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    Visit Acute Care Surgery Committee Page

    Chair
    • Stephanie Savage
    Vice-Chair
    • Marc de Moya
    • Niels Martin
    Member
    • Nancy Parks
    • Tanya Anand
    • Patricia Ayoung-Chee
    • David Blake
    • reagan bollig
    • Timothy Browder
    • Thomas Carver
    • Bruce Chung
    • Alexander Colonna
    • Michael Cripps
    • Jose Diaz
    • Linda Dultz
    • A. Peter Ekeh
    • Caitlin Fitzgerald
    • Michael Foreman
    • Peter Hammer
    • Kevin Harrell
    • Angela Ingraham
    • Jeffrey Johnson
    • Jennifer Knight Davis
    • Jordan Lilienstein
    • Niels Martin
    • Sarah Moore
    • Nathan Mowery
    • Patrick Murphy
    • Manuel Lorenzo
    • Timothy Novosel
    • Neil Parry
    • Abhijit Pathak
    • Joseph Rappold
    • Peter Rhee
    • Rodrigo Rodriguez Grazioso
    • Babak Sarani
    • Jason Smith
    • Nicole Stassen
    • Erik Teicher
    • Ronald Tesoriero
    • Martin Zielinski

    Visit Acute Care Surgery Committee's Program Directors Committee Page

    Chair
    • Nancy Parks
    Vice Chair
    • Thomas Carver
    Member
    • Jonathan Parks
    • Edward Kelly
    • Carrie Sims
    • nick nash
    • Kazuhide Matsushima
    • Linda Dultz
    • Louis Magnotti
    • Nathan Mowery
    • Laura Haines
    • Raeanna Adams
    • Alexander Colonna
    • Mark Falimirski
    • Linda Maerz
    • Luke Hofmann
    • Mbaga Walusimbi
    • Clay Burlew
    • Jonathan Gates
    • Bryan Cotton
    • Niels Martin
    • Rita Brintzenhoff
    • Jasmeet Paul
    • Jason Sperry
    • Jose Diaz
    • Ziad Sifri
    • Ronald Tesoriero

    Visit Communications Committee Page

    AMC Communications/Social Media Committee Chair
    • Simin Golestani
    Chair
    • Adrian Maung
    Vice Chair
    • Jamie Coleman
    • Shannon Foster
    Member
    • Avi Bhavaraju
    • Stephanie Bonne
    • Nicole Fox
    • Martha Godfrey
    • Weidun Alan Guo
    • Jennifer Hartwell
    • Jeremy Levin
    • Elinore Kaufman
    • Patricia Martinez Quinones
    • Caroline Park
    • Kaitlin Ritter
    • Julie Valenzuela
    AMC Communication/Social Media Councilor
    • Julia Coleman
    ACS Committee Representative
    • Patrick Murphy

    Visit Critical Care Committee Page

    Chair
    • Joseph Cuschieri
    Member
    • John Agapian
    • Rachel Appelbaum
    • Richard Bagdonas
    • Thomas Carver
    • Tiffany Bee
    • Lawrence Diebel
    • Oscar Estrada Munoz
    • Michael Farrell
    • Dina Filiberto
    • Rondi Gelbard
    • April Grant
    • Randeep Jawa
    • Hee Soo Jung
    • Krista Kaups
    • Jordan Kirsch
    • Lisa Kodadek
    • Matthew Kutcher
    • Christy Lawson
    • Anna Liveris
    • Samuel Mandell
    • Joshua Marks
    • Susan McLean
    • Aussama Nassar
    • Eden Nohra
    • Jasmeet Paul
    • Ruben Peralta
    • Laura Petrey
    • Bryce Robinson
    • Tanya Rinderknecht
    • Susan Rowell
    • Alison Smith
    • Deborah Stein
    • Jason Young
    SCCPDS Representative
    • Abhijit Pathak

    Visit Disaster Committee Page

    Chair
    • Adam Fox
    Vice-Chair
    • Jeannette Capella
    Member
    • Joanelle Bailey
    • Avi Bhavaraju
    • Marko Bukur
    • BRAD CHERNOCK
    • Alfredo Cordova
    • Eleanor Curtis
    • Michael Dalton
    • Jay Doucet
    • Alexander Eastman
    • Mary Fallat
    • Alexandra Ferre
    • Peter Fischer
    • Jonathan Gates
    • Galina Glinik
    • Arthur Grimes
    • Jane Keating
    • Katherine Kelley
    • Deborah Kuhls
    • Alaina Lasinski
    • Chris Newton
    • Kyle Remick, MD FACS
    • Douglas Schuerer
    • David Shatz
    • Michael Smith
    • Nicole Toscano
    • Stephen Varga
    Visit Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee page

