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 Level I ACS Accredited Education Institutes. All of the listed accredited Institutes received an accreditation of three years.

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

Simulation and Skills Center Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center www.bidmc.org Alex Derevianko, MD Simulation and Skills Specialist aderevia@bidmc.harvard.edu Daniel B. Jones, MD, FACS Co-Director, Director of Surgical Program djones1@bidmc.harvard.edu	Boston, MA
Institute for Clinical Simulation and Patient Safety Temple University School of Medicine www.temple.edu/medicine/education/sims.htm Jane Cripe, BSMT Professional/Technical Director jcripe@temple.edu Harsh Grewal, MD, FACS, FAAP Surgical Director Harsh.grewal@temple.edu	Philadelphia, PA
Centre of Excellence for Simulation Education and Innovation, University of British Columbia 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 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 Christina Maris Coordinator, Educational Support BATCAVE@salud.unm.edu Teresita McCarty , MD Assistant Dean of Clinical Education	Albuquerque, NM
Southwestern Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery UT Southwestern Medical Center www.utsouthwestern.edu/SCMIS Seifu Tesfay, RN, MS Manager and Senior Education Coordinator Seifu.Tesfay@UTSouthwestern.edu Daniel J. Scott, MD Director Daniel.Scott@UTSouthwestern.edu	Dallas, TX
Institute for Simulation and Interprofessional Studies (ISIS) University of Washington 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 www.ohiohealth.com/cmei Ben Stobbe RN, BSB/M Clinical Manager bstobbe@ohiohealth.com Pamela Boyers, PhD Chief Institutional Officer Boyersp@ohiohealth.com	Columbus, OH
University of Toronto Surgical Skills Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital www.utoronto.ca/ssc Lisa Satterthwaite RPN Manager skill.centre@utoronto.ca Helen MacRae, MD, MA (education), FRCSC, FACS Director	Toronto, ON
Marcia & Eugene Applebaum Surgical Learning Center William Beaumont Hospital https://www.beaumonthospitals.com/Surgical-Learning-Center Erika Taylor Administrative Secretary etaylor@beaumonthospitals.com Charles Shanley, MD, FACS Executive Director	Royal Oak, MI
University of Michigan Clinical Simulation Center http://med.umich.edu/UMCSC/ Michael Marsh Operations Manager caseyone@med.umich.edu Pamela Andreatta, EdD, MFA, MA Director pandreat@med.umich.edu	Ann Arbor, MI
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – New Orleans Learning Center 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 http://www.hmc.psu.edu/simulation/ Jody Henry Simulation Coordinator JHENRY@psu.edu Dan A. Galvan, MD, FACS Surgical Director dgalvan@hmc.psu.edu Elizabeth Sinz, MD Medical Director esinz@psu.edu	Hershey, PA
Mayo Clinic Multidisciplinary Simulation Center 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 http://www.ncase.northwestern.edu/ Deborah Rooney, MAMS Administrator derooney@nmh.org Carla M. Pugh, MD, PhD, FACS Director	Chicago, IL
Department of Surgery Education Institute at Stanford http://goodmancenter.stanford.edu Sandra Feaster, RN, MS, MBA Program Director sfeaster@stanford.edu Thomas Krummel, MD, FACS Director	Stanford, CA
Baystate Simulation Center 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 www.mastricenter.org Gerald R. Moses, PhD Director gmoses@smail.umaryland.edu Adrian Park, MD, FRCSC, FACS Executive Director apark@smail.umaryland.edu	Baltimore, MD
Surgical Skills Training and Education Center 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 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 www.surgery.ucsd.edu Sandy Jonas Administrative Assistant sjonas@ucsd.edu David W. Easter, MD, FACS Director deaster@ucsd.edu	San Diego, CA
Surgical Skills Laboratory, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine www.siumed.edu/surgery/surgical_skills_lab.html Jennifer Bartlett Coordinator surgicalskills@siumed.edu Andreas H. Meier, MD, FACS Medical Director Janet Ketchum Director	Springfield, IL
