ACS 2024 Health Policy Scholars Are Announced

Fifteen surgeons have been named Health Policy Scholars and will attend the June Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management presented by The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Each scholarship includes participation in the weeklong intensive course, followed by a year’s service in a health policy-related capacity for the ACS and the surgical specialty society that is cosponsoring the awardee.

This year’s scholars are:

Jeremy Cannon, MD, SM, FACS, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA (American Surgical Association Health Policy Scholar)
Vikas Dudeja, MB, BS, FACS, The University of Alabama at Birmingham (Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Health Policy Scholar)
Annabelle Fonseca, MD, MHS, FACS, The University of Alabama at Birmingham (The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Health Policy Scholar)
Donald Thomas Hess Jr., MD, FACS, Boston Medical Center in Massachusetts (New England Surgical Society Health Policy Scholar)
Ashley Hilton, MD, University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora (American Urogynecologic Society Health Policy Scholar)
Lisa Marie Knowlton, MD, MPH, FACS, FRCSC, Stanford Medicine in California (Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Health Policy Scholar)
Panagiotis Kougias, MD, MSc, FACS, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, NY (Society for Vascular Surgery Health Policy Scholar)
Krupa Patel, MD, MSc, FACS, FRCSC, Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL (American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Health Policy Scholar)

Bharat Ranganath, MD, FACS, George Washington University in Washington, DC (American Society of Plastic Surgeons Health Policy Scholar)
Chethan Sathya, MD, FACS, Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, NY (American Pediatric Surgical Association Health Policy Scholar)
John Scott, MD, MPH, FACS, Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA (The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Health Policy Scholar)
Marc Sher, MD, FACS, FASCRS, Progressive Surgical Care in New Hyde Park, NY (American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Health Policy Scholar)
Udai Sibia, MD, Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, CA (ACS Health Policy Scholar for General Surgery)
Mediget Teshome, MD, MPH, FACS, University of California, Los Angeles (The American Society of Breast Surgeons Health Policy Scholar)
Theresa Williamson, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston (American Association of Neurological Surgeons Health Policy Scholar)