    Chair
    • Cherisse Berry
    Member
    • Brandon Bruns
    • Karyn Butler
    • Christine Castater
    • Adel Elkbuli
    • Jordan Estroff
    • Nicole Goulet
    • Lillian Kao
    • Lisa Marie Knowlton
    • Marta McCrum
    • Anne Mosenthal
    • Megan Quintana
    • Appajosula Rao
    • Srinivas Reddy
    • RISHI RATTAN
    • Anamaria Robles
    • Fariha Sheikh
    • Audrey Spencer
    • Bethany Strong
    • Joshua Sumislawski
    • Cassandra White
    Visit Educational Development Committee Page

    Chair
    • Matthew Martin
    Vice-Chair
    • Paula Ferrada
    • Raminder Nirula
    • Nicole Stassen
    Member
    • Tejal Brahmbhatt
    • Stephanie Bonne
    • Sheree Bray
    • Rita Brintzenhoff
    • Michael Ditillo
    • Brittany Bankhead
    • Ryan Dumas
    • Tanya Egodage
    • KELSEY ENSOR
    • Caitlin Fitzgerald
    • Shannon Foster
    • Elizabeth Fox
    • Chrissy Guidry
    • Elliott Haut
    • Kimberly Hendershot
    • Katherine Kelley
    • Natasha Keric
    • Tareq Kheirbek
    • Mary Kimbrough
    • LEANDRA KROWSOSKI
    • Stanley Kurek, Jr.
    • Christy Lawson
    • Eric Ley
    • Sarah Lombardo
    • Jonathan Meizoso
    • Alicia Mohr
    • Mayur Narayan
    • Purvi Patel
    • Keelin Roche
    • Edgardo Salcedo
    • Stephen Varga
    • Michael Vella
    AMC Education/E-Learning Committee Chair
    • Joshua Dilday
    • Navpreet Dhillon
    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
    • Bellal Joseph
    Vice-Chair
    • Vanessa Ho
    Member
    • Alexander Axelrad
    • Nasim Ahmed
    • ROBERTO CASTILLO
    • Caitlin Cohan
    • Kristin Colling
    • Geoffrey Douglas
    • Tanya Egodage
    • Elizabeth Gorman
    • Melissa Hornor
    • Molly Jarman
    • D'Andrea Joseph
    • Ryan Landis
    • Alicia Mangram
    • Ida Molavi
    • Kartik Prabhakaran
    • A. Tyler Putnam
    • Thaddeus Puzio
    • Asanthi Ratnasekera
    • JASON SNYDER
    • Adam Nelson

    Visit Healthcare Economics in ACS Committee Page

    Chair
    • Kristan Staudenmayer
    Vice Chair
    • Robert Martin
    Critical Care Liaison
    • John Agapian
    Member
    • Patricia Ayoung-Chee
    • Galinos Barmparas
    • Maggie Brandt
    • Brian Brewer
    • Brandon Bruns
    • Jeff Choi
    • A. Britton Christmas
    • Phillip Dowzicky
    • Susan Evans
    • Amy Gore
    • Diane Haddad
    • Parker Hu
    • Edward Kelly
    • Phillip Kim
    • Lisa Marie Knowlton
    • Stefan Leichtle
    • Erica Lester
    • Patrick Murphy
    • Jeffry Nahmias
    • Jade Nunez
    • Samuel Ross
    • John Scott
    • Lara Senekjian
    • Sawyer Smith
    • Catherine Velopulos
    • Michael Wandling
    • Ben Zarzaur, Jr.
    Billing and Coding Workgroup
    • Samir Fakhry
    • Raeanna Adams
    • Marie Crandall

