Conference Chair:
Parag Bhanot, MD
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital MedStar Georgetown Center for AWR and Hernia Surgery Georgetown University School of Medicine Washington, D.C.
Course Co-Directors:
Karen Kim Evans, MD
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Washington, D.C.
William W. Hope, MD
New Hanover Regional Medical Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Wilmington, NC
Jeffrey E. Janis, MD
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Columbus, OH
Faculty:
Vedra Augenstein, MD
Carolinas Medical Center Carolinas Health Care System University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Charlotte, NC
Igor Belyansky, MD, FACS
Anne Arundel Medical Center Annapolis, MD
Charles E. Butler, MD
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX
Gregory A. Dumanian, MD
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Northwestern University Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL
Stephen R. T. Evans, MD
MedStar Health Columbia, MD
John P. Fischer, MD, MPH, FACS
University of Pennsylvania Health System Philadelphia, PA
Matthew I. Goldblatt, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI
B. Todd Heniford, MD
Carolinas Medical Center Carolinas Hernia Center Charlotte, NC
David M. Krpata, MD
Lerner College of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Comprehensive Hernia Center Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH
Brent D. Matthews, MD
Atrium Health University of North Carolina Charlotte Charlotte, NC
Mary Anne Obst, RN, BSN, CCRN, CWON
Regions Hospital Level I Trauma Center St. Paul, MN
Eric M. Pauli, MD
Penn State Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA
J. Scott Roth, MD
University of Kentucky College of Medicine Lexington, KY
Hani Sbitany, MD, FACS
University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA
Guy Voeller, MD
University of Tennessee Health Science Center University of Tennessee College of Medicine Memphis, TN
Sarah R. Sher, MD
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center Washington, D.C.