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SRS EDUCATION COUNCIL

Munish C. Gupta, MD, Chair

ANNUAL MEETING SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Amy L. McIntosh, MD, Co-Chair 
Rajiv K. Sethi, MD, Co-Chair  
Shay Bess, MD, Past Chair 
Ivan Cheng, MD, Co-Chair Elect  
Mitsuru Yagi, MD, PhD, Co-Chair Elect
Jennifer M. Bauer, MD, MS, Vice Chair
Joseph P. Gjolaj, MD, FACS, FAOA
Michael C. Albert, MD
David E. Lebel, MD, PhD 
Mostafa H. El Dafrawy, MD 
Griffin R. Baum, MD, MSc 
James T. Bennet, MD 
Elizabeth L. Lord, MD 
Patrick J. Cahill, MD 
Satoru Demura, MD 
Jeffrey L. Gum, MD
Ibrahim Obeid, MD
Michael J. Heffernan, MD  

ANNUAL MEETING EDUCATION COMMITTEE 

Mark A. Erickson, MD, Co-Chair 
Charla R. Fischer, MD, Co-Chair 
Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD Past Chair 
Brian Hsu, MD, Co-Chair Elect 
Javier Pizones, MD, PhD Co-Chair Elect 
Noelle Larson, MD, Vice Chair 
Amy L. McIntosh, MD 
Rajiv K. Sethi, MD 
Daniel J. Miller, MD  
Jeffrey P. Mullin, MD, MBA
Megan Johnson, MD 
Tulio Moura Rangel, MD 
Eren O. Kuris, MD
Brian J. Neuman, MD 
Nick Sekouris, PhD 
Benjamin Daniel Elder, MD, PhD
Joseph P. Gjolaj, MD, FACS, FAOA
Marissa M. Muccio, PT
Ibrahim Obeid, MD
Luiz Müller Avila, MD 
Byron F. Stephens, MD 
Alpaslan Senkoylu, MD 
Ali A. Baaj, MD

PROGRAM ABSTRACT REVIEWERS 

Md Yousuf Ali
Keith R. Bachmann, MD 
Junseok Bae, MD 
Paloma Bas Hermida, MD 
Saumyajit Basu, MD 
David B. Bumpass, MD 
Michael S. Chang, MD 
David B. Cohen, MD, MPH 
Joseph P. Davey, MD 
Romain Dayer, MD 
Eugenio Dema, MD 
Christopher J. DeWald, MD 
Bassel G. Diebo, MD 
Joseph P. Gjolaj, MD, FACS, FAOA 
Judson W. Karlen, MD 
David Lazarus, MD 
Darren R. Lebl, MD, MBA 
Jean-Christophe A. Leveque, MD 
Scott J. Luhmann, MD
Hossein Mehdian, MD, FRCS(Ed)
Ahmad Nassr, MD 
Karl E. Rathjen, MD 
Fernando Techy, MD 
Khoi D. Than, MD 
Surya Prakash Rao Voleti, MS, DNB 
John S. Vorhies, MD 
ZeZhang Zhu, MD, PhD 

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Program Committee

Shay Bess, MD, Chair
Michael P. Kelly, MD, Past Chair
Amy L. McIntosh, MD, Co-Chair-Elect
Rajiv K. Sethi, MD, Co-Chair-Elect
Ivan Cheng, MD, Co-Vice Chair
Mitsuru Yagi, MD, PhD, Co-Vice Chair

Michael C. Albert, MD
Patrick J. Cahill, MD
Satoru Demura, MD, PhD
Mostafa H. El Dafrawy, MD
Jeffrey L. Gum, MD
Steven W. Hwang, MD
Megan Johnson, MD
Khaled M. Kebaish, MD
Deniz Konya, MD
David E. Lebel, MD, PhD
Joseph H. Perra, MD

Education Committee

Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD, Chair
Amer F. Samdani, MD, Past Chair
Mark A. Erickson, MD, Co-Chair-Elect
Charla R. Fischer, MD, Co-Chair-Elect
Brian Hsu, MD, Co-Vice Chair
Javier Pizones, MD, PhD, Co-Vice Chair

