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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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Governance

Officers and Board of Regents

Officers

Timothy J. Eberlein, MD, FACS
General surgery

Timothy J. Eberlein, MD, FACS

President | St. Louis, MO

Director, Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center; Olin Distinguished Professor and senior associate dean for cancer programs, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University Medical Center

Sharon M. Henry, MD, FACS
General surgery

Sharon M. Henry, MD, FACS

First Vice-President | Baltimore, MD

Anne Scalea Professor of Trauma Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Robert P. Sticca, MD, FACS
General surgery

Robert P. Sticca, MD, FACS

Second Vice-President | Fargo, ND

Emeritus professor of surgery, University of North Dakota School of Medicine

Anthony Atala, MD, FACS
Urology

Anthony Atala, MD, FACS

President-Elect | Winston Salem, NC

G. Link Professor and Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) and the W. H. Boyce Professor of Urology, Wake Forest School of Medicine

Steven D. Wexner, MD, FACS, FRCS (Eng, Ed)
Colorectal Surgery

Steven D. Wexner, MD, FACS, FRCS (Eng, Ed)

First Vice-President-Elect | Washington, DC

Physician executive director and system chair, colorectal surgery, MedStar Health and professor of surgery, Georgetown University School of Medicine

Steven M. Roser, DMD, MD, FACS
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Steven M. Roser, DMD, MD, FACS

Second Vice-President-Elect | Atlanta, GA

Delos Hill Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, professor of surgery, and residency program director for oral and maxillofacial surgery, Emory University

Anton Sidawy, MD, MPH, FACS
Vascular Surgery

Anton Sidawy, MD, MPH, FACS

Immediate Past-President | Washington, DC

Professor of surgery and the Lewis B. Saltz Chair of the Department of Surgery at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Christopher R. McHenry, MD, FACS
General Surgery

Christopher R. McHenry, MD, FACS

Secretary | Cleveland, OH

Professor of surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and vice chair of the Department of Surgery and director of the Division of General Surgery at MetroHealth Medical Center

Larry R. Kaiser, MD, FACS
Cardiothoracic surgery

Larry R. Kaiser, MD, FACS

Treasurer | Philadelphia, PA

Adjunct professor of surgery, University of Pennsylvania; Lewis Katz Dean Emeritus, Temple University; President, CEO, & Thomas W. Langfitt Chair, College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents is composed of 24 surgeons, which includes the President.

Diana L. Farmer, MD, FACS, FRCS
Pediatric surgery

Diana L. Farmer, MD, FACS, FRCS

Chair, Board of Regents | Sacramento, CA

Pearl Stamps Stewart Endowed Chair, Distinguished Professor, & Chair, surgery, UC Davis School of Medicine; surgeon-in-chief, UC Davis Children's Hospital, and chief of surgery, Shriners Hospitals for Children

Kenneth W. Sharp, MD, FACS
General surgery

Kenneth W. Sharp, MD, FACS

Vice-Chair, Board of Regents | Nashville, TN

Professor of surgery and vice-chair, department of surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Joshua Broghammer, MD, FACS
Urology

Joshua Broghammer, MD, FACS

Kansas City, KS

Professor of urology, University of Kansas Medical Center

Carol L. Brown, MD, FACS
Gynecologic (Oncology) surgery

Carol L. Brown, MD, FACS

New York, NY

Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College; associate cancer center director, diversity and health equity; senior VP & chief health equity officer, Nicholls-Biondi Chair for Health Equity, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; attending surgeon; & vice-chair, health equity, department of surgery, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases

Francoise P. Chagnon, MD, FACS, FRCSC
Otolaryngology–head and neck surgery

Francoise P. Chagnon, MD, FACS, FRCSC

Montréal, QC

Associate professor, department of medicine, Université de Montréal; associate professor, department of otolaryngology, McGill University

