Officers/Officers-Elect
J. Wayne Meredith, President
Trauma, thoracic, and critical care surgery
Richard T. Myers Professor and Chairman, department of surgery; chair of surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine; and medical director, The Children’s Institute for Pediatric Trauma Winston-Salem, NC
H. Randolph Bailey, First Vice-President
Colorectal surgery
Professor of surgery and emeritus program director, University of Texas (UT) colon and rectal surgery residency training program; chief, division of colon and rectal surgery, Memorial Hermann Hospital Texas Medical Center; and deputy chief of surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX
Lisa A. Newman, Second Vice-President
General surgery
Adjunct professor of breast surgery, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; and director, interdisciplinary breast program; chief, division of breast surgery; and medical director, International Center for the Study of Breast Cancer Subtypes, Weill Cornell Medicine-New York Presbyterian Hospital Network New York, NY
Valerie W. Rusch, Immediate Past-President Cardiothoracic surgery
Vice-chair, clinical research, department of surgery; Miner Family Chair in Intrathoracic Cancers; attending surgeon, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; and professor of surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY
Tyler G. Hughes, Secretary
General surgery
Clinical professor of surgery and director of medical education, Kansas University School of Medicine Salina, KS
Don K. Nakayama, Treasurer
Pediatric surgery
Clinical professor, division of pediatric surgery, department of surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Chapel Hill, NC
Julie A. Freischlag, President-Elect
Vascular surgery
Dean, Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Chief Executive Officer, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Winston-Salem, NC
Quan-Yang Duh, First Vice-President-Elect
General surgery
Professor of surgery, division of general surgery, and chief, section of endocrine surgery, University of California, San Francisco; attending surgeon, Veterans Affairs Medical Center San Francisco, CA
Richard A. Lynn, Second Vice-President-Elect
General and vascular surgery
Private practice, retired Palm Beach, FL
Board of Regents
L. Scott Levin, Chair
Orthopaedic surgery
Paul B. Magnuson Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery; chair, department of orthopaedics; professor of surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; and professor of surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System Philadelphia, PA
Steven D. Wexner, Vice-Chair
Colorectal surgery
Chair, department of colorectal surgery; director, Digestive Disease Institute; and clinical professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University at Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston Weston, FL
Anthony Atala
Urology
Director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, W. Boyce Professor and Chair, department of urology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC
John L.D. Atkinson
Neurological surgery
Professor of neurosurgery, department of neurological surgery, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
Francoise P. Chagnon
Otolaryngology–head and neck surgery
Associate professor, department of medicine, Université de Montréal, QC; associate professor, department of otolaryngology, McGill University Montréal, QC
Annesley (AJ) W. Copeland
General surgery
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 Bethesda, MD
James C. Denneny III
Otolaryngology–head and neck surgery
Adjunct professor, clinical otolaryngology, department of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine; and adjunct professor, department of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Alexandria, VA
Timothy J. Eberlein
General surgery
Bixby Professor of Surgery and chair of surgery; Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Distinguished Professor and director, The Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center; and surgeon-in-chief, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine Sacramento, CA
Diana L. Farmer
Pediatric surgery
Pearl Stamps Stewart Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor and Chair, department of surgery, University of California (UC), Davis School of Medicine; surgeon-in-chief, UC Davis Children’s Hospital; and chief of surgery, Shriners Hospitals for Children Miami, FL
Board of Regents
Henri R. Ford
Pediatric surgery
Dean, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami Miami, FL
James W. Gigantelli
Ophthalmology
Professor of ophthalmology and assistant dean of government relations, University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE
Sean C. Grondin
Cardiothoracic surgery
Professor of surgery and head of the department of surgery, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, AB; Calgary Zone Clinical Department Head, Alberta Health Services Calgary, AB
Enrique Hernandez
Gynecology (oncology)
The Abraham Roth Professor and Chair, department of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive science; director, division of gynecologic oncology; and professor of pathology, Temple University Philadelphia, PA
Fabrizio Michelassi
General surgery
Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor and chairman, department of surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College; and surgeon-in-chief, New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center New York, NY
Lena M. Napolitano
General surgery
Massey Foundation Professor of Surgery; founding division chief, acute care surgery; and director, surgical critical care, department of surgery, University of Michigan Health System Ann Arbor, MI
Linda G. Phillips
Plastic and reconstructive surgery
Truman G. Blocker, Jr., MD, Distinguished Professor and chief, department of surgery, division of plastic surgery; and professor, School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX
Kenneth W. Sharp
General surgery
Professor of surgery and vice-chair, department of surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN
Anton N. Sidawy
Vascular surgery
Professor & Lewis B. Saltz Chair, department of surgery, George Washington University Washington, DC
Steven C. Stain
General surgery
Henry & Sally Schaffer Chair & Professor, department of surgery, Albany Medical Center Albany, NY
Beth H. Sutton
General surgery
Private practice Witchita Falls, TX
Gary L. Timmerman
General surgery
Attending surgeon, Sanford Surgical Associates; and professor and chair, department of surgery, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota Sioux Falls, SD
David J. Welsh
General surgery
Private practice Batesville, IN
Douglas E. Wood
Cardiothoracic surgery
Henry N. Harkins Professor and chair, department of surgery, University of Washington Seattle, WA
Board of Governors’ Executive Committee
Ronald J. Weigel, Chair, Board of Governors
General surgery
Professor, chair of surgery, and associate vice-president, University of Iowa Health Alliance; and professor of surgery-surgical oncology and endocrine surgery, biochemistry, anatomy and cell biology, and molecular physiology and biophysics, University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
Nancy Lynn Gantt, Vice-Chair, Board of Governors
General surgery
Professor of surgery, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown; co-medical director, Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center, St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital Center Youngstown, OH
Andre Campbell, Secretary, Board of Governors
General surgery
Professor of surgery, division of general surgery; director, surgery clerkship; and director, surgical critical care fellowship, University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA
