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Promoting Excellence in Surgical Care Through Education, Training, and Validation

E-Learning Resource Center

 

Staff Contacts and Responsibilities

Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC
Director, Division of Education
Phone: 312-202-5405
Fax: 312-202-5011
E-Mail: asachdeva@facs.org

Susan Rosero
Administrative Associate
Telephone: 312-202-5297
Fax: 312-202-5011
E-Mail: srosero@facs.org

Administration

Patrice Gabler Blair, MPH
Associate Director
Phone: 312-202-5220
E-Mail: pblair@facs.org

Linda K. Lupi
Senior Manager, Special Education and Training Programs and Educational Administration
Phone: 312-202-5354
E-Mail: llupi@facs.org

Staff Listing by Last Name with area of Responsibility

Belinda A. Andry
Manager, SESAP and Library Services
Phone: 312-202-5239
E-Mail: bandry@facs.org
SESAP (Surgical Education and Self-Assessment Program)
Kay Anthony
Administrator, Program Committee and Scientific Sessions
Phone: 312-202-5325
E-Mail: kanthony@facs.org

Scientific Panel Sessions
Program Committee and Scientific Paper Sessions

Patrice Gabler Blair, MPH
Associate Director
Phone: 312-202-5220
E-Mail: pblair@facs.org

ACS Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum
Educational Research
CME Accreditation
Comprehensive General Surgery Review Course
Patient Safety
Selected Readings in General Surgery®
SESAP™ (Surgical Education and Self-Assessment Program)

Surgeons as Educators Course
Surgeons as Leaders Course

Committee on Allied Health Professionals
Committee on Continuous Professional Development
Committee on Education
Committee on Emerging Surgical Technology and Education (CESTE)
Committee on Ethics
Committee on Medical Student Education
Committee on Resident Education

Task Force on Surgical Palliative Care
Amanda J. Bruggeman
Program Coordinator, Patient Education
Phone: 312-202-5263
E-Mail: abruggeman@facs.org
Patient Education
Alison Powers-Casey
Administrative Assistant, ACS Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum
Phone: 312-202-5171
E-Mail: acasey@facs.org
ACS Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum
Chrysa Cullather
SESAP and Review Courses Medical Editor
Phone: 312-202-5175
E-Mail: ccullather@facs.org

SESAP (Surgical Education and Self-Assessment Program)
Review Courses

Elisabeth Davis
Educational Research Associate
Phone: 312-202-5192
E-Mail: edavis@facs.org
Educational Research
Gay Lynn Dykman
Administrator, Video-Based Education
Phone: 312-202-5262
E-Mail: gdykman@facs.org
Video-Based Education Program
ACS Video Library
Kim Echert
Senior Manager, Programs to Enhance Resident and Medical Student Education
Phone: 312-202-5488
E-Mail: kechert@facs.org

ACS Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum
ACS Surgery Resident Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) DVD
ACS/ASE/APDS Entering Surgery Resident Prep-Curriculum
ACS/ASE Medical Student Simulation-Based Surgical Skills Curriculum
ACS/APDS Surgical Skills Curriculum for Residents

Surgeons as Educators Course
Residents as Teachers and Leaders Course

 

Committee on Allied Health Professionals
Committee on Medical Student Education

Committee on Resident Education
Task Force on Surgical Palliative Care

 

Surgery Resident Program
Medical Student Program
High School Program

 

Resident Award for Exemplary Teaching

Lynanne Feilen
Manager, SRGS
Phone: 312-202-5438
E-Mail: lfeilen@facs.org

Selected Readings in General Surgery (SRGS)

Lewis Flint, MD, FACS
Editor-in Chief, SRGS
Phone: 312-202-5224
E-Mail: lflint@facs.org
Selected Readings in General Surgery (SRGS)
Danielle L. Gilcrest
Administrative Assistant
Phone: 312-202-5367
E-Mail: dgilcrest@facs.org

Documentation of Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit - My CME
CME Events Calendar

Ann-Valerie O. Griffin
Senior Manager, Program for Verification of Surgical Knowledge and Skills
Phone: 312-202-5266
E-Mail: agriffin@facs.org

