Officers/Officers-Elect
J. Wayne Meredith President Trauma, thoracic, and critical care surgery Richard T. Myers Professor and Chairman, department of surgery; chair of surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine; and medical director, The Children’s Institute for Pediatric Trauma Winston-Salem, NC
H. Randolph Bailey First Vice-President Colorectal surgery Professor of surgery and emeritus program director, University of Texas (UT) colon and rectal surgery residency training program; chief, division of colon and rectal surgery, Memorial Hermann Hospital Texas Medical Center; and deputy chief of surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX
Lisa A. Newman Second Vice-President General surgery Adjunct professor of breast surgery, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; and director, interdisciplinary breast program; chief, division of breast surgery; and medical director, International Center for the Study of Breast Cancer Subtypes, Weill Cornell Medicine-New York Presbyterian Hospital Network New York, NY
Valerie W. Rusch Immediate Past-President Cardiothoracic surgery Vice-chair, clinical research, department of surgery; Miner Family Chair in Intrathoracic Cancers; attending surgeon, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; and professor of surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY
Tyler G. Hughes Secretary General surgery Clinical professor of surgery and director of medical education, Kansas University School of Medicine Salina, KS
Don K. Nakayama Treasurer Pediatric surgery Clinical professor, division of pediatric surgery, department of surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Chapel Hill, NC
Julie A. Freischlag President-Elect Vascular surgery Dean, Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Chief Executive Officer, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Winston-Salem, NC
Quan-Yang Duh First Vice-President-Elect General surgery Professor of surgery, division of general surgery, and chief, section of endocrine surgery, University of California, San Francisco; attending surgeon, Veterans Affairs Medical Center San Francisco, CA
Richard A. Lynn Second Vice-President-Elect General and vascular surgery Private practice, retired Palm Beach, FL
Board of Regents
L. Scott Levin Chair Orthopaedic surgery Paul B. Magnuson Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery; chair, department of orthopaedics; professor of surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; and professor of surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System Philadelphia, PA
Steven D. Wexner Vice-Chair Colorectal surgery Chair, department of colorectal surgery; director, Digestive Disease Institute; and clinical professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University at Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston Weston, FL
Anthony Atala Urology Director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, W. Boyce Professor and Chair, department of urology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC
John L.D. Atkinson Neurological surgery Professor of neurosurgery, department of neurological surgery, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
Francoise P. Chagnon Otolaryngology–head and neck surgery Associate professor, department of medicine, Université de Montréal, QC; associate professor, department of otolaryngology, McGill University Montréal, QC
Annesley (AJ) W. Copeland General surgery Associate professor of surgery and surgery core clerkship director, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; attending surgeon, Walter Reed Army Medical Center/Walter Reed Military Medical Center Bethesda, MD
James C. Denneny III Otolaryngology–head and neck surgery Adjunct professor, clinical otolaryngology, department of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine; and adjunct professor, department of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Alexandria, VA
Timothy J. Eberlein General surgery Bixby Professor of Surgery and chair of surgery; Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Distinguished Professor and director, The Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center; and surgeon-in-chief, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine Sacramento, CA
Diana L. Farmer Pediatric surgery Pearl Stamps Stewart Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor and Chair, department of surgery, University of California (UC), Davis School of Medicine; surgeon-in-chief, UC Davis Children’s Hospital; and chief of surgery, Shriners Hospitals for Children Miami, FL
Board of Regents
Henri R. Ford Pediatric surgery Dean, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami Miami, FL
James W. Gigantelli Ophthalmology Professor of ophthalmology and assistant dean of government relations, University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE
Sean C. Grondin Cardiothoracic surgery Professor of surgery and head of the department of surgery, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, AB; Calgary Zone Clinical Department Head, Alberta Health Services Calgary, AB
Enrique Hernandez Gynecology (oncology) The Abraham Roth Professor and Chair, department of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive science; director, division of gynecologic oncology; and professor of pathology, Temple University Philadelphia, PA
Fabrizio Michelassi General surgery Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor and chairman, department of surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College; and surgeon-in-chief, New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center New York, NY
Lena M. Napolitano General surgery Massey Foundation Professor of Surgery; founding division chief, acute care surgery; and director, surgical critical care, department of surgery, University of Michigan Health System Ann Arbor, MI
Linda G. Phillips Plastic and reconstructive surgery Truman G. Blocker, Jr., MD, Distinguished Professor and chief, department of surgery, division of plastic surgery; and professor, School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX
Kenneth W. Sharp General surgery Professor of surgery and vice-chair, department of surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN
Anton N. Sidawy Vascular surgery Professor & Lewis B. Saltz Chair, department of surgery, George Washington University Washington, DC
Steven C. Stain General surgery Henry & Sally Schaffer Chair & Professor, department of surgery, Albany Medical Center Albany, NY
Beth H. Sutton General surgery Private practice Witchita Falls, TX
Gary L. Timmerman General surgery Attending surgeon, Sanford Surgical Associates; and professor and chair, department of surgery, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota Sioux Falls, SD
David J. Welsh General surgeryy Private practice Batesville, IN
Douglas E. Wood Cardiothoracic surgery Henry N. Harkins Professor and chair, department of surgery, University of Washington Seattle, WA
Board of Governors’ Executive Committee
Ronald J. Weigel Chair, Board of Governors General surgery Professor, chair of surgery, and associate vice-president, University of Iowa Health Alliance; and professor of surgery-surgical oncology and endocrine surgery, biochemistry, anatomy and cell biology, and molecular physiology and biophysics, University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
Nancy Lynn Gantt Vice-Chair, Board of Governors General surgery Professor of surgery, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown; co-medical director, Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center, St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital Center Youngstown, OH
Andre Campbell Secretary, Board of Governors General surgery Professor of surgery, division of general surgery; director, surgery 110 clerkship; and director, surgical critical care fellowship, University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA
