Board of Directors 2010 - 2011 PRESIDENT Charles V. Coren, M.D., FACS VICE-PRESIDENT James C. Rucinski, M.D., FACS SECRETARY-TREASURER Susan H. Lee, M.D., FACS STANDING COMMITTEES CHAIR Scientific & Cont. Ed. Margaret Chen, M.D.FACS CO-CHAIR Jeffrey Nicastro, M.D. FACS CHAIR Resident Essay Comp. Mitchell Chorost, M.D. FACS CO-CHAIR Michael Levine, M.D.FACS CHAIR Young Surgeons Comm. Armondo Castro, M.D. FACS CO-CHAIR Nelson Rosen, M.D. FACS Moshe Ephrat, M.D. FACS ELECTED TO THE BOARD BOARD MEMBERS Patrick Vetere, M.D. FACS Nassau County Expires 2011 Daniel W. Green, M.D. FACS Queens County Expires 2011 Hueldine Webb, M.D. FACS Kings County Expires 2011 Rajiv Datta, M.D. FACS Nassau County Expires 2012 J. Morgan Cosgrove, M.D. FACS Nassau County Expires 2012 Fred Nicholas, M.D. FACS Kings County Expires 2012 Dean Pappas, M.D. FACS Nassau County Expires 2013 Michael M. Ziegelbaum, M.D.FACS Queens County Expires 2013 Bimal V. Ghosh, M.D. FACS Kings County Expires 2013 AD HOC COMMITTEE COMMITTEE and CHAIRPERSONS Communications - Newsletter Barry S. Savits, M.D.FACS Media Liaison S.Daniel Huang, M.D. FACS Resident and Associate Soc/ACS Anna Kundel, M.D. FACS Eric Klein, MD Marc Everett, MD Trauma EMS Council Matthew Bank, M.D. FACS John McNelis, M.D. FACS Patricia O'Neill, M.D. FACS Membership Committee Xenophon Xenophontos, M.D. FACS Charles V. Coren, M.D. FACS State Advocacy Committtee Barry S. Savits, M.D.FACS Keneth Mattucci, M.D. FACS Jeffrey Weiss, M.D. FACS James Satterfield, M.D. FACS Student & Resident Education Gene Coppa, M.D. FACS Antonio Alfonso, M.D.FACS Armondo Castro, M.D. FACS Socio Economic Affairs Robert J. Caponegro, M.D.FACS Douglas Held, M.D.FACS Howard L. Sussman, M.D.FACS COMMITTEE ON APPLICANTS Dist. #1 Brooklyn-Queens Michael O. Bernstein, M.D. FACS, Chair L.I. Dist. #2 Nassau-Suffolk Robert J. Ward, M.D. FACS, Chair PAST PRESIDENTS Drs. Henry J. Abrams, Michael O. Bernstein, Joseph R. Cali, Saqib S. Chaudhry, Edward N. Cartnick, Robert F. D'Esposito, Ralph S. Emerson, James D. McMahon, Thomas L. Raferty, Calvin L. Rasweiler, Barry W. Rubin, Gerald W. Shaftan, James. W. Turner, & Anthony J. Tortolani HISTORIAN A. Addison Barman, MD FACS PARLIAMENTARIAN Horace Herbsman, MD FACS GOVERNORS Bimal M. Ghosh, M.D.FACS(K) 2011 Robert F. D'Esposito, M.D.FACS(N) 2012 Michael O. Bernstein, M.D. FACS*(K) 2011 James W. Turner, M.D. FACS* Q 2012 Howard Sussman, M.D. FACS* (N) 2013 *eligible for re-election NOMINATING COMMITTEE Michael Bernstein, M.D.FACS Robert F. D'Esposito, M.D.FACS Mitchell Chorost, M.D.FACS Antonio Alfonso, M.D.FACS Anthony J. Tortolani, M.D.FACS ACS CANCER LIAISON STATE CHAIR Mitchell Chorost, MD, FACS CHAPTER ADMINISTRATOR Teresa A. Barzyz E-Mail: Acsteresa@aol.com Telephone: 516-741-3887 Fax: 516-741-9162