Mark A. Farnie, MD
Omer Farooq, MD
Council of International and Affiliated Medical Societies - 2025
Lan K. Nguyen, MD, Chair
Maria C. Caldas-Vasquez, MD, Vice Chair
Ashima Chauhan, MD
Ray Y. Hachem, MD
Monira Hamid-Kundi, MD
Nidal Moukaddam, MD
Marcial Andres Oquendo Rincon, MD
Robert A. Salazar, MD
Anjail Sharrief, MD
Riaz Ul Haque, MD
Kuan Yu, MD
Council of Specialty Societies - 2025
Anush S. Pillai, DO, Chair
Omar G. Ahmed, MD
Nicholas M. Beckmann, MD
Robert Carpenter, MD
Galant Chan, MD
Sadhna Dhingra, MD
Warren Ellsworth, MD
Robin L. Ferguson, MD
Neil Ashok Gandhi, MD
Claudia Gutarra, MD
Lillian S. Kao, MD
John Kelley, MD
Andrew G. Lee, MD
Bobby Nix, MD
Christopher Rizk, MD
Rashmi Rode, MD
Erin Furr Stimming, MD
Mary Ellen Vanderlick, MD
John Zaki, MD
Delegates to the Texas Medical Association - 2026
Audrey E. Ahuero, MD
Taiwo T. Babatope, MD
Louise H. Bethea, MD
Lindsay K. Botsford, MD
Keith A. Bourgeois, MD
Richard N. Bradley, MD
Brian M. Bruel, MD
Luis H. Camacho, MD
Anh Q. Dang, MD
Kyle F. Dickson, MD
Hilary E. Fairbrother, MD
Troy T. Fiesinger, MD
Renee J. Flores, MD
Lewis E. Foxhall, MD
Jessica Garcia, DO
Clare N. Gentry, MD
Marina C. George, MD
Bernard M. Gerber, MD
Alan P. Glombicki, MD
Victoria I. Gordon, DO
Angela M. Guerra-Bacus, MD
Shiva Gupta, MD
Steven E. Haber, MD
Ori Z. Hampel, MD
Shannon B. Hancher-Hodges, MD
Lindsey D. Harris, MD
Clare A. Hawkins, MD
Hattie E. Henderson, MD
Stephen A. Herrmann, MD
Nesreen S. Ibrahim, MD
Robert E. Jackson, MD
Laura P. Jimenez-Quintero, MD
Vikas Jogi, MD
Karl W. King, MD
Micah J. Knobles, MD
Christine E. Koerner, MD
Russell W.H. Kridel, MD
Piotr A. Kwater, MD
Arthur Lim, MD
Felicity L. Mack, MD
David C. Mackey, MD
Shane M. Magee, MD
Anna L. C. Mapp, MD
Aurelio Matamoros, Jr., MD
Lonzetta L. Newman, MD
Terry S. Newman, MD
Vinh Q. Nguyen, MD
Mark L. Nichols, MD
Richard L. Noel, MD
Stacy L. Norrell, MD
Debra M. Osterman, MD
Monika Patil, MD
Kanchan A. Phalak, MD
Kimberly A. Pilkinton, MD
Christopher N. Prichard, MD
Elizabeth M. Rebello, MD
Manish Rungta, MD
Ainel B. Sewell, MD
Gary J. Sheppard, MD
Barry S. Siller, MD
Stacy V. Smith, MD
Michael J. Snyder, MD
Susanna C. Spence, MD
Srikanth Sridhar, MD
Charlotte M. Stelly-Seitz, MD
Randall A. Stenoien, MD
Jessica M. Stull, MD
Spencer H. Su, MD
Irvin Sulapas, MD
Jolyn S. Taylor, MD
January Y. Tsai, MD
Baominh P. Vinh, MD
Carlos J. Vital, MD
Janeana M. White, MD
H. David Wills, MD
Alisha Y. Young, MD
Alternate Delegates to the Texas Medical Association - 2026
Ismail O. Adesanya, MD
Kamran I. Ahmed, MD
Carley Michelle Allen, MD
Kulvinder S. Bajwa, MD
Maria Claudia Caldas-Vasquez, MD
Manisha Chandalia, MD
Victoria C. Chang, MD
Jay Chavda, MD
Summer Chavez, DO
Rishab Chawla, MD
Kai Cheng Carrie Chu, MD
Elizabeth A. Cloninger, MD
Kelli A. Cohen, MD
Steven M. Croft, MD
Sean W. Delaney, MD
Tejaswini Jagannath Doifode, MD
Swapan Dubey, MD
Hanna C. Eadeh, MD
Katie L. Fung-Yip, MD
Mary S. Goswitz, MD
KaNisha L. Hall, MD
Madeleine S. Herman, MD
Amanda C. Herrmann, MD
Zishan Hirani, MD
Brooke A. Huffsmith, MD
