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    Visit Acute Care Surgery Committee Page

    Chair
    • Marc de Moya
    Vice-Chair
    • Niels Martin
    Chair, FRCC
    • Eric Toschlog
    Vice-Chair, FRCC
    • Jennifer Knight Davis
    ACS Program Directors Chair
    • Thomas Carver
    DEI Committee Liaison
    • Megan Quintana
    Ex-Officio
    • Stephanie Savage
    Member
    • Tanya Anand
    • Patricia Ayoung-Chee
    • Marshall Beckman
    • Milad Behbahaninia
    • Reagan Bollig
    • Timothy Browder
    • Alexander Colonna
    • Michael Cripps
    • Michael DeWane
    • Jose Diaz
    • Joshua Dilday
    • Linda Dultz
    • A. Peter Ekeh
    • Caitlin Fitzgerald
    • Reyna Gonzalez
    • Kristy Hawley
    • Jeffrey Johnson
    • Stephanie Joyce
    • Jordan Lilienstein
    • Sarah Moore
    • Nathan Mowery
    • Amy Murphy
    • Patrick Murphy
    • Timothy Novosel
    • Joseph Rappold
    • Jacinta Robenstine
    • Jarrett Santorelli
    • Babak Sarani
    • Thomas Schroeppel
    • Jason Smith
    • Nicole Stassen
    • Erik Teicher
    • Ronald Tesoriero
    • Martin Zielinski

    Visit Acute Care Surgery Committee's Program Directors Committee Page

    Chair
    • Thomas Carver
    Vice-Chair
    • Nicole GARCIA
    • Ronald Tesoriero
    Member
    • Jason Sciarretta
    • Allison McNickle
    • Jennifer Knight Davis
    • Michelle Laughlin
    • Erin Vanzant
    • Sarah Moore
    • Dina Filiberto
    • Charles Adams, Jr.
    • Shane Jensen
    • Steven Holsten
    • Stephen Gondek
    • Nancy Parks
    • Jonathan Parks
    • Edward Kelly
    • Nick Nash
    • Kazuhide Matsushima
    • Linda Dultz
    • Louis Magnotti
    • Nathan Mowery
    • Laura Haines
    • Alexander Colonna
    • Linda Maerz
    • Mbaga Walusimbi
    • Clay Burlew
    • Jonathan Gates
    • Bryan Cotton
    • Niels Martin
    • Rita Brintzenhoff
    • Jason Sperry
    • Ziad Sifri

    Visit Communications Committee Page

    Chair
    • Adrian Maung
    Vice Chair
    • Jamie Coleman
    • Shannon Foster
    AMC Communications/Social Media Committee Chair
    • Simin Golestani
    DEI Committee Liaison
    • Nicole Goulet
    Member
    • Stephanie Bonne
    • Alexandra Brito
    • Andre Campbell
    • Julia Coleman
    • Rachel Choron
    • Nicole Fox
    • Martha Godfrey
    • Jeremy Levin
    • Jeffry Nahmias
    • Kaitlin Ritter
    • Julie Valenzuela

    Visit Critical Care Committee Page

    Chair
    • Joseph Cuschieri
    Member
    • John Agapian
    • Jeffrey Anderson
    • Rachel Appelbaum
    • Richard Bagdonas
    • Tiffany Bee
    • Rachel Choron
    • Adrian Coleoglou Centeno
    • Brian Czarkowski
    • Oscar Estrada Munoz
    • Susan Evans
    • Rondi Gelbard
    • April Grant
    • Kevin Harrell
    • Randeep Jawa
    • Hee Soo Jung
    • Krista Kaups
    • Lisa Kodadek
    • Christy Lawson
    • Anna Liveris
    • Joshua Marks
    • Susan McLean
    • Aussama Nassar
    • Eden Nohra
    • Abhijit Pathak
    • Ruben Peralta
    • Asanthi Ratnasekera
    • Laura Petrey
    • Bryce Robinson
    • Susan Rowell
    • Mitchell Sally
    • Alison Smith

