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Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs

For a full list of all current SAGES committee members, please visit the Committee Rosters page

Committee Member Name Institution/Title Location Position Chair CoChair
Acute Care Surgery Task Force Michael Cripps University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at
Surgery
Dallas, TX United States Chair 0
Acute Care Surgery Task Force Sara Hennessy Dallas, TX United States Co-Chair 0
Acute Care Surgery Task Force Andre Campbell UCSF, School of Medicine
UCSF, Dept of Surgery
San Francisco, CA United States Co-Chair 0
Acute Care Surgery Task Force Michael Truitt Dallas, TX United States Co-Chair 0
Advocacy and Health Policy Ross Goldberg Valleywise Health Medical Center
Vice-Chairman, Dept of Surgery; Specialty Ambulato
Phoenix, AZ United States Chair 0
Advocacy and Health Policy Ann Rogers Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Prof. of Surgery; Vice Chair for Leadership &
Hershey, PA United States Co-Chair 0
Advocacy and Health Policy Scott Roth Univ of KY
Dept of Gen Surgery
Lexington, KY United States Co-Chair 0
Artificial Intelligence Task Force Ozanan Meireles Massachusetts General Hospital
Dept of Surgery
Boston, MA United States Chair 0
Artificial Intelligence Task Force Daniel Hashimoto University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Department of Surgery
Cleveland, OH United States Co-Chair 0
Artificial Intelligence Task Force Paresh Shah NYU Langone Medicine Center
Surgeon in Chief
New York, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Awards John Romanelli Baystate Med Ctr
Medical Director, Metabolic and Bariatric Surg Pr
Springfield, MA United States Chair 0
Bylaws Racquel Bueno Honolulu, HI United States Chair 0
Bylaws Henry Lin Erie County Medical Center/ University of Buffalo
Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgery
Buffalo, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Colorectal Patricia Sylla Mount Sinai - Division of Colorectal Surgery
Dept of Surgery
New York, NY United States Chair 0
Colorectal Elisabeth McLemore Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
Chief, Colorectal Surgery
Los Angeles, CA United States Co-Chair 0
Colorectal Marylise Boutros Kirkland, QC Canada Co-Chair 0
Colorectal Daniel Popowich St. Francis Hospital
Chief, Colorectal Surgery
East Hills, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Communications Kellie McFarlin Detroit, MI United States Chair 0
Communications Andrew Wright Univ of Washington
Dept of Surgery
Seattle, WA United States Co-Chair 0
Communications Erin Gilbert Oregon Health and Science Univ
Assistant Professor Department of General Surgery
Portland, OR United States Co-Chair 0
Communications Archana Ramaswamy Minneapolis, MN United States Mentor
Community Practice Caitlin Halbert Christiana Care Health System
Dept of Gen Surgery
Wilmington, DE United States Chair 0
Community Practice Kevin Wasco Neenah, WI United States Co-Chair 0
Community Practice Mercedeh Baghai Torrance Memorial Hospital
Attending Surgeon
Torrance, CA United States Co-Chair 0
Community Practice Robert Catania Southern New Hampshire Weight Management
Director, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Nashua, NH United States Co-Chair 0
Conflict of Interest Caroline Reinke Charlotte, NC United States Chair 0
Conflict of Interest Peter Denk Bonita Springs, FL United States Co-Chair 0
Conflict of Interest Prashant Sinha New York, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Conflict of Interest Phillip Shadduck Duke Regional Hospital
Vice Chair, Department of Surgery
Durham, NC United States Mentor
Continuing Education Yong Choi BSLMG - CHI St. Luke\'s The Woodlands
General Surgery
The Woodlands, TX United States Chair 0
Continuing Education Meredith Duke Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Assistant Professor
Nashville, TN United States Co-Chair 0
Continuing Education Alan Harzman The Ohio State University
Associate Professor of Surgery
Columbus, OH United States Co-Chair 0
Continuing Education John Paige LSUHSC
Dept of Surgery
New Orleans, LA United States Mentor
Development Garth Jacobsen University of California San Diego
Professor of Surgery
Rancho Santa Fe, CA United States Chair 0
Development Anne Lidor Univ of Wisconsin-Madison
Chief, Div of MIS
Madison, WI United States Co-Chair 0
Development Kyle Perry The Ohio State Univ
Asst Prof of Surgery
Columbus, OH United States Co-Chair 0
Diversity, Leadership and Professional Development Task Force Alia Qureshi Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School - Harvard Medical Faculty P
