HCMS and HAM Leadership

Physician members who are interested in getting involved with HCMS by serving on a committee or in leadership position, can reach out to Teosha Blaylock@hcms.org. View full listing of Opportunities to Participate here.

2026 HCMS Officers and Executive Board

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For HCMS Past Presidents, click here.

Harris County Medical Society (HCMS) Officers and Executive Board
Louise H. Bethea, MD, President
Hattie E. Henderson, MD, President Elect
Audrey E. Ahuero, MD, Vice President
Charlotte M. Stelly-Seitz, MD, Secretary/Treasurer
Brian M. Bruel, MD, Fourth Year Officer at Large
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD, Third Year Officer at Large
Felicity L. Mack, MD, Second Year Officer at Large
Stacy L. Norrell, MD, First Year Officer at Large
Shane M. Magee, MD, Chair, Board of Ethics
Michael J. Snyder, MD, Chair, Board of Medical Legislation
Alisha Y. Young, MD, Chair, Board on Socioeconomics
Robert C. Dillard III, MD, Chair, Council of Hospital Chiefs of Staff  
Maria C. Caldas-Vasquez, MD, Chair, Council of International and Affiliated Medical Societies
Anh Q. Dang, MD, Chair, Council of Specialty Societies
Shannon B. Hancher-Hodges, MD, Vice Chair, Delegation to TMA 
Samar S. Seth, MD, President, Central Branch
Manisha Chandalia, MD, President, East Branch
Diana Medina Galvan, MD, President, North Branch
Erica E. Hightower, MD, President, Northwest Branch 
Vikas Jogi, MD, President, Southeast Branch
Vandana Varma, MD, President, Southwest Branch
Padma R. Chimata, MD, President, West Branch
Ashok Balasubramanyam, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Michelle C. Shen, MD, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
Jonathan A. McCullers, MD, University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine

Houston Academy of Medicine (HAM) Officers and Board of Trustees
Brian M. Bruel, MD, President
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD, Vice President
Felicity L. Mack, MD, Treasurer
Stacy L. Norrell, MD, Secretary
Louise H. Bethea, MD
Hattie E. Henderson, MD
Audrey E. Ahuero, MD
Charlotte M. Stelly-Seitz, MD
Shane M. Magee, MD
Michael J. Snyder, MD
Alisha Y. Young, MD
Robert C. Dillard III, MD  
Maria C. Caldas-Vasquez
Anh Q. Dang, MD
Shannon B. Hancher-Hodges, MD 
Samar S. Seth, MD
Manisha Chandalia, MD
Diana Medina Galvan, MD
Erica E. Hightower, MD 
Vikas Jogi, MD, President
Vandana Varma, MD
Padma R. Chimata, MD
Ashok Balasubramanyam, MD
Michelle C. Shen, MD
Jonathan A. McCullers, MD

For more information, contact Teosha Blaylock, Director of Executive & Governance Administration, at 713-524-4267, ext 260, or teosha_blaylock@hcms.org

Boards, Councils, Committees and Delegations

Central Branch Officers - 2026

Samar S. Sheth, MD - President
Katie L. Fung-Yip, MD - President Elect
Savitha Bonthala, DO - Vice President
Linda X. Pang, MD - Secretary/Treasurer

East Branch Officers - 2026
Manisha Chandalia, MD - President 
Daniel D. Nguyen, DO - President Elect
Anastaslia A. Rudkovskaia, MD - Vice President
Chen Xie, MD - Secretary/Treasurer

North Branch Officers - 2026
Diana Medina Galvan, MD, President
Chikku Paul, MD - President Elect
Urmeel H. Patel, MD - Vice President
Atul Matta, MD - Secretary/Treasurer

Northwest Branch Officers - 2026
Erica E. Hightower, MD - President
Stephanie S. Bruce, MD - President Elect
Sunjeev M. Patel, MD - Vice President
Pranjal Desai, MD - Secretary/Treasurer

Southeast Branch Officers - 2026
Vikas, Jogi, MD - President 
Yazan Abdeen, MD - President Elect
Emily R. Calasanz, MD - Vice President
Michael Miller, MD - Secretary/Treasurer

