Who We Are

General Surgery
Surgical Oncology
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Vascular Surgery
Surgical Critical Care

Pediatric Surgery

Leadership Team

Mary E. Klingensmith, MD, FACS
Editor-in-Chief, SCORE
Chair, SCORE Advisory Council
Mary Culver Distinguished Professor of Surgery
Vice Chair for Education
Washington University in Saint Louis
St. Louis, MO

Amit R.T. Joshi, MD, FACS
Associate Editor, SCORE
Program Director & Vice Chair
Einstein Healthcare Network
Associate Professor of Surgery
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, PA

A. Alfred Chahine, MD, FACS
Assistant Editor, SCORE
Children’s National Health System
Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
The George Washington University School of Medicine
Former Program Director, General Surgery Residency
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC

Mark J. Hickey
Chief Operating Officer, SCORE

Kerry B. Barrett
Content Management Specialist, SCORE

Madison A. Bradley
Content Management Assistant, SCORE

General Surgery Editorial Board

Kwame S. Amankwah, MD, MSc, FACS, FSVS
Chief, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Professor of Surgery and Vascular Medicine
Department of Surgery and the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center
Associate Program Director of the Vascular Fellowship Program
University of Connecticut (UCONN)
Farmington, CT

Alisa M. Cross, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Trauma, Critical Care, Emergency General Surgery
University of Oklahoma Medical Center
Oklahoma City, OK

Joseph M. Galante, MD, FACS
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Vice Chair for Education
Division Chief, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Trauma Medical Director
UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA

Lee Grimm, Jr., MD, FACS, FASCRS
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Colon & Rectal Cancer Program Leader
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL

James R. Korndorffer Jr., MD, MHPE, FACS
Vice Chair of Education
Department of Surgery
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Douglas S. Smink, MD, MPH, FACS
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Associate Chair of Education
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Jennifer Tseng, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Associate Program Director, Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship
UChicago Medicine and Biological Sciences
Chicago, IL

Vascular Surgery Editorial Board

Christopher J. Abularrage, MD, DFSVS, FACS
Editorial Board Leader
The Bertram M. Bernheim Associate Professor of Surgery
Fellowship Program Director
Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD 

Caitlin W. Hicks, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director of Research, Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot & Wound Service
Associate Fellowship Program Director
Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

Jeffrey Jim, MD, MPHS, FACS
Chair, Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
MHI, Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Minneapolis, MN

Raghu L. Motaganahalli, MD, FRCS, DFSVS, FACS
Division Chief of Vascular Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery 
Program Director, Vascular Surgery 
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN

John E. Rectenwald, MD, MS
Professor of Surgery
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Residency and Fellowship
Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, WI

Michael D. Sgroi, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Stanford Medical School
Associate Program Director
Vascular Fellowship & Integrated Vascular Residency
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Matthew R. Smeds, MD, FACS
Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Training Programs
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO

Surgical Oncology Editorial Board

Keith A. Delman, MD, FACS
Editorial Board Leader
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Emory University-Winship Cancer Institute
Atlanta, GA

Eddie K. Abdalla, MD, FACS
Professor and Founding Chairman of Surgery 
LAU Medical Director Liver Pancreas Program
Northside Hospital Cancer Institute
Atlanta, GA

Farin Amersi, MD
Director, Surgical Residency Program
Co-Director, Surgical Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor, Surgery
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

Glen C. Balch, MD, MBA, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Colorectal Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Winship Cancer Institute
Atlanta, GA

Sarah Blair, MD
Vice Chair of Academic Affairs Dept of Surgery
Professor of Surgery
University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA

Amanda Cooper, MD
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Trauma, Acute Care, and Critical Care Surgery
Milton S. Hershey Penn State Medical Center
Hershey, PA

Jill R. Dietz, MD
Director, Breast Center Operations
Surgical Oncology
Associate Professor of Surgery
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center
Cleveland, OH

Bridget N. Fahy, MD, FACS
Associate Professor
Division of Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque, NM

George M. Fuhrman, MD
Vice Chair and Program Director
General Surgery Residency Program
Ochsner Medical Institution
Depart of Surgery
Jefferson, LA

Mary L. Gemignani, MD, MPH
Director, Breast Surgical Fellowship
Attending Surgeon, Breast Service, Department of Surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Rosa Hwang, MD, FACS
Department of Breast Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgical Oncology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Mohammed Kalan, MD, FACS, FRCS
Surgeon-in-Chief, Washington Institute of Surgery
Clinical Professor of Surgery
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Washington, DC

Joshua M.V. Mammen, MD, PhD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery and Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Division Chief for Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery
Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
University of Kansas
Kansas City, KS

Christopher R. McHenry, MD, FACS
Vice Chairman Department of Surgery
MetroHealth Medical Center
Professor of Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, OH

Sarah McLaughlin, MD, FACS
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Professor of Surgery
Section of Surgical Oncology
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL

John T. Mullen, MD
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Carolyn Nessim, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS
Surgical Oncologist, The Ottawa Hospital
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Ottawa
Clinician Investigator, Cancer Therapeutics Program, OHRI
Program Director Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program 
Ottawa, ON, Canada

Giao Q Phan, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology
Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center
Richmond, VA

Venu G. Pillarisetty, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, HPB Surgical Oncology
University of Washington School of Medicine
Medical Director, Continuous Performance Improvement
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Seattle, WA

Chandrajit P. Raut, MD, MSC
Division of Surgical Oncology, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Surgery Director, Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Program Director, Dana-Farber/Partners Cancer Care Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Boston, MA

Flavio G Rocha, MD
Staff Surgeon, Surgical Oncology and HPB Surgery
Director of Research, Digestive Disease Institute
Associate Medical Director, Cancer Institute
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Lawrence Andrew “Drew” Shirley, MD, MS, FACS
Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology
Program Director, Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH

Jeffrey J. Sussman, MD, FACS
Interim Chairman and Professor of Surgery
Director, Division of Education
Program Director, General Surgery
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, OH

Kiran K. Turaga, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Surgery
Vice Chief, Section of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology (Strategy and Finance)
Director, Surgical GI Cancer Program
Director, Regional Therapeutics Program
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Tracy S. Wang, MD, MPH, FACS
Professor, Department of Surgery
Vice-Chair of Strategic and Professional Development
Chief, Section of Endocrine Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI 

Linwah Yip, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Co-Chief of Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Surgical Critical Care Editorial Board

Marc de Moya, MD, FACS
Editorial Board Leader
Chief of Trauma/Acute Care Surgery
Lunda/Aprahamian Chair
Medical College of Wisconsin/Froedtert Trauma Center
Milwaukee, WI

Panna A. Codner, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery & Critical Care
Associate Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Mayur Narayan, MD, MPH, MBA, MHPE, FACS, FCCM, FICS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Surgical Director, Skills Acquisition & Innovation Lab
Weill Cornell Medicine
Division of Trauma, Burns, Critical and Acute Care
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, NY

Jasmeet S. Paul, MD, FACS
Associate Professor
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM

Pediatric Surgery Editorial Board

Sanjay Krishnaswami, MD, FACS, FAAP
Vice Chair, Surgical Quality & Operations
Doernbecher Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Program Director
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR

Marjorie J. Arca, MD
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Division Chief, Pediatric Surgery
University of Rochester Medical Center
Surgeon-in-Chief, Golisano Children's Hospital
Chair, Pediatric Surgery Board, ABS
Chair, Education and Training Committee, ABS
Rochester, NY

Robert Baird, MSc MDCM, FRCSC, FACS
Clinical Associate Professor
University of British Columbia
Program Director, Pediatric General Surgery
Surgical Trauma Director
BC Children’s Hospital
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Eunice Y. Huang, MD, MS
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Associate Division Chief
Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
Chief Research Biomedical Informatics Officer
Children’s Foundation Research Institute
Memphis, TN

Grace Z. Mak, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Medical Director of the Operating Room
Comer Children's Hospital
Program Director, Pediatric Surgery
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Chicago, IL

Benedict C. Nwomeh, MD, MPH
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Vice-Chair of Global Surgery
Director, Global Surgery Program
Department of Surgery
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Program Director, Pediatric Surgery
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, OH

Elizabeth Renaud, MD
Hasbro Children's Hospital
Rhode Island Hospital
The Miriam Hospital
Providence, RI

Rodrigo Romao, MD MSc
Associate Professor, Departments of Surgery and Urology
IWK Health Centre, Dalhousie University
Program Director, Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery Program
Dalhousie University
IWK Health Centre
Halifax, NS, Canada

Joel Shilyansky, MD
Professor, Surgery and Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Surgery
Robert and Hélène Soper Chair Pediatric Surgery
Surgeon-in-Chief, University of Iowa Children’s Hospital
Iowa City, IA

Janice Taylor, MD, MEd, FACS, FAAP
Associate Professor, Pediatric Surgery
Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Editorial Board

Martin B. Steed, DDS, FACS
Editorial Board Co-Leader
Chair, Committee on Education and Training, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS)
Full-time faculty, Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

David C. Stanton, DMD, MD, FACS
Editorial Board Co-Leader
Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA/em>

Deepak G. Krishnan, DDS, FACS
Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Doctor, University Surgical and Dental Associates
Cincinnati, OH

George M. Kushner, DMD, MD, FACS
Professor, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

Gregory M. Ness, DDS, FACS
Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ohio State University
Worthington, OH

Faisal A. Quereshy, DDS, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

Brent B. Ward, DDS, MD
Associate Professor, University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Ann Arbor, MI

Jennifer Elizabeth Woerner, DMD, MD
Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
Shreveport, LA

TWIS Editors

Paula M. Termuhlen, MD, FACS
Regional Campus Dean
Professor of Surgery
University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth Campus
Duluth, MN

James C. Hebert, MD, FACS
Albert G. Mackay, MD ’32 & H. Gordon Page MD ’45 Professor of Surgery
Executive Vice Chair for Academic Affairs
Department of Surgery
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Burlington, VT

Kwame S. Amankwah, MD, MSc, FACS, FSVS
Chief, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Professor of Surgery and Vascular Medicine
Department of Surgery and the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center
Associate Program Director of the Vascular Fellowship Program
University of Connecticut (UCONN)
Farmington, CT

Resident Advisory Group

Lubomyr Boris, DO
Franciscan Health
Olympia Fields, IL

Douglas Cassidy, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Maya El Ghouayel, MD
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Astrid A. Gleaton, MD
Maine Medical Center
Portland, ME

Paul K. McGaha II, MD
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, OK

Christina Theodorou, MD
UC Davis Medical Center
Davis, CA

Michael M. Vu, MD
Madigan Army Medical Center
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA

Nicole Yordan-Lopez, MD
Kendall Regional Medical Center
Miami, FL

Advisory Council

American Board of Surgery
Jo Buyske, MD, FACS

American College of Surgeons
Patrice Blair, MPH
David Hoyt, MD, FACS
Ajit Sachdeva, MD, FACS

American Surgical Association
Neil Hyman, MD, FACS
Rosemary Kozar, MD, FACS

Association for Surgical Education
Jeffrey Chipman, MD, FACS
Mark Hochberg, MD, FACS

Association of Program Directors in Surgery
Mohsen Shabahang, MD, FACS

Association of Residency Administrators in Surgery
Dorothy Dickinson

Review Committee for Surgery (ACGME)
David Han, MD, MS, FACS
Donna Lamb, DHSc
Jeffrey Matthews, MD, FACS

Resident and Associate Society of the American College of Surgeons
Kimberly Linden, MD

Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
Denise W. Gee, MD, FACS
Jacob A. Greenberg, MD, EdM, FACS