Boston, MA United States Chair 0
Diversity, Leadership and Professional Development Task Force Jason Keune St. Louis University School of Medicine
Dept of Surgery
St Louis, MO United States Co-Chair 0
Diversity, Leadership and Professional Development Task Force Hope Jackson Washington, DC United States Co-Chair 0
Education Council E. Matthew Ritter IU Health / School of Medicine
Professor of Surgery
Indianapolis, IN United States Chair 0
Education Council - Assessment and Program Evaluation Group Carlos Gomez-Garibello McGill University
Medicine
Montreal, QC Canada Co-Chair 0
Education Council - Assessment and Program Evaluation Group Denise Gee MA General Hsp
Dept of Surgery
Boston, MA United States Co-Chair 0
Education Council - Curriculum Development and Instruction Group James Korndorffer Stanford University
Vice Chair of Education, Department of Surgery
Palo Alto, CA United States Co-Chair 0
Education Council - Curriculum Development and Instruction Group Michael Awad Washington Univ Sch of Med
Dept of Surgery - MIS
St. Louis, MO United States Co-Chair 0
Education Council - Educational Business and Technology Group Jacob Greenberg Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Leon Henri Charbonnier Endowed Chair of Surgical E
Augusta, GA United States Co-Chair 0
Educational Resources Michael Ujiki NorthShore Univ Health System
Dept of Surgery
Evanston, IL United States Chair 0
Educational Resources Philip Omotosho Rush University Medical Center
Associate Professor of Surgery
Chicago, IL United States Co-Chair 0
Educational Resources Eleanor Fung University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biome
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Buffalo, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Ethics Limaris Barrios Miami, FL United States Chair 0
Ethics Arthur Rawlings Columbia, MO United States Mentor
Finance Christopher Schlachta Univeristy Hospital
Professor, Departments of Surgery and Oncology
London, ON Canada Chair 0
Finance David Tichansky Reading Hospital - Tower Health
Professor and Interim Academic Chair-Drexel; Chair
Reading, PA United States Co-Chair 0
Flexible Endoscopy Eric Pauli Penn State Hershey Medical Center
David L Nahrwold Professor of Surgery
Hershey, PA United States Chair 0
Flexible Endoscopy Bryan Sandler University of California, San Diego
Department of Surgery
La Jolla, CA United States Co-Chair 0
Flexible Endoscopy James Ellsmere Dalhousie University
General Surgery
Halifax, NS Canada Co-Chair 0
Flexible Endoscopy Sabrena Noria The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center
Associate Professor of Surgery
Columbus, OH United States Co-Chair 0
Foregut Leena Khaitan University Hospitals of Cleveland
Associate Professor of Surgery
Chardon, OH United States Chair 0
Foregut Ruchir Puri University of Florida
Assistant Professor, Dept. of General Surgery
Jacksonville, FL United States Co-Chair 0
Foregut Jon Gould Medical College of Wisconsin
Dept of Surgery
Milwaukee, WI United States Co-Chair 0
Foregut Marina Kurian New York, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy Thomas Robinson Bow Mar, CO United States Chair 0
Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy Jaisa Olasky Mt Auburn Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Dept of Surgery
Cambridge, MA United States Co-Chair 0
Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery Jose Martinez Univ. of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Chief, Section of Surgical Endoscopy
Miami, FL United States Chair 0
Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery Diya Alaedeen Fairview Park, OH United States Co-Chair 0
Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery Ezra Teitelbaum Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicin
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Medical Educati
Chicago, IL United States Co-Chair 0
Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery Erika Fellinger Everett, MA United States Co-Chair 0
Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery Melina Vassiliou McGill Univ
Dept of Surgery
Montreal, QC Canada Chair 0
Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery Neal Seymour Baystate Health
Chief Div of General Surgery
Springfield, MA United States Co-Chair 0
Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery Allan Okrainec University of Toronto - University Health Network
Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship
Toronto, ON Canada Co-Chair 0
Global Affairs Linda Zhang Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
New York, NY United States Chair 0
