Celebrating Excellence in Burn Care: 2025 Class of ABA Fellows Inducted

The recent American Burn Association (ABA) Annual Meeting formally introduced the 2025 class of Fellows of the American Burn Association (FABA). This designation encourages excellence, clarifies the referral process, and creates a publicly available benchmark to reference physicians specializing in burn surgery.

During the ceremony, the newest Fellows received this status that allows physicians to demonstrate specialization in burn care through advanced training, contribution, and commitment to the field. The event also acknowledged the achievements of past inductees, underscoring the cumulative impact of those who dedicate their careers to burn care.

The 2025 inductees join a respected group of leaders whose work continues to shape the future of the field. Congratulations to the following Fellows:

Ariel Aballay, MD, FABA
Hamed Amani, MD, FABA
Sigrid Blome-Eberwein, MD, FABA
Philip Chang, MD, FABA
C. Wayne Cruse, MD, FABA
Michael Erickson, DO, FABA
Lee Faucher, MD, FABA
Michael Feldman, MD, FABA
Jonathan Friedstat, MD, FABA
James Gallagher, MD, FABA
Jeffrey Gibbs, MD, MBA, FABA
Angela Gibson, MD, PhD, FABA
Eduardo Gus, MD, FABA
James Holmes, MD, FABA
Abraham Houng, MD, FABA
William Hughes, MD, FABA
C. Scott Hultman, MD, FABA
John Kubasiak, MD, FABA
Anne Lambert Wagner, MD, FABA
Jeanne Lee, MD, FABA
Claudia Malic, MD, MRCS, FABA
Matthew Reiss, MD, FABA
Shevonne Satahoo, MD, FABA
Jonathan Schoen, FABA
Julia Slater, FABA
Michael Smock, MD, FABA
Shawn Tejiram, MD, FABA
Elizabeth Turner, MD, FABA
Sebastian Vrouwe, MD, FABA
Alicia Williams, MD, FABA
Jenny Ziembicki, MD, FABA

Thank you for being so dedicated to burn care and your leadership across the multidisciplinary community.