• Congratulations to the 2023-2024 SAAS Visiting Professors!
  •  Syed Nabeel Zafar, MD is the recipient of the 2023 SAAS Junior Faculty Award!
  • Taylor Lee, BS is the recipient of the 2023 Esther Tsai Sugg Award for the highest scoring SAAS abstract to the Academic Surgical Congress!
  • Jiping Wang, MD, PhD is the recipient of the 2023 SAAS – SUS Mid Career Award!
  • Calvin Chao, MD, is the recipient of the 2022 SAAS Resident/Fellow Development Scholarship!
  • Jeremy Chang, MD is the winner of the 2023 SAAS Annual Meeting Travel Award!
  • Russell Woo, MD is the recipient of the 2023 SAAS – SUS Leadership Agility Program Scholarship!

Board of Directors

Foundation President

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

Allan Tsung, MD

Foundation Secretary

Allan Tsung, MD
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

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

Jessica Liu McMullin

At Large Director

Jessica Liu McMullin, MD
2023 – 2028
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

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