Director
Clifford Ko, MD, FACS
312-202-5518
cko@facs.org
Administrative Director
Sameera Ali, MPH
312-202-5431
sali@facs.org
Administration
Colleen Fleming
CQI Instructional Design Program Manager
312-202-5623
cfleming@facs.org
Jorge Hernandez
CQI Project Coordinator
312-202-5319
jhernandez@facs.org
Mehwesh Khalid
Executive Associate
312-202-5249
mkhalid@facs.org
Rachel Sarcletti
CQI Project Coordinator
312-202-5608
rsarcletti@facs.org
Whitney Watson
ACS NSQIP Project Leader
312-202-5261
wwatson@facs.org
Grants and Contracts
Rebecca Wee
Grants and Contracts Manager
312-202-5651
rwee@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
Rasa Krapikas
MBSAQIP Registry Project Manager
312-202-5646
rkrapikas@facs.org
Surgeon Specific Registry
Ulrike Langenscheidt
SSR Program Manager
312-202-5635
ulangenscheidt@facs.org
Michael Bencur
CQI Quality and Measures Project Manager
312-202-5696
mbencur@facs.org
Airregina Clay
SSR Program Coordinator
312-202-5408
aclay@facs.org
ACS NSQIP
ACS NSQIP Business Operations
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
Charlotte Jackson
Administrative Coordinator
312-202-5664
cjackson@facs.org
Emma Malloy
ACS NSQIP Senior Systems and Collaboratives Associate
312-202-5547
emalloy@facs.org
Gina Pope
ACS NSQIP Business Development Representative
312-202-5607
gpope@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
Emily Jones
Children's Surgery Project Manager
312-202-5562
ejones@facs.org
Kylie McCarthy
Children’s Surgery Program Coordinator
312-202-5727
kmccarthy@facs.org
Statistics
Mark Cohen
Statistical Manager, CQI
312-202-5452
markcohen@facs.org
Arielle Grieco
Statistician
312-202-5627
agrieco@facs.org
Kristopher Huffman
Senior Statistician
312-202-5953
khuffman@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
Vanessa Thompson
Senior Statistician
312-202-5628
vthompson@facs.org
Lynn Zhou
Senior Statistician
312-202-5273
lzhou@facs.org
Information Technology
Paul Willarson
CQI Information Technology Manager
312-202-5602
pwillarson@facs.org
Rajee Aryal
Software Developer
312-202-5636
rarayal@facs.org
Brett Beemer
Senior Application Support Specialist
312-202-5368
bbeemer@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
Andrew Shouldis
Project Manager
312-202-5605
ashouldis@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
Danielle De Leon
Clinical Support Specialist
312-202-5574
ddeleon@facs.org
Jesus Diaz
Clinical Support Specialist
312-202-5718
jdiaz@facs.org
Mona El-Shamaa
ACS NSQIP Project Manager
312-202-5589
melshamaa@facs.org
Matt Fordham
Clinical Support Project Manager
312-202-5434
mfordham@facs.org
Lynn Modla
Clinical Project Manager
312-202-5564
lmodla@facs.org
David Rhodes
Clinical Support Specialist
312-202-5543
crhodes@facs.org
Lisa Hale
Clinical Support Specialist
312-202-5951
lscholl@facs.org
Rita Vargos
Clinical Support Specialist
312-202-5609
rvargos@facs.org
Maeghan Verhagen
Clinical Support Specialist
312-202-5775
mverhagen@facs.org
Janeen Yarbrough
Clinical Support Specialist
312-202-5307
jyarbrough@facs.org
MBSAQIP
Teresa Fraker
MBSAQIP Program Administrator
312-202-5654
tfraker@facs.org
Amy Robinson-Gerace
MBSAQIP Accreditation Services Manager
312-202-5443
agerace@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
Leticia Jones
MBSAQIP Program Assistant
312-202-5565
ljones@facs.org
Tanya Kimber
MBSAQIP Senior Program Coordinator
312-202-5676
tkimber@facs.org
Cheryl Roy
MBSAQIP Administrative Coordinator
312-202-5579
croy@facs.org
Sarah Stuart
MSBSAQIP Program Coordinator
312-202-5222
sstuart@facs.org
Kaynaat Syed
MBSAQIP Program Coordinator
312-202-5563
ksyed@facs.org
The Coalition for Quality in Geriatric Surgery Project
Kataryna Christensen
CQGS Project Coordinator
312-202-5707
kchristensen@facs.org
Beverly Hightshoe
CQGS Instructional Designer
312-202-5694
bhightshoe@facs.org
Improving Surgical Care and Recovery
Stacey McSwine
ACS NSQIP Program Coordinator
312-202-5624
smcswine@facs.org
Loretta Neely
ERAS Program Coordinator
312-202-5640
lneely@facs.org
Teresa Olerich-Cox
ERAS Program Coordinator
312-202-5231
tolerichcox@facs.org
Antoinette Ransom-Cook
ERAS Instructional Design Program Manager
312-202-5753
aransomcook@facs.org
Clinical Scholars in Residence
Karl Bilimoria, MD, FACS
312-202-5560
kbilimoria@facs.org
Ryan Ellis, MD
Clinical Scholar in Residence
312-202-5638
rellis@facs.org
Melissa Hornor, MD
Clinical Scholar in Residence
312-202-5637
mhornor@facs.org
Lina Hu, MD
Clinical Scholar in Residence
312-202-5030
lhu@facs.org
Jason Liu, MD
Clinical Scholar in Residence
312-202-5042
jliu@facs.org
Jessica Liu, MD
Clinical Scholar in Residence
312-202-5054
Jessica.liu@facs.org