Ricardo B. Fontes, MD, PhD
Paul Gerdhem, MD, PhD
Arvindera Ghag, MD, FRCSC
Munish Chandra Gupta, MD
Hamid Hassanzadeh, MD
Steven W. Hwang, MD
Kenneth D. Illingworth, MD
Sharif Ahmed Jonayed, MS, FCPS (BD)
David Lazarus, MD
Marissa M. Muccio, PT
Luiz Müller Avila, MD
Ibrahim Obeid, MD
Rafael G. Oliveira, MD
Stefan Parent, MD, PhD
Yong Qiu, MD
Brett Rocos, MD, FRCS
Byron F. Stephens, MD

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Program Committee

Michael P. Kelly, MD, Chair
Shay Bess, MD, Chair Elect
Lindsay M. Andras, MD, Past Chair

Michael C. Albert, MD
Sébastien Charosky, MD
Steven W. Hwang, MD
Khaled M. Kebaish, MD
David E. Lebel, MD, PhD
Amy L. McIntosh, MD
Joseph H. Perra, MD
Sebastien Pesenti, MD
Amer F. Samdani, MD
Vidyadhar V. Upasani, MD

Education Committee

Amer F. Samdani, MD, Chair
Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD, Chair Elect
Baron S. Lonner, MD, Past Chair

Ahmet Alanay, MD
Carlos Eduardo Barsotti, MD
Mark A. Erickson, MD
Arvindera Ghag, MD, FRCSC
Munish C. Gupta, MD
Christina K. Hardesty, MD
Ali Humadi, MB, ChB, MS, FRACS
Steven W. Hwang, MD
Charles E. Johnston, MD
Marissa M. Muccio, PT
Luiz Müller Avila, MD
Ibrahim Obeid, MD
Stefan Parent, MD, PhD
Nicolas Plais, MD
Yong Qiu, MD

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SRS Education Council Chair

Suken A. Shah, MD

Program Committee

Lindsay Andras, MD, Chair
Firoz Miyanji, MD, FRCSC, Past Chair
Michael P. Kelly, MD, Chair Elect

Shay Bess, MD
Aaron J. Buckland, MD, FRACS
Sebastien Charosky, MD
Samuel K. Cho, MD
Lindsay Crawford, MD
Eugenio Dema, MD
Hamid Hassanzadeh, MD
Ehsan Jazini, MD
Sinan Kahraman, MD
Khaled M. Kebaish, MD
Deniz Konya, MD
Ferran Pellisé, MD, PhD
Joseph H. Perra, MD
Amer F. Samdani, MD
John T. Smith, MD
Qianyu Zhuang, MD

Education Committee

Baron Lonner, MD, Chair
Burt Yaszay, MD, Past Chair
Amer F. Samdani, MD, Chair Elect

Ahmet Alanay, MD
Lindsay Andras, MD
Ali A. Baaj, MD
Keith Bachmann, MD
Andrei N. Baklanov
Saumyajit Basu, MD
Marco Brayda-Bruno, MD
Samuel K. Cho, MD
Alexandre Cristante, MD, PhD
Michael D. Daubs, MD
Stephen G. George Jr., MD
Mari Louise Groves, MD
Munish C. Gupta, MD
Stephen Hwang, MD
Charles E. Johnston, MD
Michael D. Paloski, DO
Stefan Parent, MD, PhD
Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD
Yong Qiu, MD
 

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Program Committee

Firoz Miyanji, Chair
Lindsay Andras, Chair Elect
Gregory M. Mundis, Jr., Past Chair

Stephen J. Lewis, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Isador H. Lieberman, MD, MBA, FRCSC
Keith Bachmann, MD
Carlos Barsotti, MD
Eugenio Dema, MD
Joseph Gjolaj MD
Jeffrey Gum, MD
Stuart Hershman, MD
Deniz Konya, MD
Joshua Murphy, MD
Dominique Rothenfluh, MD, PhD
Nicholas Spina, MD
Ferran Pellise, MD, PhD
John T. Smith, MD
Samuel K. Cho, MD
Amer Samdani, MD
Sebastien Charosky, MD