The University of Minnesota Simulation Peri-Operative Resource for Training And Learning (SimPORTAL) 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) 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 www.hartfordhospital.org/SimCenter Gloria Opirhory, RN, PhD Administrator GOpirhory@HartHosp.org Lenworth M. Jacobs, MD, MPH, FACS Director Ljacobs@harthosp.org	Harford, CT
Charles A. Andersen Simulation Center, Madigan Army Medical Center Kristina Stillsmoking, RN, BSN, M.Ed. Manager, GME/RN Simulation Education kristina.stillsmoking@amedd.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 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 www.lisei.org Virginia Hankins, BS Administrator VHankins@LHS.ORG Jack Cioffi, MD CMO	Portland, OR
Practicum – Lund Clinical Skills Centre www.practicum.se Ingemar Ihse, MD, PhD, FRCS Emeritus Professor of Surgery ingemar.ihse@med.lu.se	Lund, Sweden
Center for Medical Simulation www.harvardmedsim.org Sandra Slarsky, MBA Managing Director sslarsky@partners.org Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD Director jcooper@partners.org	Cambridge, MA
PENN Surgery Simulation Center 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 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 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 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 www.bannerhealthinnovations.org/Simulation+Education Marshall (Mark) Smith, MD, PhD System Director of Simulation and Innovation Mark.Smith@Bannerhealth.com Carol L. Noe, MS Regional Director of Simulation and Innovation carol.noe@bannerhealth.com	Phoenix, AZ
Texas A&M/Scott and White Surgical Skills Program http://www.sw.org/web/researchAndEducation/iwcontent/ public/gme_surgery/en_us/html/gme_surgery.html Jose Pliego, MD Medical Director of Clinical Simulation jpliego@swmail.sw.org Jaime Rodriguez, LVN Surgical Skills Lab Coordinator jlrodriguez@swmail.sw.org	Temple, TX
Carolinas Simulation Center www.carolinassimulationcenter.org Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, PhD, FACS Medical Director Dimitrios.Stefanidis@carolinas.org Dawn Swiderski, RN, BSN, CCRN Center Coordinator Dawn.Swiderski@carolinas.org	Charlotte, NC
Center for Advanced Medical Simulation Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet www.simulatorcentrum.se Li Felländer-Tsai, MD, PhD Director li.tsai@ki.se Ann-Charlott Nordstrom Administrative Coordinator Ann-charlott.nordstrom@ki.se	Stockholm, Sweden
CSTAR (Canadian Surgical Technologies & Advanced Robotics) London Health Sciences Centre The University of Western Ontario 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 http://mplsc.med.uoa.gr/ Mari Karvounaki Administrator mkarvou@med.uoa.gr Evangelos Georgiou Director melatron@otenet.gr	Athens, Greece
VirtuOHSU Surgical Skills Center www.ohsu.edu/VirtuOHSU Oregon Health and Science University Kathryn Moreland Coordinator virtuohsu@ohsu.edu Donn H. Spight, MD Medical Director	Portland, OR
Medical University of South Carolina – Healthcare Simulation Center 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 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 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) www.isi-case.org Cynthia Shega Administrator Cynthia.shega@case.edu Jeffrey Ponsky, MD, FACS Director	Cleveland, OH
NYU Department of Surgery Surgical Skills Laboratory 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 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 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 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 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 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 Rebecca C. Britt, MD, FACS Director	Norfolk, VA
The Institute of Bioskills Training and Innovation at Morristown Memorial Hospital Eric Lazar, MD, FACS Director	Morristown, NJ
The Lahey Center for Professional Development and Simulation Lelan F. Sillin III, MD, MS(Ed), FACS Director	Burlington, MA

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 July 23, 2010

ACS Accredited Education Institutes

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