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  • Purpose

    The Foundation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes, specifically for the education and funding of research by surgical investigators interested in the diagnosis, research, and treatment of surgical infectious disease.

    Executive Director

    Philip S. Barie, MD, MBA
    79 Tamarack Street
    East Northport, NY 11731
    blademd@aol.com
    Tel: 631-368-1880
    Fax: 631-368-4466

    Trustees

    John C. Alverdy, MD
    Chicago, Illinois

    Gregory J. Beilman, MD
    Minneapolis, Minnesotta

    David P. Blake, MD, MPH, FACS, DMCC
    Falls Church, Virginia

    William G. Cheadle, MD
    Louisville, Kentucky

    Jeffrey A. Claridge, MD
    Cleveland, Ohio

    E. Patchen Dellinger, MD
    Seattle Washington

    Donald E. Fry, MD
    Chicago, Illinois

    Kamal M.F. Itani, MD
    West Roxbury, Massachusetts

    Addison K. May, MD, MBA
    Nashville, Tennessee

    Nicholas Namias, MD, MBA
    Miami, Florida

    Ori D. Rotstein, MD
    Toronoto, Ontario, Cananda

    Robert G. Sawyer, MD
    Kalamazoo, Michigan

    Gerald I. Susman, PhD
    Alexandrea, Virginia

    Michaela West, MD, PhD
    Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Secretary/Treasurer

    Marc G. Jeschke, MD, PhD
    Toronto, Canada

    Assistant to the Executive Director

    Lynn J. Hydo, MBA
    Decisive Edge Consulting Group
    79 Tamarack Street
    East Northport, NY 11731
    lhydo@aol.com
    Tel: 631-368-1880
    Fax: 631-368-4466