The Society of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeons (SLS)
is proud to announce our 2025-2026 Board of Trustees
President
Ian A. Hodgdon, MD
LSU Health New Orleans
School of Medicinea
Vice-President
Juan Salgado-Morales, MD
Universida Central Del Cari
Secretary-Treasurer
Ceana Nezhat, MD
Nezhat Medical Center
Immediate Past President
Sharona Ross, MD
Florida Hospital Tampa
Chairman / Executive Director / Scientific Chair
Raymond J. Lanzafame, MD, MBA
The Society of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeons
Trustees 2025-2026
George Melich, MD
University of British Columbia
Robert B. Lim, MD
Wake Forest University
Trustees 2026-2027
Jessica Opoku-Anane, MD, MS
Columbia University
Megan Kennedy Burns, MD, MA
Center for Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery and Pelvic Pain
Dept of Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Rochester Medical Center
National Advisory Board Trustee (2026)
Iswanto Sucandy, MD
Advent Health
International Advisory Board Trustee (2026)
Silvio Alen Canton, MBBS
University of Padova
Scientific & Technology Advisor/Ex-Officio:
Richard M. Satava, MD
University of Washington
International Advisory Committee Chair/Ex-Officio:
Maurice K. Chung, RPh, MD
Center for Endometriosis, Pelvic Pain & Urogynecology
WVU Medicine, Wheeling & Reynolds Memorial Hospital
Ex-Officio:
Michael S. Kavic, MD
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Jessica Ybanez-Morano, MD, MPH
Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital
Ronald Fieldstone, Esq