Committee

The Grassroots Advocacy Engagement Workgroup enhances bidirectional communication between the American College of Surgeons leadership and fellows regarding important legislative and regulatory issues affecting surgical patients, surgeons and their practices, and society. The Workgroup specifically focuses on the grassroots process to advocate for key policies at the local level.

Questions regarding the Workgroup can be directed to Emily Kalata, Manager, Board of Governors, at ekalata@facs.org or 312.202.5360.

Chair

Board of Governors Grassroots Advocacy Engagement Workgroup

Alisha Dawn Reiss, MD FACS

Kenneth Jones, MD FACS

Don Selzer, MD FACS

Benjamin Isaac Schachner, MD

Nirav Patel, MD FACS

Stephen Austin Fann, MD FACS

Marion Henry, MD FACS

Jason Wilson, MD, MBA, FACS

Stephen Bradley Baker, MD FACS

Amy Elizabeth Vertrees, MD FACS

Lawrence S. Lee, MD FACS

Steven Li-Wen Chen, MD FACS

Catherine M. Straub, MD FACS

Joshua Broghammer, MD FACS

Michael Steven Bouton, MD FACS

Robert Owens Carpenter, MD FACS

Malay Bipin Shah, MD FACS

Soha Nadim Ghossaini, MD FACS

John McNelis, MD FACS FCCM

Robert Martin Olson, MD, FACS

Emily Kalata

Courtney Eubanks

Mark Peterson

Carrie Zlatos

Catherine Hendricks

John Jarrell

Cory Bloom

Jackson Folstein

Rebecca King

Christian Shalgian

D'arcey Johnson

Kristin Mcdonald

Patrick Vance Bailey, MD FACS