The Society of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeons (SLS)
is proud to announce our 2024-2025 Board of Trustees
President
Sharona Ross, MD
Florida Hospital Tampa
Vice-President
Ian A. Hodgdon, MD
LSU Health New Orleans
School of Medicine
Secretary-Treasurer
Juan Salgado-Morales, MD
Universida Central Del Caribe
Immediate Past President
Radha Syed, MD
Richmond OB-GYN Associates
Chairman / Executive Director / Scientific Chair
Raymond J. Lanzafame, MD, MBA
The Society of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeons
Trustees 2024-2025
Ceana Nezhat, MD
Nezhat Medical Center
Jessica Opoku-Anane, MD, MS
Columbia University
Trustees 2025-2026
George Melich, MD
University of British Columbia
Robert B. Lim, MD
Wake Forest University
National Advisory Board Trustee (2025)
Megan Kennedy Burns, MD, MA
Center for Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery and Pelvic Pain
University of Rochester Medical Center
International Advisory Board Trustee (2025)
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