    Visit Disaster Committee Page

    Chair
    • Adam Fox
    Vice-Chair
    • Jeannette Capella
    Member
    • Benjamin Axtman
    • Joanelle Bailey
    • Marko Bukur
    • Hannah Carroll
    • Brad Chernock
    • Alfredo Cordova
    • Eleanor Curtis
    • Michael Dalton
    • Jay Doucet
    • Mary Fallat
    • Alexandra Ferre
    • Peter Fischer
    • Galina Glinik
    • Arthur Grimes
    • Jane Keating
    • Deborah Kuhls
    • Alaina Lasinski
    • Andrew Litwin
    • Kasey Llorente
    • Marianne Marchini Reitz
    • Chris Newton
    • Lisa Patterson
    • Kyle Remick
    • Lori Rhodes
    • Douglas Schuerer
    • Jason Sciarretta
    • David Shatz
    • Michael Smith
    • Nicole Toscano
    • Stephen Varga
    • Rachel Warner
    Prevention Committee Liaison
    • Rebecca Plevin
    Visit Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee page

    Member
    • Suresh Agarwal, Jr.
    • David Hampton
    • Anne Mosenthal
    • Fariha Sheikh
    • Vanessa Arientyl
    • Christian Cain
    • Christine Castater
    • Amy Cohee
    • Adel Elkbuli
    • Jordan Estroff
    • Nicole Goulet
    • Sharon Henry
    • Megan Quintana
    • Lauren Raff
    • Sarada Rao
    • Rishi Rattan
    • Srinivas Reddy
    • Ricardo Rendel
    • Anamaria Robles
    • Mary Schroeder
    • Anaar Siletz
    • Audrey Spencer
    • Bethany Strong
    • Joshua Sumislawski
    • Cassandra White
    • Felix Yong
    Chair
    • Karyn Butler
    Vice-Chair
    • Brandon Bruns
    • Marta McCrum
    Ex-Officio
    • Cherisse Berry
    Visit Educational Development Committee Page

    Chair
    • Matthew Martin
    DEI Committee Liaison
    • Rishi Rattan
    Vice-Chair
    • Paula Ferrada
    • Raminder Nirula
    • Nicole Stassen
    AMC Education/E-Learning Committee Chair
    • Navpreet Dhillon
    • Joshua Dilday
    Member
    • Brittany Bankhead
    • Tejal Brahmbhatt
    • Erika Bisgaard
    • Jacqueline Blank
    • Stephanie Bonne
    • Sheree Bray
    • Rita Brintzenhoff
    • Kristen Carter
    • Michael Ditillo
    • Ryan Dumas
    • Tanya Egodage
    • Kelsey Ensor
    • Caitlin Fitzgerald
    • Shannon Foster
    • Elizabeth Fox
    • Chrissy Guidry
    • Steven Holsten
    • John Hwabejire
    • Sayuri Jinadasa
    • Mary Kimbrough
    • Suzanne Klaus
    • Leandra Krowsoski
    • Stanley Kurek, Jr.
    • Prerna Ladha
    • Christy Lawson
    • Eric Ley
    • Jonathan Meizoso
    • Alicia Mohr
    • Ida Molavi
    • Mayur Narayan
    • PURVI PATEL
    • Joseph Posluszny
    • Michal Radomski
    • Jaswin Sawhney
    • Jon Simmons
    • Greg Stettler
    • Samantha Tarras
    • Michael Vella
    Visit Emergency Course Sub Committee of Educational Development Page

    Chair
    • Nicole Stassen
    Member
    • Gary Bass
    • Raul Coimbra
    • Ryan Dumas
    • Hayato Kurihara
    • Shahin Mohseni
    • Koji Morishita
    • Andrew Peitzman
    • Stephanie Savage
    • David Spain
    • Robert Winchell
    Ex-Officio
    • Adam Brooks

