Leadership Board
President
Tracey Dechert, MD, FACS
VIce President
Megan Janeway, MD
Secretary-treasurer
Catherine velopulos, MD, mhs
Operations & Outreach Committee
Faculty Chair: operations & outreach
Sheina Theodore, MD
Dr. Theodore is an assistant professor at Boston University School of Medicine and an attending surgeon and surgical intensivist at Boston Medical Center. Her areas of focus and interest include surgical education, healthcare disparities, and outcomes research. She is passionate about providing equitable care to all patients and training the next generation of surgeons and physicians that will do the same.
Education
Boston Medical Center Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
University of Massachusetts Medical School- Baystate General Surgery Residency
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine General Surgery Residency
medical student co-Chair: operations & outreach
dhvanii Raval
medical student co-Chair: operations & outreach
natasha gonzalez
medical student co-Chair: operations & outreach
diego rivera
Social Media & Communications Committee
Medical STUDENT CHAIR: Social media & communications
emma pair, Ms
Program Committee
Resident and Student Liaison
Timothy Munzert, MSW, LICSW
Timothy Munzert is the Clinical Director of BMC’s Community Violence Response Team and serves as the Resident and Medical Student Liaison (RMSL) for SRS’s Boston University Chapter. Timothy is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and is passionate about the importance of addressing secondary traumatic stress. In role as RMSL, he offers support to non-faculty members who experience difficult circumstances related to patient care, trauma, research subjects and/or studies. This provides the opportunity to engage with a clinically trained professional to address the impact of exposures with focus to develop effective and healthy coping strategies i.e. reduce or prevent symptoms associated with secondary traumatic stress.
Education
Salem State University
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Salem State University
Master of Social Work
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Bachelor of Arts, Sociology