Council Members

The GSI is governed by the specialty council comprised of specialty society representatives and selected geriatricians. Each society appoints representatives to serve on the Council and as liaisons to their society. Societies are responsible for appointing representatives. 

The GSI Executive Committee provides ongoing oversight of project activities and planning. The Executive Committee meets bi-monthly via conference call and is chaired by G. Michael Harper, MD, AGSF and Thomas Robinson, MD. The council also meets in-person yearly at the AGS Annual Scientific Meeting.

Executive Committee

G. Michael Harper, MD, AGSF
Co-Chair
Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Thomas Robinson, MD
Co-Chair
Chief of Surgery, Professor
University of Colorado

Teresita Hogan, MD
Associate Professor
University of Chicago

Ronnie Rosenthal, MD
Professor of Surgery, Surgeon in Chief
Yale University

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Project Deputy Directors

Evelyn Granieri, MD, MPH, MSEd
Division Chief
Columbia University

Paul Katz, MD
Associate Professor
Florida State University

Michael Malone, MD
Medical Director, Aurora Senior Services/Aurora at Home 
Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program Director 
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Myron Miller, MD
Division Director
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

Peter Pompei, MD
Clinical Professor, Medicine
Stanford University

Jane Potter, MD  
Chief, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology
University of Nebraska

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Specialty Council Members 

Anesthesiology

• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

• Miles Berger, MD, PhD  
  Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
  Duke University
• Shamsuddin Akhtar, MD (Alternate)  
  Professor of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology
  Director, Medical Student Education
  Medical Director of YNHH
  Yale University

Colon and Rectal Surgery

• American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS)

• Marcia Russell, MD
  Assistant Professor, Surgery
  University of California, Los Angeles

Emergency Medicine

• American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)

• Teresita Hogan, MD 
  Director, Geriatric Emergency Medicine Group
  Assistant Professor 
  University of Chicago

• Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)

• Manish Shah, MD
  Vice Chair for Research and Academic Affairs
  University of Wisconsin
• Ula Hwang, MD (Alternate)  
  Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Geriatrics, and Palliative Medicine
  Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai

General Surgery

• American College of Surgeons (ACS)

• Martin Makary, MD, MPH
  Assistant Professor
  Johns Hopkins University
• Ronnie Rosenthal, MD  
  Associate Professor, Surgery
  Yale University
• Clifford Ko, MD, MS, MSHS (Alternate)
  Assistant Professor
  University of California, Los Angeles

Gynecology

• American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG)

• Holly E. Richter, MD, PhD 
  Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  University of Alabama at Birmingham

Opthalmology

• American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)

• Andrew Lee, MD 
  Professor and Chair
  The Methodist Hospital 
• Simon Law, MD 
  Assistant Professor, Opthalmology
  University of California, Los Angeles
• Gwen Sterns, MD (Alternate)  
  Clinical Professor 
  Rochester General Hospital
• Bradley Katz, MD, PhD (Alternate) 
  Associate Professor
  University of Utah

Orthopaedic Surgery

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

• Arvind Nana, MD 
  Orthopaedic Surgeon
  JPS Health Institute
• Charles Weiss, MD 
  Orthopaedic Surgeon
• Elton Strauss, MD (Alternate)
  Chief of Orthopaedic Trauma & Reconstructive Surgery
  Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
• Peter Cohen, MD (Alternate) 
  Orthopaedic Surgeon
  VA Pittsburgh Health Care System

Otolaryngology

• American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery (AAO-H&NS)

• Steven Parnes, MD 
  Professor and Head 
  Albany Medical College
• Ara Chalian, MD
  Director of Facial Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery and as a Head and Neck Surgeon
  University of Pennsylvania
• David Eibling, MD, FACS (Alternate)
  Professor
  University of Pittsburgh

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

• American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (AAPM&R)

• Patrick Kortebein, MD
  Assistant Chief / Clinical Professor
  VA Sacramento
• David Cifu, MD (Alternate)
  Chairman
  Virginia Commonwealth University
• M. Elizabeth Sandel, MD (Alternate)  
  Medical Director 
  Paradigm Management Services
  Thoracic Surgery
  Society of Thoracic Surgeons – STS
• Joseph Cleveland Jr., MD 
  Professor, Surgery-Cardiothoracic
  University of Colorado Denver
• Mark Katlic, MD
  Chairman, Department of Surgery 
  Surgeon in Chief 
  Sinai Hospital
• Ronald Weintraub, MD 
  Surgeon, Cardiothoracic
  Cambridge Health Alliance

Trauma Surgery

• American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST)

• Sasha Adams, MD 
  Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
  University of Texas Health – Houston

• Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST)

• Vanessa Ho, MD 
  Assistant Professor 
  University Hospitals of Cleveland

Urology

• American Urological Association

• Tomas Griebling, MD  
  Assistant Professor and Vice-Chair
  The University of Kansas
• Charles Scales, MD 
  Associate Professor of Surgery
  Duke University
• Peter Albertsen, MD (Alternate) 
  Professor of Surgery
  Chief and Program Director, Division of Urology
  University of Connecticut Health Center
• Anne Suskind, MD, MS, FACS (Alternate) 
  Associate Professor of Urology
  University of California, San Francisco

• Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)

• Rabih Chaer, MD 
  Professor of Surgery
  Director, Vascular Residency Program
  Chief, Vascular Surgery, UPMC Presbyterian
  University of Pittsburgh
• Vivian Ghatan, MD 
  Chair, Department of Surgery
  Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine