• Congratulations to the 2022-2023 SAAS Visiting Professors!
  • Lily Cheng, MD is the recipient of the 2022 SAAS Junior Faculty Award!
  • Vivek Pamulapati, MD is the recipient of the 2022 Esther Tsai Sugg Award for the highest scoring SAAS abstract to the Academic Surgical Congress!
  • Romeo Ignacio MD, Chee-Chee Stucky MD, and Hop Tran Cao MD are the recipients of the 2022 SAAS – SUS Mid Career Award!
  • Calvin Chao, MD, is the recipient of the 2022 SAAS Resident/Fellow Development Scholarship!
  • Jaewon Lee is the winner of the 2022 SAAS Annual Meeting Travel Award!
  • Romeo Ignacio, MD is the recipient of the SAAS – SUS Leadership Agility Program Scholarship!

Board of Directors

Foundation President

Herb Chen, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Secretary

Daniel Chu, MD, MSPH
2021 – 2025
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Treasurer

Tejal Brahmbhatt, MD
2019 – 2024
Boston University Medical Center
Boston, MA

At-Large Directors

At Large Director

Suresh Agarwal, MD
2020 – 2025
Duke University
Durham, NC

At Large Director

Shimul Shah, MD
2020 – 2025
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH

At Large Director

Karl Bilimoria, MD
2021 – 2026
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

At Large Director

Mary Killackey, MD
2021 – 2026
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA

At Large Director

Sandra Wong, MD
2021 – 2026
Dartmouth University
Hanover, NH

At Large Director

Connie Shao, MD
2021 – 2026
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Past Presidents

Past-President

Allan Tsung, MD
2021 – 2022
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Past-President

Tracy S. Wang, MD, MPH
2019 – 2020
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Past-President

Jennifer Tseng, MD, MPH
2018 – 2019
Boston University
Boston, MA

Past-President

Nipun Merchant, MD
2017-2018
University of Miami
Miami, FL

Past-President

Paul Kuo, MD
2016 – 2017
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

Past-President

Kenric Murayama, MD
2015 – 2016
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI