Officers and Committees
President
David Kwon, MD, FACS
President-Elect & Program Committee Chair
Loay Kabbani, MD, FACS
Secretary
Elango Edhayan, MD, FACS
Treasurer
Erin E. Perrone, MD, FACS
Immediate Past President
Kellie M. McFarlin, MD, FACS
Councilors
Thomas Joseph Thornton, MD, FACS
Rupen Ashok Kumar Shah, MD, FACS
Saad Shebrain, MD, MMM, FACS
Dana Alexa Telem, MD, MPH, FACS
Nicolas Jano Mouawad, MD, FACS
Nabeel Obeid, MD, FACS
Governors:
Kurt W. Kralovich, MD, FACS
Craig Reickert, MD, FACS
Wayne VanderKolk, MD, FACS
Vijay Mittal, MD, FACS
Alternate Governors:
M. Ashraf Mansour, MD, FACS
Speciality Society Governor – American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS)
William Michael Kuzon Jr., MD PhD FACS
Speciality Society Governor – American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons (AAGUS)
David A. Bloom, MD FACS
MSMS Delegate
Thomas Thornton, MD, FACS
MSMS Alternate
Surya Nalamati, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Communications Chair
Jennifer Cirino, MD, FACS
Communications Residents Co-Chair
Mohamed-Omar Samir Arafeh MD
Communications Residents Co-Chair
Raed Alnajjar, MD, FACS
Young Fellows Association Rep
Miguel Tobon, MD
Arul Thirumoorthi, MD, FACS
COT Chair
Thomas J. Rohs, MD, FACS
CoC State Chair
David Kwon, MD, FACS
Advocacy Co-Chair
Brooke Buckely, MD, FACS
Advocacy Co- Chair & MSMS Delegate
Thomas Thornton, MD, FACS
Resident & Associate Society (RAS) Resident
Shelley Gabel, MD
Resident & Associate Society (RAS) Associate Fellow
Ilya Rakitin, MD
Membership Committee Chair
Heather Dolman, MD, FACS
Audit Committee Chair
Ronald B. Hirschl, MD, FACS
Nominating Committee Chair
Kellie M. McFarlin, MD, FACS
Bylaws Committee Chair
Amalia Stefanou, MD, FACS
Women in Surgery Chair
Samantha Tarras, MD, FACS
Women in Surgery Co-Chair
Murwarid Mura Assifi, MD, FACS