About Us

The Florida Chapter of the American College of Surgeons includes 63 of the 67 counties in the state. The South Florida chapter is Broward, Dade, Palm Beach and Monroe Counties.

Mission

Chartered in 1953, the Florida Chapter, American College of Surgeons, is a non-profit medical association that advances the care of surgical patients and safeguards standards of surgical care for an optimal and ethical practice environment.

Vision

The Florida Chapter, American College of Surgeons, inspires quality through surgical community in Florida and activities within the American College of Surgeons..

Chapter Officers

  • John Mullinax, MD, FACS

    President

  • Danielle Henry, MD, FACS

    President-Elect

  • Tracy Zito, MD, FACS

    Secretary

  • Jose Pimiento, MD, FACS

    Treasurer

  • Rohan Joseph, MD, FACS

    Past-President

ACS Board of Governors
Subhasis Misra, MD, FACS (1st term ends 2027)
Ziad Awad, MD, FACS (1st term ends 2025)
Tracy Zito, MD, FACS (2nd term ends 2027)
John Mullinax, MD, FACS (2nd term ends 2027)
Rohan Joseph, MD, FACS (2nd term ends 2027)
Susan Hoover, MD, FACS (2nd term ends 2026)
Jose Pimiento, MD, FACS (1st term ends 2027)

Councilors
Shaikh Hai, MD, At-Large
Tracy Zito, MD, FACS, At-Large

COA 1-4
Ludovic Marcel Lim Lasquety, MD FACS
Rohan Joseph, MD, FACS
Tracy Zito, MD, FACS
Adham R. Saad, MD FACS

Interested in serving on a Committee or Council?

Resident & Associate Society Committee
TBD

Membership Committee
Salvatore Docimo, Chair

Advocacy Committee
Michel Patete, Chair

Social Media Committee
Shaikh Hai, Chair

Young Fellow Association Committee
Emmanuel M. Gabriel, Chair

Surgical Education Committee
Amalia Stefanou, Chair

Committee on Trauma
Peter Pappas, Chair

Program Committee
Danielle Henry, Chair
Rohan Joseph
Amalia Stefanou
Jose Pimiento
Shaikh Hai
Jennifer Fieber
John Mullinax

Florida Chapter has opportunities available for members interested in serving on one of its committees or Council.

Nominating Committee
Rohan Joseph, Chair

Women in Surgery
Adeline Deladisma, Chair

Commission on Cancer Committee
Jose Pimiento, Chair

Presidents of Florida Chapter, ACS

  • 2025-2026 John Mullinax, MD, FACS
    2024-2025 Rohan Joseph, MD, FACS
    2023-2024 Mark Dobbertien, DO, FACS
    2022-2023 Susan Hoover, MD, FACS
    2020-2021 Jay A. Redan, MD
    2019-2020 John H. Armstrong, MD
    2018-2019 Christine Laronga, MD
    2017-2018 Patricia Byers, MD
    2016-2017 Joseph T. Gallagher, MD
    2015-2016 Jaime Membreno, MD
    2014-2015 John Rioux, MD
    2013-2014 Alan Pillersdorf, MD
    2012-2013 John Kilkenny, MD
    2010-2012 Ernest Block, MD

  • 2008-2010 Lawrence Lottenberg, MD
    2006-2008 Richard A. Lynn, MD
    2004-2006 John Moenning, MD
    2002-2004 Charles E. Cox, MD
    2000-2002 James W. Large, MD
    1998-2000 A. Frederick Schilds, MD
    1996-1998 Phillip E. Andrews, MD
    1994-1996 T.T. Knight, MD
    1992-1994 William C. Hartley, MD
    1990-1992 William T. Branch, MD
    1988-1990 William H. Meyer, Jr. MD
    1986-1988 John O. Gage, MD
    1984-1986 David H. Shipiro, MD

  • 1982-1984 Quillian Jones, MD
    1981-1982 Arthur K. Waltzer
    1980-1981 Quillian Jones, MD
    1979-1980 Norman Kenyon, MD
    1978-1979 Arthur Trask, MD
    1977-1978 John Fletcher, MD
    1976-1977 Martin Gould, MD
    1975-1976 George Irvin, III, MD
    1974-1975 Nelson Kraeft, MD
    1973-1974 David S. Hubbell, MD
    1972-1973 Jack A. MaCris, MD
    1971-1972 Thad Mosley, MD
    1970-1971 Harry W. Rienstine, Jr., MD

About the American College of Surgeons

The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and educational association of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to improve the quality of care for the surgical patient by setting high standards for surgical education and practice.

The letters FACS (Fellow of the American College of Surgeons) after a surgeon's name mean that the surgeon's education and training, professional qualifications, surgical competence, and ethical conduct have passed a rigorous evaluation and have been found to be consistent with the high standards established and demanded by the College.

ACS Web Portal

The ACS Web Portal at efacs.org is your link to specialty communities, academic surgery articles, CME certificates, and more.

American College of Surgeons National Advocacy Initiatives

See what advocacy efforts are being followed at the federal level by visiting the American College of Surgeons Advocacy and Health Policy Portal.

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