2022-2023 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

• Mary T. Hawn, M.D. - Chair
  M. Ashraf Mansour, M.B.B.S. - Vice Chair
  Jo Buyske, M.D. - President and Chief Executive Officer
  Marjorie J. Arca, M.D. - Rochester, N.Y.
  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.
  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.
  Bernadette Aulivola, M.D. - Maywood, Ill.
  Douglas C. Barnhart, M.D. - Salt Lake City, Utah
  Rabih A. Chaer, M.D. - Pittsburgh, Pa.
  Herbert Chen, M.D. - Birmingham, Ala.
  Daniel L. Dent, M.D. - San Antonio, Texas
  Bridget Fahy, M.D. - Albuquerque, N.M.
  Caprice C. Greenberg, M.D., M.P.H. - Chapel Hill, N.C.
  Andrea A. Hayes, M.D. - Washington, D.C.
  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.
  Benedict C. Nwomeh, M.D., M.P.H. - Columbus, Ohio
  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.
  David A. Spain, M.D. - Stanford, Calif.
  Jennifer F. Tseng, M.D. - Boston, Mass.
  Peter S. Yoo, M.D. - New Haven, Conn.

Executive Staff

• Jo Buyske, M.D. - President and Chief Executive Officer
  Bruce A. Perler, M.D. - Vice President
  John D. Mellinger, M.D. - Vice President
  Jessica A. Schreader - Chief Operating Officer
  Adanwimo "Ada" Okafor, Esq. - General Counsel and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
  Mark J. Hickey - Chief Information Officer
  Amit R. T. Joshi, M.D. - Editor-in-Chief, SCORE®
  Andrew Jones, Ph.D. - Director of Psychometrics and Research