2006 http://www.beaumonthospitals.com/surgical-learning-center Lisa Baker Program Coordinator lbaker@beaumonthospitals.com James M. Robbins, MD, FACS Executive Director	Royal Oak, MI
University of Michigan Clinical Simulation Center Level I – First accredited June 2007 http://med.umich.edu/UMCSC/ Michael Marsh Operations Manager caseyone@med.umich.edu James M. Cooke, MD Director cookej@med.umich.edu	Ann Arbor, MI
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – New Orleans Learning Center Level I – First accredited June 2007 www.learningcenter.lsuhsc.edu Stephanie Galendez Assistant Director, Office of Medical Education sgalen@lsuhsc.edu Charles W. Hilton, MD Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Education Institute Director chilto@lsuhsc.edu	New Orleans, LA
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Simulation Center Level I – First accredited June 2007 http://www.hmc.psu.edu/simulation/ Rob Shotto Lead Coordinator rshotto@hmc.psu.edu Elizabeth Sinz, MD Medical Director esinz@psu.edu	Hershey, PA
Mayo Clinic Multidisciplinary Simulation Center Level I – First accredited June 2007 http://www.mayo.edu/simulationcenter/ Debra Eagle, MBA Administrator eagle.debra@mayo.edu William F. Dunn, MD Director Dunn.william@mayo.edu	Rochester, MN
Northwestern Center for Advanced Surgical Education Level I – First accredited June 2007 http://www.ncase.northwestern.edu/ Deborah Rooney, MAMS Administrator d-rooney@northwestern.edu Carla M. Pugh, MD, PhD, FACS Director	Chicago, IL
Department of Surgery Education Institute at Stanford Level I – First accredited June 2007 http://goodmancenter.stanford.edu Veena Vijayendra, MPA Operations Manager Veenav1@stanford.edu Thomas Krummel, MD, FACS Director	Stanford, CA
Baystate Simulation Center Level I – First accredited June 2007 http://baystatehealth.org/AcademicAffairs/Main+Nav/ Education/Simulation+Center Gladys Fernandez, MD Administrative Manager of Simulation Programs Gladys.FernandezMD@BaystateHealth.org Neal Seymour, MD, FACS Director	Springfield, MA
Maryland Advanced Simulation, Training, Research and Innovation Center Level I – First accredited June 2007 www.mastricenter.org Ivan George Interim Director igeorge@smail.umaryland.edu	Baltimore, MD
USC Surgical Skills Training and Education Center Level I – First accredited December 2007 www.surgery.usc.edu/skillscenter Angela Martinez Coordinator amartinez@surgery.usc.edu Maura E. Sullivan, PhD, MSN Vice Chair for Educational Affairs maura.sullivan@keck.usc.edu	Los Angeles, CA
Henry Ford Health System Center for Simulation, Education and Research Level I – First accredited December 2007 http://www.henryford.com/body.cfm?id=48615 Crystal Gyiraszin, MS Administrative Manager CGYIRAS1@hfhs.org Craig Reickert, MD, FASCRS, FACS Director creicke1@hfhs.org	Detroit, MI
Center for the Future of Surgery, Dept of Surgery, University of California, San Diego Level I – First accredited December 2007 http://surgery.ucsd.edu/research Adele Delgado, RN Administrator amdelgado@ucsd.edu Garth R. Jacobsen, MD Surgical Program Director gjacobsen@ucsd.edu Santiago Horgan, MD Education Institute Director shorgan@ucsd.edu	San Diego, CA
The University of Minnesota Simulation Peri-Operative Resource for Training And Learning (SimPORTAL) Level I – First accredited December 2007 www.simportal.umn.edu Troy E. Reihsen Manager Reih0005@umn.edu Robert M. Sweet, MD Director rsweet@umn.edu	Minneapolis, MN
Duke University Medical Center – Surgical Education and Activities Lab (SEAL) Level I – First accredited December 2007 http://gsresidency.surgery.duke.edu Aurora D. Pryor, MD, FACS Medical Director pryor002@mc.duke.edu Marnelle Alexis, EdD, EdM, MA Director marnelle.alexis@duke.edu	Durham, NC
