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Governance & Committees

Board of Directors: +

Adnan A. Alseidi, MD President, Board Chairman
Shanu N. Kothari, MD President-Elect
Brent D. Matthews, MD 1st Vice President and ABS GSB Representative
Anne O. Lidor, MD  2nd Vice President 
Edward Lin, DO Secretary/Treasurer
L. Michael Brunt, MD Immediate Past President
Aurora D. Pryor, MD Past President
Samer G. Mattar, MD Past President
Andrew S. Wright, MD Accreditation Committee Chair
Corrigan “Cori” McBride, MD Accreditation Committee Co-Chair
Christy M. Dunst, MD AFS Representative
Kathleen Christians, MD AHPBA Representative
Jacob A. Greenberg, MD AHS Representative
Matthew Hutter, MD ASMBS Representative
James Bittner IV, MD SAGES Representative
Robert Lim, MD SSAT Representative
Jon O. Wee, MD Thoracic Ad Hoc
Maria B. Majella Doyle, MD HPB-Transplant Ad Hoc 
Omar Awais, DO Member-At-Large
Jayleen M. Grams. MD Member-At-Large
Sarah Hennessy, MD Member-At-Large
Corrigan “Cori” McBride, MD Member-At-Large
Matthew Mutch, MD Member-At-Large
Sharona B. Ross, MD Member-At-Large
Ali Tavakkoli, MD Member-At-Large
Timothy M. Farrell, MD Bylaws Chair
Liane S. Feldman, MD Education and Curriculum Chair
Michael A. Schweitzer, MD Research and Quality Improvement Chair
Jacob Greenberg, MD Web/Case Log System Committee Chairs

Executive Committee: +

Adnan A. Alseidi, MD President
Shanu N. Kothari, MD President-Elect
L. Michael Brunt, MD Immediate Past President
Brent D. Matthews, MD 1st Vice President
Anne O. Lidor, MD  2nd Vice President
Edward Lin, DO Secretary/Treasurer 

Accreditation Committee: +

Andrew S. Wright, MD Chair
Corrigan “Cori” McBride, MD Co-Chair & ASMBS Representative
Michael M. Awad, MD AFS Representative
Omar Awais, MD Thoracic Ad-Hoc
Erin Hanna Baker, MD AHPBA Representative
Eugene Cho, MD SSAT Representative
Michelle Cowan, MD AHPBA Representative
Adrian G. Dan, MD ASMBS Representative
Enrique Fernando Elli, MD SAGES Representative
Eleanor Fung, MD SAGES Representative
Iman Ghaderi, MD SSAT Representative
Matthew G. Hartwig, MD Thoracic Ad-Hoc
Sara Hennessy, MD SAGES Representative
Rebecca Hoedema, MD ASCRS Representative
Kunoor Jain-Spangler, MD ASMBS Representative
James Kurtz, MD SSAT Representative
Anne O. Lidor, MD SAGES Representative
Eric  M. Pauli, MD Flex Endo Ad-Hoc
Brendan Visser, MD AHPBA Representative
D. Brandon Williams, MD SAGES Representative
Nicholas J. Zyromski, MD AHPBA Representative

Bylaws Committee: +

Timothy M. Farrell, MD Chair
Adrian G . Dan, MD
Nicole M. Fearing, MD
W. Scott Helton, MD
Farah Hussain, MD

Edward Lin, DO

Communications Committee: +

Brent D. Matthews, MD  Chair
Eugene P. Ceppa, MD
Kunoor Jain-Spangler, MD

Jose M. Martinez, MD
John B. Martinie, MD
Abdelrahman Nimeri, MD
John R. Romanelli, MD
Sharona Ross, MD
Christopher M. Schlachta, MD
Betty C. Tong, MD

Andrew S. Wright, MD

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee: +

Alisan Fathalizadeh, MD Chair
Donn Spight, MD Co-Chair
Gina L. Adrales, MD
Shushmita M. Ahmed, MD
Miguel A. Burch, MD

Adrian G. Dan, MD
Valerie J. Halpin, MD
Kunoor Jain-Spangler, MD
J. Rohan Jeyerajah, MD
Sharona Ross, MD
Daniel J. Scott, MD
Kevin Shah, MD
Rikesha Wilson, MD

Education and Curriculum Committee: +

Liane S. Feldman, MD Chair
Mohamed Ali, MD ASMBS Representative
Chad Ball, MD AHPBA Representative
Amir L. Bastawrous, MD ASCRS Representative
Nikolai A. Bildzukewicz, MD AFS Representative
Eugene S. Cho, MD
Denise W. Gee, MD
Keith S. Gersin, MD
Rana Higgins, MD AHS Representative
Daniel B. Jones, MD
Harish Lavin, MD SSAT Representative
Kevin M. Reavis, MD
Ann M. Rogers, MD SAGES Representative
R. Matthew Walsh, MD
Jon O. Wee, MD

Finance Committee: +

Edward Lin, DO Chair
Brent D. Matthews, MD 1st Vice President
Adrian G . Dan, MD
Karen E. Gibbs, MD
Jon C. Gould, MD
Susan Orloff, MD
V. Keith Rhynes, MD

Raul J. Rosenthal, MD
Tonia M. Young-Fadok, MD

Membership Committee: +

Shanu N. Kothari, MD Chair
Cheguevara Afaneh, MD
Amir L. Bastawrous, MD
Heather A. Ford, MD

Sara Hennessy, MD
Matthew M. Hutter, MD Board Society Representative
Ching-Wei Tzeng, MD
Brendan C. Visser, MD

D. Brandon Williams, MD
Andrew S. Wright, MD

Nominating Committee: +

Adnan A. Alseidi, MD President
Shanu N. Kothari, MD President-Elect
Sean Cleary, MD
Alisan Fathalizadeh, MD
Liane S. Feldman, MD
Rohan Jeyarajah, MD
Anne O. Lidor, MD 2nd Vice President
Samer Mattar, MD

L. Michael Brunt Immediate President & Chair

Research and Quality Improvement Committee: +

Michael A. Schweitzer, MD Chair
Edward Cho, MD
Christy M. Dunst, MD
Jayleen M. Grams, MD
Jose M. Martinez, MD
Dmitry Nepomnayshy, MD
Kyle A. Perry, MD
Jennifer L. Salluzzo, MD

Dino Spaniolas, MD
Michael B. Ujiki, MD

Web and Case Log System Committee: +

Jacob A. Greenberg, MD Chair
Alisan Fathalizadeh, MD Co-Chair
Mohamed Ali, MD
Adnan A. Alseidi, MD

Leena Khaitan, MD
Jeffrey Marks, MD

Jose M. Martinez, MD
Vimal K. Narula, MD
Don J. Selzer, MD

Brendan C. Visser, MD

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