Global Surgery Committee
Early and mid-career surgeons are increasingly becoming interested in Global Surgical Engagement. Bidirectional global surgical engagement would improve education by exposing individuals to resource limitations, pathologies, geographies, and ideas not encountered nationally which will improve care of the injured patient. This will also benefit international communities by exposing them to EAST PMGs, literature reviews, and networks. The Global Surgery Committee is charged with providing education and leadership in this emerging area of acute care surgery.
This ad hoc task force was approved by the EAST Board of Directors on April 13, 2023. The initial term of ad hoc task force is May 1, 2023 - April 30, 2025 and can be extended with Board approval. The EAST Executive Committee approved the EAST Global Surgery Committee on November 20, 2024 - committee effective January 1, 2025.
Members
Mike M. Mallah, MD, Chair
- Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Yasmin Ali, MD MPH, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Alejandro Betancourt-Ramirez, MD,MBA, FACS, Committee Member
- St Vincent's Medical Center. Hartford HealthCare in Bridgeport, CT
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Christopher Dodgion, MD, MSPH, MBA, Committee Member
- Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Paula Ferrada, MD, FACS, FCCM, MAMSE, Committee Member
- Inova Health in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Alexandra C. Ferre, MD, Committee Member
- Denver Health in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Mari Freedberg, MD MS, Committee Member
- Intermountain Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Michael Goodman, MD, FACS, Committee Member
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
April A. Grant, MD, FACS, Committee Member
- Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, ID
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Shailvi Gupta, MD, MPH, Committee Member
- Uni of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Mohannad Hemdi, MD, Committee Member
- Umm Al-Qura University in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Joy D Hughes, MD, Committee Member
- SSMC & Khalifa University in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Katie Iverson, MD, MPH, Committee Member
- Medical College of Wisconsin in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Randeep S. Jawa, MD, Committee Member
- Stony Brook University School of Medicine in Stony Brook, NY
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Elizabeth Kim, MD, Committee Member
- Medical City McKinney in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Casey L. Kohler, MD, Committee Member
- MetroHealth Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Crystal Alice Kyaw, MD, Committee Member
- Rutgers University/Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Michelle D Lippincott, MD, Committee Member
- University of California San Diego in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Hassan Mashbari, MD, Committee Member
- Jazan University, Faculty of Medicine in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Jacques Mather, MD, MPH, FACS, Committee Member
- University of Sought Florida in ,
- Term ends 01/15/2028
Ramitha Eshan Ruwanpathirana, MBBS, Committee Member
- in Hingurakgoda, NORTH CENTRAL PROVINCE
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Sirivan S. Seng, MD, Committee Member
- University of Pennsylvania in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
David Sigmon, MD, Committee Member
- Lincoln Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Carrie Valdez, MD, FACS, Committee Member
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, OH
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Yezan H Hassan, BS, BSHS, BA, Ex Officio
- Creighton University in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Ben L. Zarzaur, MD, MPH, FACS, Ex Officio
- University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, WI
- Term ends 01/23/2026
Brad Dennis, MD, FACS, Task Force Member
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN
- Term ends 01/23/2026