Leadership

2025 - 2026 AAST Board of Managers 

President

Kimberly Davis, MD, MBA
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

President-Elect

Karen Brasel, MD, MPH
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR

Vice-President

Joseph Minei, MD, MBA
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Baltimore, MD

Secretary-Treasurer

Clay Cothren Burlew, MD
University of Colorado
Aurora, CO

Recorder/ Program Chair

Raminder Nirula, MD, MPH
University of Utah Hospital
Salt Lake City, UT

Immediate Past President (2024-2025)

Ronald Stewart, MD
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

Past President (2023-2024)

Patrick Reilly, MD
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA

Past-President (2022-2023)

Eileen Bulger, MD
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Manager-at-Large (2026)

Rochelle Dicker, MD
UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, CA

Manager-at-Large (2027)

Jennifer Gurney, MD
UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, CA

Manager-at-Large (2028)

Andrew Bernard, MD
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, KY

Critical Care Manager-at-Large (2026)

Joseph Cuschieri, MD
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

2024-2025 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AAST

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY

Amy Goldberg, MD (2018–2025)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS 

Preston R. Miller, MD (2019 - 2025)

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Thomas Duncan, DO (2024-2030)

Ventura, California

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE GENERAL SURGERY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Eric Toschlog, MD

Greenville, North Carolina

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE AMERICAN TRAUMA SOCIETY

Megan Quintana, MD (2024-2027)

Washington, DC

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Rochelle Dicker, MD (2026)

Los Angeles, California

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY (ACR) COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATENESS CRITERIA

MAJOR BLUNT TRAUMA 

Samuel Mandell, MD

Dallas, Texas

REPRESENTATIVES TO COALITION FOR NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCH (CNTR)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rachael Callcut, MD (2020-2026)

Sacramento, California

Timothy Pritts, MD, PhD

Cincinnati, Ohio

EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE

Michaela West, MD, PhD (2021-2025)

Robbinsdale, Minnesota

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

Todd Costantini, MD

San Diego, California

Joseph DuBose, MD

Austin, Texas

Deborah Stein, MD, MPH

Baltimore, Maryland

NTRR COMMON DATA ELEMENT STEERING COMMITTEE

Kevin Schuster, MD

New Haven, Connecticut

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (ACS) GERIATRIC SURGERY VERIFICATION (GSV) PROGRAM

Robert D. Barraco, MD, MPH (2021-2027)

Allentown, Pennsylvania

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (ACS) EMERGENCY SURGERY VERIFICATION PROGRAM  

Kimberly A. Davis, MD, MBA

New Haven, Connecticut

Stephanie Savage, MD, MSc

Madison, Wisconsin

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (ACS) GENERAL SURGERY CODING AND REIMBURSEMENT COMMITTEE  

Samir Fakhry, MD

Nashville, Tennessee

Raeanna Adams, MD

Nashville, Tennessee

REPRESENTATIVES TO SCCM AS A SPECIALTY AS A TASK FORCE

Krista Kaups MD, MSc, MS

Fresno, California

Christopher Michetti, MD

Annandale, Virginia

Joseph Cushieri, MD

San Francisco, California