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 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

Knoxville, TN

Bracken Burns, DO FACS

At-Large Director - East

Johnson City, TN

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

Committee on Trauma

Brian James Daley, 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

Nashville, TN

Jeffrey S. Upperman, MD FACS

Governor, Surgical Infection Society

Nashville, TN

Patrick A. Stone, MD FACS

Governor, Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Society

Nashville, TN

TN Surgical Quality Consortium

George Lynch, MD FACS

Nashville, TN

ACS Board of Regents

Ken Sharp, MD, FACS

Nashville, TN

Advocacy Insider

Barton Clements, MD, FACS

Livingston, TN

Tony Haley, MD, FACS

Jonesborough, TN

James 'Trey' Eubanks, MD, FACS

Memphis, TN

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

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