About Us
The Mission of the TN Chapter, ACS, is to improve the health of the people of Tennessee and the Southeastern Region of the United States by promoting the ethical practice of the art and science of surgery. To this end, the TN Chapter, ACS strives to cultivate equality and achieve inclusivity as surgeons, leaders, role models, and mentors not only within our own surgical community but throughout society.
The TN Chapter is dedicated to
- The promotion of membership
- The provision of advocacy for surgeons and patients
- The education of surgeons and surgical residents
- The ultimate improvement and measurement of patient care and safety
- The study the educational and professional needs of underrepresented surgeons and surgical trainees and the impact that its work may have on the elimination of health disparities among diverse population groups.
The Chapter provides a network for the Fellows of the State and serves as their liaison to the American College of Surgeons.
Our Purpose
- To promote the improvement of care to the surgical patient
- To promote cooperation among the members of the Chapter in their common efforts to improve the quality of surgical care
- To provide a medium through which surgical experiences may be presented and discussed, through which continuing education in the area of surgical skills and care may be provided, and through which outmoded and/or unethical surgical practices may be corrected
- To offer assistance to professional and civic-based groups concerned with the maintenance of high-quality health care in the State of Tennessee
- To assist in providing the residents of the State of Tennessee with surgical and hospital facilities of the highest ethical and professional standards
Tennessee Chapter of ACS Leadership
Board of Directors 2021-2022
Max Langham Jr., MD FACS
President
Memphis, TN
Mary Hooks, MD FACS
President-Elect
Heath Giles, MD FACS
Vice President
Chattanooga, TN
Robert Maxwell, MD FACS
Past President
Carmen Solorzano, MD FACS
Secretary-Treasurer
Nashville, TN
At-Large Directors
Alexander Feliz, MD FACS
At-Large Director - West
Memphis, TN
Ankush Gosain, MD PhD FACS
At-Large Director - West
Memphis, TN
Denis A. Foretia, MD MPH MBA FACS
At-Large Director - West
Memphis, TN
Matthew D. Spann, MD FACS
At-Large Director - Middle
Naira Baregamian, MD FACS
At-Large Director - Middle
Nashville, TN
Habeeba Park, MD FACS
At-Large Director - Middle
Heath Giles, MD FACS
At-Large Director - East
C. Lindsay McKnight, MD, FACS
At-Large Director - East
Bracken Burns, DO FACS
At-Large Director - East
YFA Representatives
Jeremiah Deneve, MD, FACS
Chairman
Memphis, TN
Elizabeth Jackson, MD, FACS
Johnson City, TN
Associate Fellow Representatives
Chandrasekhar Padmanabhan, MD
Nashville, TN
Ryan Schmocker, MD
Knoxville, TN
Association of Women Surgeons’ Representative
Meredith Duke, MD, FACS
Nashville, TN
Committee on Cancer
James McLoughlin, MD FACS
Chairman
Knoxville, TN
Governors
Tony Haley, MD, FACS
Governor, At Large
Johnson City, TN
Brian James Daley, MD FACS
Nominated Governor, At Large
William Edwards Jr, MD, FACS
Governor, At Large
Nashville, TN
Ingrid Meszoely, MD, FACS
Nominated Governor, At Large
Martin Fleming, MD, FACS
Governor, At Large
Memphis, TN
Frederick Boop, MD FACS
Governor, American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Memphis, TN
Carmen Cecilia Solorzano, MD FACS
Governor, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
Nashville, TN
Eunice Huang, MD, FACS
American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Surgery
Memphis, TN
Oscar Guillamondegui, MD, FACS
Governor, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Jeffrey S. Upperman, MD FACS
Governor, Surgical Infection Society
Patrick A. Stone, MD FACS
Governor, Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Society
Nashville, TN
TN Surgical Quality Consortium
George Lynch, MD FACS
ACS Board of Regents
Ken Sharp, MD, FACS
Nashville, TN
Advocacy Insider
Barton Clements, MD, FACS
Livingston, TN
Tony Haley, MD, FACS
James 'Trey' Eubanks, MD, FACS
Laura Witherspoon, MD, FACS
Chattanooga, TN
Resident Representatives
Mina Nordness, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Victoria “Tori” Clancy, MD
ETSU
Johnson City, TN
James “Tee” Griscom, MD
UTHSC – Nashville
Nashville, TN
Smadar Bogardus, MD
University of TN – Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
John Pickering, MD
UT College of Medicine – Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN
Andrew Fleming
UTHSC-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Chapter Administrator
Wanda G. McKnight, CAE
600 12th Ave., S
#204
Nashville, TN 37203
wanda@tnacs.org