Administration
Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MS, MSHS, FACS, FASCRS
Director
312-202-5518
cko@facs.org
Sameera Ali, MPH
Administrative Director
312-202-5431
sali@facs.org
Jorge Hernandez
CQI Project Coordinator
312-202-5319
jhernandez@facs.org
Erica McNamara
Senior Manager, Change Management
312-202-5194
Karen Pollitt
Senior Manager, Change Management
312-202-5313
Rachel Reardon
Project Administrator
312-202-5608
rsarcletti@facs.org
Laura Rocha
Executive Associate
312-202-5249
lrocha@facs.org
Whitney Watson
ACS NSQIP Project Leader
312-202-5261
wwatson@facs.org
Grants and Contracts
Isabel Fischbein
Grants and Contracts Manager
312-202-5651
ifischbein@facs.org
Accreditation/Verification Program Development
Amy Robinson-Gerace
Senior Manager, Accreditation/Verification Program Development
312-202-5443
agerace@facs.org
Leticia Jones
Project Coordinator, Accreditation/Verification Program Development
312-202-5439
ljones@facs.org
Akilah King
Project Manager, Accreditation/Verification Program Development
312-202-5676
aking@facs.org
Anna Treudt
Project Manager, Accreditation/Verification Program Development
312-202-5420
atreudt@facs.org
Registry Operations
Amy Sachs
ACS Registry Operations Senior Manager
312-202-5213
asachs@facs.org
Greg Bonk
ACS NSQIP Registry Project Manager
312-202-5372
gbonk@facs.org
Emma Brown
Project Manager, CQI Operations
312-202-5574
ebrown@facs.org
Rasa Krapikas
MBSAQIP Registry Project Manager
312-202-5646
rkrapikas@facs.org
Surgeon Specific Registry
Ulrike Langenscheidt
SSR Manager
312-202-5635
ulangenscheidt@facs.org
Tyler Shippen
SSR Program Coordinator
312-202-5057
tshippen@facs.org
CQI Instructional Design
Colleen Fleming
CQI Instructional Design Program Manager
312-202-5623
cfleming@facs.org
Emily Hoffman
Instructional Designer
312-202-5624
ehoffman@facs.org
Pete Vega
Visual Designer
312-202-5052
pvega@facs.org
ACS NSQIP
Kitty Vineyard
CQI Business Operation Manager
312-202-5606
kvineyard@facs.org
Susan Chishimba
ACS NSQIP Business Development Representative
312-202-5441
schishimba@facs.org
Charles Fisher
ACS NSQIP Senior Program Coordinator
312-202-5512
cfisher@facs.org
Emma Malloy
ACS NSQIP Senior Systems and Collaboratives Associate
312-202-5547
emalloy@facs.org
Susan Rosero
ACS NSQIP Program Coordinator
312-202-5464
srosero@facs.org
Children's Surgery Verification
Catherine Grant
Children's Surgery Program Manager
312-202-5653
cgrant@facs.org
Shelby Eagle
Senior Children’s Surgery Program Coordinator
312-202-5744
seagle@facs.org
Jason Homer
Children’s Surgery Program Coordinator
312-202-5163
jhomer@facs.org
Emily Jones
Children's Surgery Project Manager
312-202-5562
ejones@facs.org
Statistics
Mark Cohen
Statistical Manager, CQI
312-202-5452
markcohen@facs.org
Rubing Chen
Statistician
312-202-5172
rchen@facs.org
Arielle Grieco
Senior Statistician
312-202-5627
agrieco@facs.org
Marie Iwaniuk
Statistician
312-202-5128
miwaniuk@facs.org
Yaoming Liu
Senior Statistician
312-202-5109
yliu@facs.org
Brian Matel
Statistical Reports Manager
312-202-5206
bmatel@facs.org
Xiangju Meng
Statistician
312-202-5530
xmeng@facs.org
Leandra Knapp
Statistician
312-202-5723
lknapp@facs.org
Vanessa Thompson
Senior Statistician
312-202-5628
vthompson@facs.org
Lynn Zhou
Senior Statistician
312-202-5273
lzhou@facs.org
Information Technology
Salma Saad
CQI Information Technology Manager
312-202-5272
ssaad@facs.org
Brett Beemer
Senior Application Support Specialist
312-202-5368
bbeemer@facs.org
Wei Feng
Software Developer
312-202-5760
wfeng@facs.org
Lola Ganta
Data Manager
312-202-5675
lganta@facs.org
Jeff Gravely
Software Developer
312-202-5489
jgravely@facs.org
Craig Miller
Senior Data Manager
312-533-5883
cmiller@facs.org
Fahim Naeem
Software Developer
312-202-5778
fnaeem@facs.org
Richard Qian
Software Developer
312-202-5093
rqian@facs.org
Dane Washington
Application Support Specialist
312-202-5679
dwashington@facs.org
Clinical Support
Claudia Byrd
Clinical Assistant Manager
312-202-5557
cbyrd@facs.org
Jakob Lapsley
Clinical Support Assistant Manager
312-202-5561
jlapsley@facs.org
Cassie Mets
Clinical Support Specialist
312-202-5603
cdarbyshire@facs.org
Jesus Diaz
Clinical Support Specialist
312-202-5718
jdiaz@facs.org
Matt Fordham
Clinical Support Project Manager
312-202-5434
mfordham@facs.org
Charlotte Jackson
Clinical Program Coordinator
312-202-5664
cjackson@facs.org
Kathleen Maruyama
Clinical Support Specialist
312-202-5767
kmaruyama@facs.org
Alaina Matthews
Clinical Support Specialist
312-202-5307
amatthews@facs.org
Maeghan May
Clinical Support Specialist
312-202-5775
mmay@facs.org
Lynn Modla
Clinical Project Manager
312-202-5564
lmodla@facs.org
Lisa Hale
Senior Clinical Support Specialist
312-202-5951
lscholl@facs.org
Rita Vargos
Clinical Support Specialist
312-202-5609
rvargos@facs.org
MBSAQIP
Teresa Fraker
MBSAQIP Program Administrator
312-202-5654
tfraker@facs.org
Vanessa Aduro
MBSAQIP Program Coordinator
312-202-5563
vaduro@facs.org
Kimberly Evans-Labok
MBSAQIP Project Manager
312-202- 5576
kevanslabok@facs.org
Paul Jeffers
MBSAQIP Verification Specialist
312-202-5728
pjeffers@facs.org
Anastacia Mebane
MBSAQIP Program Coordinator
312-202-5524
amebane@facs.org
Cassandra Peters
MBSAQIP Program Assistant
312-202-5565
cpeters@facs.org
Courtney Polos
MBSAQIP Program Coordinator
312-202-5222
cmatzs@facs.org
Geriatric Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program
Genevieve Ranieri
Geriatric Surgery Verification Program Manager
312-202-5264
granieri@facs.org
Michael Bencur
Project Manager, Geriatric Surgery Verification Program
312-202-5120
mbencur@facs.org
Kataryna Christensen
CQGS Project Manager
312-202-5707
kchristensen@facs.org
Improving Surgical Care and Recovery
Jennifer Lilly
ISCR Project Manager
312-202-5058
jlilly@facs.org
Rebecca Medina
ISCR Program Coordinator
312-202-5640
rmedina@facs.org
Danielle Romero
ISCR Program Coordinator
312-202-5231
dromero@facs.org
Sarah Valek
Clinical Quality Support Specialist
312-202-5753
svalek@facs.org