Board of Directors

 

Executive Director, Chairman, Scientific Chair:
Raymond J. Lanzafame, MD, MBA, FACS
Rochester, NY

 

President
Sharona Ross, MD
Trustee
General Surgery – Tampa, Florida
AdventHealth Tampa

 

Vice-President
Ian A. Hodgdon, MD
Trustee
General Surgery – New Orleans, Louisiana
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Associate Residency Program Director, Assistant Education Director
Louisiana State University School of Medicine

Secretary-Treasurer
Juan L. Salgado-Morales, MD
Trustee
Gynecology – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Universida Central Del Caribe

 

Immediate Past President:
Radha Syed, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology – Staten Island, New York
Richmond OB-GYN Associates

 

Ceana Nezhat, MD
Trustee
Gynecology – Atlanta, Georgia
Fellowship Director
Nezhat Medical Center

 

Jessica Opoku-Anane, MD
Trustee
Gynecology – Nyack, New York
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Rutgers University

 

 

George Melich, MD
Trustee
General Surgery – British Columbia, Canada
Royal Columbian and Eagle Ridge Hospitals

 

Megan Kennedy Burns, MD, MA
Trustee
Gynecology – Rochester, New York
National Advisory Board
University of Rochester Medical Center

 

Robert B. Lim, MD
Trustee
General Surgery – Tulsa, Oklahoma
Vice-Chair Education, Residency Program Director
University of Oklahoma School of Medicine

 

Silvio Alen Canton, MD
Trustee
General Surgery – Padova, Italy
International Advisory Board
University of Padova

 

Robert B. Lim, MD
Trustee
General Surgery – Tulsa, Oklahoma
Vice-Chair Education, Residency Program Director
University of Oklahoma School of Medicine

 

Richard M. Satava, MD
Ex-Officio Trustee, Scientific & Technology Advisor
General Surgery – Seattle, Washington
Professor Emeritus of Surgery
University of Washington

 

Maurice K. Chung, RPh, MD
Ex-Officio Trustee, International Advisory Committee Chair
Gynecology – Canton, Ohio
Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital

 

 

Michael S. Kavic, MD, FACS
Ex-Officio Trustee, Editor-in-Chief, JSLS & CRSLS
General Surgery – Oakdale, Pennsylvania
Professor Emeritus of Surgery
Northeast Ohio Medical University

 

Jessica Ybanez-Morano, MD, MPH
Ex-Officio Trustee, AIDE Advisor
Gynecology – Canton, Ohio
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Reynolds Memorial Hospital

 

 

Ronald Fieldstone, Esq.
Ex-Officio Trustee
Coral Gables, Florida