    Visit Geriatric/ACS Committee Page

    Chair
    • Vanessa Ho
    Vice-Chair
    • Sasha Adams
    • Tanya Egodage
    COT Liaison
    • Jason Snyder
    Senior Advisor Consultant
    • Deborah Kuhls
    Member
    • Alexander Axelrad
    • Lindsay Bartholome
    • Robert Becher
    • Tasce Bongiovanni
    • Christopher Butts
    • Roberto Castillo
    • Caitlin Cohan
    • Kristin Colling
    • Geoffrey Douglas
    • Russell Dumire
    • Michael Farrell
    • Mira Ghneim
    • Elizabeth Gorman
    • Jamie Hadley
    • Melissa Hornor
    • Molly Jarman
    • Ida Molavi
    • Adam Nelson
    • Mary Noory
    • Kartik Prabhakaran
    • A. Tyler Putnam
    • Thaddeus Puzio
    • Asanthi Ratnasekera
    • Jason Snyder
    • Gail Tominaga
    Prevention Committee Liaison
    • D'Andrea Joseph

    Visit Healthcare Economics in ACS Committee Page

    Chair
    • Robert Martin
    Vice-Chair
    • Lisa Marie Knowlton
    • John Scott
    Critical Care Liaison
    • John Agapian
    Billing and Coding Workgroup
    • Raeanna Adams
    • Marie Crandall
    • Samir Fakhry
    Ex-Officio
    • Kristan Staudenmayer
    Member
    • Galinos Barmparas
    • Maggie Brandt
    • Nikolay Bugaev
    • Jeff Choi
    • A. Britton Christmas
    • Benjamin Davis
    • Phillip Dowzicky
    • Susan Evans
    • Amy Gore
    • Diane Haddad
    • Parker Hu
    • Edward Kelly
    • Phillip Kim
    • Stefan Leichtle
    • Heather MacNew
    • Patrick Murphy
    • Jeffry Nahmias
    • Jade Nunez
    • Kaitlin Ritter
    • Samuel Ross
    • Lara Senekjian
    • Sawyer Smith
    • Eduardo Smith Singares
    • Catherine Velopulos
    • Ben Zarzaur, Jr.

    Visit International Relations Committee Page

    Chair
    • Weidun Alan Guo
    Vice Chair
    • Jose Pascual
    Member
    • Chris Dodgion
    • DINESH BAGARIA
    • Justine Broecker
    • Milos Buhavac
    • Amy Cohee
    • Christine Gaarder
    • Jared Gallaher
    • Brian Gavitt
    • Li Hsee
    • Randeep Jawa
    • Gary Jain
    • Catherine Juillard
    • Mansoor Khan
    • Narong Kulvatunyou
    • Lacey Lagrone
    • CHIEN-HUNG LIAO
    • Jennifer Lobb
    • Firas Madbak
    • Rebecca Maine
    • Shahin Mohseni
    • Nicholas Namias
    • Deepika Nehra
    • Ruben Peralta
    • Jose Parreira
    • Daniel Ricaurte
    • Rebecca Schroll
    • Marcelo Ribeiro
    • Julie Valenzuela
    • Guixi Zhang
    Chair
    • David Livingston
    Member
    • Eileen Bulger
    • Sharon Henry
    • Nicholas Namias
    • Raminder Nirula
    • Jason Smith
    • David Spain
    Editor-in-Chief
    • Raul Coimbra
    Deputy Editor
    • Roxie Albrecht
    • Rosemary Kozar
    • Lena Napolitano
    • Deborah Stein
    Associate Editor
    • Walter Biffl
    • Karen Brasel
    • Clay Burlew
    • Todd Costantini
    • Jose Diaz
    • Rochelle Dicker
    • Kenji Inaba
    • David Livingston
    • Michael Nance
    • Ali Salim
    • Heena Santry
    • Alex Valadka
    • Robert Winchell
    • PHILIP WOLINSKY
    • Ben Zarzaur, Jr.
    Visit Membership Committee Page

    Chair
    • Kimberly Davis
    AMC Vice-Chair
    • Julia Coleman
    Member
    • Marc de Moya
    • Rochelle Dicker
    • Clay Burlew
    • Joseph Cuschieri
    • Jennifer Gurney
    • Kenji Inaba
    • Rosemary Kozar

