Vice President The American Board of Surgery | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania We are pleased to announce that the American Board of Surgery (ABS) has named Karen Brasel, MD, MPH, FACS, as its new vice president. Dr. Brasel will assume her role on May 1, 2024.Dr. Brasel is a professor of surgery for the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, general surgery residency program director, vice chair of education and professional development, and assistant dean for graduate medical education at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). She will maintain a part-time clinical role at OHSU when she assumes the vice president role with the ABS.Dr. Brasel has been involved with the ABS since 2004, first as an associate examiner, later serving on the General Surgery Qualifying Exam Consultant Committee, and then as chair of the Certifying Exam Committee from 2013-2018. Dr. Brasel also led the ABS General Surgery EPA Pilot from 2018-2020 and has since been heavily involved in the project as a senior volunteer consultant. Outside of her ABS involvement, Dr. Brasel has held leadership positions with the ACGME Review Committee for Surgery, the Association for Program Directors in Surgery (ABDS), the ABDS’s Journal of Surgical Education, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, and the American College of Surgeons. In addition, she has served as a test committee representative to the National Board of Medical Examiners, is a former member of the USMLE Management Committee, and is also a founding ACS Master Educator.Dr. Brasel completed medical school at the University of Iowa, followed by general surgery residency training and a master's degree in public health at the University of Minnesota. She also completed a surgical critical care fellowship at the University of North Carolina. You may read the full press release here.Ariannah Mirick led this search with Ibaad Nazeer.