Past YFA Leaders

The Committee to Study Relationships with Young Surgeons was established with ad hoc status in 1969. In a letter dated June 12, 1973, Dr. Hanlon communicated to Dr. Eric W. Fonkalsrud, Chair of the ad hoc Committee, that the Committee’s ad hoc status had been changed to "'standing’ at [the] recent Regents’ meeting.” The Committee’s name was changed twice subsequently: once in 1980, to Committee on Young Surgeons, and again in 2009, to Young Fellows Association.

Committee to Study Relationships with Young Surgeons

William R. Drucker, 1969—1971
Eric W. Fonkalsrud, 1971—1975
Stephen L. Wangensteen, 1975—1979
Stanley R. Mandel, 1979—1981

Committee on Young Surgeons

Edward M. Copeland, III, 1982—1983
Kenneth B. Cummings, 1983—1984
Robert A. Schindler, 1984—1985
Kirby I. Bland, 1985—1987
David J. Smith, Jr., 1987—1990
Mark A. Malagoni, 1990—1991
Stephen J. Haines, 1991—1993
Martha D. McDaniel, 1993—1995
Charles W. Sorenson, 1995—1996
Charles E. Littlejohn, 1996—1997
Rene Lafreniere, 1997—1998
Gary M. Ferguson, 1998—1999
Gayle Minard, 1999—2000
Charles C. Canver, 2000—2001
William Cirocco, 2001—2003
Gary Timmerman, 2003—2004
Chad A. Rubin, 2004—2005
Terry L. Buchmiller, 2005—2007
Perry Shen, 2007—2009

Young Fellows Association

Mark T. Savarise, 2009—2011
Laurel C. Soot, 2011—2013
S. Robert Todd, 2013—2014
Michael Sutherland, 2014—2015
Jacob Moalem, 2015—2016
Joshua Broghammer, 2016—2017
Adnan Alseidi, 2017—2018
Robert Winfield, 2018—2019
Paula Ferrada, 2019—2020
Josh Mammen, 2020—2021
Amalia Stefanou, 2021—2022
Cindy Talley, 2022—2023
Christopher DuCoin, 2023—2024