Global Affairs Abier Abdelnaby Bronx, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Global Affairs Paul Severson Crosby, MN United States Co-Chair 0
Global Affairs Maria Bailez Garrahan Children\'s Hospital
Department of Surgery
Co-Chair 0
Global Affairs Jeffrey Hazey Memorial Health
Dept of Surgery
Marysville, OH United States Mentor
Guidelines Bethany Slater University of Chicago Medicine
Pediatric Surgery
Chicago, IL United States Chair 0
Guidelines Francesco Palazzo Thomas Jefferson University
Dept of Surgery
Philadelphia, PA United States Co-Chair 0
Guidelines Danielle Walsh Vidant Medical Center
Owner and Medical Director, Pirate Surgery
Greenville, NC United States Co-Chair 0
Guidelines Geoffrey Kohn Melbourne, VIC Australia Co-Chair 0
Guidelines Stephen Haggerty NorthShore Univeristy HealthSystem
Vice-Chairman of Surgery, Highland Park Hospital
Highland Park, IL United States Co-Chair 0
Guidelines Dimitrios Stefanidis IUH North/ IUPUI
Chief of MIS/Bariatric Surgery/ Vice chair of Educ
Indianapolis, IN United States Mentor
Guidelines Aurora Pryor Stony Brook University
Professor of Surgery
Stony Brook, NY United States Mentor
Hernia Matthew Goldblatt Med College of Wisconsin
Dept of Surgery
Milwaukee, WI United States Chair 0
Hernia Ajita Prabhu Cleveland, OH United States Co-Chair 0
Hernia Jeffrey Blatnik Barnes - Jewish Hospital
Department of Surgery - Section of Minimally Invas
Twin and Country, MO United States Co-Chair 0
HPB/Solid Organ Adnan Alseidi University of California, San Francisco
Vice Chair of Education
San Francisco, CA United States Chair 0
HPB/Solid Organ Melissa Hogg Evanston, IL United States Co-Chair 0
HPB/Solid Organ Dhiresh Jeyarajah Methodist Richardson Cancer Center
Medical Education
Richardson, TX United States Co-Chair 0
HPB/Solid Organ Eugene Ceppa Indiana University School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Surgery
Indianapolis, IN United States Co-Chair 0
HPB/Solid Organ Kevin El-Hayek MetroHealth System
Staff
Cleveland, OH United States Co-Chair 0
Membership Maria Altieri East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine
Assistant Professor
Greenville, NC United States Chair 0
Membership Debbie Youngelman Gen Surg - Cap Reg Health Park
Community Care Physicians, PC
Latham, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Membership Nabeel Obeid Michigan Medicine
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Chelsea, MI United States Co-Chair 0
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Matthew Kroh Cleveland Clinic
Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute
Cleveland, OH United States Chair 0
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Farah Husain Oregon Health & Sciences University
Bariatric Surgery
Portland, OR United States Co-Chair 0
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Thadeus Trus Dartmouth-Hitchcock Med Ctr
Dept of Surgery
Lebanon, NH United States Co-Chair 0
Military Eric Ahnfeldt El Paso, TX United States Chair 0
Military Tamara Worlton Silver Spring, MD United States Co-Chair 0
Nominating Horacio Asbun Miami Cancer Institute
Chief of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery
Miami, FL United States Chair 0
Oncology Task Force John Marks Lankenau Medical Center
Chief, Colon and Rectal Surgery
Wynnewood, PA United States Chair 0
Oncology Task Force Vivian Strong Mem Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr
Dept of Surgery/Gastric Mixed Tumor Serv
New York, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Oncology Task Force Thomas Aloia Ascension Health
VP, Director of Oncology Services
Pearland, TX United States Co-Chair 0
Pediatrics Stefan Scholz Children`s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
General and Thoracic Pediatric Surgery
Pittsburgh, PA United States Chair 0
Pediatrics Bethany Slater University of Chicago Medicine
Pediatric Surgery
Chicago, IL United States Co-Chair 0
Pediatrics Diana Diesen UT Southwestern- Childrens Health Dallas
Department of Surgery; Division of Pediatric Surge
Dallas, TX United States Co-Chair 0
Program Melissa Phillips University Surgeons Associates
Associate Professor
Knoxville, TN United States Chair 0
Program KMarie King Albany Medical Center
Chair, Department of Surgery, Chief of Surgery
Albany, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Program Robert Fanelli The Guthrie Clinic
Vice Chair for Strategy and Innovation; Chief, Min
Sayre, PA United States Mentor
Publications S. Scott Davis Jr Emory University Hospital
Associate Professor of Surgery
Atlanta, GA United States Chair 0
Publications Nova Szoka West Virginia University
Assistant Professor
Morgantown, WV United States Co-Chair 0
Publications Kinga Powers Stony Brook University Hospital
