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
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

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)

APDS Past Presidents