Committee

The Grassroots Advocacy Engagement Workgroup enhances bidirectional communication between the American College of Surgeons leadership and fellows regarding important legislative and regulatory issues affecting surgical patients, surgeons and their practices, and society. The Workgroup specifically focuses on the grassroots process to advocate for key policies at the local level.

Questions regarding the Workgroup can be directed to Emily Kalata, Manager, Board of Governors, at ekalata@facs.org or 312.202.5360.

Chair

Board of Governors Grassroots Advocacy Engagement Workgroup

Kenneth Jones, MD FACS

Steven Li-Wen Chen, MD FACS

Alisha Dawn Reiss, MD FACS

Benjamin Isaac Schachner, MD

Nirav Patel, MD FACS

Stephen Austin Fann, MD FACS

Marion Henry, MD FACS

Stephen Bradley Baker, MD FACS

Amy Elizabeth Vertrees, MD FACS

Lawrence S. Lee, MD FACS

Catherine M. Straub, MD FACS

Joshua Broghammer, MD FACS

Robert Owens Carpenter, MD FACS

Soha Ghossaini, MD FACS

Robert Martin Olson, MD, FACS

Emily Kalata

Courtney Eubanks

Mark Peterson

Carrie Zlatos

Catherine Hendricks

John Jarrell

Cory Bloom

Jackson Folstein

Christian Shalgian

D'arcey Johnson