Defining, Tracking, and Delivering Excellence in Surgical Care

Advisory Board

COMMITTEE OFFICERS

Committee Officers

Michael G. Florence, MD, FACS, Chair
Governor, American College of Surgeons
General Surgery, Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Paul Lin, MD, FACS, Assistant Chair
Associate Medical Director
President, WA State Chapter, ACS

Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital
Spokane, WA

WA STATE CHAPTER ACS OFFICERS

Eileen M. Bulger, MD, FACS
President Elect, WA State Chapter, ACS
Assoc. Prof. of Surgery, U of WA
Seattle, WA

Marc D. Horton, MD, FACS
Past President, WA State Chapter, ACS
Swedish Medical Center
Medical Director Surgical Services
Seattle, WA

MEMBERS AT LARGE

Fred Bowers, MD
Kadlec Medical Center
Richland, WA

John Bramhall, MD, PhD
Associate Medical Director
Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Karin D. Bussard, RN, CCRN
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital
Spokane, WA

Patch Dellinger, MD, FACS
Chair, Safer Surgery Checklist Coalition
Professor & Vice Chair, Dept. of Surgery
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Steve Elerding, MD
Associate Medical Director
Sunnyside Community Hospital
Sunnyside, WA

Ellen Farrokhi, MD
Chair, Vascular
Virgina Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Denise Fowler, RN, MS
Chief Clinical Officer
Whitman Hospital and Medical Center
Colfax, WA

Eric J. Froines, MD, FACS
Chief, Dept. of General Surgery
Group Health Cooperative
Seattle, WA

Adam Goldin, MD, MPH
Chair, Peds Pilot
Seattle Children's
Seattle, WA

Peter Grigas, RN, BHSA, CTQM, CPHQ
Valley Medical Center
Renton, WA

Valerie J. Halpin, MD
Legacy Good Samaritan Weight Management Institute
Portland, OR

Morrie Johnson, MD, FACS
Associate Medical Director
Skagit Valley Medical Center
Mount Vernon, WA 98274
Jerry Jurkovich, MD, FACS
Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Eleen A. Kirman, MD
Medical Director, Surgical and Anesthesia Svcs
St John Medical Center
Longview WA

John Kisala, MD
Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital
Yakima, WA

Juris Macs, MD
Grays Harbor Community Hospital
Aberdeen, WA

Louis Martin, MD, FACS, FCCM
Samaritan Healthcare
Moses Lake, WA
 

Jeff Monson, MD
Central Washington Hospital
Wenatchee Valley Medical Center
Wenatchee, WA

Emma Patterson, MD
Medical Director, Bariatric Surgery Program
Legacy Health System
Portland, OR

Kristin Peterson, JD
Coopersmith Health Law Group,
Seattle, WA

Terry Quigley, MD FACS
NW Surgical Specialists
Northwest Hospital Medical Center
Seattle, WA

William Raum, MD, PhD
Oregon Weight Loss Surgery
Legacy Health System
Portland, OR

Robert Rush, MD, COL MIL USA MAMC
Chief, Dept of Surgery
Madigan Army Medical Center
Tacoma, WA

Lawrence Schecter, MD, FACS
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett
Everett, WA

Mark Smith, MD, MBChB, MMedSci, FRACS
Oregon Weight Loss Surgery
Legacy Health System
Portland, OR

Benjamin W. Starnes, MD (vascular pilot)
University of Washington, Dept of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery
Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Scott Steele, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Madigan Army Medical Center
Fort Lewis, WA

Richard C. Thirlby, MD FACS
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Carolina Wasicek, MD, FACS
St. Francis Hospital
Federal Way, WA

ADVISORS TO SCOAP

Nancy Fisher, MD, MPH
Medical Director
Washington State Health Care Authority
Olympia WA

Bernice Hecker MD MHA FACC
Medical Director, Part A
Noridian Administrative Services
Seattle, WA

Jeff Thompson MD MPH
Director/Chief Medical Officer
Medical Assistance Administration
Olympia, WA

EMERITUS MEMBER

Ben Knecht, MD FACS
Associate Medical Director
Wenatchee Valley Medical Center
Wenatchee, WA

SCOAP MEDICAL DIRECTOR

David R. Flum, MD MPH
Professor, Dept. of Surgery
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

 

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Terry Rogers, MD
Chief Executive Officer
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Rosa Johnson, ARNP, MN, CPHQ
SCOAP Program Director
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