    Visit International Relations Committee Page

    Chair
    • Weidun Alan Guo
    Vice Chair
    • Jose Pascual
    Member
    • chris dodgion
    • Shahram Aarabi
    • DINESH BAGARIA
    • Tejal Brahmbhatt
    • JUSTINE BROECKER
    • Milos Buhavac
    • Amy Cohee
    • Christine Gaarder
    • Brian Gavitt
    • Li Hsee
    • Randeep Jawa
    • Catherine Juillard
    • Mansoor Khan
    • Narong Kulvatunyou
    • Lacey Lagrone
    • Jennifer Lobb
    • Firas Madbak
    • Rebecca Maine
    • SHAHIN MOHSENI
    • Nicholas Namias
    • Deepika Nehra
    • Ruben Peralta
    • Jose Parreira
    • Peter Rhee
    • Daniel Ricaurte
    • Rebecca Schroll
    • Jeffrey Skubic
    • Marcelo Ribeiro
    • Julie Valenzuela
    • Guixi Zhang
    Ex-Officio
    • Rochelle Dicker
    Chair
    • David Livingston
    Member
    • Eileen Bulger
    • Sharon Henry
    • Nicholas Namias
    • Raminder Nirula
    • Jason Smith
    • David Spain
    Associate Editor
    • Clay Burlew
    • Walter Biffl
    • Karen Brasel
    • 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.
    Editor-in-Chief
    • Raul Coimbra
    Deputy Editor
    • Roxie Albrecht
    • Rosemary Kozar
    • Lena Napolitano
    • Deborah Stein
    Visit Membership Committee Page

    Chair
    • Ronald Stewart
    AMC Vice-Chair
    • Brittany Bankhead
    Member
    • Rochelle Dicker
    • Clay Burlew
    • Joseph Cuschieri
    • Joseph Galante
    • Sharon Henry
    • Kenji Inaba
    • Stephanie Savage
    Ex-Officio
    • Jermica Smith

    Visit Military Liasion Committee Page

    Chair
    • Jennifer Gurney
    Vice-Chair
    • Matthew Martin
    • Matthew Tadlock
    Member
    • Scott Armen
    • Andrew Beckett
    • Jason Bowie
    • Mark Bowyer
    • JEREMY CANNON
    • Andrew Cap
    • Joshua Dilday
    • Jay Doucet
    • David Ebler
    • Matthew Eckert
    • Joel Elterman
    • Andrew Fisher
    • Stephen Flaherty
    • Brian Gavitt
    • Jacob Glaser
    • David Hampton
    • Rachel Hight
    • John Holcomb
    • Jan Jansen
    • Jay Johannigman
    • Donald Jenkins
    • Jeffrey Kerby
    • Matthew Kohan
    • Patrick McCarthy
    • Jason Miner
    • Sean Montgomery
    • Timothy Plackett
    • Travis Polk
    • A. Tyler Putnam
    • Kyle Remick, MD FACS
    • Peter Rhee
    • Martin Schreiber
    • William SHERMAN
    • R. Stephen Smith
    • Jay Yelon
    Visit Multi-Institutional Trials Committee Page

    Chair
    • Joseph DuBose
    Vice-Chair
    • Mayur Patel
    • Kevin Schuster
    Healthcare Economics Committee Liaison
    • Sawyer Smith
    AMC Research/Education Councilor
    • Navpreet Dhillon
    WTA MIT Chair
    • Chad Ball
    Member
    • Paul Albini
    • Galinos Barmparas
    • Scott Brakenridge
    • Charles Butts
    • James Byrne
    • JEREMY CANNON
    • Rachel Choron
    • Julia Coleman
    • Brian Czarkowski
    • Amory de Roulet
    • Juan Duchesne
    • Richard Lewis
    • Ida Molavi
    • Rachel Morris
    • Neil Patel
    • Kartik Prabhakaran
    • Morgan Schellenberg
    • Thomas Schroeppel
    • Anaar Siletz
    • Anne Stey
    • Ben Zarzaur, Jr.
    Visit Nominating Committee Page

    Chair
    • David Spain
    Member
    • Eileen Bulger
    • David Livingston
    • Patrick Reilly
    • Ronald Stewart

    Visit Palliative Trauma Committee Page

    Chair
    • Zara Cooper
    Vice-Chair
    • David Zonies
    • Kathleen O'Connell
    Member
    • Raeanna Adams
    • Melanie Bobbs
    • Christine Cocanour
    • Mackenzie Cook
    • Sarah Cottrell-Cumber
    • Sara Edwards
    • Alison Haruta
    • Vanessa Ho
    • STEPHANIE JOYCE
    • Lisa Kodadek
    • Anastasia Kunac
    • Stephanie Lueckel
    • Linda Maerz
    • Amelia Maiga
    • Kazuhide Matsushima
    • Rachel Morris
    • Anne Mosenthal
    • Allan Peetz
    • K Barry Platnick
    • Thaddeus Puzio
    • Sabrina Sanchez
    • Sherry Sixta
    • Audrey Spencer
    • Audrey Spencer
    • Christine Toevs
    • Gail Tominaga
    • Sonlee West
    ACS Committee Representative
    • Joseph Rappold

