Emergency General Surgery Committee
The EAST Emergency General Surgery Committee seeks to facilitate and improve the exchange of knowledge for urgent and emergent general surgery; encourage research endeavors into the care of patients with urgent and emergent general surgical conditions, and support EAST members interested in the surgical care of acute disease.
The Emergency General Surgery Committee is responsible for developing educational sessions and/or opportunities to be presented at the Annual Scientific Assembly that focus on advancing acute care surgery as a career path for young surgeons. The committee develops online content and collaborates with related organizations to inform and promote emergency general surgery as a critical piece in the training of acute care surgeons. This committee will work to better define the needs of the EAST members as they relate to the development of acute care surgery as a fellowship and future career path.
Committee members are appointed by the President with approval by the Board of Directors. Committee member terms are three years. All terms begin in January and conclude in January in the year specified in "term ends".
Members
Michael W. Cripps, MD, FACS, Chair- University of Colorado in Aurora, CO
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Matthew Abourezk, MD, Committee Member- University of Florida Shands Hospital in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Ahmad Abutaka, MBBS, FEBS (EmSurg), Committee Member- University of Minnesota in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Erika M. Allen, MD, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- Milad Behbahaninia, MD, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- Sheree A. Bray, MD, Committee Member
- East Tennessee State University in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Dale F Butler, MD, MBA, FACS, Committee Member- UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Jerome A. Byam, MD, FACS , Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Amanda Carlson, MD, Committee Member
- Legacy Emanuel in Portland, OR
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Bryan W. Carr, MD, Committee Member
- Indiana University in Indianapolis, IN
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Adrian A. Coleoglou Centeno, MD, Committee Member- University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- Patrick Craft, DO, Committee Member
- Washington University/Barnes Jewish Hospital in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Jon Dorfman, MD, Committee Member
- UMassMemorial in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- Avafia Dossa, MD, MS, FACS, Committee Member
- Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- Kelsey Ensor, MD, Committee Member
- Kings County Hospital in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- Chad Hall, MD, Committee Member
- Baylor Scott & White in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Kevin N. Harrell, MD, Committee Member- Tulane University in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- Hannah V Hayes, MD, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Adam S. Hensley, MD, Committee Member
- Texas Acute Care Surgery in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Erin C. Howell, MD, Committee Member
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Aaron M. Hudnall, DO, Committee Member
- East Carolina University in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Jocelyn Hunter, MD, Committee Member- University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, KS
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Kyle Leneweaver, DO, Committee Member
- Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Erica Loomis, MD, Committee Member- Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Erika S Mabes, DO, Committee Member
- Medical College of Georgia / Augusta University in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Matthew J. Martin, MD, FACS, FASMBS, Committee Member- Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- Michael Martyak, MD, Committee Member
- Eastern Virginia Medical School in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- Hannah Nemec, MD, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Amanda Palmer, MD, Committee Member
- West Virginia University in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Samuel J. Pera, MD, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- Kelly Poirier, DO, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- Aleksandr Rakhlin, MD, Committee Member
- Highland Surgical Associates in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- David Ritz, DO, Committee Member
- Westchester Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Alexandra B. Roginsky, MD, FACS , Committee Member
- Johns Hokins University School of Medicine in Bethesda, MD
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Aaron Seitz, MD, Committee Member
- University of Cincinnati in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Catherine Sharoky, MD, MSCE, Committee Member
- University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Bradley Sherman, DO, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- Lauren Steward, MD, Committee Member
- University of Colorado Denver in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Jennifer To, DO, Committee Member
- St Luke's University Health Network in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Diana Fan, BS, Ex Officio
- St. Louis University in St. Louis, MO
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Jennifer L. Hartwell, MD, FACS, Ex Officio- University of Kansas in Kansas City, KS
- Term ends 01/17/2026