SAGES Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs

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Committee	Member Name	Institution/Title	Location	Position	Chair	CoChair
Acute Care Surgery Task Force	Robert Lim	Oklahoma University Physicians Tulsa Department of Surgery	Tulsa, OK United States	Chair	0
Acute Care Surgery Task Force	Michael Truitt		Dallas, TX United States	Co-Chair		0
Acute Care Surgery Task Force	Michael Cripps	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Surgery	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
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	John 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
Advocacy and Health Policy	KMarie Reid	Morehouse School of Medicine Surgery	Atlanta, GA United States	Co-Chair		0
Alternative Funding Solutions Task Force	Suvranu De	Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst Mech Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering	Troy, NY United States	Chair	0
Alternative Funding Solutions Task Force	Janey Pratt		Boston, MA United States	Co-Chair		0
Alternative Funding Solutions Task Force	Ganesh Sankaranarayanan	BaylorScott & White, Dallas Assistant Director, Center for Evidence Based Simu	Arlington, TX 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	Paresh Shah	NYU Langone Medicine Center Vice Chair of Surgery, Director Div of Gen Surgery	New York, NY United States	Co-Chair		0
Artificial Intelligence Task Force	Daniel Hashimoto	Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Surgery	Boston, MA 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	Bristol Hospital Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgeon	Bristol, CT United States	Co-Chair		0
Colorectal Task Force	Patricia Sylla	Mount Sinai - Division of Colorectal Surgery Dept of Surgery	New York, NY United States	Chair	0
Colorectal Task Force	Elisabeth McLemore	Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center Chief, Colorectal Surgery	Los Angeles, CA United States	Co-Chair		0
Colorectal Task Force	Daniel Popowich	St. Francis Hospital Chieft, Colorectal Surgery	East Hills, NY United States	Co-Chair		0
Communications	Archana Ramaswamy		Minneapolis, MN United States	Chair	0
Communications	Kellie McFarlin		Detroit, MI 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
Community Practice Task Force	Caitlin Halbert	Christiana Care Health System Dept of Gen Surgery	Wilmington, DE United States	Chair	0
Community Practice Task Force	Kevin Wasco		Neenah, WI United States	Co-Chair		0
Community Practice Task Force	Nicole Fearing	menorah medical center medical director of bariatric surgery	Fairway, KS United States	Co-Chair		0
Conflict of Interest	Phillip Shadduck	Duke Regional Hospital Vice Chair, Department of Surgery	Durham, NC United States	Chair	0
Conflict of Interest	Peter Denk		Bonita Springs, FL United States	Co-Chair		0
Conflict of Interest	Caroline Reinke		Charlotte, NC United States	Co-Chair		0
Continuing Education	John Paige	LSUHSC Dept of Surgery	New Orleans, LA United States	Chair	0
Continuing Education	Elisabeth McLemore	Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center Chief, Colorectal Surgery	Los Angeles, CA United States	Co-Chair		0
Continuing Education	Yong Choi	BSLMG - CHI St. Luke\'s The Woodlands General Surgery	The Woodlands, TX 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	Co-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
Education Council	E. Matthew Ritter	Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Vice Chairman, Education USU / Walter Reed Depart	Bethesda, MD United States	Chair	0
Education Council	James Korndorffer	Stanford University Vice Chair of Education, Department of Surgery	Palo Alto, CA United States	Co-Chair		0
Education Council	Denise Gee	MA General Hsp Dept of Surgery	Boston, MA United States	Co-Chair		0
Education Council	Michael Awad	Washington Univ Sch of Med Dept of Surgery - MIS	St. Louis, MO United States	Co-Chair		0
Education Council	Jacob Greenberg		Madison, WI United States	Co-Chair		0
Education Council	Carmen Mueller	St. Mary\'s Hospital and McGill University Health General Surgery	Montreal, QC Canada	Co-Chair		0
Education Council	Carlos Gomez-Garibello	McGill University Medicine	Montreal, QC Canada	Co-Chair		0
Educational Resources	Dean Mikami	University of Hawaii Department of Surgery Professor of Surgery, Division Chief General Surge	Honolulu, HI United States	Chair	0
Educational Resources	Michael Ujiki	NorthShore Univ Health System Dept of Surgery	Evanston, IL 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	Arthur Rawlings		Columbia, MO United States	Chair	0
Ethics	Limaris Barrios		Miami, FL United States	Co-Chair		0
Facebook Task Force	Brian Jacob	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York Assoc Clin Prof of Surg	New York, NY United States	Chair	0
Facebook Task Force	Andrew Wright	Univ of Washington Dept of Surgery	Seattle, WA United States	Co-Chair		0
Finance	Liane Feldman	Montreal General Hospital Professor of Surgery	Montreal, QC Canada	Chair	0
Finance	David Tichansky		Philadelphia, PA United States	Co-Chair		0
Flexible Endoscopy	Eric Pauli	Penn State Hershey Medical Center Associate Professor of Surgery	Hershey, PA United States	Chair	0
Flexible Endoscopy	James Ellsmere	Dalhousie University General Surgery	Halifax, NS Canada	Co-Chair		0
Flexible Endoscopy	Bryan Sandler	University of California, San Diego Department of Surgery	La Jolla, CA United States	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 Task Force	Leena Khaitan	University Hospitals of Cleveland Associate Professor of Surgery	Chardon, OH United States	Chair	0
Foregut Task Force	Marina Kurian		New York, NY United States	Co-Chair		0
Foregut Task Force	Emanuele Lo Menzo	Cleveland Clinic Florida General Surgery	Weston, 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	Jose Martinez	Univ. of Miami, Miller School of Medicine Chief, Section of Surgical Endoscopy	Miami, FL United States	Chair	0
Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery	Erika Fellinger		Everett, MA United States	Co-Chair		0
Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery	Andrew Kastenmeier		Milwaukee, WI 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 Med Ctr 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	Jeffrey Hazey	Memorial Health Dept of Surgery	Marysville, OH United States	Chair	0
Global Affairs	Marian McDonald	St Luke`s Allentown Chief, General Surgery, St Luke\'s Hospital, Allen	Allentown, PA United States	Co-Chair		0
Global Affairs	Raymond Price		Murray, UT United States	Co-Chair		0
Global Affairs	Brant Oelschlager	University of Washington MD and Professor, Dept. of Surgery	Seattle, WA United States	Co-Chair		0
Global Affairs	Diego Camacho	Montefiore Medical Center Director MIS and Bariatric surgery	Bronx, NY United States	Co-Chair		0
Guidelines	Dimitrios Stefanidis	IUH North/ IUPUI Chief of MIS/Bariatric Surgery/ Vice chair of Educ	Indianapolis, IN United States	Chair	0
Guidelines	Stephen Haggerty	NorthShore Univeristy HealthSystem Vice-Chairman of Surgery, Highland Park Hospital	Highland Park, IL United States	Co-Chair		0
Guidelines	Danielle Walsh	East Carolina University Dept of Ped Surgery	Greenville, NC United States	Co-Chair		0
Guidelines	Geoffrey Kohn		Melbourne, VIC Australia	Co-Chair		0
Hernia Task Force	Brent Matthews	Carolinas Medical Center, University of North Caro Professor of Surgery	Charlotte, NC United States	Chair	0
Hernia Task Force	Ajita Prabhu		Cleveland, OH United States	Co-Chair		0
Hernia Task Force	Jeffrey Blatnik	Barnes - Jewish Hospital Department of Surgery - Section of Minimally Invas	Twin and Country, MO United States	Co-Chair		0
HPB/Solid Organ Task Force	Adnan Alseidi	University of California, San Francisco Vice Chair of Education	San Francisco, California United States	Chair	0
HPB/Solid Organ Task Force	Eugene Ceppa	Indiana University School of Medicine Associate Professor of Surgery	Indianapolis, IN United States	Co-Chair		0
HPB/Solid Organ Task Force	Melissa Hogg		Evanston, IL United States	Co-Chair		0
HPB/Solid Organ Task Force	Dhiresh Jeyarajah	Methodist Richardson Cancer Center Medical Education	Richardson, TX United States	Co-Chair		0
Membership	Kenric Murayama	UH-Manoa/JABSOM Surgery	Honolulu, HI United States	Chair	0
Membership	Nabeel Obeid	University of Michigan Assistant Professor of Surgery	Chelsea, MI United States	Co-Chair		0
Membership	Maria Altieri	East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine Assistant Professor	Greenville, NC United States	Co-Chair		0
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery	Matthew Kroh	Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Digestive Disease Institute	Cleveland, Ohio United States	Chair	0
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery	Thadeus Trus	Dartmouth-Hitchcock Med Ctr Dept of Surgery	Lebanon, NH United States	Co-Chair		0
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery	Farah Husain	Oregon Health & Sciences University Bariatric Surgery	Portland, OR United States	Co-Chair		0
Military	Gordon Wisbach	Dept of Surg Naval Med Ctr	San Diego, CA United States	Chair	0
Military	Vivian Sanchez	Boston Univ School of Medicine Asst Prof of Surgery	W Roxbury, MA United States	Co-Chair		0
Military	Eric Ahnfeldt		El Paso, TX United States	Co-Chair		0
Nominating	Jeffrey Marks	University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Dept of Gen Surgery	Cleveland, OH 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	The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Dept of Surgical Oncology	Houston, 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	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	Robert Fanelli	The Guthrie Clinic Chief, Minimally Invasive Surgery; Chief, Surgical	Sayre, PA United States	Chair	0
Program	Melissa Phillips	University Surgeons Associates Associate Professor	Knoxville, TN 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	Salem VA Medical Center General/Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery	Roanoke, VA 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	Columbia University Medical Center Assistant Professor, Colorectal Surgery	New York, NY United States	Co-Chair		0
Quality, Outcomes, Safety	Konstantinos Spaniolas	Stony Brook School of Medicine Dept of Surgery	Stony Brook, New York United States	Co-Chair		0
Research and Career Development	Rebecca Petersen	University of Washington Medical Center Associate Professor	Seattle, WA United States	Chair	0
Research and Career Development	Konstantinos Spaniolas	Stony Brook School of Medicine Dept of Surgery	Stony Brook, New York United States	Co-Chair		0
Research and Career Development	Christopher DuCoin	University of South Floirda Division of Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Sur	Tampa, Fl 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 Health Sciences Ctr El Paso Associate Professor /Dept of Surgery	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	Vedra Augenstein		Charlotte, NC United States	Co-Chair		0
Robotics	Dmitry Oleynikov		Omaha, NE United States	Chair	0
Robotics	Linda Zhang	Mount Sinai School of Medicine Department of Surgery	New York, NY United States	Co-Chair		0
Robotics	Omar Yusef Kudsi		Boston, MA United States	Co-Chair		0
Robotics	Ankit Patel		Decatur, 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	Chair	0
Safe Chole Task Force	L. Michael Brunt	Washington Univ School of Med Dept of Surgery	St Louis, MO United States	Chair	-1
Safe Chole Task Force	ALLISON BARRETT	St. Joseph Medical Center Director of Bariatric Surgery	Reading, PA United States	Co-Chair		0
Safe Chole Task Force	ALLISON BARRETT	St. Joseph Medical Center Director of Bariatric Surgery	Reading, PA United States	Co-Chair		-1
Technology and Value Assessment	Shawn Tsuda	MIVIP Surgery Center, Las Vegas Surgeon	Las Vegas, NV United States	Chair	0
Technology and Value Assessment	David Renton	The Ohio State Univ Associate Prof Dept of Surgery	Columbus, OH United States	Co-Chair		0
Technology and Value Assessment	Sharona Ross		Tampa, FL United States	Co-Chair		0
Technology Council	Christopher Schlachta	Univeristy 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	Christopher DuCoin	University of South Floirda Division of Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Sur	Tampa, Fl 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
We R SAGES Task Force	Dana Telem	University of Michigan Associate Professor of Surgery	Ann Arbor, MI United States	Chair	0
We R SAGES Task Force	Alia Qureshi	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School - Harvard Medical Faculty P	Boston, MA United States	Co-Chair		0
We R SAGES Task Force	Jason Keune	St. Louis University School of Medicine Dept of Surgery	St Louis, MO United States	Co-Chair		0
We R SAGES Task Force	Hope Jackson		Washington, DC United States	Co-Chair		0

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