International College of Surgeons
United States Section
2013 Executive Council

Pictured above is the 2013 Executive Committee

President
Gazi B. Zibari, MD
Transplantation
Shreveport, LA

President Elect
Ari O. Halldorsson, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Lubbock, TX

Immediate Past President
Larry S. Sasaki, MD
Colon And Rectal Surgery
Bossier City, LA

Secretary
Chand Ramaiah, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Lexington, KY

Treasurer
Uretz John Oliphant, MD
General Surgery
Urbana, IL

Vice President & Chair, Board of Regents
Andrew Klein, MD
Transplantation
Los Angeles, CA

Vice President & Chair, Council of Spec. Groups
Michael J. Jacobs, MD
Surgical Oncology
Birmingham, MI

Other Members of the Executive Council

Vice President
Manoucher Afshari, MD
General Surgery
Broomall, PA

Vice President
Frank P. Bongiorno, MD
Trauma Surgery
Ann Arbor, MI

Vice President
Quyen D. Chu, MD
General Surgery
Shreveport, LA

Vice President
W. Craig Clark, MD
Neurological Surgery
Eads, TN

Vice President
Maxime J.M. Coles, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery
Pittsfield, ME

Vice President
Anthony N. Dardano, Jr., DO
Plastic Surgery
Boca Raton, FL

Vice President
Clara Raquel Epstein, MD
Neurological Surgery
Boulder, CO

Vice President
Zaki-Udin Hassan, MD
Anesthesiology
Lexington, KY

Vice President
Francis J. Podbielski, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Plymouth, MA

Vice President
M. Hosein Shokouh-Amiri, MD
Transplantation
Shreveport, LA

Vice President
Thavam C. Thambi-Pillai, MD
Transplantation
Sioux Falls, SD

Vice President
Sivamainthan Vithiananthan, MD
General Surgery
Providence, RI

Representative at Large
Cataldo Doria, MD, PhD
Transplantation
Philadelphia, PA

Representative at Large
Arno  A. Roscher, MD
Pathology
Chatsworth, CA

Chair, Qualifications Council
Marco A. Pelosi III, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Bayonne, NJ

Secretary, Qualifications Council
Griselda Trinidad, MD
Plastic Surgery
Rockville, MD

Council of Surgical Specialty Group Chairs

CHAIR, COUNCIL OF SURGICAL SPECIALTY GROUPS
and CHAIR, SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
Michael J. Jacobs, MD

ANESTHESIOLOGY CHAIR
Zaki-Udin Hassan, MD

GENERAL SURGERY CHAIR
Demetrius E.M. Litwin, MD

GENERAL SURGERY VICE CHAIR
Sharmila Dissanaike, MD

NEUROSURGERY CHAIR
Clara Raquel Epstein, MD

OBGYN CHAIR
Marco A. Pelosi III, MD

ONCOLOGY VICE CHAIR
Quyen D. Chu, MD

OPHTHALMOLOGY CHAIR
Phillips Kirk Labor, MD

ORTHOPAEDIC CHAIR
Maxime JM Coles, MD

ORTHOPAEDIC VICE-CHAIR
Alfonse E. Pino, MD

PATHOLOGY CHAIR
Arno A. Roscher, MD

PEDIATRIC CHAIR
Domingo T. Alvear, MD

PLASTIC SURGERY CO-CHAIR
Anthony N. Dardano, Jr., DO

PLASTIC SURGERY CO-CHAIR
Jacob Varon, MD

RADIOLOGY CHAIR
Horacio R. D’Agostino, MD

THORACIC CHAIR
Francis J. Podbielski, MD

THORACIC VICE-CHAIR
Ari O. Halldorsson, MD

TRANSPLANT CHAIR
Cataldo Doria, MD

TRANSPLANT VICE CHAIR
M. Hosein Shokouh-Amiri, MD

TRAUMA CHAIR
Uretz J. Oliphant, MD

UROLOGY CHAIR
Arnold J. Willis, MD

VASCULAR CHAIR
Dixon Santana, MD
 

Territorial Regents
Northeast - Maxime J.M. Coles, ME
Great Lakes - Uretz Oliphant, Urbana, IL
North-Central - Clara Raquel Epstein, Boulder, CO
Southeast – W. Craig Clark, Eads, TN
West – James Bauer, Florence, OR