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 young surgical investigators interested in the diagnosis, research, and treatment of surgical infectious disease.

• Ori D. Rotstein, M.D., Executive Director
• Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Ronald V. Maier M.D., President
• Seattle, Washington
• Foundation Trustees
• Philip S. Barie, M.D., M.B.A.
• New York, New York
• Edwin A. Deitch, M.D.
• Newark, New Jersey
• E. Patchen Dellinger, M.D.
• Seattle, Washington
• Timothy R. Billiar, M.D.
• Pittsbrugh, Pennsylvania
• Gerald Susman, Ph.D.
• University Park, Pennsylvania
• Michael A. West, M.D., Ph.D.
• Chicago, Illinois

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• Lena M. Napolitano, M.D., Secretary, Ex Officio
• Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Philip S. Barie, M.D., M.B.A., Treasurer
• New York, New York