R. Todd Ivey, MD
Nora S. Janjan, MD
Rashmi Kudesia, MD
Michele M. Loor, MD
Krista McBayne, MD
Lindy U. McGee, MD
Chantal Lisette Mendes, MD
Bobby R. Nix, MD
Olaniyi O. Olayinka, MD
Sherri D. Onyiego, MD
Sanket S. Parikh, MD
Chikku Paul, MD
Cynthia L. Peacock, MD
Anush S. Pillai, DO
Rochelle E. Pondt, DO
Swati Pradeep, DO
Martha W.F. Rac, MD
Balaguru G. Ravi, MD
Syed A. Raza, MD
Anastasiia A. Rudkovskaia, MD
Puja A. Sehgal, MD
Rahul Shah, MD
Angela K. Sturm, MD
Chelsea A. Therrien, MD
Lisa E. Weiss, MD
Wendell H. Williams III, MD
Christopher K. Wong, MD
Terri L. Woodard, MD
Rebecca F. Yorke, MD
Kathy Zhang-Rutledge, MD
Ex Officio Delegation Members to the Texas Medical Association - 2026
Dwane G. Broussard, MD
Daniel H. Darmadi, MD
Diana L. Fite, MD
A. Tomas Garcia III, MD
William S. Gilmer, MD
Brittany O. Ikwuagwu, MD
Felicia L. Jordan, MD
Yvonne Kew, MD
Ana L. Leech, MD
Kenneth L. Mattox, MD
Kimberly E. Monday, MD
Bradford S. Patt, MD
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD
Myphuong Theresa Phan, MD
Shangir H. Siddique, MD
Michael E. Speer, MD
Elizabeth Torres, MD
Dexter G. Turnquest, MD
Arlo F. Weltge, MD
Sherif Z. Zaafran, MD
HCMS Delegation Officers - 2026
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD - Chair
Shannon B. Hancher-Hodges, MD - Vice Chair
Dwane G. Broussard, MD - Secretary
TMA Delegates to the American Medical Association - 2025
Diana L. Fite, MD
William S. Gilmer, MD
Kenneth L. Mattox, MD
Elizabeth Torres, MD
Sherif Z. Zaafran, MD
TMA Alternate Delegates to the American Medical Association - 2025
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD
Myphuong Theresa Phan, MD
STANDING COMMITTEES
Artificial Intelligence Committee (2026)
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD, Chair
Asif Ali, MD
Brian Bruel, MD
Daniel Darmadi, MD
Stephanie Fong, MD
Carlos J. Vital, MD
Bylaws Committee - 2026
Lindsay K. Botsford, MD, Chair
Lisa E. Weiss, MD
Arlo F. Weltge, MD
Community Health Improvement and Communications Committee - 2026
Daniel Darmadi, MD, Chair
Summer Chavez, MD
Stephanie P. Fong, MD
Jessica Garcia, MD
Micah J. Knobles, MD
Jose E. Rodriguez, MD
Anastasiia Rudkovskaia, MD
David J. Vining, MD
Carlos J. Vital, MD
Grants Committee - 2026
Louise H. Bethea, MD
Hattie E. Henderson, MD
Brian M. Bruel, MD
Robert E. Jackson, MD
Shane M. Magee, MD
Stacy V. Smith, MD
Emergency Care Committee - 2026
Hilary E. Fairbrother, MD, Chair
Beau A. Briese, MD
Richard N. Bradley, MD
Summer Chavez, MD
Cedric K. Dark, MD
Hanna Eadeh, MD
Diana L. Fite, MD
Steven M. Haber, MD
Faraz A. Khan, MD
Arlo F. Weltge, MD
H. David Wills, MD
Events Ad-Hoc Committee - 2026
Lindsay K. Botsford, MD, Chair
Anastasiia A. Rudkovskaia, MD
Lauren S. Spoo, MD
Irvin Sulapas, MD
Hospital Employed/ Academic Practice Committee - 2026
David Vining, MD, Chair
Monika Patil, MD, Vice Chair
Elizabeth Cloninger, MD
Mary Goswitz, MD
Micah J. Knobles
Rochelle E. Pondt, DO
Brian C. Reed, MD
Irvin Sulapas, MD
Independent Practice Subcommittee - 2026
Manish Rungta, MD, Chair
D. Rick Ngo, MD
Jacinta O. Anyaoku, MD
