Council of International and Affiliated Medical Societies - 2026
Maria Caldas-Vasquez, MD, Chair
Simbo M. Chiadika, MD, MPH, Vice Chair
George R. Ayoub, MD
Chadi Calarge, MD
Lillienne Chan, MD
Monira Hamid-Kundi, MD
Erica G. Hattery, MD
Lan Nguyen, MD
Sangeeta Saikia, MD
Robert A. Salazar, MD
Rajeez Suri, MD
Riaz Ul Haque, MD
Council of Specialty Societies - 2026
Anh Q. Dang, MD, Chair
Max Adelman, MD
Ashish Asawa, MD
Nicholas M. Beckmann, MD
Sagar Dhamne, MD
Neil Gandhi, MD
Auris Huen, MD
Prasun K. Jalal, MD
Lillian S. Kao, MD
Luming Li, MD
Crystal Nwagwu, MD
Jessica Ohlemacher, MD
Eric Payne, MD
Kathryn Tierling, MD
Todd Task, MD
Mary Ellen Vanderlick, MD
Sushma Yalamanchili, MD
Yin Yiu, MD
John Zaki, MD
Delegates to the Texas Medical Association - 2026
Audrey E. Ahuero, MD
Taiwo T. Babatope, MD
Kulvinder S. Bajwa, 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
Rishab Chawla, 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
Madeleine S. Herman, MD
Stephen A. Herrmann, MD
Nesreen S. Ibrahim, MD
R. Todd Ivey, 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
Lindy U. McGee, MD
Chantal Lisette Mendes, 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 S. Patil, MD
Chikku Paul, MD
Cynthia L. Peacock, 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
Lisa E. Weiss, MD
Janeana M. White, MD
Wendell H. Williams III, MD
H. David Wills, MD
Alisha Y. Young, MD
Kathy Zhang-Rutledge, MD
Alternate Delegates to the Texas Medical Association - 2026
Ismail O. Adesanya, MD
Kamran I. Ahmed, MD
Carley Michelle Allen, MD
Maria Claudia Caldas-Vasquez, MD
Manisha Chandalia, MD
Victoria C. Chang, MD
Jay Chavda, MD
Summer Chavez, DO
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
Amanda C. Herrmann, MD
Zishan Hirani, MD
Brooke A. Huffsmith, MD
Nora S. Janjan, MD
Rashmi Kudesia, MD
Michele M. Loor, MD
Krista McBayne, MD
Bobby R. Nix, MD
Olaniyi O. Olayinka, MD
Sherri D. Onyiego, MD
Sanket S. Parikh, 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
Christopher K. Wong, MD
Terri L. Woodard, MD
Rebecca F. Yorke, 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 T. 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
Stacy L. Norrell, MD - Chair
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD - Vice Chair
Shannon B. Hancher-Hodges, MD - Secretary
TMA Delegates to the American Medical Association - 2026
Diana L. Fite, MD
William S. Gilmer, MD
Kenneth L. Mattox, MD
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD
Elizabeth Torres, MD
Sherif Z. Zaafran, MD
TMA Alternate Delegates to the American Medical Association - 2026
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD
STANDING COMMITTEES
Artificial Intelligence Committee (2026)
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD, Chair
Asif Ali, MD
Brian M. Bruel, MD
Daniel H. Darmadi, MD
Stephanie P. 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, DO
Stephanie P. Fong, MD
Jessica Garcia, MD
Micah J. Knobles, MD
Jose E. Rodriguez, MD
Anastasiia A. Rudkovskaia, MD
David J. Vining, MD
Carlos J. Vital, MD
Grants Committee - 2026
Louise H. Bethea, MD, Chair
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, DO
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
Meredith D. Collins, MD
Katia Jean Baptiste, DO
Anastasiia A. Rudkovskaia, MD
Lauren S. Spoo, MD
Jessica M. Stull, MD
Irvin Sulapas, MD
Health Care Quality Committee
Stacy V. Smith, MD, Chair
David J. Vining, MD, Vice Chair
Summer Chavez, DO
Angela M. Guerra-Bacus, MD
Asif A. Kabani, MD
Jaswanth Raj Kintada, MD
Shannon E. K. Kluppel, MD
Linda X. Pang, MD
Ruchita S. Patel, MD
Anthony J. Popek, MD
Anastasiia A. Rudkovskaia, MD
Puja A. Sehgal, MD
H. David Wills, MD
Hospital Employed/ Academic Practice Committee - 2026
David J. Vining, MD, Chair
Monika S. Patil, MD, Vice Chair
Olga O. Brusil, MD
Elizabeth A. Cloninger, MD
Amy D. Engler, MD
Mary S. Goswitz, MD
Zishan Hirani, MD
Micah J. Knobles, MD
Michele M. Loor, MD
Rochelle E. Pondt, DO
Brian C. Reed, MD
Irvin Sulapas, MD
Independent Practice Subcommittee - 2026
Manish Rungta, MD, Chair
Jacinta O. Anyaoku, MD
Sara Goel, DO
D. Rick Ngo, MD
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
Victoria Dobbie Brehm, MD
Allan A. Conde, MD
Stephanie P. Fong, MD
Angela M. Guerra-Bacus, MD
Clare A. Hawkins, MD
Zishan Hirani, MD
Vikas Jogi, MD
Vince T. Nguyen, MD
Sachin S. Patil, MD
Bhuvana Sagar, MD
Charlotte M. Stelly-Seitz, MD
Lisa E. Weiss, MD
Physicians Counseling Committee - 2026
Micah J. 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
Physician Wellness Committee - 2026
Brian C. Reed, MD, Chair
Peter Chang, MD
Renee Flores, MD
Bernard M. Gerber, MD
Laura P. Jimenez-Quintero, MD
Bobby Nix, MD
Geroge D. Santos, MD
Rachel Scheisser, MD
Shangir H. 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
Dwane G. Broussard, MD
Brian M. Bruel, MD
A. Tomas Garcia III, MD
Shannon B. Hancher-Hodges, MD
Clare A. Hawkins, MD
Hattie E. Henderson, MD
Kimberly E. Monday, MD
Richard L. Noel, MD
Bradford S. Patt, MD
Dexter G. Turnquest, MD
Women Physicians Section - 2026
Linda X. Pang, MD - Chair
Chantal Mendes, MD – Vice Chair
Lan K. Nguyen, 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
Wendy Barr, PhD (Vincent)
Young Physician Organization - 2026
Jessica Stull, MD, Chair
Anastasiia A. Rudkovskaia, MD, Vice Chair
Sean W. Delaney, MD, Central
Vipal Pratin Durkal, 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
Harrison P. Nguyen, MD, Southeast