Executive Committee of the Board of Governors
Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, FACS
Chair
General surgery
Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor, Chairman
Weill Cornell Medical College Department of Surgery
Surgeon-in-chief
New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, NY
Karen J. Brasel, MD, MPH, FACS
Vice-Chair
General Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Program Director in General Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
James C. Denneny III, MD, FACS
Secretary
Otolaryngology
Executive Vice President/CEO
American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery and its Foundation
Alexandria, VA
Kevin Behrns, MD, FACS
Member Services Pillar Lead
General surgery
University of Florida Department of Surgery
Gainesville, FL
Diana Farmer, MD, FACS
Quality, Research, and Optimal Patient Care Pillar Lead
Pediatric surgery
UC Davis Health System, Department of Surgery
Sacramento, CA
Steven Stain, MD, FACS
Advocacy and Health Policy Lead
General surgery
Albany Medical Center Department of Surgery
Albany, NY
Joseph J. Tepas III, MD, FACS
Communications Pillar Lead
Pediatric surgery
Professor of surgery and pediatrics
Associate Dean for Clinical Informatics and CMIO
University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL