Ajit K Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC
Director, ACS Division of Education
P. Miller Ashman, MD, FACS
University of Rochester Medical Center
Advisory Council for Urology
Dawn Coleman, MD
University of Michigan
ACS Young Fellows Association
Advisory Council for Vascular Surgery
Paul Conlon, PharmD, JD
SVP, Chief Quality and Patient Safety Officer
Trinity Health
Alan Dardik, MD, FACS, FAHA
Vascular Surgery
VA Connecticut Healthcare
Sean Dowdy, MD, FACS
Mayo Clinic
Advisory Council for Gynecology and Obstetrics
Susan E. Downey, MD, FACS
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Advisory Council for Plastic Surgery
Andra Duncan, MD, FACS
London Health Sciences Centre
Victoria Hospital, London, ON
Advisory Council for Vascular Surgery
Jeffrey Michael Durthaler, MS, RPh
National Center for Chronic Disease
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Paul A. Edwards, MD, FACS
Henry Ford Health System
Advisory Council for Ophthalmic Surgery
Bridget Fahy, MD, FACS
University of New Mexico Cancer Center
Linda Groah, RN, MSN, FAAN
Executive Director, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
Kristy Hawley, MD
MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
RAS-ACS Opioid Survey Working Group
Joseph Hsu, MD, FACS
Carolinas Medical Center
Advisory Council for Orthopedic Surgery
Kathryn A. Hughes, MD, FACS
Cape Cod Healthcare
Neil H. Hyman, MD, FACS
The University of Chicago
Advisory Council for Colon and Rectal Surgery
Dennis Kraus, MD, FACS
Northwell Health System
Advisory Council for Otolaryngology
L. Scott Levin, MD, FACS
University of Pennsylvania Health System
ACS Board of Regents
Joann Lohr MD, FACS
St. Francis-St. George Hospital
Advisory Council for Vascular Surgery
Viraj Master, MD, PhD, FACS
Emory University
Advisory Council for Urology
Rita K. Noonan, PhD
Health System and Trauma Systems Branch, Center of Disease Control and Prevention
Emory University
James T. O’Donnell, PharmD, FCP, ABCP, FACN, RPH
Rush University Medical Center
Deborah A. Pasko, PharmD, MHA
American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
James B. Ray, PharmD, CPE
University of Iowa
David Rice, MB, BCH, BAO, FRCSI
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Advisory Council for Cardiothoracic Surgery
Michael D. Sarap, MD, FACS
Southeastern Ohio Physicians, Inc.
Advisory Council for Rural Surgery
Jonah Stulberg, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS
University of Texas Health Science Center of Houston, McGovern Medical School
Advisory Council for General Surgery
Cornelius Thiels, DO, MBA
Mayo Clinic
Advisory Council for General Surgery
Shirin Towfigh, MD, FACS
Beverly Hills Hernia Center
Board of Governors, Patient Education Committee
William Welch, MD, FACS, FICS
Pennsylvania Hospital
Advisory Council for Neurosurgery
Elizabeth Wick, MD, FACS
University of California, San Francisco
Advisory Council for Colon and Rectal Surgery
Hale Wills, MD, FACS
Brown University Hasbro Children’s Hospital
Advisory Council for Pediatric Surgery
Members of this task force also represented the following groups:
American College of Surgeons Advisory Councils
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Colon and Rectal Surgery
- General Surgery
- Gynecology and Obstetrics
- Neurological Surgery
- Ophthalmic Surgery
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Pediatric Surgery
- Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Rural Surgery
- Urology
American Pediatric Surgical Association
American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Society of Gynecologic Surgeons
Trinity Health System
Kathleen Heneghan PhD, MSN, RN
Assistant Director, Patient Education
Division of Education
Tarra Barot, PhD
Manager, Opioids and Surgery Program
Division of Education
Amanda Bruggeman
Program Coordinator, Patient Education
Division of Education
Mark Peterson
Administrative Associate, Advisory Councils
Division of Member Services
Christian Shalgian
Director, Division of Advocacy and Health Policy
Scott Karlan, MD, FACS
Cedars-Siani
West Hollywood, CA
Debby Keller, MD, FACS
Lankenau Medical Center,
Wynnewood, PA
Jarrod Kaufman, MD, FACS
Premier Surgical and Premier Vein Center, Llc
Brick, NJ
Stefan Scholz, MD, PhD, FACS, FAAP
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Jonah Stulberg, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS
University of Texas Health Science Center of Houston, McGovern Medical School
Advisory Council for General Surgery
