2021-2022 Directors, Council Members & Executive Staff

• Representatives of the American Board of Surgery are elected for a single six-year term from ABS nominating organizations or through an at-large open nomination process. All directors, officers and council members are surgeons in active practice, currently certified by the ABS and participating in the ABS Continuous Certification Program. They receive no remuneration for their service.

Directors

• O. Joe Hines, M.D. - Chair
  Mary T. Hawn, M.D. - Vice Chair
  Jo Buyske, M.D. - President and Chief Executive Officer
  Paris D. Butler, M.D. - Philadelphia, Pa.
  Mark R. Chassin, M.D. - Chicago, Ill.
  Robert D. Fanelli, M.D., M.H.A. - Sayre, Pa.
  Karen Fisher, J.D. - Washington, D.C.
  Amy J. Goldberg, M.D. - Philadelphia, Pa.
  Amit R. T. Joshi, M.D. - Philadelphia, Pa.
  M. Ashraf Mansour, M.B.B.S. - Grand Rapids, Mich.
  Rebecca M. Minter, M.D. - Madison, Wis.
  John H. Stewart, IV, M.D., M.B.A. - Chicago, Ill.
  Beth H. Sutton, M.D. - Wichita Falls, Texas
  

Council Members

• Peter Angelos, M.D., Ph.D. - Chicago, Ill.
  Douglas C. Barnhart, M.D. - Salt Lake City, Utah
  Russell S. Berman, M.D. - New York, N.Y.
  Rabih A. Chaer, M.D. - Pittsburgh, Pa.
  Herbert Chen, M.D. - Birmingham, Ala.
  Daniel L. Dent, M.D. - San Antonio, Texas
  Dev M. Desai, M.D. - Dallas, Texas
  David R. Farley, M.D. - Rochester, Minn.
  Andrea Hayes-Jordan, M.D. - Los Angeles, Calif.
  Amy N. Hildreth, M.D. - Winston-Salem, N.C.
  Thomas S. Huber, M.D. - Gainesville, Fla.
  Kenji Inaba, M.D. - Los Angeles, Calif.
  Joseph T. Jenkins, M.D. - Nags Head, N.C.
  Krista L. Kaups, M.D. - Fresno, Calif.
  Anne C. Larkin, M.D. - Worcester, Mass.
  Brenessa M. Lindeman, M.D. - Birmingham, Ala.
  Joshua M.V. Mammen, M.D. - Kansas City, Kan.
  Kelly M. McMasters, M.D., Ph.D. - Louisville, Ky.
  John D. Mitchell, M.D. - Denver, Colo.
  Steven Moran, M.D. - Rochester, Minn.
  M. Timothy Nelson, M.D. - Tulsa, Okla.
  Valentine N. Nfonsam, M.D. - Tucson, Ariz.
  Kim M. Olthoff, M.D. - Philadelphia, Pa.
  Harry T. Papaconstantinou, M.D. - Temple, Texas
  Nancy D. Perrier, M.D. - Houston, Texas
  Aurora D. Pryor, M.D. - Stony Brook, N.Y.
  Carla M. Pugh, M.D. - Stanford, Calif.
  Carmen T. Ramos-Irizarry, M.D. - Naples, Fla.
  Bryan K. Richmond, M.D. - Charleston, W.Va.
  Allison J. Robinson, M.D. - Bishop, Calif.
  George A. Sarosi, M.D. - Gainesville, Fla.
  David A. Spain, M.D. - Stanford, Calif.
  Jennifer F. Tseng, M.D. - Boston, Mass.
  

Executive Staff

• Jo Buyske, M.D. - President and Chief Executive Officer
  Mary E. Klingensmith, M.D. - Vice President; Editor-in-Chief, SCORE®
  Bruce A. Perler, M.D. - Vice President
  Abby L. Pozefsky, Esq. - General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer
  Adanwimo Okafor, Esq. - Associate General Counsel and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
  Jessica A. Schreader - Chief Operating Officer
  Mark J. Hickey - Chief Information Officer
  Andrew Jones, Ph.D. - Director of Psychometrics and Research
  Marni C. Grambau - Director of Examination Development

ABS Council 2019-2020