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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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 S. 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 T. Phan, MD (2029)
Lisa E. Weiss, MD (2029)

Board on Socioeconomics - 2026

Alisha Y. Young, MD (2026), Chair
Troy T. Fiesinger, MD (2026), Vice Chair
Angela M. Guerra-Bacus, MD (2026)
Hilary E. Fairbrother, MD (2027)
Ankur D. Mehta, DO (2027)
Richard L. Noel, MD (2027)
Victoria C. Chang, MD (2028)
Stephanie P. Fong, MD (2028)
David J. Vining, MD (2028)
 
Nominating Board - 2026
Dwane G. Broussard, MD, Chair
Hattie E. Henderson, MD
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD
Felicity L. Mack, MD
Shane M. Magee, MD
Samar S. Sheth, MD
Manisha Chandalia, MD
Diana Medina Galvan, MD
Erica E. Hightower, MD
Vikas Jogi, MD
Vandana Varma, MD
Padma R. Chimata, MD
 
Council of Hospital Chiefs of Staff - 2026
Robert C. Dillard, MD, Chair
Stephanie Coulter, MD
Sandeep Markan, MD
Jorge Rodriguez, MD
Clay Jeffrey Fisher, MD
Amber Ray-Droddy, MD
Irma Alarcon, MD
Marcus Sims II, DO
Murtaza Ghadiali
Amber Ray-Droddy, MD
Mark Farnie, MD
Lokesh Shahani, MD
Rakesh Shah, MD 
Anita Datta, MD
Matthew Weaver, MD
Rati Venkatesh, MD
Nadia Iqbal, MD
Lisa Beard, MD
Mauricio Pinto, MD
Omer Farooq, MD
Vasilios Mathews, MD
Mark Farnie, MD
Karla Kurrelmeyer, MD
Kelly LeBlanc, MD
Vince Nguyen, MD
Sohail Noor, MD
Scott Rivenes, MD
Syal Bunyan, MD
Christina Pramudji, MD
Muhammad Hanif, MD
David G. Vanderweide, MD
Michael Eisenberg, MD
Srinivas Vodnala, MD
Irene Ekaney, MD
Jason Baron MD
Tien C. Ko, MD
Lara Bashoura, MD
Jose Melendez, MD
Buckminster Farrow, MD
Ankur Doshi, MD
Alton Moore, MD
Sri Naveen Surapaneni, MD
Dharmraj Chauhan, MD
Melissa Kwan, MD
Susan John, MD
Daniel Kievlan, MD
Sarfraz Aly, MD
Vikram Mehra, MD
Sandeep Markan, MD
Jon-Cecil Walkes, MD
Xiao H. Li, MD
Paul E. Sirbaugh, MD
Robert Boland, MD
Isaac Hernandez Jimenez, MD
Timothy Miller, MD
Mark Kobelja, MD
Arif Shoaib, MD
Aqeel Hashmi, MD
 
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
Balaguru G. Ravi, MD, Southeast 
Pallav Halani, MD, Southwest
LaTashia R. Hicks, MD, Southwest 
Joel Rodriguez, MD, Southwest 
Alishka Abioye, MD, West
Jessica N. Glick, DO, West
Hannah E. Kline, MD, West
Cara Alyse Silvey, MD, West





Call for Nominations 2027






Updated/reviewed on 03-16-2026