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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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About Quality Programs

Contact CQI

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 Senior Project Assistant
312-202-5319
jhernandez@facs.org

Erica McNamara
Senior Manager, Change Management
312-202-5194
emcnamara@facs.org

Rachel Reardon
Senior Project Administrator
312-202-5608
rsarcletti@facs.org

Laura Rocha
Executive Associate
312-202-5249
lrocha@facs.org

Danielle Romero
Operations Lead
312-202-5231
dromero@facs.org

Gage Bentley
Operations Lead
312-202-5148
gbentley@facs.org

Quality Resources Implementation

Karen Pollitt
Senior Manager, Change Management
312-202-5313
kpollitt@facs.org

Sarah Valek
Manager, Clinical Quality Resources
312-202-5753
svalek@facs.org

Lynn Modla
Clinical Project Manager
312-202-5564
lmodla@facs.org

Charlotte Provagna
Quality Resource Implementation Specialist
312-202-5302
cprovagna@facs.org

Linda Zheng
Quality Resource Implementation Specialist
312-202-5051
lzheng@facs.org

Accreditation/Verification Program Development

Amy Robinson-Gerace
Senior Manager, Accreditation/Verification Program Development
312-202-5443
agerace@facs.org

Shelby Eagle
Project Manager, Accreditation/Verification Program Development
312-202-5744
seagle@facs.org 

Leticia Jones
Program Coordinator, Accreditation/Verification Program Development
312-202-5439
ljones@facs.org

Tamara Kozyckyj
Project Manager, Accreditation/Verification Program Development
312-202-5429
tkozyckyj@facs.org

Stephanie Mistretta
Project Manager, Accreditation/Verification Program Development
312-202-5676
smistretta@facs.org 

Courtney Polos
Program Coordinator, Accreditation/Verification Program Development
312-202-5420
cpolos@facs.org 

Ruthie Schranz
Program Coordinator, Accreditation/Verification Program Development
312-202-5447
rschranz@facs.org

Registry Operations

Jake Lapsley
ACS Registry Operations Senior Manager
312-202-5561
jlapsley@facs.org

Greg Bonk
ACS NSQIP Registry Project Manager
312-202-5372
gbonk@facs.org 

Matt Fordham
CQI Operations Project Manager
312-202-5434
mfordham@facs.org

Rasa Krapikas
MBSAQIP Registry Project Manager
312-202-5646
rkrapikas@facs.org

Bryce Pluckebaum
CQI Operations Project Manager
312-202-5525
bpluckebaum@facs.org

Surgeon Specific Registry

Ulrike Langenscheidt
SSR Program 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

Samantha McArdle
Instructional Designer
312-202-5626
smcardle@facs.org  

ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

Kitty Vineyard
CQI Business Operation Manager
312-202-5606
kvineyard@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
312-202-5473
cgrant@facs.org

Mary Bohannon
Children's Surgery Program Coordinator
312-202-5482
mbohannon@facs.org 

Emily Jones
Children's Surgery Project Manager
312-202-5562
ejones@facs.org

Jennifer LaPierre
Children's Surgery Program Coordinator
312-202-5088
jlapierre@facs.org

Statistics

Mark Cohen
Statistical Manager, CQI
312-202-5452
markcohen@facs.org 

Arielle Grieco
Senior Statistician
312-202-5627
agrieco@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 

Alex Pahzempallil
Statistician
312-202-5172
apahzempallil@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 

Melvin Coleman
Statistician
312-202-5128
mecoleman@facs.org 

Reiping Huang
Senior Statistician
312-202-5460
rhuang@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 

Michael Coleman
IT Data Management Specialist
312-202-5285
mcoleman@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 

Richard Qian
Software Developer
312-202-5093
rqian@facs.org 

Sophonie Tchoua
Software Developer
312-202-5278
stchoua@facs.org 

Dane Washington
Application Support Specialist
312-202-5679
dwashington@facs.org 

Clinical Support

Claudia Byrd
Clinical Support Assistant Manager
312-202-5557
cbyrd@facs.org 

Jonah Cabrera
Clinical Support Specialist
312-202-5563
jcabrera@facs.org 

Cassie Mets
Clinical Support Specialist
312-202-5603
cmets@facs.org 

Catherine Gallagher
Clinical Support Specialist
312-202-5043
cgallagher@facs.org 

Charlotte Jackson
Clinical Program Coordinator
312-202-5664
cjackson@facs.org 

Alaina Matthews
Clinical Support Specialist
312-202-5307
amatthews@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 

Samantha Kipley
Clinical Support Specialist
312-202-5543
skipley@facs.org

Jessica Spratte
Clinical Support Specialist
312-202-5527
jspratte@facs.org

Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program

Bailey Clothier
MBSAQIP Program Coordinator
312-202-5574
bclothier@facs.org

Tashea Coates
MBSAQIP Program Coordinator
312-202-5317
tcoates@facs.org 

Yohana Ghdey
MBSAQIP Program Coordinator
312-202-5258
yghdey@facs.org 

Michael Jakubowski
MBSAQIP Program Coordinator
312-202-5524
mjakubowski@facs.org 

Megan Kampenga
MBSAQIP Program Assistant
312-202-5565
mkampenga@facs.org  

Cassandra Peters
MBSAQIP Program Coordinator
312-202-5572
cpeters@facs.org 

Amy Szkorla
MBSAQIP Program Coordinator
312-202-5528
aszkorla@facs.org 

Geriatric Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program

Kataryna Christensen
Manager, Geriatric Surgery Verification Program
312-202-5707
kchristensen@facs.org

Guadalupe Barragan
Program Coordinator
312-202-5342
gbarragan@facs.org

Michael Bencur
Project Manager, Geriatric Surgery Verification Program
312-202-5120
mbencur@facs.org

Bianca Gomez
Program Coordinator
312-202-5168
bgomez@facs.org

Clinical Scholars

Brett Johnson
Clinical Scholar in Residence
312-202-5301
bajohnson@facs.org 

Jessica K. Liu
Clinical Scholar in Residence
312-202-5353
jkliu@facs.org

Anoosha Motoru
Clinical Scholar in Residence
312-202-5304
amotoru@facs.org 

Xane Peters
Clinical Scholar in Residence
312-202-5427
xpeters@facs.org