American College of Surgeons About ACS Governance Advisory Councils Advisory Council for Neurological Surgery Advisory Councils Advisory Council for Cardiothoracic Surgery Advisory Council for Colon and Rectal Surgery Advisory Council for General Surgery Advisory Council for Gynecology and Obstetrics Advisory Council for Neurological Surgery Advisory Council for Ophthalmic Surgery Advisory Council for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Advisory Council for Orthopaedic Surgery Advisory Council for Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Advisory Council for Pediatric Surgery Advisory Council for Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery Advisory Council for Rural Surgery Advisory Council for Urology Advisory Council for Vascular Surgery I Want to Be an Advisory Council Leader Advisory Council for Neurological Surgery William C. Welch, MD FACS Chair John L. D. Atkinson, MD FACS Regent Frederick Alan Boop, MD FACS Specialty Society Governor James M. Ecklund, MD FACS Specialty Society Governor Jay Underwood Howington, MD FACS Specialty Society Governor Alexander Khalessi, MD MS FACS Specialty Society Governor James Shields Harrop, MD FACS Specialty Society Rep. John Knightly, MD FACS Specialty Society Rep. David Andrew Steven, MD FACS Specialty Society Rep. Sharon W. Webb, MD FACS Specialty Society Rep. Gregory Joseph Zipfel, MD FACS Specialty Society Rep. Richard Glen Ellenbogen, MD FACS Board Member(Specialty) Maya Babu, MD, MBA Programming Committee Liaison George Edward Vates, MD FACS Surgical Forum Rep. Isaac Yang, MD FACS Young Fellow Rep Christopher Patrick Carroll, MD RAS Representative Patricia L. Turner, MD FACS Staff Mark Peterson Staff Show More