Course Chair
Shanley B. Deal, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of General and Bariatric Surgery, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
Seattle, WA
Course Co-Chair
George "Ryne" Marshall, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Course Faculty
Vincent Athas, MD
Acute Care Surgery Fellow, University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Jeremy M. Badach, MD
SCC/ACS Fellow, University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Kristen Burke, MD
AAST Acute Care Surgery Fellow, University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Thomas A. Carver, MD, FACS
Professor of Acute Care Surgery, General Surgery, Trauma and Critical Care, Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Gerald Cheadle, MD, RPVI
Assistant Professor of Surgery, The Hiram C. Polk, Jr., MD, Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapeutics
Louisville, KY
Nicole Christian, MD, MSCS, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery, Breast Surgical Oncology, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, CO
Christine Chung, DO
General and Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery, Kaiser Permanente
Sacramento, CA
Trevor D. Crafts, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Rocky Mountain Regional VAMC and The University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Center
Denver, CO
Simin Golestani, MD
Acute Care Surgery Fellow, Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Kristy Hawley, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, CO
Whitney R. Jenson, MD, MPH, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Colorado
Aurora, CO
Paul M. Jeziorczak, MD, MPH, FACS, FAAP
Visiting Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois and University of Illinois College of Medicine
Peoria, IL
Edward L. Jones, II, MD, MS, FACS, FASGE
Chief of Surgery, Rocky Mountain Regional VAMC Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Colorado
Denver, CO
Jennifer A. Kaplan, MD, MAS, FACS
Colorectal Surgery, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
Seattle, WA
Brenessa M. Lindeman, MD, MEHP, FACS, MAMSE
Associate Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Medical Education Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education Vice Chair of Education, Department of Surgery Section Chief and Fellowship Director, Endocrine Surgery University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
William "Aaron" Marshall, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center
Aurora, CO
Brooks Ohlson, MD
Anesthesiologist/Intensivist Program Director, Anesthesiology Residency, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
Seattle, WA
Alexander C. Schwed, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, CA
Vlad V. Simianu, MD, MPH, FACS
Medical Director, Colon and Rectal Disorders, Center for Digestive Health, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
Seattle, WA
Hillary Simon, DO
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Erik Stiles, MD
General Surgery Resident PGY4, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
Seattle, WA
Cristian D. Valenzuela, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
Lauren Wancata, MD
General and Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
Seattle, WA
