Congratulations to this week’s designees.
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Hospital Ernesto Dornelles in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Center of Excellence in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery since 2012
Surgeon of Excellence:
– Dr. Gabriel Sebastião de Vargas
Surgeon of Excellence in Colorectal Surgery:
– Fernando Aycinena, MD, FACS
Surgeons of Excellence in Hernia Surgery:
– Geary D. Bush, MD, FACS
– Chad M. Copper, MD, FACS
– Ronald C. Lewis, MD, FACS
– Daniel A. Mullis, MD, FACS
– Alex C. Nguyen, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Northeast Georgia Medical Center – Gainesville in Gainesville, Georgia Center of Excellence in Colorectal Surgery, Hernia Surgery, Minimally Invasive Gynecology, Minimally Invasive Surgery and Robotic Surgery since 2020
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Surgeons of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology:
– Jason S. Bailey, MD, FACOG
– Viengngeun Bounkeua, MD, PhD
– Andrew E. Green, MD, FACOG
– Keshma Saujani, MD, FACOG
Surgeons of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Surgery:
– Fernando Aycinena, MD, FACS
– Jason S. Bailey, MD, FACOG
– Geary D. Bush, MD, FACS
– Chad M. Copper, MD, FACS
– Andrew E. Green, MD, FACOG
– Ronald C. Lewis, MD, FACS
– Daniel A. Mullis, MD, FACS
– Alex C. Nguyen, MD, FACS, FASMBS
– Keshma Saujani, MD, FACOG
– Robert L. Richard, MD, FACS
Surgeons of Excellence in Robotic Surgery:
– Fernando Aycinena, MD, FACS
– Jason S. Bailey, MD, FACOG
– Geary D. Bush, MD, FACS
– Chad M. Copper, MD, FACS
– Andrew E. Green, MD, FACOG
– Ronald C. Lewis, MD, FACS
– Daniel A. Mullis, MD, FACS
– Alex C. Nguyen, MD, FACS, FASMBS
– Keshma Saujani, MD, FACOG
– Robert L. Richard, MD, FACS
– Eric Velazquez, MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS
Surgeons of Excellence:
– Mark Dabagia, MD
– Hisham Elhassan, MD
– Sean Garrean, MD
– Scott Goodrich, MD
– Michael Willis Grabowski, MD
– Joseph A. Greenlee III, MD
– Dr. Elizabeth Schmidt Herber
Parkview Health System, Inc. in Fort Wayne, Indiana Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery since 2019
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– Judith Kennedy, MD
– Christine L. Duncan-Lothamer, DO
– Francisco Javier Reyes Martin, MD
– George Lee Martin, MD
– Kevin Pei, MD
– Iwona Podzielinski, MD
– Sunil Kumar Reddy, MD
– Steven Tanner, DO
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Tulsa Surgical Arts in Tulsa, Oklahoma Center of Excellence in Specialized Cosmetic Surgery Face and Neck and Trunk, Breast and Extremities since 2021
Surgeon of Excellence:
– Lawrence Angelo Cuzalina, MD