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 2022-2023
Mary Hooks, MD FACS
President
Nashville, TN
Heath Giles, MD FACS
President-Elect
Chattanooga, TN
David Shibata, MD FACS FASCRS
Vice President
Memphis, TN
Max Langham Jr., MD FACS
Past President
Memphis, TN
Carmen Solorzano, MD FACS
Secretary-Treasurer
Nashville, TN
At-Large Directors
Jeremiah Deneve, DO, 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
Darrell Lamont Hunt, MD FACS
At-Large Director - Middle
Gallatin, TN
Naira Baregamian, MD FACS
At-Large Director - Middle
Nashville, TN
Habeeba Park, MD FACS
At-Large Director - Middle
Lebanon, TN
Alan Hyde, MD
At-Large Director - East
Chattanooga, TN
C. Lindsay McKnight, MD, FACS
At-Large Director - East
Bracken Burns, DO FACS
At-Large Director - East
YFA Representatives
Ryan Schmocker, MD
Knoxville, TN
Elizabeth Jackson, MD, FACS
Johnson City, TN
Associate Fellow Representatives
Chandrasekhar Padmanabhan, MD
Nashville, TN
Association of Women Surgeons’ Representative
Meredith Duke, MD, FACS
Nashville, TN
Committee on Cancer
James McLoughlin, MD FACS
Chairman
Knoxville, TN
Governors
Brian James Daley, MD FACS
Governor, At Large
Knoxville, TN
William Edwards Jr, MD, FACS
President, TNSURG-PAC
Nashville, TN
Ingrid Meszoely, MD, FACS
Governor, At Large
Nashville, TN
Martin Fleming, MD, FACS
Governor, At Large
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
Nashville, 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
Resident Representatives
Kathleen Gallagher, 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
Mitch Parker, 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