ACS Surgeons and Engineers Committee

Co-Chairs

Gyusung I. Lee, PhD

Assistant Director, Simulation-Based Surgical Education and Training, American College of Surgeons  

Mandayam A. Srinivasan, PhD

Founder, laboratory for human and machine haptics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; professor of haptics, computer science department, University College London

Advisors

Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FSACME, MAMSE
Director, Division of Education, American College of Surgeons 

Patrice Gabler Blair, DrPH, MPH
Associate Director, Division of Education, American College of Surgeons

Members

C. Donald Combs, PhD

Vice-president and dean, school of health professions, Eastern Virginia Medical School

Ahmed Ghazi, MD, FEBU, MHPE

Associate professor of urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; director of surgical simulation training, director of minimally invasive and robotic surgery, Johns Hopkins Brady Urologic Institute

Leonie Heskin, MB BCh BAO, Barch, March, MSc(Bioeng), FRCSI, PhD

Lead, simulation technology development, senior lecturer, postgraduate surgical education and training, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Paul Jeziorczak, MD, MPH

Clinical assistant professor of surgery, pediatric surgeon; trauma medical director, Children’s Hospital of Illinois at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center; director of surgical simulation, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria

Andrea Moglia, PhD

Assistant professor of bioengineering, department of electronics, information, and bioengineering (DEIB), Politecnico di Milano

Areti Tillou, MD, FACS, MSEd

Professor and vice-chair for education, director, UCLA-CASIT Accredited Education Institute; department of surgery, UCLA School of Medicine

Swaroop Vedula, MBBS, MPH, PhD

Assistant research professor, Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

ACS Staff

Gyusung I. Lee, PhD

Assistant Director, Simulation-Based Surgical Education and Training. glee@facs.org

Josh Vognsen, MSHS, CHSOS

Manager, Simulation-Based Surgical Education and Training. jvognsen@facs.org