AASPA Leadership

AASPA leaders are all surgical PAs or PA students who volunteer their time to support and advance the surgical PA profession and ultimately better surgical patient care.

Join our Leadership Team!

If you are interested in a fun and exciting challenge, we encourage you to join the AASPA leadership. As of November 2011 we will be accepting names for nominations to the following Board of Directors positions for the 2012-2014 term:

President-Elect (must have been an AASPA Board member for at least 2 years)
Western Director-at-Large
Southest Director-at-Large

The term for all positions is July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2014.

To volunteer for leadership, visit Volunteer Opportunities or email us. Do it today!

Board of Directors

President Amy Biedenbach, MPAS, PA-C president@aaspa.com	Immediate Past President Robert Sammartano, RPA-C immediatepastpresident@aaspa.com
President Elect Catherine Gaines, PA-C, Lt. Col (Ret.), COANG, BSC preselect@aaspa.com	Treasurer J. Randy Thress, MS, PA-C treasurer@aaspa.com
Secretary Erika Gordon, RPA-C secretary@aaspa.com	ACS-CSPS Representatives Dan Vetrosky, PhD, PA-C Roy Constantine, PhD, PA-C
AASPA Historian Gerald Simons, MPAS, RPA-C

Directors-at-Large

Southwest aaspa@aaspa.com	Northeast Gerald Simons, MPAS, RPA-C northeastdal@aaspa.com
Western Jonathan VanHorn, PA-C westerndal@aaspa.com	Central Erin Sherer, MPAS, PA-C, RD centraldal@aaspa.com
Southeast Thomas O'Brien, PA-S southeastdal@aaspa.com	Student Director-at-Large Brittnay Williams, PA-S studentdal@aaspa.com
Student Representative-at-Large Carey Szymczak, PA-S studentrepresentative@aaspa.com

Committee Chairpersons

CME Committee Chair Catherine Gaines, PA-C cmecommittee@aaspa.com	Reimbursement Chair Seeking a Reimbursement Chairperson Contact AASPA for more information
Membership Chair Scott Cackler, PA-C membership@aaspa.org	Scholarship Chair Kent Wallace, PA-C scholarship@aaspa.org
Sutureline Editor Seeking an Editor sutureline@aaspa.com	Website Chair Gerald Simons, MPAS, RPA-C website@aaspa.org
Corporate Relations Committee Daniel Vetrosky, PhD, PA-C corporaterelations@aaspa.com	Student Affairs Chair Erika Gordon, RPA-C studentdal@aaspa.com
Surgical Education & Research Committee Roy Constantine PhD, PA-C Surgr@aol.com	Strategic Planning Committee Daniel Vetrosky, PhD, PA-C strategicplanning@aaspa.com
Finance Committee J Randy Thress, MS, PA-C treasurer@aaspa.com	AASPA Historian Gerald Simons GTSimons@med.cornell.edu
Awards committee Dana Gray, PA-C aaspa@aaspa.com	Nominating Committee Amy Biedenbach, MPAS, PA-C presidentelect@aaspa.com

Specialty Representatives

Vascular Representative Gerald T. Simons, PA-C aaspa@aaspa.com	Pediatric Surgery Representative Robert Sammartano, PA-C aaspa@aaspa.com
Plastic & Reconstruction Representative Leah Kenney, PA-C	Bariatric Surgery Representative Amy Biedenbach, MS, PA-C aaspa@aaspa.com
Transplant Surgery Representative Seeking a Representative Chairperson Contact AASPA for more information	Anesthesia Representative Mike Champion, PA-C
Ophthalmology Representative Seeking a Representative Chairperson Contact AASPA for more information	Colon & Rectal Surgery Representative Brian Lane, MD aaspa@aaspa.com
Orthopaedics Representative Carol Fiore, PA-C aaspa@aaspa.com	Neurosurgery Representative Joseph Hlavin, PA-C (Spine) James Piotrowski, PA-C (Brain) aaspa@aaspa.com
Trauma Representative Jonathan R. Van Horn, PA-C jvanhorn@lhs.org	Military Representative Lt. Col. Catharine Gaines, Ret. gainescat@aol.com
ENT/Head and Neck Surgery Representative Seeking a Representative Chairperson Contact AASPA for more information	Surgical Oncology Representative Seeking a Representative Chairperson Contact AASPA for more information
Hepato-Biliary Representative Roy Constantine, PhD, MPH, PA-C aaspa@aaspa.com