Division of Bariatric, Foregut and Advanced Gastro
Stony Brook, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Quality, Outcomes, Safety Jonathan Dort Inova Fairfax Hospital
Vice Chairman of Education and Director, Surgery R
Falls Church, VA United States Chair 0
Quality, Outcomes, Safety Deborah Keller University of California at Davis
Clinical Assistant Professor, Colorectal Surgery
Sacramento, CA United States Co-Chair 0
Re-Imagining the Practice of Surgery Task Force Horacio Asbun Miami Cancer Institute
Chief of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery
Miami, FL United States Chair 0
Re-Imagining the Practice of Surgery Task Force Edward Auyang Univ of New Mexico
Chief, Division of General and Gastrointestinal Su
Albuquerque, NM United States Co-Chair 0
Re-Imagining the Practice of Surgery Task Force James Bittner Bloomfield, CT United States Co-Chair 0
Research and Career Development Christopher DuCoin University of South Florida
Division of Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Sur
Tampa, Fl United States Chair 0
Research and Career Development Anjali Kumar Spokane, WA United States Co-Chair 0
Research and Career Development Konstantinos Spaniolas Stony Brook School of Medicine
Dept of Surgery
Stony Brook, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Research and Career Development Rebecca Petersen University of Washington Medical Center
Associate Professor
Seattle, WA United States Mentor
Resident and Fellow Training Michael Awad Washington Univ Sch of Med
Dept of Surgery - MIS
St. Louis, MO United States Chair 0
Resident and Fellow Training Denise Gee MA General Hsp
Dept of Surgery
Boston, MA United States Co-Chair 0
Resident and Fellow Training Jacob Greenberg Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Leon Henri Charbonnier Endowed Chair of Surgical E
Augusta, GA United States Co-Chair 0
Resident and Fellow Training Brian Davis Texas Tech Paul L Foster School of Medicine
Professor and Residency Program Director /Dept of
El Paso, TX United States Co-Chair 0
Robotics Ankit Patel Decatur, GA United States Chair 0
Robotics Omar Yusef Kudsi Good Samaritan Medical Center, Tufts Univ.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Boston, MA United States Co-Chair 0
Robotics Vedra Augenstein Charlotte, NC United States Co-Chair 0
Robotics Dmitry Oleynikov Monmouth Medical Center
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Long Branch, NJ United States Mentor
Safe Chole Task Force Dana Telem University of Michigan
Associate Professor of Surgery
Ann Arbor, MI United States Chair 0
Safe Chole Task Force Eduardo Moreno-Paquentin Av. Carlos Graef Fernandez 154
Dept of Gen Surgery
Co-Chair 0
Safe Chole Task Force Federico Serrot Emory University
Surgery
Atlanta, GA United States Co-Chair 0
Safe Chole Task Force L. Michael Brunt Washington Univ School of Med
Dept of Surgery
St Louis, MO United States Mentor
Surgical Data Science Task Force Amin Madani University Health Network - Toronto General Hospit
Surgery
Toronto, ON Canada Chair 0
Surgical Data Science Task Force Aurora Pryor Stony Brook University
Professor of Surgery
Stony Brook, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Technology and Value Assessment David Renton The Ohio State Univ
Associate Prof Dept of Surgery
Columbus, OH United States Chair 0
Technology and Value Assessment Sharona Ross Tampa, FL United States Co-Chair 0
Technology and Value Assessment David Pechman Bay Shore, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Technology Council Christopher Schlachta Univeristy Hospital
Professor, Departments of Surgery and Oncology
London, ON Canada Chair 0
Technology Council Dan Azagury Stanford University School of Medicine
Chief, Section of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric
Stanford, CA United States Co-Chair 0
Technology Council Daniel Herron Mount Sinai School of Med
Professor
New York, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Technology Council - Digital Surgery Group Dmitry Oleynikov Monmouth Medical Center
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Long Branch, NJ United States Chair 0
Technology Council - Digital Surgery Group Nova Szoka West Virginia University
Assistant Professor
Morgantown, WV United States Co-Chair 0
Technology Council - Fluorescence Imaging Group Raul Rosenthal Cleveland Clinic Florida
Head Sec of MIS and Bariatric Surgery
Weston, FL United States Chair 0
Technology Council - Fluorescence Imaging Group Robert Lim Oklahoma University Physicians Tulsa
Department of Surgery
Tulsa, OK United States Co-Chair 0

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