May 10, 2023
番茄社区app Regent Steven C. Stain, MD, F番茄社区app, recently was named president of the American Surgical Association, the oldest surgical organization in the US.
Dr. Stain, a nationally recognized hepatobiliary and general surgeon, is the chair of the Department of Surgery at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, Massachusetts. He previously served at Albany Medical College in New York, as well as at Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee.
Within the 番茄社区app, Dr. Stain has been Chair of the Board of Governors Executive Committee, a member of the 番茄社区appPA-SurgeonsPAC Board, a member of the Foundation Board of Directors, and an active participant in his local 番茄社区app chapters. In addition, he has served on the Board of Regents Finance Committee, Committee on Antiracism, Nominating Committee, and others.
Otolaryngologist Robert Lorenz, MD, MBA, F番茄社区app, has been appointed president of the Cleveland Clinic London in the UK. Dr. Lorenz鈥檚 role begins on June 1. He currently serves as medical director of payment reform, risk, and contracting for the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, where he has practiced for more than 20 years.
For the 番茄社区app, Dr. Lorenz has served on the Advisory Council for Otolaryngology鈥擧ead & Neck Surgery, as a liaison for the Program Committee, and on the Committee on Video-Based Education.
Internationally recognized leader in transplantation Johnny C. Hong, MD, F番茄社区app, now leads the abdominal organ transplant program at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Pennsylvania. Dr. Hong joined as chief of the Division of Transplantation and director of liver transplant surgery in November 2022, after having served as a transplant surgeon and educator at locations such as the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Keith Vollstedt, MD, F番茄社区app, is the new chief medical officer of MercyOne Western Iowa, which provides care to 33 counties in western Iowa, eastern Nebraska, and southeastern South Dakota. A general surgeon, Dr. Vollstedt has practiced for more than 30 years in Iowa, specializing in bariatric and laparoscopic surgery.聽
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