The ASC is a joint meeting of the two leading associations for academic surgery – The Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) and The Society of University Surgeons (SUS). Together the AAS and SUS boast more than 5,000 members from leading institutions nationwide.
Association for Academic Surgery
Mission Statement: The AAS mission is to inspire and develop young academic surgeons.
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Executive Council | |
| President | Karl Y. Bilimoria, MD |
| President-Elect | Eugene Kim, MD |
| Secretary | Amir Ghaferi, MD |
| Recorder | Carrie Lubitz, MD, MPH |
| Treasurer | Hari Nathan, MD |
| Past President | Adil H. Haider, MD, MPH |
| Past President | Rebecca S. Sippel, MD |
| Past President | Caprice C. Greenberg, MD, MPH |
Committee Chairs | |
| Basic and Translational Science | Vikas Dudeja |
| Clinical and Health Services Research | Fabian Johnston |
| Academic Advancement | Kamran Idrees & Dawn Coleman |
| Technology and Communications | Mio Kitano & Drew Shirley |
| Education | Roger Kim & Brenessa Lindeman |
| Ethics | Anji Wall |
| Finance | Hari Nathan |
| Global Affairs | Christopher Dodgion & Kristin Long |
| Leadership | Shipra Arya & Catherine Velopulos |
| Membership | Virginia Shaffer & Ryan Thomas |
| Military | Matthew Martin & Jason Bingham |
| Nominating | Karl Bilimora |
| Program | Carrie Lubitz |
| Publications | Luke Funk & Michael Goodman |
| Senior Member Council | Adam Berger |
| Sub-Specialty | Joseph Phillips |
Society of University Surgeons
Mission Statement: The SUS mission is to support and advance leaders in academic surgery.
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Executive Council | |
| President | Gregory D. Kennedy, MD, PhD |
| President-Elect | Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS |
| Secretary | Cristina Ferrone, MD |
| Treasurer | Timothy Donahue, MD |
| Ethics and COI Chair | Melinda Maggard-Gibbons, MD |
| Publications Chair | Jayme Locke, MD, MPH |
| Global Academic Surgery Chair | Sanjay Krishnaswami, MD |
| Surgical Education Chair | Kimberly Brown, MD |
| Social & Legislative Issues Chair | Amir Ghaferi, MD, MS |
| SUS Foundation President | George Yang, MD, PhD |
| Past President | Rebecca M. Minter, MD |
| Past President | Taylor S. Riall, MD, PhD |
| Past President | Allan Tsung, MD |
| Councilor-At-Large-Membership | Cynthia Downard, MD, MMSC |
| Councilor-at-Large-Scholarship | Rebekah White, MD |
| Councilor-at-Large-Publications/Development | Rachel Kelz, MD, MS |
Representatives | |
| The American Board of Surgery | Dev M. Desai MD, PhD & Jennifer Tsung, MD, MPH |
| American College of Surgeons Board of Govenors | Peter Angelos, MD & Kelli M. Bullard Dunn, MD |
| Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): Council of Faculty and Academic Societies (CFAS) | Sunil Geevarghese, MD & Clara Lee, MD |
| Editorial Board of Surgery | Jussuf Kaifi, MD |
| Surgical Research & Education Committee – American College of Surgeons | Kasper Wang, MD |
| National Association of Biomedical Research | Danny Chu, MD |
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