Officers, Directors and Staff | American Board of Surgery

Officers, Directors & Executive Staff

The directors 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 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.
For a list of past chairs and vice chairs, refer to the ABS Booklet of Information.

2017-2018 Officers

Mary E. Klingensmith, M.D. - Chair (bio)
Spence M. Taylor, M.D. - Vice Chair
Jo Buyske, M.D. - Secretary-Treasurer

2017-2018 Directors

Fizan Abdullah, M.D. - Chicago, Ill. (AAS)
Marwan S. Abouljoud, M.D. - Detroit, Mich. (ASTS)
Reid B. Adams, M.D. - Charlottesville, Va. (SESC)
Roxie M. Albrecht, M.D. - Oklahoma City, Okla. (SWSC)
Mark S. Allen, M.D. - Rochester, Minn. (ABTS)
Marjorie J. Arca, M.D. - Milwaukee, Wis. (APSA)
Kenneth S. Azarow, M.D. - Portland, Ore. (APSTPD)
Russell S. Berman, M.D. - New York, N.Y. (SSO)
Karen J. Brasel, M.D. - Portland, Ore. (ASA)
Jo Buyske, M.D. - Philadelphia, Pa. (ex officio)
William C. Chapman, M.D. - St. Louis, Mo. (ASA)
Dai H. Chung, M.D. - Nashville, Tenn. (SUS)
Martin A. Croce, M.D. - Memphis, Tenn. (AAST)
Dev M. Desai, M.D. - Dallas, Texas (SUS)
Robert D. Fanelli, M.D. - Sayre, Pa. (at large)
David R. Farley, M.D. - Rochester, Minn. (WSA)
Vivian Gahtan, M.D. - Syracuse, N.Y. (SVS)
Mary T. Hawn, M.D. - Stanford, Calif. (ASA)
O. Joe Hines, M.D. - Los Angeles, Calif. (SSAT)
Tyler G. Hughes, M.D. - McPherson, Kan. (at large)
Kenji Inaba, M.D. - Los Angeles, Calif. (PCSA)
K. Craig Kent, M.D. - Columbus, Ohio (ASA)
Mary E. Klingensmith, M.D. - St. Louis, Mo. (ACS)
Mark A. Malangoni, M.D. - Philadelphia, Pa. (ex officio)
M. Ashraf Mansour, M.B.B.S. - Grand Rapids, Mich. (APDVS)
Christopher R. McHenry, M.D. - Cleveland, Ohio (CSA)
John D. Mellinger, M.D. - Springfield, Ill. (APDS)
M. Timothy Nelson, M.D. - Albuquerque, N.M. (ACS)
David T. Netscher, M.B.B.S. - Houston, Texas (ABPS)
Bruce A. Perler, M.D. - Baltimore, Md. (ex officio)
Nancy D. Perrier, M.D. - Houston, Texas (ACS)
Anne G. Rizzo, M.D. - Falls Church, Va. (at large)
George A. Sarosi, M.D. - Gainesville, Fla. (AMA)
Margo C. Shoup, M.D. - Warrenville, Ill. (ACS)
David A. Spain, M.D. - Stanford, Calif. (SCCPDS)
Lee L. Swanstrom, M.D. - Portland, Ore. (SAGES)
Spence M. Taylor, M.D. - Greenville, S.C. (SSA)
Mark L. Welton, M.D. - Minneapolis, Minn. (ABCRS)
James F. Whiting, M.D. - Portland, Maine (NESS)

Executive Staff

Jo Buyske, M.D. - Executive Director (bio)
Mark A. Malangoni, M.D. - Associate Executive Director (bio)
Bruce A. Perler, M.D. - Associate Executive Director for Vascular Surgery (bio)
Gabriel L. I. Bevilacqua, Esq. - General Counsel
Jessica A. Schreader - Chief Operating Officer
Andrew Jones, Ph.D. - Director of Psychometrics
James F. Fiore - Director of Information Technology
Christine D. Shiffer - Director of Communications and Public Affairs