Faculty
Course Chairs
Laura J. Moore, MD, FACS, Course Chair and Module Chair; Perioperative Care Module and Trauma, Critical Care, and Vascular Module
Professor and Chief of Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School; Medical Director, Shock Trauma ICU, Red Duke Trauma Institute, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX
Andrew Kastenmeier, MD, FACS, Course Co-Chair and Module Chair; Alimentary Module
Associate Professor, Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Alexandra Istl, MD, FACS, Module Chair; GI Oncology Module and Breast, Skin, Soft Tissue and Endocrine Module
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
David E. Meyer, MD, FACS, Module Chair; Trauma, Critical Care, and Vascular Module
Associate Professor of Surgery, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, Houston, TX
Tamara E. Saunders, MD, FACS, Module Chair; Breast, Skin and Soft Tissue Module
Associate Professor of Surgery, UTHealth McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
Course Faculty
Mohammad Al Efishat, MD, FSSO
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, Surgical Oncologist and Hepatobiliary Surgeon, Louisiana State University, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Megan L. Brenner, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Callisia N. Clarke, MD, FACS
Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology, Associate Professor of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Kyle G. Cologne, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery, Colorectal Residency Program Director, Keck School of Medicine – University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Bryan A. Cotton, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX
Jennifer S. Davids, MD, FACS
Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
Sophie Dream, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgical Oncology and Program Director of Comprehensive Endocrine Surgery Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Casey B. Duncan, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology, UT Health Sciences Center at Houston, Houston, TX
Bridget N. Fahy, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Palliative Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Matthew I. Goldblatt, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Director of the Condon Hernia Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Ryan Hall, MD, FACS
Associate Professor Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
Matthew Harting, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Medical Director of Pediatric Extracorporeal Life Support, University of Texas McGovern Medical School Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX
John A. Harvin, MD, FACS
Associate Professor Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
Daniel N. Holena, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery and Research Director, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Christina Jacovides, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Ryan Juza, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI
Kyle J. Kalkwarf, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
David H. Kim, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Division of Acute Care Surgery, Houston, TX
Tammy Kindel, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Bariatric Surgery Program, Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Jordan Kirsch, DO
Assistant Professor and Vice Chair for Quality, Department of Surgery, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
Kimberly Kopecky, MD, MSCI
Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Anai Kothari, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Lindsay Kranker, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Kelly J. Lafaro, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Oncology, Fellowship Director of Complex General Surgical Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Sean Langenfeld, MD
Jon S. Thompson Professor of Surgery, Division Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Vice Chair for Quality and Compliance, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Meghan R. Lewis, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Acute Care Surgery, Surgical ICU Director, Los Angeles General Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Paul L. Linsky, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery, Program Director of Independent Thoracic Surgery Fellowship, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Kirk Ludwig, MD, FACS
The Vernon O. Underwood Professor, Professor of Surgery, Division Chief of Colorectal Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Kristin M. Lupinacci, DO, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Allison N. Martin, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Rachel S. Morris, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Eric M. Pauli, MD, FACS
David L. Nahrwold Professor of Surgery, Division Chief of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Michelle Shen, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor, General Surgery, University of Texas Health Sciences Center Houston, Houston, TX
Carmen C. Solorzano, MD, FACS
John L. Sawyers Chair in Surgical Sciences, Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, Department of Surgery; Director, Endocrine Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Melissa Stewart, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Co-Director, Lyndon B. Johnson SICU, Assistant Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX
Jonah Stulberg, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery, Vice Chair of Research, University of Texas Health Sciences Center Houston, Houston, TX
Ezra N. Teitelbaum, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Rhea Udyavar, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Endocrine Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Dia Waguespack, MD, FASN
Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Division Director, Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Program Director, Nephrology Fellowship, McGovern Medical School – UTHealth Houston, Houston, TX
Keisin Wang MD, RPVI
Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of Texas Health Sciences Center Houston and McGovern School of Medicine, Houston, TX
Catherine M. Wittgen, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
Staff Consultants
Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FSACME, MAMSE
Director, ACS Division of Education, Chicago, IL
Patrice Gabler Blair, DrPH, MPH
Associate Director, ACS Division of Education, Chicago, IL
