Meet the 2026-2027 Proposed Slate of Executive Council Officers and Members-at-Large

The ASCRS Nominating Committee submits the following slate of Executive Council Officers and Members-at-Large for Fellow vote in advance of the Society’s Annual Business Meeting on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. 

In accordance with the Society’s Bylaws, some Executive Council positions transition automatically each year. Upon adjournment of the Annual Scientific Meeting, the President-Elect assumes the office of President, and the President assumes the office of Immediate Past President. All other Officers and Members-at-Large are elected by Fellow members.

The Secretary and Treasurer serve two-year terms beginning at the adjournment of the Annual Scientific Meeting. This year, Fellows will vote for the incoming Treasurer.

Members-at-Large serve in three classes of equal size with staggered terms so that one-third of the positions are elected each year. This year, Fellows will vote on the 2026-2029 Members-at-Large class.

Executive Committee

Kirsten Wilkins, MD

President

South Plainfield, NJ

Assistant Program Director and head of Resident Research at the Associated Colon & Rectal Surgeons, PA

Najjia N. Mahmoud, MD

Past President

Philadelphia, PA

Chief of the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Charles M. Friel, MD

President-Elect

Charlottesville, VA

Professor of Surgery, General Surgery Program Director, and Chief of the Section of Colorectal Surgery at the University of Virginia

Scott Steele, MD, MBA

Vice President

Cleveland, OH

President of the Main Campus Submarket at the Cleveland Clinic

Elizabeth (Liza) C. Wick, MD

Secretary

San Francisco, CA

Professor of Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco

Alessandro Fichera, MD

Treasurer

New York, NY

Chief of the Division of Colorectal Surgery and Eugene H. Pool Professor of Surgery at New York-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine

Members-at-Large

Joshua Bleier, MD

2024–2027 Member-at-Large

Philadelphia, PA

Professor of Surgery and Chair of the Department of Surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital and Program Director of the Colorectal Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania

Daniel Feingold, MD

2024–2027 Member-at-Large

New Brunswick, NJ

Professor of Surgery and the Chief of the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University and at the Rutgers Cancer Institute

Erin King-Mullins, MD

2024–2027 Member-at-Large

Atlanta, GA

Founding Surgeon at the Colorectal Wellness Center

George J. Chang, MD, MS, MHCH

2025–2028 Member-at-Large

Houston, TX

Associate Vice President, Clinical Growth and Site Integration and Professor of Colon and Rectal Surgery at the University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Brian R. Kann, MD

2025–2028 Member-at-Large

New Orleans, LA

Chair of the Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery at Ochsner Medical Center

David B. Stewart, MD, MHA

2025–2028 Member-at-Large

Springfield, IL

Professor of Surgery and the Division Chief of General Surgery at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Justin A. Maykel, MD

2026–2029 Member-at-Large

Worcester, MA

Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery and Medical Director of Perioperative Services at UMass Memorial Medical Center | Joseph M. Streeter and Mary Streeter DeFeudis Chair in Surgery at UMass Chan Medical School

Lynn O'Connor, MD, MPH

2026–2029 Member-at-Large

Huntington Station, NY

Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery at Mercy Hospital and Medical Director of Colon & Rectal Surgery of New York and Associate Professor at Donald and Barbara Zucker/Northwell School of Medicine

Larissa K F Temple, MD

2026–2029 Member-at-Large

Rochester, NY

Professor of Surgery and Oncology, Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Vice Chair, Care Transformation, Department of Surgery at the University of Rochester Medical Center