Faculty Development Committee

Vision

That all health educators involved in surgical education achieve greater excellence in education and educational research throughout their professional careers.

Mission

To inform, motivate and enable all educators of the surgical profession to promote their capabilities as interprofessional innovative teachers, facilitators, lifelong learners, and scholars.

Based on the periodic needs assessment of the American College of Surgeons Accredited Education Institutes, the committee will provide training, consultation, and learning resources for promotion and enhancement of innovative, blended, simulation, and individual and team-based surgical education.

Co-Chairs

Dmitry Nepomnayshy, MD, MSc, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery at Tufts and Director of the Center for Professional Development and Simulation at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA

Vice-Chair

Geoffrey T. Miller, PhD(c), EMT-P, FSSH

Associate Professor (P.A.R.) Department of Emergency Medicine and Director, Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center, Baltimore, MD

Members

Aimee K. Gardner, PhD

Assistant Dean, Evaluation & Research, School of Health Professions and Associate Professor, Health Professions & Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Dallas, TX

Nehal Khamis, MD, PhD, MHPE

Adj. Professor, Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA, Adj. Professor, Hofstra University, NY, USA, Consultant, Secretary General of SCFHS and Research & Accreditation Advisor, KSU Clinical Skills & Simulation Center, Riyadh, KSA

Peter P. Lopez, MD, MBA, FACS

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery Michigan State University and College of Osteopathic Medicine General Surgery Residency Program Director, Henry Ford Hospital - Macomb Clinton Township, Clinton Township, MI

Marilee McBoyle, MD, FACS, CWSP

Clinical Professor of Surgery and Surgical Director of the Residency Skills Lab, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, KS

Jennifer F. Noble, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, CEN, CHSE

Simulation Education Manager, Carolinas Simulation Center and Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, East Carolina University, Charlotte, NC

John T. Paige, MD, FACS, Consultant

Professor of Clinical Surgery and Director, Applied Surgical Simulation, LSUHSC School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, New Orleans, LA

Kevin Y. Pei, MD, MHSEd, FACS

Program Director, General Surgery Residency, Parkview Health, Associate Chief Academic Research Officer, Section Chief, General Surgery, Randallia Faculty Practice, American College of Surgeons Accredited Education Institute Director, Mirro Center for Research and Innovation, Medical Director, Simulation Center and Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Fort Wayne, IN

Victoria Roach, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Division of Healthcare Simulation Sciences, Department of Surgery, UW Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Areti Tillou, MD

Professor, Vice Chair for Education, Assistant Designated Institutional Official and Director, UCLA-CASIT Accredited Education Institute, Department of General Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

Staff

Amy Johnson, MS
Kathleen A. Johnson, EdM