The American Society of Breast Surgeons

Society Committees

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Board of Directors

Committees:

2009 Annual Meeting Committee
2008 Annual Meeting Committee
Breast Imaging Technologies Committee
Breast Ultrasound Certification Committee
Breast Ultrasound Certification Reviewers
Bylaws Committee
Coding and Reimbursement Committee
Corporate Relations Committee
Education Committee
Ethics Committee
Finance Committee
MammoSite Scientific Advisory Committee
Membership Committee
Newsletter Editor
Patient Safety and Quality Committee
Public Relations Committee
Publications Committee
Research Committee

Society Representatives to Other Organizations

Past Presidents

2009 Annual Meeting Committee

Chair:
Sheldon M. Feldman, MD	2009 Program Chair
Members:
Hiram S. Cody, III, MD	2008 Program Chair
Jay K. Harness, MD	Immediate Past President
Cary S. Kaufman, MD	Corporate Relations Chair
Arthur G. Lerner, MD	Chairman of the Board
Eric B. Whitacre, MD	Secretary/Treasurer
Shawna C. Willey, MD	President
Victor J. Zannis, MD	President-Elect

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2008 Annual Meeting Committee

Chair:
Hiram S. Cody, III, MD	2008 Program Chair
Members:
Sheldon M. Feldman, MD	Publications Chair
Jay K. Harness, MD	President
Cary S. Kaufman, MD	Corporate Relations Chair
Helen A. Pass, MD	Immediate Past President
Barbara A. Pockaj, MD	2007 Program Chair
Eric B. Whitacre, MD	Secretary/Treasurer
Pat W. Whitworth, MD	Chairman of the Board
Shawna C. Willey, MD	President-Elect

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Breast Imaging Technologies Committee

Co-Chairs:
Kambiz Dowlat, MD
Arthur G. Lerner, MD
Members:
Richard E. Fine, MD
Mark A. Gittleman, MD
Alison L. Laidley, MD
Howard Snider, MD
Eric B. Whitacre, MD

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Breast Ultrasound Certification Committee

Chair:
Howard Snider, MD
Members:
Stephen P. Auda, MD
Aaron D. Bleznak, MD
Sara J. Fredrickson, MD
Ronda Henry-Tillman, MD
Scott R. Karlan, MD
Cary Kaufman, MD
Gary W. Unzeitig, MD
Dariush Vaziri, MD
Eric B. Whitacre, MD	ex-officio

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Breast Ultrasound Certification Reviewers

Stephen P. Auda, MD
Aaron D. Bleznak, MD
Michele Carpenter, MD
Daleela Dodge, MD
Edward J. Donahue, MD
Sara J. Fredrickson, MD
Lindsay Gold, MD
Ronda Henry-Tillman, MD
Scott R. Karlan, MD
Alison L. Laidley, MD
Donald Lannin, MD
Benjamin Pace, MD
Vijay M. Patil, MD
Geoffrey Simon, MD
A. Darrell Tackett, MD
Gary W. Unzeitig, MD
Dariush Vaziri, MD

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Bylaws Committee

Chair:
Edgar D. Staren, MD, PhD, MBA

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Coding and Reimbursement Committee

Chair:
Richard E. Fine, MD
Members:
Benjamin Anderson, MD
Costanza Cocilovo, MD
Mark A. Gittleman, MD
Charles D. Mabry, MD
Walton A. Taylor, MD
Eric B. Whitacre, MD

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Corporate Relations Committee

Chair:
Cary S. Kaufman, MD
Members:
Richard E. Fine, MD
Arthur G. Lerner, MD

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Education Committee

Chair:
Tricia A. Kelly, MD
Members:
Minna Manalo Bacarra, MSN, CRNP
Aaron D. Bleznak, MD
Diana Dickson-Witmer, MD
Elizabeth D. Feldman, MD	Breast Fellow
Linsey P. Gold, MD
Susan J. Hoover, MD
Rena B. Kass, MD
Christina J. Kim, MD
Rakhshanda Layeeqr Rahman, MD
James B. Lockhart, Jr., MD
Mary Maniscalco-Theberge, MD
Richard L. White, Jr., MD
Shawna C. Willey, MD
John P. Williams, MD
James H. Woods, MD

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Ethics Committee

Chair:
Edward J. Donahue, MD
Members:
Jennifer S. Gass, MD
Timothy A. Goedde, MD
Orlando C. Gonzales-Morales, MD
C. Alan Henry, MD
Richard L. Kiefer, MD
Dan F. Kopen, MD
Morris A. Kugler, MD
Richard A. Lopchinsky, MD
Jennifer O'Neill, MD
Edgar D. Staren, MD, PhD, MBA
Rick W. Walker, MD

