Board of Directors
The Board shall manage the Association’s affairs in its sole and absolute discretion. Without limiting the foregoing, the Board: (i) may invite Members and other individuals to participate in its discussions in an advisory capacity (but not vote) at any meeting; (ii) shall receive and approve the reports of all Divisions, Committees, and Taskforces (defined below) as requested by the Board; and (iii) will, prior to presentation at the business meeting, review and approve the report of the activities of the Divisions and Committees, as deemed necessary by the Board.
The Board shall consist of twelve (12) individuals, and will include: (i) the Association’s officers: President, President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, and Immediate Past-President (“Officer-Directors”); and (ii) seven (7) directors-at-large (“At-Large Directors”), comprising the six (6) Division Chairs (defined below), at least one (1) Mentor member. The Officer-Directors and At-Large Directors shall be collectively referred to herein as “Directors.” The number of Directors may be decreased to no fewer than three (3) or increased to any number from time to time by amendment of this section. No decrease shall have the effect of shortening the term of an incumbent Director.
In order to enhance the Board’s ability to manage the Association’s affairs, the Association’s operational activities that are not conducted by the standing committees shall be divided among divisions (“Divisions”). The Divisions are chaired by a Director-at-Large and shall include:
(A) Division of Education;
(B) Division of Member Services;
(C) Division of Patient Care and Resources;
(D) Division of Professional Development;
(E) Division of Publications; and
(F) Division of Research.
Committee Chairs included in the Board list are individuals chairing the various committees within the six divisions of EAST. Committee Chairs and Ad Hoc Task Force Chairs do not serve on the board nor do they vote.
Members
Mayur B. Patel, MD, MPH, FACS, President- Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN
- Term ends 01/15/2027
Paula Ferrada, MD, FACS, FCCM, MAMSE, FASGBI (Hon), President-Elect- Inova Health in Fairfax, VA
- Term ends 01/15/2027
Rachael A. Callcut, MD, MSPH, FACS, Treasurer- UC Davis in Sacramento, CA
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Jamie J. Coleman, MD, FACS, Secretary- University of Louisville in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2027
Nicole Fox, MD, MPH, FACS, CPE, Immediate Past President- Cooper University Hospital in Camden, NJ
- Term ends 01/15/2027
Marie L. Crandall, MD, MPH, FACS, Director-at-Large- in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Kyle W. Cunningham, MD, MPH, FACS, Director-at-Large/Division of Patient Care and Resources- Atrium Health - Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC
- Term ends 01/13/2029
Hee Soo Jung, MD, FACS, Director-at-Large/Division of Education- University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI
- Term ends 01/13/2029
Lucy Z. Kornblith, MD, FACS, Director-at-Large/Division of Research- UCSF - San Francisco General Hospital in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Niels D. Martin, MD, FACS, Director-at-Large/Division of Publications- University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA
- Term ends 01/13/2029
Jeffry Nahmias, MD, MHPE, FACS, FCCM, Director-at-Large/Division of Professional Development- University of California, Irvine in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2027
Libby Schroeder, MD, FACS, Director-at-Large/Division of Member Services- Medical College of Wisconsin in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Avi Bhavaraju, MD, Committee Chair- Axiom Trauma Specialists in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2027
Melissa M. Boltz, DO, MBA, FACS, Committee Chair- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA
- Term ends 01/15/2027
Jessica Burgess, MD, FACS, Committee Chair- Eastern Virginia Medical School in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2027
James P. Byrne, MD, PhD, Committee Chair- Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, BC
- Term ends 01/13/2029
Christina Colosimo, DO, MS, Committee Chair- Loma Linda University Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/14/2028
Joshua C. Dilday, DO, Committee Chair- Medical College of Wisconsin in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Linda Dultz, MD, MPH, FACS, Committee Vice Chair- UTSW Parkland Hospital in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2027
Jennifer J. Freeman, MD, MPH, FACS, Committee Vice Chair- TCU Burnett School of Medicine in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2027
Mira H Ghneim, MD, MPH, Committee Chair- R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2027
Michael Goodman, MD, FACS, Committee Chair- University of Cincinnati Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Vanessa P. Ho, MD, MPH, PhD, FACS, Committee Chair- MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, OH
- Term ends 01/15/2027
Christopher Horn, MD, Committee Chair- University of Cincinnati in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Stephanie Joyce, MD, Committee Chair- Yale School of Medicine in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2029
Lisa M. Kodadek, MD, FACS, Committee Chair- Yale New Haven Health/Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT
- Term ends 01/15/2027
Jeremy H. Levin, MD, Committee Chair- Medical College of Wisconsin/Froedtert Hospital in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2029
Monty R. Littlejohn, MD, FACS, Committee Chair- Geisinger in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2027
Mike M. Mallah, MD, Committee Chair- Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC
- Term ends 01/15/2027
Jonathan P. Meizoso, MD, MSPH, Committee Vice Chair- Ryder Trauma Center / University of Miami in Miami, FL
- Term ends 01/14/2028
Alexis M. Moren, MD, MPH, FACS, Committee Chair- Salem Health in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2027
Patrick B. Murphy, MD, MPH, MSc, Committee Vice Chair- Medical College of Wisconsin in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Carlos H. Palacio, MD, FACS, Committee Vice Chair- McAllen Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2027
Keelin F. Roche, MD, MPH, FACS, Committee Chair- East Tennessee State University in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Samuel Wade Ross, MD, MPH, Committee Chair- Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/14/2028
Alexander C. Schwed, MD, FACS, Committee Chair- Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, CA
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Taryn Elise Travis, MD, FACS, Committee Chair- MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC
- Term ends 01/14/2028
Carrie Valdez, MD, FACS, Committee Chair- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, OH
- Term ends 01/15/2027