Co-Chairs
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Alex Sox-Harris, Ph.D., M.S.

Professor - Stanford University

Alex Sox-Harris, Ph.D., M.S., is a VA Senior Research Career Scientist and Professor in the Stanford Department of Surgery. Read Bio

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Marc Philip Pimentel, M.D., M.P.H., C.P.P.S.

Medical Director - Brigham and Women's Hospital

Marc Philip Pimentel, M.D., M.P.H., C.P.P.S., is Medical Director in the Department of Quality and Safety and Associate Clinical Director for Quality in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. Read Bio

Past Chair
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Zhi Ven Fong, M.D., M.P.H.

General Surgery Resident - Massachusetts General Hospital

Zhi Ven Fong, M.D., M.P.H. is the incoming Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center's Complex and General Surgery Oncology fellow, as well as a general surgery resident at Massachusetts General Hospital. Read Bio

Member-At-Large
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Casey Allen, M.D.

Surgeon, Quality Officer - Allegheny Health Network

Dr. Casey J Allen specializes in advanced surgery for complex gastrointestinal, pancreatic, and liver tumors. Read Bio

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Salva Balbale, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor - Northwestern University

Salva Balbale, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology & Hepatology), Surgery, and Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Read Bio

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Rithika Ginjupalli

Medical Student - University of Missouri-Kansas City

Rithika is a third-year medical student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City looking to specialize in surgery. Read Bio

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Julia Harris, M.S.N., CRNA

Ph.D. Student - University of California, San Francisco

Julia Harris, M.S.N., CRNA, FAANA is a doctoral student at UCSF and owner of Vaporworks Nursing Anesthesia, Inc., a CRNA opioid free anesthesia practice. Read Bio

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Molly Jarman, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor - Brigham and Women's Hospital

Molly Jarman, PhD, MPH is an injury epidemiologist and health services researcher at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Surgery and Public Health. Read Bio

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Avinash Maganty, M.D., M.S.

Fellow - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Dr Maganty is a urologic oncology fellow at the university of Michigan. Read Bio

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Karthik Raghunathan, M.D., M.P.H.

Associate Professor - Duke University

Dr. Karthik Raghunathan is an Associate Professor with Tenure in the Duke University School of Medicine. Read Bio

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Alaa Sada, M.D.

General Surgery Resident - Mayo Clinic

Alaa Sada, M.D., is a general surgery resident at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Read Bio

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Connie Shao, M.D., M.P.H.

General Surgery Resident - University of Alabama at Birmingham

Connie Shao is a general surgery resident at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Read Bio

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Brocha Stern, Ph.D., OTR

Postdoctoral Fellow - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Brocha Stern is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Population Health Science and Policy and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Read Bio

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Anne Stey, M.D., M.Sc.

Assistant Professor - Northwestern University

Anne Stey, M.D., M.Sc., is passionate about addressing inefficiencies to improve healthcare quality and cost for all patients. Read Bio

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Chi Zhang, M.D.

Surgery Resident - Mayo Clinic Arizona

Chi Zhang is a general surgery resident at the Mayo Clinic, an assistant professor in health services research at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona, and a former Kern Center Outcomes Research Fellow. Read Bio