Mentoring Committee
The purpose of the EAST Mentoring Committee and its program offerings align with the overall mission of EAST by “…providing leadership and development for young surgeons active in the care of the injured patient…”. Through established members mentoring and coaching students, residents, junior faculty and mid-career trauma professionals, the EAST Mentoring Committee is dedicated to cultivating programs and resources aiding in the advancement of one's professional and personal development. The express purpose of these programs and resources is to help members achieve their academic, research, and clinical goals to become leaders in trauma and acute care surgery.
Committee members are appointed by the President with approval by the Board of Directors. Committee member terms are three years. All terms begin in January and conclude in January in the year specificed in "term ends".
Members
Molly Flannagan, MD, Chair
- University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA
- Term ends 01/13/2024
Richard Betzold, MD, Committee Member
- R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, MD
- Term ends 01/15/2022
J. Bracken Burns, Jr., MS, DO, Committee Member
- Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, TN
- Term ends 01/15/2022
Saskya E. Byerly, MD, Committee Member
- University of Tennessee in ,
- Term ends 01/14/2023
Marcie Feinman, MD, MEHP, FACS, Committee Member
- Sinai Hospital of Baltimore in Baltimore, MD
- Term ends 01/14/2023
Mari Freedberg, MD, Committee Member
- Saint Joseph Hospital in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2024
Shea C. Gregg, MD, Committee Member
- Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport, CT
- Term ends 01/14/2023
Chrissy Guidry, DO, Committee Member
- Tulane University in New Orleans, LA
- Term ends 01/15/2022
Tatiana Hoyos Gomez, MD, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2024
Vijay Jayaraman, MD, FACS, Committee Member
- Saint Francis Medical Center in Hartford, CT
- Term ends 01/15/2022
Deepika Koganti, MD, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/14/2023
Matthew W. LaPorta, DO, Committee Member
- Premier Trauma & Surgical Specialists in ,
- Term ends 01/14/2023
Amanda Palmer, MD, Committee Member
- West Virginia University in ,
- Term ends 01/18/2023
Katherine Pellizzeri, MD, Committee Member
- PRISMA Health System in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2024
Robyn Richmond, MD, Committee Member
- Texas Tech University in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2022
Susan E. Rowell, MD, MCR, Committee Member
- University of Chicago in Chciago, IL
- Term ends 01/15/2022
Joseph V. Sakran, MD, MPH, MPA, FACS, Committee Member
- Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD
- Term ends 01/13/2024
Fariha Sheikh, MD, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2024
Hahn Soe-Lin, MD, MS, Committee Member
- St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2022
Jennifer To, DO, Committee Member
- St Luke's University Health Network in ,
- Term ends 01/13/2024
Brett M. Tracy, MD, Committee Member
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/14/2023
Andrea B Wolffing, MD, FACS, Committee Member
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH
- Term ends 01/15/2022
Tessa Woods, DO, Committee Member
- Cox South in Springfield, MO
- Term ends 01/15/2022
Jamie J. Coleman, MD, FACS, Ex Officio
- Denver Health in Denver, CO
- Term ends 01/13/2024