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.

2018-2019 Officers

Spence M. Taylor, M.D. - Chair
K. Craig Kent, M.D. - Vice Chair
Jo Buyske, M.D. - Secretary-Treasurer

2018-2019 Directors

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)
Douglas C. Barnhart, M.D. - Salt Lake City, U.T. (APSTPD)
Russell S. Berman, M.D. - New York, N.Y. (SSO)
Jo Buyske, M.D. - Philadelphia, Pa. (ex officio)
William C. Chapman, M.D. - St. Louis, Mo. (ASA)
Herbert Chen, M.D. - Birmingham, Ala. (CSA)
Dai H. Chung, M.D. - Nashville, Tenn. (SUS)
Daniel L. Dent, M.D. - San Antonio, T.X. (ACS)
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)
Amy J. Goldberg, M.D. - Philadelphia, Pa. (AAST)
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)
Anne C. Larkin, M.D. - Worcester, Mass. (NESS)
Joshua M.V. Mammen, M.D. - Kansas City, Kan. (AAS)
M. Ashraf Mansour, M.B.B.S. - Grand Rapids, Mich. (APDVS)
John D. Mellinger, M.D. - Springfield, Ill. (APDS)
Rebecca M. Minter, M.D. - Madison, Wis. (ASA)
M. Timothy Nelson, M.D. - Albuquerque, N.M. (ACS)
Michael W. Neumeister, M.D. - Springfield, Ill. (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)
David A. Spain, M.D. - Stanford, Calif. (SCCPDS)
John H. Stewart, IV, M.D., M.B.A. - Chicago, Ill. (ACS)
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)

Executive Staff

Jo Buyske, M.D. - Executive Director (bio)
Bruce A. Perler, M.D. - Associate Executive Director for Vascular Surgery (bio)
Abby L. Pozefsky, Esq. - General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer
Jessica A. Schreader - Chief Operating Officer
Andrew Jones, Ph.D. - Director of Psychometrics
James F. Fiore - Director of Information Technology