    Visit Military Liasion Committee Page

    Chair
    • Jay Yelon
    Vice-Chair
    • Matthew Martin
    Ex-Officio
    • Jennifer Gurney
    Member
    • Scott Armen
    • Andrew Beckett
    • Jason Bowie
    • Mark Bowyer
    • Matthew Bradley
    • Jeremy Cannon
    • Andrew Cap
    • Nathan Carlson
    • Jeff Conner
    • Joshua Dilday
    • Jay Doucet
    • Brian Eastridge
    • Matthew Eckert
    • Joel Elterman
    • Andrew Fisher
    • Stephen Flaherty
    • Brian Gavitt
    • David Hampton
    • Mohammed Hiasat
    • Rachel Hight
    • John Holcomb
    • Donald Jenkins
    • Philip Kemp Bohan
    • Jeffrey Kerby
    • Matthew Kohan
    • M. Margaret Knudson
    • Claire Lauer
    • Paul Lewis
    • Patrick McCarthy
    • Jason McCartt
    • Jason Miner
    • Kevin Petersen
    • Travis Polk
    • A. Tyler Putnam
    • Robert Rakosi
    • Rachel Russo
    • VALERIE SAMS
    • Martin Schreiber
    • William Sherman
    • R. Stephen Smith
    • Mary Stuever
    • Matthew Tadlock
    Visit Multi-Institutional Trials Committee Page

    Chair
    • Kevin Schuster
    Vice-Chair
    • Galinos Barmparas
    • Mayur Patel
    DEI Committee Liaison
    • Adel Elkbuli
    Healthcare Economics Committee Liaison
    • Sawyer Smith
    AMC Research/Education Councilor
    • Navpreet Dhillon
    WTA MIT Chair
    • Chad Ball
    Member
    • Paul Albini
    • Walter Biffl
    • Faran Bokhari
    • Charles Butts
    • James Byrne
    • Jeremy Cannon
    • Rachel Choron
    • Julia Coleman
    • Brian Czarkowski
    • Amory de Roulet
    • Juan Duchesne
    • Joseph Forrester
    • Lauren Kelly
    • William Marshall
    • Ida Molavi
    • Rachel Morris
    • Mark Muir
    • Susannah Nicholson
    • Neil Patel
    • Morgan Schellenberg
    • Thomas Schroeppel
    • Anaar Siletz
    • Ben Zarzaur, Jr.
    Visit Nominating Committee Page

    Chair
    • David Livingston
    Member
    • Eileen Bulger
    • Kimberly Davis
    • Patrick Reilly
    • Ronald Stewart

    Visit Palliative Trauma Committee Page

    Chair
    • David Zonies
    Vice-Chair
    • Christine Toevs
    ACS Committee Representative
    • Joseph Rappold
    Member
    • Jared Griffard
    • Raeanna Adams
    • Melanie Bobbs
    • Allyson Cook Chapman
    • Mackenzie Cook
    • Sarah Cottrell-Cumber
    • Sara Edwards
    • Dina Filiberto
    • Craig Follette
    • Alison Haruta
    • Vanessa Ho
    • Stephanie Joyce
    • Lisa Kodadek
    • Lillian Liao
    • Stephanie Lueckel
    • Linda Maerz
    • Amelia Maiga
    • Kazuhide Matsushima
    • Allan Peetz
    • Thaddeus Puzio
    • Brandon Radow
    • Sabrina Sanchez
    • Sherry Sixta
    • Audrey Spencer
    • Audrey Spencer
    • Sophia Tam
    • Victoria "Tori" Wagner
    • Sonlee West

    Visit Patient Assessment Committee Page

    Chair
    • Krista Kaups
    Vice-Chair
    • Nicole Werner
    Member
    • Suresh Agarwal, Jr.
    • Tanya Anand
    • Milos Buhavac
    • Carma Goldstein
    • Emily Grimsley
    • Laura Haines
    • Elliott Haut
    • Joshua Hazelton, DO, FACS, FACOS
    • Angela Ingraham
    • Kyle Kalkwarf
    • Marta McCrum
    • Jonathan Meizoso
    • David Notrica
    • Heather Rhodes-Lyons
    • Kevin Schuster
    • Alexander Schwed
    • Anupamaa Seshadri
    • Cassandra White
    Pediatric Trauma Committee Liaison
    • Brian Yorkgitis
    Ex-Officio
    • Gail Tominaga

