Leadership
Editorial Board
General Surgery
Surgical Oncology
Vascular Surgery
Surgical Critical Care
Pediatric Surgery
TWIS Editors
Resident Advisory Group
Advisory Council
Leadership Team
Mary E. Klingensmith, MD, FACS
President, SCORE
Chair, SCORE Advisory Council
Mary Culver Distinguished Professor of Surgery
Vice Chair for Education
Washington University in Saint Louis
Amit R.T. Joshi, MD, FACS
Vice-President, SCORE
Program Director & Vice Chair
Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA
Associate Professor of Surgery
Jefferson Medical College
A. Alfred Chahine, MD, FACS
Associate Surgeon Lead, SCORE
Children’s National Health System
Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
The George Washington University School of Medicine
Former Program Director, General Surgery Residency
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC
Mark J. Hickey
Chief Operating Officer
Kerry B. Barrett
Content Management Specialist
Madison A. Bradley
Content Management Assistant
General Surgery Editorial Board
Kwame S. Amankwah, MD, MSc, FACS, FSVS
Chief, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Professor of Surgery and Vascular Medicine
Department of Surgery and the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center
Associate Program Director of the Vascular Fellowship Program
University of Connecticut (UCONN)
Farmington, CT
Alisa M. Cross, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Trauma, Critical Care, Emergency General Surgery
University of Oklahoma Medical Center
Oklahoma City, OK
Keith A. Delman, MD, FACS
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Emory University-Winship Cancer Institute
Atlanta, GA
Joseph M. Galante, MD, FACS
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Vice Chair for Education
Division Chief, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Trauma Medical Director
UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
David Han, MD, MS, FACS
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Vice Chair for Educational Affairs, Department of Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery and Radiology
Division of Vascular Surgery
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA
James R. Korndorffer Jr., MD, MHPE, FACS
Vice Chair of Education
Department of Surgery
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Douglas S. Smink, MD, MPH, FACS
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Associate Chair of Education
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Jennifer Tseng, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Associate Program Director, Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship
UChicago Medicine and Biological Sciences
Chicago, IL
Vascular Surgery Editorial Board
Christopher J. Abularrage, MD, DFSVS, FACS
Editorial Board Leader
The Bertram M. Bernheim Associate Professor of Surgery
Fellowship Program Director
Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
Raghu L Motaganahalli, MD RPVI FRCS FACS
Editorial Board Leader
Division Chief of Vascular Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery
Program Director, Vascular Surgery
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Mark F. Conrad, MD, MMSc
Director of Clinical Research
Vascular Residency Program Director
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
John R. Hoch, MD
Associate Program Director
Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency and Fellowship Programs
Professor, Division of Vascular Surgery
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, WI
Matthew R. Smeds, MD, FACS
Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Training Programs
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO
Mark C. Wyers, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Program Director
Vascular Fellowship & Integrated Vascular Residency
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Surgical Oncology Editorial Board
Russell S. Berman, MD
Editorial Board Leader
Associate Chair for Surgical Education and Faculty Development
Director, Surgical Residency Program
Director, Division of Surgical Oncology
NYU School of Medicine
New York, NY
Keith A. Delman, MD, FACS
Editorial Board Leader
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Emory University-Winship Cancer Institute
Atlanta, GA
Eddie K. Abdalla, MD, FACS
Professor and Founding Chairman of Surgery
LAU Medical Director Liver Pancreas Program
Northside Hospital Cancer Institute
Atlanta, GA
Farin Amersi, MD
Director, Surgical Residency Program
Co-Director, Surgical Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor, Surgery
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, CA
Glen C. Balch, MD, MBA, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Colorectal Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Winship Cancer Institute
Atlanta, GA
Sarah Blair, MD
Vice Chair of Academic Affairs Dept of Surgery
Professor of Surgery
University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA
Amanda Cooper, MD
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Trauma, Acute Care, and Critical Care Surgery
Milton S. Hershey Penn State Medical Center
Hershey, PA
Jill R. Dietz, MD
Director, Breast Center Operations
Surgical Oncology
Associate Professor of Surgery
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, OH
Bridget N. Fahy, MD, FACS
Associate Professor
Division of Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque, NM
George M. Fuhrman, MD
Vice Chair and Program Director
General Surgery Residency Program
Ochsner Medical Institution
Depart of Surgery
Jefferson, LA
Mary L. Gemignani, MD, MPH
Director, Breast Surgical Fellowship
Attending Surgeon, Breast Service, Department of Surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Rosa Hwang, MD, FACS
Department of Breast Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgical Oncology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Mohammed Kalan, MD, FACS, FRCS
Surgeon-in-Chief, Washington Institute of Surgery
Clinical Professor of Surgery
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Washington, DC
Joshua M.V. Mammen, MD, PhD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery and Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Division Chief for Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery
Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
University of Kansas
Kansas City, KS
Christopher R. McHenry, MD, FACS
Vice Chairman Department of Surgery
MetroHealth Medical Center
Professor of Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, OH
Sarah McLaughlin, MD, FACS
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Professor of Surgery
Section of Surgical Oncology
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL
John T. Mullen, MD
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Carolyn Nessim, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS
Surgical Oncologist, The Ottawa Hospital
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Ottawa
Clinician Investigator, Cancer Therapeutics Program, OHRI
Program Director Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Giao Q Phan, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology
Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center
Richmond, VA
Venu G. Pillarisetty, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, HPB Surgical Oncology
University of Washington School of Medicine
Medical Director, Continuous Performance Improvement
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Chandrajit P. Raut, MD, MSC
Division of Surgical Oncology, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Surgery Director, Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Program Director, Dana-Farber/Partners Cancer Care Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Boston, MA
Flavio G Rocha, MD
Staff Surgeon, Surgical Oncology and HPB Surgery
Director of Research, Digestive Disease Institute
Associate Medical Director, Cancer Institute
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Lawrence Andrew “Drew” Shirley, MD, MS, FACS
Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology
Program Director, Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH
Jeffrey J. Sussman, MD, FACS
Interim Chairman and Professor of Surgery
Director, Division of Education
Program Director, General Surgery
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, OH
Kiran K. Turaga, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Surgery
Vice Chief, Section of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology (Strategy and Finance)
Director, Surgical GI Cancer Program
Director, Regional Therapeutics Program
University of Chicago, IL
Tracy S. Wang, MD, MPH, FACS
Professor, Department of Surgery
Vice-Chair of Strategic and Professional Development
Chief, Section of Endocrine Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Linwah Yip, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Co-Chief of Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Surgical Critical Care Editorial Board
Marc de Moya, MD, FACS
Editorial Board Leader
Chief of Trauma/Acute Care Surgery
Lunda/Aprahamian Chair
Medical College of Wisconsin/Froedtert Trauma Center
Panna A. Codner, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery & Critical Care
Associate Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Mayur Narayan, MD, MPH, MBA, MHPE, FACS, FCCM, FICS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Surgical Director, Skills Acquisition & Innovation Lab
Weill Cornell Medicine
Division of Trauma, Burns, Critical and Acute Care
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, NY
Jasmeet S. Paul, MD, FACS
Associate Professor
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
University of New Mexico
Pediatric Surgery Editorial Board
Sanjay Krishnaswami, MD, FACS, FAAP
Vice Chair, Surgical Quality & Operations
Doernbecher Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Program Director
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Oregon Health and Science University
Marjorie J. Arca, MD
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Division Chief, Pediatric Surgery
University of Rochester Medical Center
Surgeon-in-Chief, Golisano Children's Hospital
Rochester, NY
Chair, Pediatric Surgery Board, ABS
Chair, Education and Training Committee, ABS
Robert Baird, MSc MDCM, FRCSC, FACS
Clinical Associate Professor
University of British Columbia
Program Director, Pediatric General Surgery
Surgical Trauma Director
BC Children’s Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Eunice Y. Huang, MD, MS
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Associate Division Chief
Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
Chief Research Biomedical Informatics Officer
Children’s Foundation Research Institute
Grace Z. Mak, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Medical Director of the Operating Room
Comer Children's Hospital
Program Director, Pediatric Surgery
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Benedict C. Nwomeh, MD, MPH
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Vice-Chair of Global Surgery
Director, Global Surgery Program
Department of Surgery
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Program Director, Pediatric Surgery
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Elizabeth Renaud, MD
Hasbro Children's Hospital
Rhode Island Hospital
The Miriam Hospital
Rodrigo Romao, MD MSc
Associate Professor, Departments of Surgery and Urology
IWK Health Centre, Dalhousie University
Program Director, Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery Program
Dalhousie University
IWK Health Centre
Halifax, NS, Canada
Joel Shilyansky, MD
Professor, Surgery and Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Surgery
Robert and Hélène Soper Chair Pediatric Surgery
Surgeon-in-Chief, University of Iowa Children’s Hospital
Janice Taylor, MD, MEd, FACS, FAAP
Associate Professor, Pediatric Surgery
Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
University of Florida
Gainesville FL
TWIS Editors
Paula M. Termuhlen, MD, FACS
Regional Campus Dean
Professor of Surgery
University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth Campus
Duluth, MN
James C. Hebert, MD, FACS
Albert G. Mackay, MD ’32 & H. Gordon Page MD ’45 Professor of Surgery
Executive Vice Chair for Academic Affairs
Department of Surgery
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Burlington, VT
Kwame S. Amankwah, MD, MSc, FACS, FSVS
Chief, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Professor of Surgery and Vascular Medicine
Department of Surgery and the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center
Associate Program Director of the Vascular Fellowship Program
University of Connecticut (UCONN)
Farmington, CT
Resident Advisory Group
Tess H. Aulet, MD
University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington, VT
Robert Blue, DO
Keesler AFB Medical Center
Biloxi, MS
Lubomyr Boris, DO
Franciscan Health
Olympia Fields, IL
Douglas Cassidy, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Shanley Deal, MD
Virginia Mason
Seattle, WA
Paul K. McGaha II, MD
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, OK
Christina Theodorou, MD
UC Davis Medical Center
Davis, CA
Nicole Yordan-Lopez, MD
Kendall Regional Medical Center
Miami, FL
Advisory Council
American Board of Surgery
Jo Buyske, MD, FACS
American College of Surgeons
Patrice Blair, MPH
David Hoyt, MD, FACS
Ajit Sachdeva, MD, FACS
American Surgical Association
Celia Divino, MD, FACS
Rosemary Kozar, MD, FACS
Association for Surgical Education
Jeffrey Chipman, MD, FACS
Mark Hochberg, MD, FACS
Association of Program Directors in Surgery
Mohsen Shabahang, MD, FACS
Association of Residency Administrators in Surgery
Dorothy Dickinson
Review Committee for Surgery (ACGME)
David Han, MD, MS, FACS
Donna Lamb, DHSc
Jeffrey Matthews, MD, FACS
Resident and Associate Society of the American College of Surgeons
Kimberly Linden, MD
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
Denise W. Gee, MD, FACS
Jeffrey Marks, MD, FACS