Southwest Branch Officers - 2026
Vandana Varma, MD - President
Ranjeeta Mani, MD - President Elect
Zishan Hirani, MD - Vice President
Kathy Zhang-Rutledge, MD - Secretary/Treasurer

West Branch Officers - 2026
Padma R. Chimata, MD - President
Jolyn S. Taylor, MD - President Elect
Jessica M. Stull, MD - Vice President
Lauren E. Spoo, MD - Secretary/Treasurer

Board of Ethics - 2026
Shane M. Magee, MD (2026), Chair
Stacy V. Smith, MD (2027), Vice Chair
January Y. Tsai, MD (2026)
Lonzetta L. Newman, MD (2027)
Terry S. Newman, MD (2027)
Michael A. Altman, MD (2028)
Anastasiia A. Rudkovskaia, MD (2028)

Board of Medical Legislation - 2026
Michael J. Snyder, MD (2027), Chair
Baominh P. Vinh, MD (2028), Vice Chair
Richard N. Bradley, MD (2026)
Marcel D. Thompson, DO (2026)
Shangir H. Siddique, MD (2026)
Anh Q. Dang, MD (2027)
Anthony J. Popek, MD (2027)
Sara Goel, DO (2028)
Sachin S. Patil, MD (2028)
Summer Chavez, DO (2029)
Myphuong Theresa Phan, MD (2029)
Lisa E. Weiss, MD (2029)

Board on Socioeconomics - 2025

Alisha Y. Young, MD (2026), Chair
Troy T. Fiesinger, MD (2026), Vice Chair
Angela M. Guerra, MD (2026)
Alisha Y. Young, MD (2026)
Richard L. Noel, MD (2027)
Ankur D. Mehta, DO (2027)
Hilary E. Fairbrother, MD (2027)
Victoria C. Chang, MD (2028)
Stephanie P. Fong, MD (2028)
David J. Vining, MD (2028)
 
Nominating Board - 2025
Dwane G. Broussard, MD, Chair
Hattie E. Henderson, MD
Brian M. Bruel, MD
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD
January Y. Tsai, MD
Brian C. Reed, MD 
Olga O. Brusil, MD 
Bhuvana Sagar, MD
Jessica Garcia, DO 
Elizabeth A. Cloninger, MD 
Libu Varughese, MD
Dharmpal V. Vansadia, DO
 
Council of Hospital Chiefs of Staff - 2025
Yazan Abdeen, MD, Chair
Irma Alarcon, MD
Sarfraz Aly, MD
Murad Aslam, MD
Jason Baron MD
Lara Bashoura, MD
Robert Boland, MD
Stephanie Coulter, MD
Anita Datta, MD
Lucas Duvall, MD
Michael Eisenberg, MD
Irene Ekaney, MD
Mark A. Farnie, MD 
Omer Farooq, MD                                                               
Clay Jeffrey Fisher, MD
Muhammad Hanif, MD
Aqeel Hashmi, MD
Isaac Hernandez Jimenez, MD
Irfan Iftikhar, MD
Ahmad Jeroudi, MD
Amir Karni, MD
Faraz M. Khan MD
Tien C. Ko, MD
Mark Kobelja, MD
Melissa Kwan, MD
Kelly LeBlanc, MD
Xiao H. Li, MD                                                     
Nishith Majmundar, MD
Alfred Maksoud, MD
Sandeep Markan, MD
Vasilios Mathews, MD
Vikram Mehra, MD
Jose Melendez, MD
Timothy Miller, MD
George Nassif, MD
Peter T. Nguyen, MD
Vince Nguyen, MD
Richard L. Noel, MD
Sohail Noor, MD
Stacy Norton, MD
Michael Overman, MD
Jason Piefer, MD
Mauricio Pinto, MD
Amber Ray-Droddy, MD
Scott Rivenes, MD
Jorge Rodriguez, MD
Michael S. Rodriguez, MD
Cameron Ruttman, MD 
Lokesh Shahani, MD
Arif Shoaib, MD
Marcus Sims II, DO
Paul E. Sirbaugh, MD
David G. Vanderweide, MD
Rati Venkatesh, MD
Srinivas Vodnala, MD
Alex Volkov, MD
Jon-Cecil Walkes, 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



Updated/reviewed on 02-20-2026