Sara Goel, DO
Kelvin S. Shaw, MD
Karan P. K. Sra, MD
Libu Varughese, MD
Carlos J. Vital, MD
H. David Wills, MD
Membership Committee - 2026
Laura P. Jimenez-Quintero, MD, Chair
Gurjit Kaur, DO, Vice Chair
Allan A. Conde, MD
Stephanie P. Fong, MD
Angela Guerra, MD
Clare A. Hawkins, MD
Zishan Hirani, MD
Vikas Jogi, MD
Sachin Patil, MD
Bhuvana Sagar, MD
Charlotte M. Stelly-Seitz, MD
Lisa E. Weiss, MD
Physicians Counseling Committee - 2026
Micah Knobles, MD, Chair
Chad M. Lemaire, MD, Vice Chair
Daryl K. Knox, MD
Anna L. C. Mapp, MD
David G. Stone, MD
Georgia A. Thomas, MD
Health Care Quality Committee - 2025
Stacy V. Smith, MD, Chair
David Vining, MD, Vice Chair
Steven D. Brass, MD
Piotr A. Kwater, MD
Linda X. Pang, MD
Anthony J. Popek, MD
Anastasiia Rudkovskaia, MD
Puja A. Sehgal, MD
Hospital Survey Committee - 2025
Manish Rungta, MD, Chair
Michael J. Snyder, MD, Vice Chair
Troy T. Fiesinger, MD
William S. Gilmer, MD
Uzma Iqbal, MD
Atasu K. Nayak, MD
Pankaj K. Shah, MD
Shital Vachhani, MD
Physician Wellness Committee - 2026
Brian C. Reed, MD, Chair
Peter Chang, MD
Nabila Choudhury, MD
Renee Flores, MD
Bernard M. Gerber, MD
Mary Goswitz, MD
Laura P. Jimenez-Quintero, MD
Bobby Nix, MD
Stacy L. Norrell, MD
George D. Santos, MD
Rachel Scheisser, MD
Shangir Siddique, MD
Social Media Sub-Committee - 2026
Stephanie P. Fong, MD, Chair
Shivika Chandra, MD
Victoria Chang, MD
Sean W. Delaney, MD
Micah J. Knobles, MD
Diana Medina Galvan, MD
TMA Liaison Committee - 2026
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD, Chair
Louise H. Bethea, MD
Hattie E. Henderson, MD
Brian M. Bruel, MD
Shannon B. Hancher-Hodges, MD
Dwane G. Broussard, MD
A. Tomas Garcia III, MD
Clare A. Hawkins, MD
Kimberly E. Monday, MD
Richard L. Noel, MD
Bradford S. Patt, MD
Manish Rungta, MD
Dexter G. Turnquest, MD
Women Physicians Section - 2025
Katie L. Fung-Yip , MD – Chair
Linda X. Pang, MD – Vice Chair
Chantal Mendes, MD – Officer at Large
RPO Steering Committee - 2026
William P. Knight, MD - President
Charles I. Sitomer, MD - President Elect
Benjamin Portnoy, MD - Immediate Past President
Kamal G. Khalil, MD,
Carlos R. Hamilton, Jr., MD
Glenn R. Cunningham, MD
Bruce D. Edison, MD
Barry H. Goodfriend, MD
Peter V. Weston, MD
Barbara Heywood, MD
Frankie A. Holmes, MD
Milton Altschuler, MD
Vincent P. Barr, MD
Associate Members:
Wendy Barr, PhD (Vincent)
Young Physician Organization - 2026
Jessica Stull, MD - West Branch, Chair
Anastasiia Rudkovskaia, MD, Vice Chair
Vipal Pratin Durkal, MD, Central
Sean W. Delaney, MD, Central
Chantal Lisette Mendes, MD, Central
Olaniyi O. Olayinka, MD, MPH, Central
Olivia Joy Gutierrez, MD, East
Tran Nguyen, MD, North
Ashley Patterson, MD, North
Chelsea Therrien, MD, North
Oluwakemi Osholake, MD, Northwest
Meredith D. Collins, MD, Southeast
Ravi
Balaguru G. Ravi, MD, Southeast
Harrison P. Nguyen, MD, Southeast
LaTashia R. Hicks, MD, Southwest
Joel Rodriguez, MD, Southwest
Pallav Halani, MD, Southwest
Cara Alyse Silvey, MD, West
Jessica N. Glick, DO, West
Hannah E. Kline, MD, West
Alishka Abioye, MD, West