Education Committee

Burt Yaszay, MD, Chair
Baron Lonner, MD, Chair Elect
Suken A. Shah, MD, Past Chair

Firoz Miyanji, MD, FRCSC
Charles H. Crawford III, MD
Paul T. Rubery, MD
Benny T. Dahl, MD, PhD, DMSci
Keith Bachmann, MD
Edmund Choi, MD
Alexandre Cristante, MD, PhD
Sabrina Donzelli, MD
Calvin Kuo, MD
David Lebel, MD, PhD
Gabriel Liu, FRCS(Orth), MSC
Kristopher Lundine, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FRACS
Addisu Mesfin, MD
Joshua Murphy, MD
Tushar Rathod, MS, FCPS
Rolf Riise, MD
YingSong Wang, MD
Samuel K. Cho, MD
Marco Brayda-Bruno, MD
Michael D. Daubs, MD
Ahmet Alanay, MD
Charles E. Johnston, MD
Stephen Hwang, MD
Yong Qiu, MD

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2018 Program Committee

Gregory M. Mundis, Jr., MD, Chair
Muharrem Yazici, MD, Past Chair
Firoz Miyanji, MD, FRCSC, Chair Elect

Raphael D. Adobor, MD, PhD
Jason P.Y. Cheung, MBBS (HK)
David H. Clements, III, MD
Satoru Demura, MD
Jeffrey L. Gum, MD
Daniel G. Kang, MD
Michael P. Kelly, MD
Tyler Koski, MD
Stephen J. Lewis, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Isador H. Lieberman, MD, MBA, FRCSC
Ferran Pellise, MD, PhD
John T. Smith, MD
Yong Qiu, MD

2018 Education Committee

Suken A. Shah, MD, Chair
Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, Past Chair
Burt Yaszay, MD, Chair Elect

Ahmet Alanay, MD
Keith R. Bachmann, MD
Marco Brayda-Bruno, MD
Robert H. Cho, MD
David H. Clements, III, MD
Charles H. Crawford, III, MD
Alan H. Daniels, MD
Michael D. Daubs, MD
Richard H. Gross, MD|
Charles Johnston, MD
Olavo Letaif, MD, MSc
Gabriel KP Liu, FRCS(Orth), MSC
Gregory M. Mundis, Jr., MD
Scott C. Nelson, MD
S. Rajasekeran, MD, FRCS, MCh, PhD
Rodrigo G. Remondino, MD
Paul T. Rubery, MD
Denis Sakai, MD
Jason W. Savage, MD
Masood Shafafy, FRCS(Orth)
William F. Young, MD

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Education Committee

Theodore T. Choma, MD, Chair
Sigurd H. Berven, MD, Past Chair
Praveen Mummaneni, MD, Chair Elect

Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD
Lawrence L. Haber, MD
Mark Weidenbaum, MD
Marinus de Kleuver, MD, PhD
Eric J. Belin, MD
Santiago T. Bosio, MD
Kai Cao, MD, PhD
Jonathan J. Carmouche, MD
Scott C. Nelson, MD
Naveed Yasin, FRCS (Tr & Ortho)
Nathan H. Lebwohl, MD
Maria Cristina Sacramento Dominguez, MD, PhD
S. Rajasekaran, MD, FRCS, MCh, PhD
Richard H. Gross, MD
Yan Wang, MD
Charles H. Crawford III, MD
Paul T. Rubery, MD
Suken A. Shah, MD

Program Committee

Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD Chair
Ronald A. Lehman, Jr, MD Past Chair
Muharrem Yazici, MD Chair Elect

Benny T. Dahl, MD, PhD, DMSci
James F. Mooney, III, MD
Lawrence L. Haber, MD
John M. Caridi, MD
Michael P. Kelly, MD
Han Jo Kim, MD
Joshua M. Pahys, MD
Themistocles S. Protopsaltis, MD
Fernando Techy, MD
David W. Gray, MD
Tyler Koski, MD
Yong Qiu, MD
Gregory M. Mundis, Jr., MD