    Visit Pediatric Trauma Surgery Committee Page

    Chair
    • Chris Newton
    Vice-Chair
    • Bindi Naik Mathuria
    Member
    • James Betts
    • David Blake
    • Natalie Drucker
    • Mary Edwards
    • Katy Flynn-O'Brien
    • Romeo Ignacio
    • Ramin Jamshidi
    • Aaron Jensen
    • Tiffany Lasky
    • Robert Letton, Jr.
    • Lillian Liao
    • R. Todd Maxson
    • Allison McNickle
    • Joseph Murphy
    • Gary Nace
    • Jessica Naiditch
    • Luke NEFF
    • David Notrica
    • John Petty
    • Howard Pryor
    • Katie Russell
    • Collin Stewart
    • Chad Thorson
    • Deidre Wyrick
    • Brian Yorkgitis
    Prevention Committee Liaison
    • Sigrid Burruss

    Visit Prevention Committee Page

    Chair
    • Stephanie Bonne
    Vice-Chair
    • D'Andrea Joseph
    Member
    • Paul Albini
    • Sigrid Burruss
    • Kristen Carter
    • Christine Castater
    • Edward Cho
    • Evelyn Coile
    • Sarah Cottrell-Cumber
    • Christopher Davis
    • Adel Elkbuli
    • Charity Evans
    • Elizabeth Gorman
    • Melike Harfouche
    • Justin Hatchimonji
    • Christina Jacovides
    • Leah Lucero
    • Deborah Kuhls
    • Mary Alyce McCullough
    • Alexis Moren
    • Carlos Palacio-Lascano
    • Rebecca Plevin
    • Joseph Sakran
    • Jerry Stassinopoulos
    • Sharven Taghavi
    • Lauren Thompson
    • Glen Tinkoff
    Visit Program Committee Page

    Chair
    • Raminder Nirula
    AMC Research/Education Councilor
    • Navpreet Dhillon
    Ex-Officio
    • Raul Coimbra
    • Elliott Haut
    • Adrian Maung
    Member
    • Saman Arbabi
    • Clay Burlew
    • Mitchell Cohen
    • Andre Campbell
    • Joseph Cuschieri
    • Kimberly Davis
    • Marc de Moya
    • Lucy Kornblith
    • Lillian Liao
    • Matthew Neal
    • Mark Seamon
    • Kristan Staudenmayer
    • Ronald Stewart
    • Gail Tominaga
    Chair
    • Suresh Agarwal, Jr.
    Vice-Chair
    • Paul Albini
    AMC Scholarship, Awards, and Development Committee Chair
    • Jeff Choi
    Member
    • Benjamin Axtman
    • Scott Brakenridge
    • Patricia Martinez Quinones
    • Timothy Pritts
    • Susan Rowell
    • Anne Stey
    • Christopher Thomas
    • Michael Weykamp
    AMC Scholarship/Development Councilor
    • Caitlin Fitzgerald
    Visit Scholarship Awards and Development Committee Page

    Chair
    • Kimberly Davis
    Ex-Officio
    • Suresh Agarwal, Jr.
    AMC Scholarship/Development Councilor
    • Caitlin Fitzgerald
    Member
    • Clay Burlew
    • Rachael Callcut
    • Joseph Cuschieri
    • Marc de Moya
    • Rochelle Dicker
    • Jennifer Gurney
    • Kenji Inaba
    • Rosemary Kozar
    Editor-in-Chief
    • Elliott Haut
    Deputy Editor
    • Christine Gaarder
    • Ajai Malhotra
    • Matthew Martin
    • Jeffry Nahmias
    • Stephanie Savage
    Associate Editor
    • Ronald Barbosa
    • Andrew Bernard
    • James Byrne
    • Rachael Callcut
    • John Como
    • Michael Cripps
    • Joseph DuBose
    • Linda Dultz
    • Jennifer Gurney
    • Kenji Inaba
    • Molly Jarman
    • D'Andrea Joseph
    • Krista Kaups
    • Lisa Marie Knowlton
    • Rosemary Kozar
    • Lacey Lagrone
    • Niels Martin
    • Mayur Narayan
    • David Notrica
    • Caroline Park
    • Babak Sarani
    • Leah Tatebe
    • Carrie Valdez
    • Michaela West
    Social Media Intern
    • Julia Coleman
    • Lucia Nguyen
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