MD Chapter of ACS Leadership
The purpose of the Chapter shall be to endeavor to attain the objectives of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), which include:
- Elevating the standards of surgery
- Establishing a standard of competency and character for practitioners of surgery
- Providing a method of granting membership in the organization
- Educating the public and the profession to understand that the practice of surgery calls for special training and that a surgeon elected to Fellowship in the College has had such training and is properly qualified to practice surgery
The Chapter is dedicated to:
- The promotion of membership
- The provision of advocacy for surgeons and patients
- The education of surgeons and surgical residents
- The ultimate improvement and measurement of patient care and safety
- The study of the educational and professional needs of underrepresented surgeons and surgical trainees and the impact that its work may have on the elimination of health disparities among diverse population groups
Executive Committee
Kimberly Lumpkins, MD
President
Alejandro Garcia, MD
President-Elect
Mira Ghneim, MD
Secretary
Alistair Kent, MD
Treasurer
Ahmad Waqas Ahad, MBBS
Immediate Past President
Councilors at Large
Alex Gandsas, MD
Councilor at Large
Mariuxi Manukyan, MD
Councilor at Large
James Wiseman, MD
Councilor at Large
Committee Chairs
Raymond Fang, MD
Chair, Committee on Trauma
Sara Fogarty, DO
Chair, Committee on Cancer
Representatives
Emily Watters, MD
YFA Representative
Rebecca Schwartz, MD
RAS Associate Representative
Margret Shields, MD
Resident Representative
John Kessler, MD
Resident Representative
Betsy Tuttle, MD
AWS Representative
Lilah Morris-Wiseman, MD
AWS Representative
Maryam Jaberi, MD
AWS Representative
Board of Governors
Joseph Sakran, MD
Governor at Large
Ahmad Waqas Ahad, MBBS
Governor at Large
Jennifer Lawton, MD
Governor, American Association for Thoracic Surgery