Committees

2025 – 2026

ByLaws Committee

  • Gina M Badalato, MD (Committee Chair)
  • Rebecca L. Lowery, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Lee Richstone, MD, FACS, FRCS (Committee Member)

Communications & Engagement Committee

  • Gina M Badalato, MD (Chair)
  • Siddharth Ghanta, MD (Committee Member)
  • Lindsay A. Hampson, MD, MAS (Committee Member)
  • Terence Lang (Committee Member)
  • Wai Lee (Committee Member)
  • Denise Mussehl, MS, BA (Committee Member)
  • Casey A. Seideman, MD (Committee Member)
  • Alexander Small, MD (Committee Member)
  • Courtney Yong, MD (Committee Member)

Data and Survey Committee

  • Zachary A. Hamilton, MD, FACS (Chair)
  • Alison May, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Johar Raza Syed, MD (Committee Member)
  • Michael Jonathan Schwartz, MD (Committee Member)
  • Minhaj Siddiqui, MD (Committee Member)

Grants and Education Committee

  • Jean Volny Joseph, MD, MBA (Chair)
  • Brian W. Cross, MD (Committee Member)
  • Sarah F. Faris, MD (Committee Member)
  • Christopher E. Keel, DO, FACS (Committee Member)
  • Kate H. Kraft, MD, MHPE (Committee Member)
  • Lee Richstone, MD, FACS, FRCS (Committee Member)

Match Committee

  • Moben Mirza, MD, FACS (Chair)
  • Sarah F. Faris, MD (Committee Member)
  • Kirsten Lynn Greene, MD, MS (Committee Member)
  • Christopher E. Keel, DO, FACS (Committee Member)
  • Mathew Don Sorensen, MD, MS, FACS (Committee Member)

Medical Student Interest and Resident Recruitment Committee

  • Costas D. Lallas, MD, FACS (Chair)
  • Justin Han, MD (Committee Member)
  • Kathleen Kieran, MD, MSc, MME (Committee Member)
  • Sara M. Lenherr, MD, MS, URPS (Committee Member)
  • Yash Shah, MD (Committee Member)
  • Erica Joy Traxel, MD (Committee Member)
  • Vivian Wong, BS, MD (Committee Member)

Nominating Committee

  • Moben Mirza, MD, FACS (Committee Chair)
  • Judith C. Hagedorn, MD, MHS (Committee Member)
  • Wesley Adam Mayer, MD (Committee Member)
  • Simone Thavaseelan, MD (Committee Member)

Professional Development

  • Jennifer Yates, MD (Chair)
  • Jessica E. Kreshover, MD, MS (Committee Member)
  • Lara MacLachlan, MD (Committee Member)
  • Courtney K. Phillips, MD (Committee Member)

Program Committee

  • Simone Thavaseelan, MD (Chair)
  • Humphrey O. Atiemo, MD (Committee Member)
  • Peter Earl Clark, MD (Committee Member)
  • Lindsay A. Hampson, MD, MAS (Committee Member)
  • Keith John Kowalczyk, MD (Committee Member)
  • Casey Kowalik, MD, FACS (Committee Member)
  • Jay Dilip Raman, MD, FACS, FRCS (Committee Member)
  • Heidi A. Stephany, MD, FACS (Committee Member)
  • Jeffrey Paul Weiss, MD, PhD (Committee Member)

Representation and Inclusion Committee

  • LaMont Jordan Barlow, MD (Chair)
  • Denise A. Asafu-Adjei, MD, MPH (Committee Member)
  • Danni Feng, MD,BA (Committee Member)
  • Casey Kowalik, MD, FACS (Committee Member)
  • Casey A. Seideman, MD (Committee Member)