Hartford Hospital Level I – First accredited December 2007 www.hartfordhospital.org/SimCenter Stephen Donahue Administrator sdonahu@harthosp.org Lenworth M. Jacobs, MD, MPH, FACS Director Ljacobs@harthosp.org	Harford, CT
Charles A. Andersen Simulation Center, Madigan Army Medical Center Level I – First accredited December 2007 Jeffrey Burton Administrator jeffrey.preston.burton@us.army.mil MAJ Shad Deering, MD Medical Director shad.deering@amedd.army.mil	Ft. Lewis, WA
Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College London Level I – First accredited December 2007 http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/about/divisions/sora/biosurg/ Kate Miles, BSc (hons) Education Institute Project Coordinator k.miles@imperial.ac.uk Mr. Paraskevas Paraskeva, PhD, FRCS Education Institute Director	London, England
Legacy Institute for Surgical Education and Innovation Level I – First accredited June 2008 www.legacyhealth.org/lisei Michelle Ashley Coordinator lisei@lhs.org P. Ashley Wackym, II, MD, FACS Director	Portland, OR
Practicum – Lund Clinical Skills Centre Level I – First accredited June 2008 www.practicum.se Ingemar Ihse, MD, PhD, FRCS Emeritus Professor of Surgery ingemar.ihse@med.lu.se	Lund, Sweden
Center for Medical Simulation Level I – First accredited June 2008 www.harvardmedsim.org Gary Rossi Managing Director grossi1@partners.org Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD Director jcooper@partners.org	Cambridge, MA
PENN Surgery Simulation Center Level I – First accredited June 2008 http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/surgery/SurgSkillsCenter.html Lori Pray Director, Surgery Education Administration lori.pray@uphs.upenn.edu Noel N. Williams, MD, MCh, FRCSI, FRCS (Gen) Surgery Simulation Director noel.williams@uphs.upenn.edu	Philadelphia, PA
The Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation, and Education Level I – First accredited June 2008 http://www.mitietexas.com/ Michael A. Donovan Director, Surgical Education MADonovan@tmhs.org Brian J. Dunkin, MD, FACS Medical Director BJDunkin@tmhs.org	Houston, TX
Center of Excellence for Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Level I – First accredited June 2008 www.mis.med.miami.edu Susan G. Mazzola Administrator smazzola@med.miami.edu Nestor F. de la Cruz-Munoz, MD, FACS Co-Director ndelacruz@med.miami.edu Jose M. Martinez, MD, FACS Co-Director jmartinez4@med.miami.edu	Miami, FL
The National Capital Area Medical Simulation Center of the Uniformed Services University Level I – First accredited June 2008 http://www.simcen.usuhs.mil Dr. Gil Muniz, PhD Deputy Director gmuniz@simcen.usuhs.mil Joseph Loprieato, MD Director jlopreiato@simcen.usuhs.mil	Bethesda, MD
Banner Simulation Education and Training Center Level I – First accredited December 2008 www.bannerhealth.com/Innovations/Simulation+Education Karen Josey Director of Simulation Karen.josey@bannerhealth.com Marshall (Mark) Smith, MD, PhD System Director of Simulation and Innovation Mark.Smith@Bannerhealth.com	Phoenix, AZ
Texas A&M/Scott and White Surgical Skills Program Level I – First accredited December 2008 http://www.sw.org/web/researchAndEducation/iwcontent/ public/gme_surgery/en_us/html/gme_surgery.html Jaime Rodriguez, LVN Surgical Skills Lab Coordinator jlrodriguez@swmail.sw.org Jose Pliego, MD Medical Director of Clinical Simulation jpliego@swmail.sw.org	Temple, TX
Carolinas Simulation Center Level I – First accredited December 2008 www.carolinassimulationcenter.org Dawn Swiderski, RN, BSN, CCRN Center Coordinator Dawn.Swiderski@carolinas.org Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, PhD, FACS Medical Director Dimitrios.Stefanidis@carolinas.org	Charlotte, NC
