Committee

Patient Education Committee

The Patient Education Committee works to improve the quality of patient care and promote patient safety through educational efforts that recognize patients as integral members of the surgical team. The Committee aims to help patients and their significant others become thoroughly informed about their operation, provide evidence to guide them in their decisions, and empower them with the knowledge and skills necessary to participate in their surgical care and continued postoperative care upon discharge.

Co-Chair

Patient Education Committee

Lenworth M. Jacobs Jr., MD MPH FACS

Ajit Kumar Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FSACME, MAMSE

Nancy Gantt, MD, FACS

Richard J. Shemin, MD FACS

Jeffrey Michael Farma, MD FACS

Alden Maier, MD FACS

Jessica Robin Burgess, MD FACS

Steven D. Wexner, MD, PhD (Hon), FACS, FRCS (Eng,Ed), Hon FRCS (I,Glasg, Eng)

Lisa Jeanne Gould, MD PhD FACS

Karthik Rajasekaran, MD FACS

John Hubert Stewart IV, MD FACS

Cynthia Leigh Talley, MD FACS

David Tom Cooke, MD, FACS

Patrice Gabler Blair, DrPH MPH

Kathleen Heneghan, PhD, MSN, RN, FAACE

Amanda Bruggeman

Kathleen Maruyama