National Ultrasound Faculty
Postgraduate Skills-Oriented Courses

Exported Courses
Verification of Knowledge and Skills Program

Kathleen Goldsmith
Manager, Continuous Professional Development Accreditation
Phone: 312-202-5212
E-Mail: kgoldsmith@facs.org

CME Accreditation

 

Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

 

Joint Sponsorship Program

Kathleen Heneghan, MSN, RN
Assistant Director, Patient Education
Phone: 312-202-5352
E-Mail: kheneghan@facs.org
Patient Education
Tim Hotze
Education Technology Specialist
Phone: 312-202-5032 
E-Mail: thotze@facs.org
ACS Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum
Krashina S. Hudson
Program Coordinator
Phone: 312-202-5335
E-Mail: khudson@facs.org

Surgeons as Educators Course
High School Program

 

Committee on Allied Health Professionals
Committee on Medical Student Education
Task Force on Surgical Palliative Care

Medical Student Program
Amy Johnson

Program Coordinator
Phone: 312-202-5415

E-mail: ajohnson@facs.org
ACS Accredited Education Institutes
Kathleen A. Johnson
Senior Manager, ACS Program for the Accreditation of Education Institutes and Experiential Learning Programs
Phone: 312-202-5276
E-Mail: kjohnson@facs.org
ACS Accredited Education Institutes
Emily Langerak
Administrator
Phone: 312-202-5535
E-Mail: elangerak@facs.org
ACS Accredited Education Institutes
Nicole Fonacier Laroco

Skills Courses Coordinator

Program for Verification of Surgical Knowledge and Skills

Phone: 312-202-5404
E-Mail: nlaroca@facs.org

National Ultrasound Faculty
Postgraduate Skills-Oriented Courses
Exported Courses
Verification of Knowledge and Skills Program

Carla Manosalvas
Coordinator, Postgraduate Courses and Scientific Posters
Phone: 312-202-5385
E-Mail: cmanosalvas@facs.org
Postgraduate Didactic Courses
Scientific Poster Presentations
Southeastern Surgical Congress (SESC) and Southwestern Surgical Congress (SWSC)
Kathryn Matousek
Administrative Assistant
Phone: 312-202-5336
E-Mail: kmatousek@facs.org
Named Lectures
Surgical Forum Program
Town Hall Meetings
Committee for the Forum on Fundamental Surgical Problems
Olivier Petinaux
Senior Manager, Distance Education and E-Learning
Phone: 312-202-5375
E-Mail: opetinaux@facs.org
Distance Education and E-Learning
Sangkhom Ratsavong
Administrator, Distance Education and E-Learning
Phone: 312-202-5318
E-Mail: sratsavong@facs.org
Distance Education and E-Learning

Nicole Schroeder
Administrator, Continuous Professional Development
Phone: 312-202-5427

E-Mail: nschroeder@facs.org

CME Accreditation
Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
Joint Sponsorship Program

Cherylnn Sherman
Administrative Associate
Phone: 312-202-5424
E-Mail: csherman@facs.org

ACS/ASE/APDS Entering Surgery Resident Prep-Curriculum
ACS/ASE Medical Student Simulation-based Surgical Skills Curriculum
ACS/APDS Surgical Skills Curriculum for Residents
Surgery Resident Program

 

Committee on Resident Education

 

ACS Surgery Resident Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) DVD

 

Residents as Teachers and Leaders Course

 

Resident Award for Exemplary Teaching

Julie A. Tribe
Senior Manager, Educational Programs
Phone: 312-202-5433
E-Mail:jtribe@facs.org
Clinical Congress

Multi Media Atlas of Surgery Volumes
Named Lectures
Program Committee
Scientific Paper Sessions
Scientific Panel Sessions
Surgical Forum Committee
Postgraduate Didactic Courses
Scientific Poster Presentations
Surgical Forum Program

Video-based Education Committee

Video-Based Education Program
ACS Video Library
Southeastern Surgical Congress (SESC) and Southwestern Surgical Congress (SWSC)
Committee for the Forum on Fundamental Surgical Problems

 

Revised May 8, 2012