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
Jamie J. Coleman, MD, FACS, Chair- Denver Health in Denver, CO
- Term ends 01/15/2022
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
Thomas K. Duncan, DO, FACS, Committee Member- Ventura County Medical Center in Ventura, CA
- Term ends 01/16/2021
- Marcie Feinman, MD, MEHP, FACS, Committee Member
- Sinai Hospital of Baltimore in Baltimore, MD
- Term ends 01/14/2023
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
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
- in ,
- Term ends 01/18/2023
Asanthi Ratnasekera, DO, FACOS, Committee Member- Crozer in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2021
- Robyn Richmond, MD, Committee Member
- Texas Tech University in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2021
Susan E. Rowell, MD, MCR, Committee Member- Duke University in Durham, NC
- Term ends 01/15/2022
Hahn Soe-Lin, MD, MS, Committee Member- St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2022
Brett M. Tracy, MD, Committee Member- Emory University School of Medicine in ,
- Term ends 01/14/2023
Andrea B Wolffing, MD, 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
Alison M. Wilson, MD, FACS, Ex Officio- West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV
- Term ends 01/16/2021
