Officers & Committees

Executive Council

Alik Farber, MD

President

Alik Farber, MD
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA

President-Elect

Cassius Chaar, MD
Yale Medical Group
New Haven, CT

Vice President

Kwame Amankwah, MD
UCONN Health Center
Farmington, CT

David Stone, MD

Secretary

David Stone, MD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH

Mark Wyers

Treasurer

Mark Wyers, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

Recorder

Carla Moreira, MD
Brown University
Providence, RI

Jessica Simons, MD, MPH

Immediate Past President

Jessica Simons, MD, MPH
UMASS Memorial Medical Center
Worcester, MA

Robert A. Cambria, MD

Past President

Robert A. Cambria, MD
Eastern Maine Medical Center
Bangor, MA

Sean P. Roddy, MD

Past President

Sean P. Roddy, MD
Albany Medical College
Albany, NY

Douglas Jones, MD

Councilor-at-Large

Douglas Jones, MD
UMASS Medical Center
Worcester, MA

Dejah Judelson, MD

Councilor-at-Large

Dejah Judelson, MD
UMASS Chan Medical School
Worcester, MA

Councilor-at-Large

Christina Marcaccio, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

Committees

Program Committee

  • Douglas Jones, MD, Chair
  • Courtney Warner, MD
  • Lars Stangenberg, MD
  • Bjoern Suckow, MD
  • Jeffrey Siracuse
  • David Stone, MD, Ex-Officio
  • Carla Moreira, MD, Ex-Officio

Postgraduate Course Committee

  • Dan Bertges, MD, Chair
  • Elizabeth King, MD, Vice Chair
  • David Stone, MD
  • Dejah Judelson, MD
  • Christina Marcaccio, MD

Allied Health Committee

  • Colin Flynn, PA-C, MD
  • Ashley Volles, MD
  • Ryan Piotrowski, MD
  • Amy Wisnewski, MD
  • Jennifer Gonzalez
  • Katherine MacCallum, Ex-officio

Awards Committee

  • Alik Farber, Chair
  • Jessica Simons, MD
  • Robert Cambria, MD
  • Carla Moreira, MD
  • David Stone, MD
  • Douglas Jones, MD

Development Committee

  • Palma Shaw, Chair
  • Britt Tonnessen, MD
  • Mark Wyers, MD
  • Alik Farber, MD
  • Cassius Chaar, MD
  • David Stone, MD

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Task Force

  • David Strosberg, MD, Chair
  • Kris Boelitz, MD
  • Emily Fan, MD
  • Katie Shean, MD

Issues Committee

  • Peter Beaulieu, MD, Chair
  • Kathleen Raman, MD
  • Mark Conrad, MD
  • David Stone, MD, Ex-Officio

Medical Student & General Surgery Resident Outreach Committee

  • Jesse Columbo, MD, Co-chair
  • Edward Gifford, MD, Co-chair
  • Christina Marcaccio, MD
  • Michael Parker, MD
  • Stephanie Talutis, MD
  • Katie Shean, MD
  • Kimberly Malka, MD

Membership Committee

  • Kristina Giles, MD, Chair
  • Jennifer Stableford, MD
  • Nikolaos Zacharias, MD
  • Peter Soden, MD
  • Parth Shah, MD
  • Emmanuel Nwachuku, MD

Student/Resident Initiative

  • Kwame Amankwah, MD, Chair
  • Douglas Jones, MD
  • Dejah Judelson, MD
  • Christina Marcaccio, MD

Representatives

  • Liaison Delegate to SVS: David Stone, MD
  • Medicare Contractor Advisory Committee: Matthew Kronick, MD