David Tom Cooke, MD, FACS
Cardiothoracic Surgery

David Tom Cooke, MD, FACS

Sacramento, CA

Professor and founding chief, Division of General Thoracic Surgery, UC Davis

Annesley (AJ) W. Copeland, MD, FACS
General surgery

Annesley (AJ) W. Copeland, MD, FACS

Bethesda, MD

Associate professor of surgery & surgery core clerkship director, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; attending surgeon, Walter Reed Army Medical Center/Walter Reed Military Medical Center

Daniel L. Dent, MD, FACS
General surgery

Daniel L. Dent, MD, FACS

San Antonio, TX

Professor of surgery, chair of the department of medical education, associate director for workforce development of the Mays Cancer Center, UT Health San Antonio

Audra A. Duncan, MD, FACS
Vascular surgery

Audra A. Duncan, MD, FACS

London, ON, Canada

Professor of surgery and chair/chief of Vascular Surgery at Western University

Liane S. Feldman, MD, CM, FACS, FRCS
General Surgery

Liane S. Feldman, MD, CM, FACS, FRCS

Montreal, QB

Edward W. Archibald Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, McGill University; Surgeon-in-chief, McGill University Health Centre

James W. Fleshman Jr., MD, FACS, FASCRS
Colorectal surgery

James W. Fleshman Jr., MD, FACS, FASCRS

Dallas, TX

Chief of surgery; Sparkman Endowed Professor and Chairman, department of surgery; professor, department of surgery, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Baylor University Medical Center

Ross F. Goldberg, MD, FACS
General Surgery

Ross F. Goldberg, MD, FACS

Miami, FL

Chief of Perioperative Services, Jackson Memorial Hospital

Arun K. Gosain, MD, FACS, FAAP
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Arun K. Gosain, MD, FACS, FAAP

Chicago, IL

Division head, plastic surgery; Children's Service Board Chair in Pediatric Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery; professor of surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Andrea A. Hayes Dixon, MD, FACS, FAAP
Pediatric surgery

Andrea A. Hayes Dixon, MD, FACS, FAAP

Washington, DC

Dean, Howard University College of Medicine and Howard University Hospital

Lillian S. Kao, MD, FACS
General Surgery

Lillian S. Kao, MD, FACS

Houston, TX

Division chief, acute care surgery; interim division chief, immunology & organ transplantation; Jack H. Mayfield, MD, Chair in Surgery; vice-chair, quality of care; McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Houston

Lena M. Napolitano, MD, FACS, FCCP, FCCM
General surgery

Lena M. Napolitano, MD, FACS, FCCP, FCCM

Ann Arbor, MI

Massey Foundation Professor of Surgery; founding division chief, acute care surgery; director, surgical critical care, department of surgery, University of Michigan Health System

Sanjay R. Parikh, MD, FACS
Otolaryngology–head and neck surgery

Sanjay R. Parikh, MD, FACS

Seattle, WA

Division chief, pediatric otolaryngology-head & neck surgery, Seattle Children’s Hospital; Professor, University of Washington Medical Center

Sarwat Salim, MD, FACS
Ophthalmology

Sarwat Salim, MD, FACS

Winston-Salem, NC

Professor of ophthalmology; vice chair, academic advancement; and director, glaucoma service, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Don Selzer, MD, FACS
General Surgery

Don Selzer, MD, FACS

Indianapolis, IN

Willis D. Gatch Professor and Chief, Division of General Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine

Steven C. Stain, MD, FACS
General surgery

Steven C. Stain, MD, FACS

Burlington, MA

Chair, department of surgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center

Shelly D. Timmons, MD, PhD, FACS
Neurological surgery

Shelly D. Timmons, MD, PhD, FACS

Milwaukee, WI

Chair of the department of neurosurgery for the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Sanford J. Larson, MD, PhD, Chair in Neurosurgery

David J. Welsh, MD, MBA, FACS
General surgery

David J. Welsh, MD, MBA, FACS

Batesville, IN

Private practice

Philip R. Wolinsky, MD, FACS
Orthopaedic surgery

Philip R. Wolinsky, MD, FACS

Lebanon, NH

Professor of orthopaedics, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth University