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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 Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Surgery
Aurora, Co United States 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
Acute Care Surgery Task Force Sara Hennessy 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 Scott Roth Univ of KY
Dept of Gen Surgery
Lexington, KY United States Co-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
Artificial Intelligence Task Force Ozanan Meireles Massachusetts General Hospital
Dept of Surgery
Boston, MA United States Chair 0
Artificial Intelligence Task Force Daniel Hashimoto Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Surgery
Philadelphia, PA 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 Henry Lin Erie County Medical Center/ University of Buffalo
Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgery
Buffalo, NY United States Chair 0
Colorectal Elisabeth McLemore Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
Chief, Colorectal Surgery
Los Angeles, CA United States Chair 0
Colorectal Mark Whiteford Oregon Clinic
Div of Gastrointestinal and MIS
Portland, OR United States Co-Chair 0
Colorectal Marylise Boutros Kirkland, QC Canada Co-Chair 0
Communications Kellie McFarlin Detroit, MI United States Chair 0
Communications Erin Gilbert Oregon Health and Science Univ
Assistant Professor Department of General Surgery
Portland, OR United States Co-Chair 0
Communications Andrew Wright Univ of Washington
Dept of Surgery
Seattle, WA United States Co-Chair 0
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 Robert Catania Southern New Hampshire Weight Management
Director, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Nashua, NH United States Co-Chair 0
Community Practice Mercedeh Baghai Torrance Memorial Hospital
Attending Surgeon
Torrance, CA United States Co-Chair 0
Conflict of Interest Caroline Reinke Charlotte, NC United States Chair 0
Conflict of Interest Prashant Sinha New York, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Conflict of Interest Peter Denk Bonita Springs, FL United States Co-Chair 0
Continuing Education Yong Choi BSLMG - CHI St. Luke\'s The Woodlands
General Surgery
The Woodlands, TX United States Chair 0
Continuing Education Alan Harzman The Ohio State University
Associate Professor of Surgery
Columbus, OH United States Co-Chair 0
Continuing Education Meredith Duke Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Assistant Professor
Nashville, TN United States Co-Chair 0
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 Oregon Health and Sciences University
Associate Professor of Surgery
Lake Oswego, OR 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 Shaneeta Johnson Atlanta, GA 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 Denise Gee MA General Hsp
Dept of Surgery
Boston, MA United States Co-Chair 0
Education Council - Assessment and Program Evaluation Group Carlos Gomez-Garibello McGill University
Medicine
Montreal, QC Canada 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 - 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 - Educational Business and Technology Group Christina Sanders Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo General Hospit
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University at Buff
Orchard Park, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Education Council - Educational Business and Technology Group Jacob Greenberg Duke University Hospital
Associate Professor
Durham, NC United States Co-Chair 0
Educational Resources Michael Ujiki NorthShore Univ Health System
Dept of Surgery
Evanston, IL United States Chair 0
Educational Resources Eleanor Fung University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biome
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Williamsville, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Educational Resources Philip Omotosho Rush University Medical Center
Associate Professor of Surgery
Chicago, IL United States Co-Chair 0
Ethics Limaris Barrios Miami, FL United States Chair 0
Finance Christopher Schlachta University 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 Eleanor Fung University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biome
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Williamsville, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Flexible Endoscopy Ryan Juza Madison, WI United States Co-Chair 0
Flexible Endoscopy Amber Shada University of Wisconsin
Associate Professor
Madison, WI United States Co-Chair 0
Foregut Jon Gould Medical College of Wisconsin
Dept of Surgery
Milwaukee, WI United States Chair 0
Foregut Marina Kurian New York, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Foregut Ruchir Puri University of Florida
Associate Professor, Dept. of General Surgery
Jacksonville, FL 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 Eric Pauli Penn State Hershey Medical Center
David L Nahrwold Professor of Surgery
Hershey, PA United States Chair 0
Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery Erika Fellinger Everett, MA United States Co-Chair 0
Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery Diya Alaedeen Cleveland Clinic
Chair, Dept. of Surgery, Fairview Hospital, Clevel
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 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 Maria Bailez Garrahan Children\'s Hospital
Department of Surgery
Co-Chair 0
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 Geoffrey Kohn Melbourne, VIC Australia Co-Chair 0
Guidelines Tammy Kindel Mikwaukee, WI United States Co-Chair 0
Guidelines Danielle Walsh University of Kentucky Children\'s Hospital
Professor and Vice Chair of Surgery for Quality an
Greenville, NC United States Co-Chair 0
Hernia Matthew Goldblatt Med College of Wisconsin
Dept of Surgery
Milwaukee, WI United States Chair 0
Hernia Jeffrey Blatnik Barnes - Jewish Hospital
Department of Surgery - Section of Minimally Invas
Twin and Country, MO United States Co-Chair 0
Hernia Mercedeh Baghai Torrance Memorial Hospital
Attending Surgeon
Torrance, CA 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 Kevin El-Hayek MetroHealth System
Staff
Cleveland, OH 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
Membership Maria Altieri University of Pennsylvani
Assistant Professor
Glen Mills, PA 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
Clinical Associate 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 Banner University of Arizona PHX
Bariatric Surgery
Scottsdale, AZ 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 Andrew Schlussel Fort Gordon, GA United States Chair
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 Thomas Aloia Ascension Health
VP, Director of Oncology Services
Pearland, TX United States Co-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
Pediatrics Stefan Scholz Children`s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
General and Thoracic Pediatric Surgery
Pittsburgh, PA United States Chair 0
Pediatrics Diana Diesen UT Southwestern- Childrens Health Dallas
Department of Surgery; Division of Pediatric Surge
Dallas, TX United States Co-Chair 0
Pediatrics Bethany Slater University of Chicago Medicine
Pediatric Surgery
Chicago, IL 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
Publications S. Scott Davis Jr Emory University Hospital
Associate Professor of Surgery
Atlanta, GA United States Chair 0
Publications Kinga Powers Stony Brook University Hospital
Division of Bariatric, Foregut and Advanced Gastro
Stony Brook, NY United States Co-Chair 0
Publications Nova Szoka West Virginia University
Assistant Professor
Morgantown, WV 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 Marks Colorectal Surgical Associates, Lankenau Med
Clinical Associate Professor
Wynnewood, PA 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
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 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
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 Duke University Hospital
Associate Professor
Durham, NC 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
Safe Chole Task Force Federico Serrot Emory University
Surgery
Atlanta, GA United States Chair 0
Safe Chole Task Force Eduardo Moreno-Paquentin Av. Carlos Graef Fernandez 154
Dept of Gen Surgery
Co-Chair 0
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 University Hospital
Professor, Departments of Surgery and Oncology
London, ON Canada Chair 0
Technology Council Daniel Herron Mount Sinai School of Med
Professor
New York, NY United States Co-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 - Digital Surgery Group Dmitry Oleynikov Monmouth Medical Center
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Long Branch, NJ United States Chair 0
Technology Council - Fluorescence Imaging Group Robert Lim Oklahoma University Physicians Tulsa
Department of Surgery
Tulsa, OK United States Chair 0

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