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Education Committee

Sigurd H. Berven, MD, Chair
Lori A. Karol, MD, Past Chair
Theodore T. Choma, MD, Chair Elect

Allan C. Beebe, MD
Michael S. Chang, MD
Haemish A. Crawford, FRACS
Woojin Cho, MD, PhD
Marinus de Kleuver, MD, PhD
John C. France, MD
Richard H. Gross, MD
Lawrence L. Haber, MD
Steven W. Hwang, MD
Robert K. Lark, MD, MS
Nathan H. Lebwohl, MD
Ronald A. Lehman, Jr., MD
Sergio A. Mendoza-Lattes, MD
Praveeen V. Mummaneni, MD
S. Rajasekaran, MD, FRCS, MCh, PhD
Scott S, Russo, Jr., MD
Maria Cristina Sacramento Dominguez, MD, PhD
Kit M. Song, MD, MHA
Fernando Techy, MD
Yan Wang, MD
Mark Weidenbaum, MD

Program Committee

Ronald A. Lehman, Jr., MD, Chair
James O. Sanders, MD, Past Chair
Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD, Chair Elect

Lindsay M. Andras, MD
David F. Antezana, MD
Theodore J. Choma, MD
Benny T. Dahl, MD, PhD, DMSci
Charles H. Crawford, III, MD
Paul A. Glazer, MD
David W. Gray, MD
Lawrence L. Haber, MD
Michelle Clair Marks, PT, MA
Firoz Miyanji, MD, FRCSC
James F. Mooney, MD
Muharrem Yazici, MD

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Education Committee

Lori A. Karol, MD, Chair
John R. Dimar, II, MD, Past Chair
Sigurd H. Berven, MD, Chair Elect

Jahangir K. Asghar, MD
Marinus de Kleuver, MD, PhD
Nicholas D. Fletcher, MD
John C. France, MD
Daniel W. Green, MD, MS, FACS
Eric O. Klineberg, MD
Nathan H. Lebwohl, MD
Jean-Christophe A. Leveque, MD
Jwalant S. Mehta, FRCS(Orth)
Praveeen V. Mummaneni, MD
Chris J. Neal, MD
Elias C. Papadopoulos, MD
Miguel H. Puigdevall, MD
S. Rajasekaran, MD,FRCS,MCh,PhD
Scott S. Russo, MD
Maria Cristina Sacramento Dominguez, MD, PhD
James O. Sanders, MD
Frank J. Schwab, MD
Kit M. Song, MD
Mark Weidenbaum, MD

Program Committee

James O Sanders, MD, Chair
Suken A. Shah, MD, Past Chair
Ronald A. Lehman Jr., MD, Chair Elect

Theodore J. Choma, MD
Charles H. Crawford, III, MD
Benny T. Dahl, MD, PhD, DMSci
Paul A. Glazer, MD
Han Jo Kim, MD
Stanley S. Lee, MD
James F. Mooney, MD
Frank J. Schwab, MD
Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD
John G. Thometz, MD

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Education Committee

John R. Dimar, II, MD, Chair
Mark B. Dekutoski, MD, Past Chair
Lori A. Karol, MD, Chair Elect

Terry D. Amaral, MD
Christopher P. Ames, MD
Sigurd H. Berven, MD
Michael S. Chang, MD
Robert H. Cho, MD
John C. France, MD
Daniel W. Green, MS, MD, FACS
Brian Hsu, MD
Andrew H. Jea, MD
Elias C. Papadopoulos, MD
S. Rajasekaran, MD, FRCS, MCh, PhD
Scott S. Russo, MD
Frank J. Schwab, MD
Suken A. Shah, MD
Kit M. Song, MD, MHA
Paul D. Sponseller, MD
Mark Weidenbaum, MD
Adam L. Wollowick, MD
Lukas P. Zebala, MD

Program Committee

Suken A. Shah, MD, Chair
Daniel J. Sucato, MD, MS, Past Chair
James O Sanders, MD, Chair Elect

