Healthcare Economics Committee

The Healthcare Economics Committee (HEC) is responsible for presenting economic information to the ASCRS membership. The committee's responsibilities include tracking developments in managed care, regulatory and Congressional legislation as well as practice and employment issues that impact coding, billing, and other economically related issues that affect colon rectal surgeons and their patients.

Donald B. Colvin, MD - Chair, Current Term: 2024-2027
Anne Katherine Mongiu, MD, PhD - Vice Chair, Current Term: 2024-2027
Dr. Robert Jon Kucejko, MD, MS, MBA - Advisor, Current Term: 2026-2029
Marissa Lea Anderson, MD - Member, Current Term: 2026-2029
Rishi Batra, MD, MBA - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Olga Beresneva, MD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Ramon A. Brown, MD - Member, Current Term: 2026-2029
Scott Morgan Browning, MD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Evan Bryan Buckingham, MD - Member, Current Term: 2026-2029
Christopher Jerome Buzas, DO - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Dr. Charles Randall Cooper, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Karleigh Ryan Curfman - Member, Current Term: 2026-2029
Aneel Damle, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Anne Fabrizio, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Dr. Erin Fennern, MD - Member, Current Term: 2026-2029
Olga Rubenovna Garcia, DO - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Dr. Razmik Ghukasyan - Member, Current Term: 2026-2029
Dr. Matthew Darrin Giglia, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Alexis Lorraine Grucela, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Paul Johnson, MD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Dr. Sarah M. Kling - Member, Current Term: 2026-2029
Varun Krishnan, MD - Member, Current Term: 2026-2029
Dr. Charles Liu - Member, Current Term: 2026-2029
Nicole Elizabeth Lopez, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Ali Mahmood, MD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Dr. David Gerard McKeown, MD, MCh - Member, Current Term: 2026-2029
William Conan Mustain, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Dr. Samantha Norden, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Nina J. Paonessa, DO, FACOS - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Rodrigo Pedraza, MD - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Alberto Antonio Pena, MD - Member, Current Term: 2026-2029
Vitaliy Y. Poylin, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Shankar Raman, MD, MBA - Member, Current Term: 2025-2028
Philip Rosen, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Daniel Christienn Rossi, DO - Member, Current Term: 2026-2029
Hernan Alberto Sanchez Trejo, MD - Member, Current Term: 2026-2029
Steven Schechter, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
James Stephen Spitz, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
David E. Stein, MD, MHCM - Member, Current Term: 2026-2029
Dimitra Theodoropoulos, MD - Member, Current Term: 2026-2029
Sachin Vaid, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Joseph Daniel Valentino, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Dr. J. Ryan Williams, MD - Member, Current Term: 2024-2027
Jason Keith - Staff, Current Term: 2023-2040
David Westman - Staff, Current Term: 2019-2040