Leadership
Officers of the APDS 2024-2025
Jennifer Choi MD
President
Valentine Nfonsam MD
President-Elect
Kari Rosenkranz MD
Secretary
Jonathan Dort MD
Treasurer
Amit Joshi MD
Immediate Past President
Executive Committee
Paul Wise MD (2025)
Cary Aarons MD (2026
Sebastiano Cassaro MD (2027)
Paul Wise MD | Program Chair (2025)
​
​
Division Heads
Education | Julia Shelton MD
Membership | Kari Rosenkranz MD
Research | Matthew Ritter MD
APDS Board of Directors
Constance Cashen DO ( 2026)
Charles Friel MD ( 2026)
Diane Hale MD (2026)
Jason Kempenich MD (2026)
Jennifer LaFemina MD (2026)
Joon Shim MD, MPH (2026)
Rahul Anand MD (2025)
Marcie Feinman MD (2025)
Wade Douglas MD (2025)
Kareem Abdelfattah MD (2025)
Daniel Relles MD (2025)
Mike Truitt MD (2025)
Ex Officio Members
Executive Director, American Board of Surgery | Jo Buyske MD
Editor, Journal of Surgical Education | Douglas S. Smink MD, MPH
Representative ACS Advisory Council on General Surgery | Farin Amersi MD
Chair Residency Review Committee for Surgery | Karen Brasel MD
Director Division of Education American College of Surgeons | Ajit Sachdeva MD
APDS Representative to the ACS Board of Governors | Amit Joshi MD
APDS Representative to SAGES | Rana Higgins MD
APDS Representative to ASE | Tania Arora MD
APDS Representative to the OPDA | Daniel Dent MD
APDS Representative to ERAS & AAMC | Jennifer Serfin MD
APDS Liaison with SCORE | Mo Shabahang MD
President Association of Residency Administrators in Surgery | Kylene Smartis C-TAGME
Resident Representatives | Threshia Malcolm MD, MS (Year 2) and Chris Thomas MD (Year 1)
Honorary Life Members
Arthur H Aufses Jr, MD
Robert Berry MD
Dominic A DeLaurentis MD
Paul Friedmann MD
Ward O Griffen Jr, MD
Robert E Hermann MD
Walter Pories MD
John Potts MD
Paula Termuhlen MD
​
Friedell Fund Board
Benjamin Jarman MD (2025)
Mariela Rivera MD (2025)
Andreas Meier MD (2026)
Jamie Robertson MD (2026)
Elizabeth Dauer MD (2027)
Doug Smink MD(2027)
Christina Bailey MD (2028)
Clarence Clark MD (2028)
​
