Listed below please find the current Executive Leadership and Council members for the Connecticut Chapter. Officers and Council Member terms expire at the Annual Meeting. Membership for all Committees is open to any active (dues paying) members and associate members of the Chapter. Please contact the Committee Chair or the Executive Director for more information.

The Commission on Cancer, the Young Surgeon’s Committee, the Resident’s Committee, the Committee on Trauma, and the Women in Surgery Committee each host annual meetings at the CTACSPA Annual Meeting.

October 2024- October 2025

Officers
President – Royd Fukumoto, MD, FACS
VP, Annual Meeting – Shawna Kettyle, MD, FACS and Denise Barajas, MD, FACS
VP, Legislative –  Kathleen LaVorgna, MD, FACS
VP, Membership – Open
Secretary – Christine Finck, MD, FACS
Treasurer – Shawna Kettyle, MD, FACS
Immediate Past President – David Shapiro, MD, MHCM, FACS
ACS Governor-at-Large – Alan Meinke, MD, FACS (term 2 eff. 10/2024)
ACS Governor-at-Large – Felix Lui, MD, FACS (term 1 eff. 10/2023)

Councilors
Term Ending in 2025
Roselle Crombie, MD, FACS
Christine Finck, MD, FACS
Kevin Dwyer, MD, FACS
Shea Gregg, MD, FACS
Scott Kurtzman, MD, FACS
J. Alexander Palesty, MD, FACS

Term Ending in 2026
Denise Barajas, MD, FACS
Adrian Maung, MD, FACS
Krishan Patel, MD, FACS
Richard Weiss, MD, FACS

Committee Chairs 
Diversity Committee – David Shapiro, MD, MHCM, FACS
Legislative Committee & HPAC Delegate – Kathleen LaVorgna, MD, FACS
Membership Committee – Vacant
Patient Safety & Quality – Kevin Schuster, MD, FACS
Women in Surgery Committee: Christine Finck, MD, FACS
Young Fellows Committee – Vacant

Ex-Officio Members
Kevin Schuster – Chair, CT Committee on Trauma
Bret Schipper, MD, FACS, CPE – Chair, Commission on Cancer
Neil Floch, MD, FACS – CT Chapter ASMBS Liaison
Tian Sheng Ng, MD and Jeremy Fridling, MD– Co-Chairs, Resident Committee

By-Laws

Executive Director
Christopher M. Tasik

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