| Acute Care Surgery Task Force | Robert Lim, MD, Chair Michael Cripps, MD, Co-Chair Michael Truitt, MD, Co-Chair Andre Campbell, MD, Co-Chair |
| Advocacy and Health Policy | Ross Goldberg, MD, Chair Ann Rogers, MD, Co-Chair KMarie Reid, MD, Co-Chair Brian Dunkin, MD, Mentor |
| Awards | L. Michael Brunt, MD, Chair |
| Bylaws | Racquel Bueno, MD, Chair Henry Lin, MD, Co-Chair |
| Colon Task Force | Patricia Sylla, MD, Chair Jim Fleshman, MD, Co-Chair Tonia Young-Fadok, MD, Co-Chair |
| Communications | Archana Ramaswamy, MD, Chair Andrew Wright, MD, Co-Chair Rob Andrews, MD, Co-Chair |
| Community Practice Task Force | Caitlin Halbert, MD, Chair Kevin Wasco, MD, Co-Chair Nicole Fearing, MD, Co-Chair |
| Conflict of Interest Task Force | Phil Shadduck, MD, Chair Peter Denk, MD, Co-Chair Daniel Deziel, MD, Mentor |
| Continuing Education | John Paige, MD, Chair Elisabeth McLemore, MD, Co-Chair Vanessa Palter, MD, Co-Chair |
| Curriculum Task Force | Matt Ritter, MD, Chair Jim Korndorffer, MD, Co-Chair Justin Dimick, MD, Co-Chair Daniel Scott, MD, Mentor |
| Development | Gretchen Purcell Jackson, MD, Chair Garth Jacobsen, MD, Co-Chair Suvranu De, MD, Co-Chair |
| Educational Resources | Dean Mikami, MD, Chair Michael Ujiki, MD, Co-Chair Chris Schlachta, MD, Co-Chair Ninh Nguyen, MD, Mentor |
| Ethics | Arthur Rawlings, MD, Chair Limaris Barrios, MD, Co-Chair |
| Finance | Aurora Pryor, MD, Chair David Tichansky, MD, Co-Chair |
| Flexible Endoscopy | Eric Pauli, MD, Chair Jim Ellsmere, MD, Co-Chair Kevin Reavis, MD, Co-Chair |
| Foregut Task Force | Leena Khaitan, MD, Chair Raul Rosenthal, MD, Co-Chair Jonathan Critchlow, MD, Co-Chair |
| Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy (FUSE) | Pascal Fuchshuber, MD , Chair Thomas Robinson, MD, Co-Chair Jaisa Olasky, MD, Co-Chair |
| Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery (FES) | Jeffrey M. Marks, MD, Chair Jose Martinez, MD, Co-Chair Carmen Mueller, MD, Co-Chair |
| Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) | Melina Vassiliou, MD, Chair Allan Okrainec, MD, Co-Chair Neal Seymour, MD, Co-Chair Steven Schwaitzberg, MD, Mentor |
| Global Affairs | Jeffrey Hazey, MD, Chair Ray Price, MD, Co-Chair Brant Oelschlager, MD, Co-Chair Marian McDonald, MD Co-Chair |
| Guidelines | Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, Chair Steven Haggerty, MD, Co-Chair Geoff Kohn, MD, Co-Chair |
| Hernia Task Force | Sharon Bachman, MD, Chair Ben Poulose, MD, Co-Chair Bruce Ramshaw, MD, Co-Chair Adrian Park, MD, Mentor |
| HPB/Solid Organ Task Force | Horacio Asbun, MD, Chair Rohan Jeyarajah, MD, Co-Chair Adnan Alseidi, MD, Co-Chair L. Michael Brunt, MD, Mentor |
| i3 Summit Task Force (Innovators, Investors, Industry) | Matthew Hutter, MD, Chair Paresh Shah, MD, Co-Chair |
| Membership | Kenric M. Murayama, MD, Chair Daniel Hashimoto, MD, Co-Chair Maria Altieri, MD, Co-Chair |
| Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery | Marina Kurian, MD, Chair Matthew Kroh, MD, Co-Chair Phil Shauer, MD, Co-Chair Bruce Schirmer, MD, Mentor |
| Military Working Group | Gordon Wisbach, MD, Chair Robert Rush, MD, Co-Chair Vivian Sanchez, MD, Co-Chair |
| Nominating | Daniel Scott, MD, Chair |
| Pediatrics | Danielle Walsh, MD, Chair Stefan Scholtz, MD, Co-Chair |
| Program | Jon C. Gould, MD, Chair Melissa Lapinska, MD, Co-Chair |
| Publications | S. Scott Davis, MD, Chair Kinga Powers, MD, Co-Chair |
| Quality, Outcomes and Safety | John Romanelli, MD, Chair Jonathan Dort, MD, Co-Chair Tom Aloia, MD, Co-Chair Liane Feldman, MD, Mentor |
| Research and Career Development | Rebecca Petersen, MD, Chair Rajesh Aggarwal, MD, Co-Chair David Urbach, MD, Mentor |
| Resident and Fellow Training | Matthew Goldblatt, MD, Chair Robert Fanelli, MD, Co-Chair Denise Gee, MD, Co-Chair Michael Awad, MD, Co-Chair John Mellinger, MD, Mentor |
| Robotics Task Force | Dmitry Oleynikov, MD, Chair Ankit Patel, MD, Co-Chair Yusef Kudsi, MD, Co-Chair Yuman Fong, MD, Mentor Santiago Horgan, MD, Mentor |
| Technology and Value Assessment | Shawn Tsuda, MD, Chair David Renton, MD, Co-Chair Sharona Ross, MD, Co-Chair |
| We R SAGES Task Force | Dana Telem, MD, Chair Alia Qureshi, MD, Co-Chair Mike Edwards, MD, Co-Chair |
Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs
The following individuals are the 2017-2018 SAGES Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs.