    Visit Patient Assessment Committee Page

    Chair
    • Krista Kaups
    Member
    • Suresh Agarwal, Jr.
    • Tanya Anand
    • Milos Buhavac
    • Emily Grimsley
    • Laura Haines
    • Elliott Haut
    • Angela Ingraham
    • Marta McCrum
    • Jonathan Meizoso
    • David Notrica
    • Kevin Schuster
    • Alexander Schwed
    • Anupamaa Seshadri
    • Nicole Werner
    • Cassandra White
    Ex-Officio
    • Gail Tominaga

    Visit Pediatric Trauma Surgery Committee Page

    Chair
    • Chris Newton
    Vice-Chair
    • Bindi Naik Mathuria
    Member
    • James Betts
    • David Blake
    • Mary Edwards
    • Katy Flynn-O'Brien
    • Romeo Ignacio
    • Ramin Jamshidi
    • Aaron Jensen
    • Robert Letton, Jr.
    • Lillian Liao
    • R. Todd Maxson
    • Joseph Murphy
    • Gary Nace
    • Jessica Naiditch
    • Luke NEFF
    • David Notrica
    • Howard Pryor
    • Mark Ryan
    • Fariha Sheikh
    • Errington Thompson
    • Chad Thorson
    • Deidre Wyrick

    Visit Prevention Committee Page

    Chair
    • Thomas Duncan
    Vice-Chair
    • Stephanie Bonne
    Member
    • Paul Albini
    • Sigrid Burruss
    • Kristen Carter
    • Christine Castater
    • Edward Cho
    • Christopher Davis
    • Terri deRoon-Cassini
    • Adel Elkbuli
    • Charity Evans
    • Elizabeth Gorman
    • Melike Harfouche
    • Christina Jacovides
    • D'Andrea Joseph
    • Shelbie Kirkendoll
    • Deborah Kuhls
    • Alexis Moren
    • Jeffry Nahmias
    • Carlos Palacio-Lascano
    • Rebecca Plevin
    • Joseph Sakran
    • Sharven Taghavi
    • Leah Tatebe
    • Lauren Thompson
    • Glen Tinkoff
    Visit Program Committee Page

    Chair
    • Karen Brasel
    AMC Research/Education Councilor
    • Navpreet Dhillon
    Ex-Officio
    • Raul Coimbra
    • Elliott Haut
    • Adrian Maung
    Member
    • Saman Arbabi
    • Clay Burlew
    • Mitchell Cohen
    • Joseph Cuschieri
    • Lucy Kornblith
    • Matthew Neal
    • Joseph Rappold
    • Patrick Reilly
    • Stephanie Savage
    • Mark Seamon
    • Kristan Staudenmayer
    • Ronald Stewart
    • Gail Tominaga
    AMC Scholarship, Awards, and Development Committee Chair
    • Jeff Choi
    Chair
    • Andrew Bernard
    Vice Chair
    • Paul Albini
    Member
    • BENJAMIN AXTMAN
    • Suresh Agarwal, Jr.
    • Susan Evans
    • Joseph Galante
    • Angela Ingraham
    • Patricia Martinez Quinones
    • Timothy Pritts
    • Susan Rowell
    • Anne Stey
    • Christine Toevs
    AMC Scholarship/Development Councilor
    • Caitlin Fitzgerald
    Visit Scholarship Awards and Development Committee Page

    Chair
    • Ronald Stewart
    Member
    • Clay Burlew
    • Carlos Brown
    • Joseph Cuschieri
    • Rochelle Dicker
    • Joseph Galante
    • Kenji Inaba
    • Stephanie Savage
    • Carrie Sims
    • Sharon Henry
    R&E Fund Chair
    • Andrew Bernard
    AMC Scholarship/Development Councilor
    • Caitlin Fitzgerald
    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
    • Kimberly Davis
    • Joseph DuBose
    • 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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