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Leadership
Officers of the APDS 2025-2026

Valentine Nfonsam MD
President

Kari Rosenkranz MD
President-Elect

Jonathan Dort MD
Treasurer

Cary Aarons MD
Secretary

Jennifer Choi MD
Immediate
Past President
Executive Committee
Sebastiano Cassaro MD (2027)
Jennifer Preston MD | Program Chair (2026)
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APDS Board of Directors
David Spain MD ( 2026)
Charles Friel MD ( 2026)
Diane Hale MD (2026)
Jason Kempenich MD (2026)
Jennifer LaFemina MD (2026)
Joon Shim MD, MPH (2026)
Melissa Johnson MD (2027)
Issam Koleilat MD (2027)
Alyssa Pastorino MD (2027)
Jasmeet Paul MD (2027)
Jahnavi Srinivasan MD (2027)
May Tee MD, MPH (2027
Ex Officio Members
Editor, Journal of Surgical Education | Douglas S. Smink MD, MPH
Representative American Board of Surgery | Benjamin Jarman MD
Representative ACS Advisory Council on General Surgery | Farin Amersi MD
Chair Residency Review Committee for Surgery | Stephanie Heller MD
Director Division of Education American College of Surgeons | Ajit Sachdeva MD
APDS Representative to the ACS Board of Governors | Donald Hess MD
APDS Representative to the OPDA | Daniel Dent MD
President ARAS (Association of Residency Administrators in Surgery) | Kylene Smartis C-TAGME
Resident Representative | Threshia Malcolm MD, MS (Year 2)
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
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Friedell Fund Board
Chair: Daniel Dent MD
Andreas Meier MD (2026)
Jamie Robertson MD (2026)
Elizabeth Dauer MD (2027)
Doug Smink MD(2027)
Christina Bailey MD (2028)
Clarence Clark MD (2028)
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