Co-Chairs
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Committee Member, Member

Katia Noyes, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Professor and Director, Division of Health Services Policy and Practice - University at Buffalo

Katia Noyes possesses a broad experience in health services research with expertise in health outcomes and quality of care assessment, large administrative data analytics, comparative effectiveness and economic evaluations in healthcare, as well as mixed methods and implementation research. Read Bio

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Committee Member, Member

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

Past Chair
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Committee Member, Member, Researcher

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

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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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

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Committee Member, Member

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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Po Hong Tan, M.B.B.S., M.R.C.S.

General Surgery Resident - Mayo Clinic Arizona

Po Hong Tan is an international medical graduate from Malaysia and will soon begin his general surgery residency at Mayo Clinic Arizona. Read Bio

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Committee Member, Member

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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Kimberly Khoo, M.D., M.P.H.

Resident Physician - Johns Hopkins Hospital

Kim Khoo is a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Resident at Johns Hopkins. Read Bio

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Freshta Masoud, B.S.

Student - Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Freshta Masoud is currently an AMSNY Scholar in Medicine at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. 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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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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Lindsay Welton, M.D.

General Surgery Resident - University of Minnesota

Lindsay Welton, MD is a general surgery resident at the University of Minnesota and a dedicated research resident in the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Read Bio

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Committee Member, Member, Researcher

Joel S. Weissman, Ph.D.

Deputy Director and Chief Scientific Officer - Brigham and Women's Hospital

Joel S. Weissman, Ph.D., is Deputy Director and Chief Scientific Officer of the Center for Surgery and Public Health at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and Professor of Surgery in Health Policy at Harvard Medical School. Read Bio