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Finance Committee

Chair:
Eric B. Whitacre, MD	Secretary/Treasurer
Members:
Jay K. Harness, MD	Immediate Past President
Cary S. Kaufman, MD	Corporate Relations Chair
Walton A. Taylor, MD	Member At-Large
Shawna C. Willey, MD	President
Victor J. Zannis, MD	President-Elect

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MammoSite Scientific Advisory Committee

Co-Principal Investigators:
Peter D. Beitsch, MD
Frank A. Vicini, MD
Members:
Richard E. Fine, MD
Bruce Haffty, MD
Henry Kuerer, MD
Eric B. Whitacre, MD
Pat W. Whitworth, MD
Victor J. Zannis, MD

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Membership Committee

Chair:
Jerry K. Seiler, MD
Members:
Deanna Attai, MD
Jose Colon, MD
Walter Dandridge, MD
Christina Dial, DO
Baiba Grube, MD
Alison L. Laidley, MD
Jennifer Simmons, MD
Renu Sinha, MD
Christine B. Teal, MD

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Newsletter Editor

Edward J. Donahue, MD

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Patient Safety and Quality Committee

Chair:
Lorraine Tafra, MD
Members:
Stephanie Akbari, MD
Lisa Bailey, MD
Paul L. Baron, MD
J. David Beatty, MD
Peter D. Beitsch, MD
Aaron Bleznak, MD
Tara M. Breslin, MD
Claire M. Carman, MD
Zandra Cheng, MD
Hiram S. Cody, III, MD
Charles E. Cox, MD
Walter Dandridge, MD
Jill R. Dietz, MD
William C. Dooley, MD
Mahmoud El-Tamer, MD
Richard E. Fine, MD
Thomas G. Frazier, MD
Lindsey Gold, MD
Carol R. Guthrie, MD
Jay K. Harness, MD
C. Alan Henry, MD
Daniel Howard, MD
Thomas B. Julian, MD
Cary S. Kaufman, MD
Mark C. Kelley, MD
Tricia A. Kelly, MD
V. Suzanne Klimberg, MD
Sally M. Knox, MD
Jeffrey Landercasper, MD
Donna-Marie Manasseh, MD
Jane Mendez, MD
Stephanie R. Moline, MD
Helen Pass, MD
Susan E. Pories, MD
Terry Sarantou, MD
Craig D. Shriver, MD
Barbara L. Smith, MD
Linda M. Sommers, MD
Edgar D. Staren, MD, PhD, MBA
Alexander Swistel, MD
Lisa A. Tolnitch, MD
John Turner, MD
Gary Unzeitig, MD
Barbara A. Ward, MD
John West, MD
Eric B. Whitacre, MD
Pat W. Whitworth, MD
Shawna C. Willey, MD

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Public Relations Committee

Chair:
Deanna Attai, MD
Members:
Edward J. Donahue, MD	Newsletter Editor
Beth DuPree, MD	Member At-Large
Sheldon M. Feldman, MD	Publications Committee Chair
Cary S. Kaufman, MD	Corporate Relations Chair
Jerry K. Seiler, MD	Membership Committee Chair
Victor J. Zannis, MD

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Publications Committee

Chair:
Sheldon M. Feldman, MD
Members:
Paul L. Baron, MD
Susan K Boolbol, MD
William E. Burak, Jr, MD	Ex Officio
Anees B. Chagpar, MD
Hiram S. Cody, MD	2008 Program Committee Chair
Mehra Golshan, MD
Rosa Hwang, MD
Tina J. Hieken MD
Kathie-Ann Joseph, MD
Julian A. Kim, MD
Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD
Barbara A. Pockaj, MD	2007 Program Committee Chair
Gordon F. Schwartz, MD, MBA
Lee Wilke, MD

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Research Committee

Chair:
Edward Clifford, MD
Members:
Peter D. Beitsch, MD
Celia Chao, MD
Hiram S. Cody, MD
Ian Grady, MD
Thomas B. Julian, MD
Henry Kuerer, MD
Lorraine Tafra, MD
Pat W. Whitworth, MD

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Society Representatives to Other Organizations

Governor, American College of Surgeons:
Richard E. Fine, MD

NSABP Breast Committee Representatives:
Lorraine Tafra, MD
Pat W. Whitworth, MD

Commission on Cancer Representative:
Jay K. Harness, MD

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Past Presidents

Robert B. Caplan, MD	1995 - 1997
C. Alan Henry, MD	1997 - 1999
Rache Simmons, MD	1999 - 2000
Mark A. Gittleman, MD	2000 - 2001
Arthur G. Lerner, MD	2001 - 2002
Michael J. Edwards, MD	2002 - 2003
Richard E. Fine, MD	2003 - 2004
Lorraine Tafra, MD	2004 - 2005
Edgar D. Staren, MD, PhD, MBA	2005 - 2006
Helen A. Pass, MD	2006 - 2007
Jay K. Harness, MD	2007 - 2008

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