Original document reviewed August 2019 by:
Special thanks to our collaborators:
- Kenneth Azarow, MD, FACS
- David Powell, MD, FACS
- Hale Wills, MD, FACS
Reviewed July 2025 by:
- Jessica Burgess, MD, FACS; Associate Professor; Chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences, EVMS Medical Group at Old Dominion University
- Eunice Y. Huang, MD, MS, FACS, FAAP; Professor, Vice Chair for Surgical Quality and Patient Safety, Section of Surgical Sciences; Executive Vice Chair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Associate Surgeon-in-Chief & Chief Surgical Quality and Innovations Officer, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
- Lorraine I. Kelley-Quon, MD, MSHS, FACS, FAAP; Associate Professor (Clinical Scholar), Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Department of Surgery and Population & Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine of USC
- James T. O’Donnell, Pharm.D., M.S., FCP, ABCP, FACN, R.Ph; Associate Professor, Rush University Medical Center
- Benedict Nwomeh, MD, MPH, FACS; Nationwide Children’s Hospital; Professor, Ohio State University College of Medicine
- MaryAnn Kliethermes, Pharm.D.; Director, Medication Safety and Quality, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists®
- Katie Maruyama, MSN, RN; Senior Manager, Patient Education, American College of Surgeons
- Mandy Bruggeman; Senior Program Administrator, Patient Education, American College of Surgeons
ACS Surgical Patient Education Program
- Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FSACME, MAMSE, Senior Vice President
- Patrice Blair, DPH, Vice President
- Kathleen Maruyama, MSN, RN, Senior Manager
- Amanda Bruggeman, Senior Program Administrator
American College of Surgeon Patient Education Committee Members
Co-chair
Lenworth Jacobs, MD, MPH, DSc(Hon), FACS, FWACS(Hon)
Co-Chair
Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FSACME; Senior Vice President, Division of Education, American College of Surgeons
- Jessica R. Burgess, MD, FACS
- David Tom Cooke, MD, FACS
- Jeffrey Farma, MD, FACS
- Nancy L. Gantt, MD, FACS
- Lisa J. Gould, MD, PhD, FACS
- Robert Samuel D. Higgins, MD, MSHA, FACS
- Aliza Leiser MD, FACOG, FACS
- Karthik Rajasekaran, MD, FACS
- John H. Stewart IV, MD, MBA, FACS
- Cynthia L. Talley, MD, FACS
- Steven D. Wexner, MD, PhD(Hon), FACS, FRCS(Eng,Ed), Hon FRCS(I,Glasg,Eng)
