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Leadership

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Officers & Committee Chairs

Board of Directors:

Majella Doyle
President and Board Chairman
Anne O. Lidor, MD
President-Elect and ABS GSB Representative
Brent D. Matthews MD
1st Vice President
Edward Lin, DO
2nd Vice President 
Maria B. Majella Doyle, MD
Secretary/Treasurer
Jose Martinez, MD
Immediate Past-President
Shanu N. Kothari, MD
Past President 
Adnan Alseidi, MD
Past President
L. Michael Brunt, MD
 
Accreditation Committee
Chair
Corrigan McBride, MD
Accreditation Committee
Co-Chair
Erin Baker, MD
ACS Representative to the Board
Samer Mattar, MD
AFS Representative to the Board
Christy Dunst, MD
AHPBA Representative
to the Board
Kathleen Christians, MD
AHS Representative
to the Board
ASMBS Representative
to the Board
Matthew Hutter, MD
SAGES Representative
to the Board
James Bittner IV, MD
 
SSAT Representative to the Board
Robert Lim, MD
Thoracic Ad Hoc Representative to the Board
Jon Wee, MD
Ad Hoc Accreditation Advisor to the Board
Andrew S. Wright, MD 
APDS Liaison to the Board
Britney Corey, MD  

At-Large Members On the Board of  Directors:

Eugene Cho, MDTo be announcedJayleen M. Grams, MDRana Higgins, MD
 
Mark Soliman, MDBrendan C. Visser, MDAli Tavakkoli, MD

Committee Chairs:​

Accreditation
Chair
Corrigan McBride, MD
Accreditation
Co-Chair
Erin Baker, MD
Bylaws
Chair
Timothy Farrell, MD
Bylaws
Co-Chair
Sara Hennessy, MD
Communications
Chair
Edward Lin, DO
Education and Curriculum
Chair
Christy Dunst, MD
Education and Curriculum
Co-Chair
Omar Awais, DO
Finance
Chair
Jose Martinez, MD
   
Membership
Chair
Brent D. Matthews, MD
Nominating
Chair
Shanu N. Kothari, MD
Research and Quality Improvement
Chair
Michael Schweitzer, MD
Research and Quality Improvement
Co-Chair
Kyle Perry, MD
Web/Case Log System
Chair
Don J. Selzer, MD


Empowerment and Engagement Chair and
Web/Case Log System
Co-Chair
Alisan Fathalizadeh, MD

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