The current Society of Surgical Chair liaison member to the American College of Surgeons Surgical Research Committee (SRC) is Todd K. Rosengart, MD, FACS, Professor and DeBakey Bard Chair of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, whose first term started in October 2019.
The SRC is a standing committee of the American College of Surgeons. It is concerned with and represents the organization in matters addressing the progress of academic surgery and the funding, content, and direction of surgical research, as it pertains to improving the care of patients. The committee also serves as the liaison to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with regards to issues of importance to surgical research and peer review.