New members of the American
College of Surgeons (ACS)
Board of Regents (B/R) and
the Executive Committee of
the Board of Governors (B/G)
were installed at Clinical
Congress 2015 in Chicago, IL.
Board of Regents
The newly elected B/R Chair
is Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS,
vice-chair, clinical research,
department of surgery, Miner
Family Chair in Intrathoracic
Cancers; attending surgeon,
thoracic service, department
of surgery, Memorial Sloan
Kettering Cancer Center; and
professor of surgery, Weill
Cornell Medical College, New
York, N Y. Michael J. Zinner,
MD, FACS, will serve as Vice-Chair of the B/R. Dr. Zinner is
Moseley Professor of Surgery,
Harvard Medical School; clinical
director, Dana-Farber/Brigham
and Women’s Hospital (BWH)
Cancer Center; and surgeon-in-chief, BWH, Boston, MA.
New regents
In addition, the B/G elected
four new Regents:
James C. Denneny III, MD,
FACS, FAAOA, is executive vice-
president and chief executive
officer, American Academy
of Otolaryngology–Head and
Neck Surgery, Alexandria, VA,
and adjunct professor of clinical
otolaryngology, department of
otolaryngology–head and neck
surgery, University of Missouri-
Columbia. A Fellow of the
College since 1991, Dr. Denneny
has been an ACS Governor since
2009 and has served on the B/G
Executive Committee since 2011.
As Secretary of the B/G
(2014–2015), he served on
the Executive Compensation
Committee and the B/R Finance
Committee. He has been Chair
of the B/G Advocacy and
Health Policy Pillar since 2013,
has been a member of the B/G
Socioeconomic Committee since
2011, served on the B/G Ad Hoc
Committee to Restructure
the Governors Committees
(2012–2013), and chaired the
B/G Coalition Workgroup
(2013–2014). Dr. Denneny also
has served on the Advisory
Council for Otolaryngology–
Head and Neck Surgery (2009–
2015), the Health Policy and
Advocacy Group (2013–2014),
and the Missouri Credentials
Committee (2009–2015).
Timothy J. Eberlein, MD, FACS,
is the Bixby Professor of Surgery
and chair of surgery; Spencer T.
and Ann W. Olin Distinguished
Professor and director, The
Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center;
and surgeon-in-chief, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington
University School of Medicine,
New Regents, B/G Executive
Committee members elected
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Dr. Denneny
Dr. Eberlein