Permanent Officers of the Founding Board (a.k.a., Opus 12)
The Ordinary Board
of Directors
The Board of Advisors
The Honorary Board of Directors
The Permanent Board Members of the Founding Board:
This group is also known as OPUS 12, named after the twelve Original Members
This group consists of the Founding Board Members of the OPUS 12 Foundation and the OPUS 12 Society
OPUS 12 Members are granted permanent voting rights and membership in the Board of Directors of the OPUS 12
Foundation and the OPUS 12 Society
Full Board membership requires an aspiring member to go through an initiation process, which entails the following:
One must inquire and express interest in joining
the OPUS 12 Foundation and the OPUS 12 Society directly to one of the
existing members
Once the individual is deemed of exceptional
integrity and of essential value to the OPUS 12 Foundation and the OPUS 12
Society, one must provide a personal statement and curriculum vitae to
be further considered and allowed to proceed with the formal membership
application.
After one is allowed to proceed with the
application to join the OPUS 12 Foundation and the STAR Society, one will
be called a Candidate Board Member and a Junior Scientist.
In order to be eligible to join the OPUS 12
Foundation Board as a voting member, one will be required to fully
participate in at least 10 OPUS 12 Foundation scientific projects and will
have to be a member of the STAR Society (including timely and complete
payment of OPUS 12 Society dues) for a period of at least 5 years.
The final step before joining the OPUS 12
Foundation Board of Directors will be a 75% majority vote by the Board
admitting the candidate as a voting member.
Honorary Board membership:
This unique honor is extended to prominent members of
the scientific community, is by invitation only, and is a life-long
appointment.
The Board of Advisors:
This elective option allows Board members who are not able to
participate in full Board of Directors activities to remain with the OPUS 12
Foundation family.
An appointment to the Board of Advisors can be made by member
request only.
One can think of this option as being analogous to taking a sabbatical from the STAR Foundation and OPUS 12 Society activities.
OPUS 12 Board Officers (Listed Alphabetically)
Dr
John Chovanes - OPUS 12 VP for Administrative Affairs, Director of Trauma Systems Research and Associate
Scientist, Dr Chovanes completed General Surgery training at the
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is currently a
Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care Fellow at the University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Dr
Chovanes' area of research interest is improving efficiency and patient flow within trauma systems.
Dr. Anthony Dippolito - OPUS 12 Founding Board Member. Dr
Dippolito is a distinguished member of the Eastern Pennsylvania surgical
community and a well-known colon and rectal surgeon. Dr Dippolito currently
serves at the President of the Keystone Chapter of the American College of
Surgeons.
Dr Brian A. Hoey - OPUS 12 Founding Board Member. Dr Hoey
is the General Surgery Residency Program Director at St. Luke's Hospital and
Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.
Dr Jay Jenoff - OPUS 12 Foundation Director of Acute Care Surgery Research and Founding Board Member. Dr Jenoff completed General Surgery
Residency at Thomas Jefferson University,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is currently a Traumatology and
Surgical Critical Care Fellow at the University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Dr
Martin's area of research interest is the rapidly evolving field of acute care surgery.
Dr
Gary Lombardo - OPUS 12 VP for Financial Affairs, Director of Resuscitation Research and Associate
Scientist, Dr Lombardo completed General Surgery Residency at St
Vincent Catholic Medical Center in New York, New York, USA. He is
currently a Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care Fellow at the
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, USA. Dr Lombardo's area of research interest is trauma
and non-trauma resuscitation.
Dr John J. Lukaszczyk
- OPUS 12 Foundation Director of Wound Care Research and Associate Scientist, Dr
Lukaszczyk completed General Surgery Residency at the Hahnemann
University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. In addition to his
extensive expertise in wound care, Dr Lukaszczyk specializes in robotic
surgery and has been one of the first surgeons in the country to use the DaVinci
surgical robotic system.
Dr Niels D. Martin - OPUS 12 VP for Public Relations, Director of Trauma
Research and Senior Scientist, Dr Martin completed General Surgery
Residency at Thomas Jefferson University,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is currently a Traumatology and
Surgical Critical Care Fellow at the University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Dr
Martin's area of research interest is traumatic vascular injury.
Sherwin P. Schrag - OPUS 12 VP for Educational Affairs, Current Chairman and Associate Scientist - Dr Schrag
completed General Surgery Residency Training at St. Luke's Hospital and
Health Network in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. Dr. Schrag is currently
a Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care Fellow at Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Dr Schrag's special area of interest is Surgical Education.
Dr
Mark J. Seamon - OPUS 12 Current Vice-Chairman, VP for Academic Affairs, Director of Critical Care
Research and Senior Scientist - Dr Seamon completed General Surgery
Residency Training at Temple University School of Medicine,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He subsequently completed Surgical
Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Dr Seamon is an Assistant
Professor of Surgery at Temple University School of Medicine. His
research interests include critical care ultrasonography and emergency
resuscitative thoracotomy for trauma.
Dr S. P. Stawicki - OPUS 12 President, Executive Director and Principal Scientist - Dr Stawicki
was born in Krakow, Poland, and is a graduate of the
University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Dr. Stawicki completed General Surgery Residency Training at St. Luke's
Hospital and Health Network in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. Dr.
Stawicki is currently a Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care Fellow
at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, USA. Dr. Stawicki's areas of special interest include
management of surgical and medical complications as well as developing
inter-disciplinary dialogue between professionals and researchers from various arts and sciences.
Advisory Board Members (Listed Alphabetically)
Dr
Babak Sarani - OPUS 12 Founding Board Member and Senior Scientist. After completeing General Surgery Residency at the
George Washington University, Dr Sarani finished a Surgical Critical
Care Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine, Dr Sarani is an expert on blood product
administration in the ICU and is conducting pioneering research on the
risks and benefits of plasma transfusion.
Honorary Members of the Board (Listed in Order of Invitation)
Dr Vicente H.
Gracias (1st Honorary Member - April 2007), Dr Michael L. Nance (2nd Honorary Member - May
2007), Dr Anthony J. Dean (3rd Honorary
Member - July 2007).
Please click on the STAR/OPUS 12 HONORARY BOARD link
above for more information on our Honorary Board Members.