Center for Advanced Medical Simulation and Training Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet Level I – First accredited December 2008 www.simulatorcentrum.se Ann-Charlott Nordstrom Administrative Coordinator Ann-charlott.nordstrom@ki.se Li Felländer-Tsai, MD, PhD Director li.tsai@ki.se	Stockholm, Sweden
CSTAR (Canadian Surgical Technologies & Advanced Robotics) London Health Sciences Centre The University of Western Ontario Level I – First accredited December 2008 www.lhsc.on.ca/cstar John Parker, RN, MN Director john.parker@lhsc.on.ca	London, ON
Medical Physics Laboratory, Medical School, University of Athens Level I – First accredited June 2009 http://mplsc.med.uoa.gr/ Mari Karvounaki Administrator mkarvou@med.uoa.gr Evangelos Georgiou Director melatron@otenet.gr	Athens, Greece
VirtuOHSU Surgical Skills Center Level I – First accredited June 2009 www.ohsu.edu/VirtuOHSU Oregon Health and Science University Elena An Coordinator virtuohsu@ohsu.edu Donn H. Spight, MD, FACS Medical Director	Portland, OR
Medical University of South Carolina – Healthcare Simulation Center Level I – First accredited June 2009 www.healthcaresimulationsc.com/ Erika M. Jenkins Administrative Coordinator jenkinse@musc.edu John J. Schaefer III, MD Director Schaefer@musc.edu	Charleston, SC
Clinical Skills and Simulation Center of Thomas Jefferson University Level I – First accredited June 2009 www.jefferson.edu/jmc/clinical_skills_simulation/ Carol Trent Director of Operations carol.trent@jefferson.edu Dale Berg, MD Co-Director dale.berg@jefferson.edu Katherine Berg, MD Co-Director katherine.berg@jefferson.edu	Philadelphia, PA
SiTEL’s Clinical Simulation Center of MedStar Health Level I – First accredited June 2009 www.sitel.org Pamela Leonard, RN Director Clinical Simulation Centers, SiTEL, MedStar Health Pamela.Leonard@email.sitel.org Yuri Millo, MD Director SiTEL, MedStar Health Yuri.Millo@email.sitel.org	Washington, DC
Case Western Reserve University Center for Skills & Simulation (CWRU CSS) Level I – First accredited June 2009 www.isi-case.org Cynthia Shega Administrator Cynthia.shega@case.edu Conor P. Delaney, MD, MCh, PhD, FRCSI, FACS, FASCRS Director	Cleveland, OH
NYU Department of Surgery Surgical Skills Laboratory Level I – First accredited June 2009 http://surgery.med.nyu.edu/education/surgical_skills Peggy Gluszak, RN, BSN Director of Surgical Skills Lab peggy.gluszak@nyumc.org Thomas Diflo, MD, FACS Director thomas.diflo@nyumc.org	New York, NY
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – Shreveport Clinical Skills Center Level I – First accredited June 2009 Christi Rinaudo Clinical Skills Coordinator crinau@lsuhsc.edu Jane M. Eggerstedt, MD, FACS Director jegger@lsuhsc.edu	Shreveport, LA
Christiana Care Health System Virtual Education and Simulation Training (VEST) Center Level II – First accredited June 2009 Charles W. Fort, RN, MSN Simulation Training Coordinator cfort@christianacare.org Glen H. Tinkoff, MD, FACS Director gtinkoff@christianacare.org	Newark, DE
Israel Center for Medical Simulation Level I – First accredited December 2009 http://www.msr.org.il Kim MacMillan Deputy Director Kim.macmillan@sheba.health.gov.il Amitai Ziv, MD, MHA Director Amitai.ziv@sheba.health.gov.il	Tel Aviv, Israel
STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Level I – First accredited December 2009 http://www.brighamandwomens.org/stratus Stephen J. Nelson, NREMT-P, CCEMT-P Program Manager sjnelson@partners.org Charles N. Pozner, MD, FACEP Director cpozner@partners.org	Boston, MA
The McGill Medical Simulation Center Level I – First accredited December 2009 http://www.mcgill.ca/medsimcentre Linda Crelinsten Assistant Director Linda.crelinsten@mcgill.ca Kevin Lachapelle, MD, FRCS(C), FACS Director kevin.lachapelle@muhc.mcgill.ca	Montreal, QC, Canada
