Committees and Task Forces

Committee Structure Diagram

ABSTRACT REVIEW COMMITTEE
Chair: Stephanie Ibekwe, MD

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY (AKI) SUB-COMMITTEE
Chair: Yafen Liang, MD

ADULT CARDIOTHORACIC ANESTHESIA (ACTA) PROGRAM DIRECTORS COUNCIL
Chair: Douglas C. Shook, MD, FASE

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION SUB-COMMITTEE
Chair: Jennie Yee Ngai, MD

BLOOD MANAGEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE
Chair: Nadia Hensley, MD

BYLAWS COMMITTEE
Chair: Asha Singh, MD

CLINICAL PRACTICE IMPROVEMENT (CPI) PROJECT COMMITTEE
Chair: Wanda M. Popescu, MD

CME COMMITTEE
Chair: Douglas Shook, MD

ECONOMICS & GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS SUB-COMMITTEE
Chair: Matthew Vanneman, MD

ENDOWMENT OVERSIGHT COUNCIL
Chair: Isobel Russell, MD

ENHANCED RECOVERY AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY (ERACS) SUB-COMMITTEE
Chair: Alexander Gregory, MD

ENHANCED RECOVERY AFTER THORACIC SURGERY (ERATS) SUB-COMMITTEE
Chair: Joshua Cohen, MD

ETHICS COMMITTEE
Chair: Michele Sumler, MD

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chair: Amanda Fox, MD

FINANCE COMMITTEE
Chair: Douglas Shook, MD

GUIDELINES & STANDARDS COMMITTEE
Chair: Bessie Kachulis, MD

HEALTH EQUITY AND PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE
Chair: Bantayehu Sileshi, MD

HISTORY COUNCIL
Chair: Robert Sladen, MD

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL
Chair: Stanton Shernan, MD

KAPLAN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AWARD COMMITTEE

MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT SUB-COMMITTEE
Chair: Christina Jelly, MD

MEMBER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Chair: Venkat Mangunta, MD

MOBILE APP SUB-COMMITTEE
Chair: Theodor Danciu, MD

NEUROPROTECTION SUB-COMMITTEE
Chair: Frederick Lombard, MD

NEWSLETTER SUB-COMMITTEE
Chair: Jessica L. Spellman, MD

NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Chair: Kathryn Glas, MD

ONLINE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Chair: Gina Linganna, MD

QUALITY, SAFETY & VALUE COMMITTEE
Chair: Miklos Kertai, MD

RESEARCH COMMITTEE
Chair: Anne Cherry, MD

SCA ECHO PLANNING COMMITTEE
Co-Chair: Alina Nicoara, MD, FASE
Co-Chair: Charles Nyman, MBBCh

SCA/STS DATABASE SUB-COMMITTEE
Chair: Vikram Fielding-Singh, MD

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM PLANNING COMMITTEE
Chair: Jonathan Ho, MD

SOCIAL MEDIA SUB-COMMITTEE
Chair: Michael Fabbro, MD

THORACIC ANESTHESIA SYMPOSIUM PLANNING COMMITTEE
Chair: Rebecca Klinger, MD

TRANSPLANTATION SUB-COMMITTEE
Chair: Archer Martin, MD