SCCPDS Directors
PRESIDENT
Krista L. Kaups, MD, MSc, FACS (2023 – 2024)
Professor of Clinical Surgery
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care
Community Regional Medical Center
UCSF Fresno
Fresno, CA
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Charles A. Adams, Jr., MD, FACS, FCCM (2023 – 2024)
Associate Professor of Surgery
Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Chief, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, RI
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Robert A. Maxwell, MD, FACS (2023 – 2024)
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Chattanooga, TN
SECRETARY
Babak Sarani, MD, FACS, FCCM (2022 – 2025)
Professor of Surgery and Emergency Medicine
Director, Center for Trauma and Critical Care
Director, George Washington Patient Logistics Center
George Washington University
Washington, DC
TREASURER
Marc A. de Moya, MD, FACS (2023 – 2026)
Professor of Surgery / Chief of Trauma / Acute Care Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
Froedtert Trauma Center
Milwaukee, WI
DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE
Niels D. Martin, MD, FACS, FCCM (2022 – 2025)
Associate Professor of Surgery
Chief, Section of Surgical Critical Care
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Paula Ferrada, MD, FACS, FCCM (2023 – 2026)
Division and System Chief-
Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
INOVA Healthcare System
Richmond, VA
SCCPDS Past Presidents
Robert A. Maxwell, MD, FACS (2022-2023)
Professor of Surgery
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Chattanooga, TN
William C. Chiu, MD, FACS, FCCM (2020-2022)
Professor of Surgery
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
Kimberly A. Davis, MD, MBA, FACS, FCCM (2018 – 2020)
Professor of Surgery
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Chief of the Division of General Surgery, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care
Yale University School of Medicine
Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT
Samuel A. Tisherman, MD, FACS, FCCM (2016- 2018)
Professor of Surgery
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Director, Center for Critical Care and Trauma Education
Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
David A. Spain, MD, FACS (2014 – 2016)
The Ned and Carol Spieker Professor and Chief of Acute Care Surgery
Associate Division Chief of General Surgery
Department of Surgery
Stanford University
Trauma Medical Director, Stanford Healthcare
Stanford, CA
Fred A. Luchette, MD, MSc, FACS, FCCM (2011 – 2014)
Vice-Chair, VA Affairs
Professor of Surgery
Stritch School of Medicine
Loyola University of Chicago
Chief of Surgical Services, Hines VA
Hines, IL
William G. Cioffi, MD, FACS (2007 – 2011)
J. Murray Beardsley Professor and Chairman
Department of Surgery
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, RI
SCCPDS Representatives
SCCPDS Representative to the AAST Critical Care Committee
Abhijit S. Pathak, MD (2018 – Present)
SCCPDS Liaison with the SCCM Surgery Section
Pauline K. Park, MD (2018 – Present)
SCCPDS Liaison with the AAST Acute Care Surgery Program Directors Subcommittee
Eric A. Toschlog, MD (2021 - Present)
SCCPDS Liaison with the Association of Program Directors in Surgery
Jasmeet S. Paul, MD (2022 - 2025)
Updated: 2/08/2024