Jahingir K. Asghar, MD
Theodore J. Choma, MD
Daniel W. Green, MS, MD, FACS
Stanley S. Lee, MD
Ronald A. Lehman Jr., MD
Timothy S. Oswald, MD
Frank J. Schwab, MD
John G. Thometz, MD

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Education Committee

Mark Dekutoski, MD, Co-Chair
John R. Dimar, II, MD, Co-Chair
Joseph H. Perra, MD, Past Chair

John C. France, MD
Daniel W. Green, MS, MD, FACS
Brian Hsu, MD
Eric T. Jones, MD
Lori A. Karol, MD
Glenn R. Rechtine, II, MD
Kit M. Song, MD
Daniel J. Sucato, MD
Adam L. Wollowick, MD
Lukas P. Zebala, MD

Program Committee

Daniel J. Sucato, MD, MS, Chair
Laurel C. Blakemore, MD, Past Chair
Suken A. Shah, MD, Chair Elect

R. Haluk Berk, MD
William F. Donaldson, III, MD
Daniel W. Green, MS, MD, FACS
Stanley S. Lee, MD
Timothy S. Oswald, MD
Glenn R. Rechtine, II, MD
James O. Sanders, MD
Yutaka Sasao, MD
John G. Thometz, MD

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Education Committee

Joseph H. Perra, MD, Chair
Ahmet Alanay, MD
Laurel C. Blakemore, MD
Mark B. Dekutoski, MD
John R. Dimar, II MD
Daniel W. Green, MS, MD, FACS
Brian Hsu, MD
Kamal N. Ibrahim, MD
Eric T. Jones, MD
Lori A. Karol, MD
Glenn R. Rechtine II, MD
Amer Samdani, MD
Paul D. Sponseller, MD
Adam L. Wollowick, MD

Program Committee

R. Haluk Berk, MD
Laurel C. Blakemore, MD, Chair
Andrew M. Casden, MD
Marinus de Kleuver, MD
William F. Donaldson, III, MD
Daniel W. Green, MS, MD, FACS
Noriaka Kawakami, MD, Past Chair
Gregory M. Mundis, Jr., MD
Timothy S. Oswald, MD
Glenn R. Rechtine II, MD
Suken A. Shah, MD
Peter Sturm, MD
Daniel J. Sucato, MD, MS, Chair Elect
Michael J. Yaszemski, MD, Past Chair

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2008 SRS President
George H. Thompson, MD

2008 Local Organizing Hosts
James W. Ogilvie, MD
James W. Roach, MD

2008 Program Committee
Paul D. Sponseller, MD, Chair
David L. Skaggs, MD, Past Chair
Sanford E. Emery, MD
Muharrem Yazici, MD
James T. Guille, MD
Lawrence G. Lenke, MD (IMAST Chair)
Douglas C. Burton, MD
Peter O. Newton, MD, Chair Elect
Andrew G. King, MD
Todd J. Albert, MD
Patrick J. Connolly, MD
Noriaka Kawakami, MD, 2010 Co-Chair
Michael J. Yaszemski, MD, PhD, 2010 Co-Chair

2008 Program Reviewers
Ahmet Alanay, MD
Eric Buchl, MD
Mohammad Diab, MD
Michael Daubs, MD
Federico Girardi, MD
Azmi Hamzaoglu, MD
Timothy Kuklo, MD
Stanley Lee, MD
Isadore H. Lieberman, MD, MBA, FRCSC
Amir Mehbod, MD
Charles T. Mehlman, DO, MPH
Yutaka Nohara, MD
Stephen Ondra, MD
B. Stephens Richards, III, MD
Anthony Rinella, MD
Michael Ruf, MD
Vishwas Talwalker, MD
Carlos Tello, MD
Clifford Tribus, MD

2008 Education Committee
R. Jay Cummings, MD, Chair
Laurel C. Blakemore, MD, Past Chair
Reginald Q. Knight, MD
Paul D. Sponseller, MD, (Program)
R. Shay Bess, MD
Kuniyoshi Abumi, MD
Allen W. Carl, MD, Chair Elect
Lawrence L. Haber, MD
Joseph H. Perra, MD
Ahmet Alanay, MD