2026 - 2027 AAST Board of Managers
President
Karen Brasel, MD, MPH
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR
President-Elect
Clay Cothren Burlew, MD
University of Colorado
Aurora, CO
Vice-President
Deborah Kuhls, MD
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
Secretary-Treasurer
Todd Costantini, MD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Recorder/ Program Chair
Raminder Nirula, MD, MPH
University of Utah Hospital
Salt Lake City, UT
Immediate Past President (2025-2026)
Kimberly Davis, MD, MBA
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
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
Manager-at-Large (2027)
Ben Zarzaur MD, MPH
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, WI
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 (2027)
Deborah Stein, MD, MPH
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Acute Care Surgery Manager-at-Large (2027)
Marc de Moya, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
2024-2025 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AAST
REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
Cherisse Berry, MD (2025 - 2031)
Newark, New Jersey
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
REPRESENTATIVES TO COALITION FOR NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCH (CNTR)
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Eileen Bulger, MD
Seattle, WA
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
Joseph DuBose, MD
Austin, Texas
Jonathan Meizoso, MD
Miami, Florida
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
Matthew Neal, MD
Pittsburgh, PA
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