Britney Corey, MD, MACM is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the current Program Director of the General Surgery Residency Program. She is interested in holistic review in graduate medical education and supporting learners during undergraduate and graduate medical education. She completed a Masters of Academic Medicine at USC Keck School of Medicine.
Cary B. Aarons, MD, MSEd is a Professor of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Aarons is currently the Program Director for the General Surgery Residency Program and the Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Surgery. He has been involved in medical education in various capacities, both regionally and nationally, and received a master’s degree in medical education from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.
Jennifer LaFemina, MD is an Associate Professor of Surgery and Program Director of the General Surgery Residency Program at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. She serves on the APDS Board of Directors and is the 2024 Program Chair. She is on the NRMP Board of Directors, and is past chair of the APDS Resident Recruitment Task Force. She worked with the AAMC ERAS on the development and implementation of the ERAS Supplemental Application. She is passionate about developing fair, equitable, and transparent methods to support applicant and program, value-aligned recruitment.
Samantha Baker, MD, MsHPE, is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She obtained her Master of Health Professions Education from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions and has served as a Resident Member of the Surgery Resident Review Committee for the ACGME. She is passionate about leadership development in graduate medical education.