The Eastern Virginia Medical School/Sentara Center for Surgical Education Level I – First accredited June 2010 Melissa Anderson Administrator andersma@evms.edu Rebecca C. Britt, MD, FACS Director brittrc@evms.edu	Norfolk, VA
The Institute of Bioskills Training and Innovation at Morristown Memorial Hospital Level I – First accredited June 2010 Gerald Martin Coordinator Gerald.Martin@atlantichealth.org Eric Lazar, MD, FACS Director eric.lazar@atlantichealth.org	Morristown, NJ
The Lahey Center for Professional Development and Simulation Level I – First accredited June 2010 www.lahey.org Patricia Tyler, MS Administrator tricia.tyler@lahey.org Lelan F. Sillin III, MD, MS(Ed), FACS Director lelan.sillin@lahey.org	Burlington, MA
Providence Hospital Surgical and Procedural Skills Training Center, Level II – First accredited January 2011 Nirupa Gopinath, MD Coordinator nirupa.gopinath@stjohn.org David Svinarich, PhD Director david.svinarich@stjohn.org or dsvinari@providence-hospital.org	Southfield, MI
Medical Simulation Center, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis Level II – First accredited January 2011 Jean Breaud, MD Surgical Director jean.breaud@unice.fr / breaud.j@pediatrie-chulenval-nice.fr Daniel Chevallier, MD, PhD Surgical Director daniel.chevallier@unice.fr Jean Paul Fournier, MD Director jean-paul.fournier@unice.fr	Nice, France
Medical Skills Learning Center - Memorial Medical Center Level I – First accredited January 2011 http://www.conemaugh.org/skillslab.aspx Leah Patton Administrator lpatton@conemaugh.org James Gregory, MD, FACS Director jgregory@conemaugh.org	Johnstown, PA
West China Clinical Skills Training Center Level I – First accredited January 2011 http://hxcstc.lab.scu.edu.cn/ He Qingjun Administrator heqingjun2005@126.com Xia Tian, MD Director summer@cd120.com	Chengdu, China
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Clinical Skills Education and Testing Center Level I – First accredited January 2011 http://www.oucsetc.com Rose Yandell Coordinator rose-yandell@ouhsc.edu Sheila Crow, PhD Director sheila-crow@ouhsc.edu	Oklahoma City, OK
USF Health Simulation Consortium Level I – First accredited January 2011 http://simcenter.health.usf.edu/ Beverly Hughes Administrator bhughes@health.usf.edu Deborah Sutherland, PhD Director dsutherl@health.usf.edu	Tampa, FL
Tulane Center for Advanced Medical Simulation and Team Training Level I – First accredited January 2011 http://tulane.edu/som/sim/ Jennifer Calzada, MA Administrator jcalzada@tulane.edu James Korndorffer, Jr., MD, FACS Director korndorffer@tulane.edu	New Orleans, LA
UC Davis Center for Virtual Care Level I – First accredited January 2011 http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/cvc/ Betsy Bencken, NREMT-B, MSc Administrator bbencken@ucdavis.edu Aaron Bair, MD, MSc Director aaron.bair@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu Jonathan Pierce, MD, FACS Surgical Director jonathan.pierce@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu	Sacramento, CA
Lehigh Valley Health Network Surgery Education Center Level II – First accredited June 2011 Robert W. Ruhf Coordinator Robert.Ruhf@lvhn.org Michael M. Badellino, MD, FACS Director Michael.Badellino@lvhn.org	Allentown, PA

For further information about the ACS Program for Accreditation of Education Institutes or how to apply for accreditation, please contact Kathy Johnson, EdM, Senior Manager, ACS Program for Accreditation of Education Institutes and Experiential Learning Programs, at kjohnson@facs.org or 312-202-5276.

Revised November 10, 2011