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The Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS)

The Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS)

To achieve health justice, advance science, cultivate professional success and promote leadership for Black and underrepresented surgeons in academia.

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Past Presidents of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons

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1989–1991: Arthur Fleming, MD, FACS
1991–1993: Onye E. Akwari, MD, FACS
1993–1995: Eddie L. Hoover, MD, FACS
1995–1997: Claude H. Organ, Jr, MD, FACS
1997–1998: LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr, MD, FACS
1998–1999: Haile T. Debas, MD, FACS
1999–2001: L. D. Britt, MD, FACS, MPH
2001–2003: Clive O. Callender, MD, FACS
2003–2004: Edward Cornwell, III, MD, FACS
2004–2005: Robert L. McCauley, MD, FACS
2005–2006: Selwyn M. Vickers, MD, FACS
2006–2007: Michael T. Watkins, MD, FACS
2007–2008: Steven C. Stain, MD, FACS
2008–2009: Robert S. Higgins, MD, FACS
2009–2010: Wm. Lynn Weaver, MD, FACS
2010–2011: Henri Ford, MD, FACS, MHA
2011–2012: Danny O. Jacobs, MD, FACS, MPH
2012–2013: Kenneth Davis Jr., MD, FACS
2013–2014: Edward M. Barksdale, Jr., MD, FACS
2014–2015: Lynt B. Johnson, MD, MBA, FACS
2015–2016: Orlando C. Kirton, MD, FACS, MCCM
2016–2017: Patricia L. Turner, MD, FACS
2017–2018: Anthony Stallion, MD, FACS
2018–2019: Malcolm Brock, MD, FACS
2019–2020: Martin Karpeh, MD, FACS
2020–2021: Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD, FACS, FAAP
2021–2022: Carla Pugh, MD, PhD, FACS
2022–2023: Andre R. Campbell, MD, FACS, FACP, FCCM, MAMSE
2023–2024: Luz María Rodríguez, MD, FACS
2024-2025: John H. Stewart, IV, MD, MBA, FACS

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