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The Society of Black Academic Surgeons | SBAS

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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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