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General surgery

E. Christopher Ellison, MD, FACS

President | Powell, OH

Robert M. Zollinger Professor of Surgery Emeritus at The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Pediatric surgery

Mary E. Fallat, MD, FACS

First Vice-President | Louisville, KY

Professor of surgery, Hiram C. Polk, Jr Department of Surgery, University of Louisville; director of surgical quality, Norton Children's Hospital

General surgery

Anne G. Rizzo, MD, FACS

Second Vice-President | Sayre, PA

System surgical chair and president of surgical services, Guthrie Clinics; and professor of surgery, Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Virginia

Vascular surgery

Julie A. Freischlag, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), DFSVS

Immediate Past-President | Winston-Salem, NC

Dean, Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Chief Executive Officer, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

General Surgery

Sherry M. Wren, MD, FACS

Secretary | Palo Alto, CA

Professor of surgery and vice chair, department of surgery professional development, Stanford University

Pediatric surgery

Don K. Nakayama, MD, MBA, FACS

Treasurer | Chapel Hill, NC

Clinical professor, division of pediatric surgery, department of surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Pediatric Surgery

Henri R. Ford, MD, MHA, FACS

President-Elect | Miami, FL

Dean and chief academic officer, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Florida

General surgery

Tyler G. Hughes, MD, FACS

First Vice-President-Elect | Salina, KS

Dean, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Salina

General Surgery

Deborah A. Kuhls, MD, FACS

Second Vice-President-Elect | Las Vegas, NV

Professor, trauma and critical Care, department of surgery, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Current Board of Regents

General surgery

Timothy J. Eberlein, MD, FACS

Chair, Board of Regents | St. Louis, MO

Bixby Professor of Surgery and chair of surgery; Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Distinguished Professor and director, The Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center; surgeon-in-chief, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine

Urology

Anthony Atala, MD, FACS

Vice-Chair, Board of Regents | Winston-Salem, NC

Director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, W. Boyce Professor and Chair, department of urology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Gynecologic (Oncology) surgery

Carol L. Brown, MD, FACS

New York, NY

Professor, obstetrics & gynecology, Weill Cornell Medical College; associate cancer center director, diversity and health equity; senior vice-president and chief health equity officer, Nicholls-Biondi Chair for Health Equity, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; attending surgeon; & vice-chair, health equity, department of surgery, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases

Otolaryngology–head and neck surgery

Francoise P. Chagnon, MD, FACS, FRCSC

Montréal, QC

Associate professor, department of medicine, Université de Montréal; associate professor, department of otolaryngology, McGill University

General surgery

Annesley (AJ) W. Copeland, MD, FACS

Bethesda, MD

Associate professor of surgery and surgery core clerkship director, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; attending surgeon, Walter Reed Army Medical Center/Walter Reed Military Medical Center

Otolaryngology–head and neck surgery

James C. Denneny III, MD, FACS

Alexandria, VA

Adjunct professor, clinical otolaryngology, department of otolaryngology, University of Missouri School of Medicine; adjunct professor, department of otolaryngology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Pediatric surgery

Diana L. Farmer, MD, FACS, FRCS

Sacramento, CA

Pearl Stamps Stewart Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor and Chair, department of surgery, UC Davis School of Medicine; surgeon-in-chief, UC Davis Children's Hospital, and chief of surgery, Shriners Hospitals for Children

Colorectal surgery

James W. Fleshman Jr., MD, FACS, FASCRS

Dallas, TX

Chief of surgery; Sparkman Endowed Professor and Chairman, department of surgery; professor, department of surgery, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Baylor University Medical Center

Pediatric surgery

Andrea A. Hayes Dixon, MD, FACS, FAAP

Washington, DC

Dean, Howard University College of Medicine and Howard University Hospital

General surgery

Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, FACS

New York, NY

Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor and chairman, department of surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College; and surgeon-in-chief, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

General surgery

Lena M. Napolitano, MD, FACS, FCCP, FCCM

Ann Arbor, MI

Massey Foundation Professor of Surgery; founding division chief, acute care surgery; director, surgical critical care, department of surgery, University of Michigan Health System

Plastic and reconstructive surgery

Linda G. Phillips, MD, FACS

Galveston, TX

Truman G. Blocker, Jr., MD, Distinguished Professor; chief, department of surgery, division of plastic surgery; professor, School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch

Ophthalmology

Sarwat Salim, MD, FACS

Boston, MA

Professor of ophthalmology; vice chair, clinical and academic affairs; and director, glaucoma service, New England Eye Center and Tufts University

General surgery

Mark T. Savarise, MD, FACS

Salt Lake City, UT

Clinical professor; chief, community general surgery, University of Utah

General surgery

Kenneth W. Sharp, MD, FACS

Nashville, TN

Professor of surgery and vice-chair, department of surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vascular surgery

Anton N. Sidawy, MD, FACS

Washington, DC

Professor & Lewis B. Saltz Chair, department of surgery, George Washington University

General surgery

Steven C. Stain, MD, FACS

Burlington, MA

Chair, department of surgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center

General surgery

Gary L. Timmerman, MD, FACS

Sioux Falls, SD

Attending surgeon, Sanford Surgical Associates; and professor and chair, department of surgery, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota

Neurological surgery

Shelly D. Timmons, MD, FACS

Indianapolis, IN

Chair of neurological surgery, and the Betsey Barton Chair, department of neurological surgery, and co-director, Neuroscience Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine

General surgery

David J. Welsh, MD, MBA, FACS

Batesville, IN

Private practice

Orthopaedic surgery

Philip R. Wolinsky, MD, FACS

Lebanon, NH

Professor of orthopaedics, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth University

Cardiothoracic surgery

Douglas E. Wood, MD, FACS, FRCSEd

Seattle, WA

Henry N. Harkins Professor and chair, department of surgery, University of Washington