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.

2025 HCMS Officers and Executive Board

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For HCMS Past Presidents, click here.

Harris County Medical Society (HCMS) Officers and Executive Board
Dwane G. Broussard, MD, President
Louise H. Bethea, MD, President Elect
Kulvinder S. Bajwa, MD, Vice President
Carlos J. Vital, MD, Secretary/Treasurer
Hattie E. Henderson, MD, Fourth Year Officer at Large
Brian M. Bruel, MD, Third Year Officer at Large
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD, Second Year Officer at Large
Felicity L. Mack, MD, First Year Officer at Large
January Y. Tsai, MD, Chair, Board of Ethics
Ana L. Leech, MD, Chair, Board of Medical Legislation
Troy T. Fiesinger, MD, Chair, Board on Socioeconomics
Yazan Abdeen, MD, Chair, Council of Hospital Chiefs of Staff  
Lan K. Nguyen, MD, Chair, Council of International and Affiliated Medical Societies
Anush S. Pillai, DO, Chair, Council of Specialty Societies
Stacy L. Norrell, MD, Chair, Delegation to TMA 
Brian C. Reed, MD, President, Central Branch
Olga O. Brusil, MD, President, East Branch
Bhuvana Sagar, MD, President, North Branch
Jessica Garcia, DO, President, Northwest Branch 
Elizabeth A. Cloninger, MD, President, Southeast Branch
Libu Varughese, MD, President, Southwest Branch
Dharmpal V. Vansadia, DO, President, Western 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

Hattie E. Henderson, MD, President
Brian M. Bruel, MD, President Elect
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD, Treasurer
Felicity L. Mack, MD, Secretary
Dwane G. Broussard, MD
Louise H. Bethea, MD
Kulvinder S. Bajwa, MD
Carlos J. Vital, MD
January Y. Tsai, MD
Ana L. Leech, MD
Troy T. Fiesinger, MD
Yazan Abdeen, MD  
Lan K. Nguyen, MD
Anush S. Pillai, DO
Stacy L. Norrell, 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
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 - 2025

Brian C. Reed, MD - President
Samar S. Sheth, MD - President Elect
Katie L. Fung-Yip, MD - Vice President
Savitha Bonthala, DO, Secretary/Treasurer

East Branch Officers - 2025
Olga O. Brusil, MD - President 
Manisha Chandalia, MD - President Elect
Daniel D. Nguyen, DO - Vice President
Anastaslia A. Rudkovskaia, MD - Secretary/Treasurer

North Branch Officers - 2025
Bhuvana Sagar, MD - President 
Mohit Bansal, MD -  President Elect
Diana Medina Galvan, MD - Vice President
Urmeel H. Patel, MD - Secretary/Treasurer

Northwest Branch Officers - 2025
Jessica Garcia, DO - President 
Erica E. Hightower, MD - President Elect
Stephanie S. Bruce, MD - Vice President
Sunjeev M. Patel, MD - Secretary/Treasurer

Southeast Branch Officers - 2025
Elizabeth A. Cloninger, MD - President
Vikas, Jogi, MD - President Elect
Yazan Abdeen, MD - Vice President
Emily R. Calasanz, MD - Secretary/Treasurer

Southwest Branch Officers - 2025
Libu Varughese, MD - President
Vandana Varma, MD - President Elect
Ranjeeta Mani, MD - Vice President
Zishan Hirani, MD - Secretary/Treasurer

Western Branch Officers - 2025
Dharmpal Vansadia, DO - President
Padma R. Chimata, MD - President Elect
Jolyn S. Taylor, MD - Vice President
Jessica M. Stull, MD - Secretary/Treasurer

Board of Ethics - 2025
January Y. Tsai, MD (2026) - Chair
Shane M. Magee, MD (2026)
Audrey E. Ahuero, MD (2025)
Stephen E. Whitney, MD (2025)
Lonzetta L. Newman, MD (2027)
Terry S. Newman, MD (2027)
Stacy V. Smith, MD (2027)

Board of Medical Legislation - 2025
Ana L. Leech, MD (2025) - Chair
Michael Altman, MD (2025)
Tal R. Raphaeli, MD (2025)
Richard N. Bradley, MD (2026)
Barbara J. Wilson, MD (2026)
Anh Q. Dang, MD (2027)
Anthony J. Popek, MD (2027)
Richard J. Snyder, MD (2027)
Sara Goel, DO (2028)
Sachin S. Patil, MD (2028)
Baominh P. Vinh, MD (2028)

Board on Socioeconomics - 2025

Troy T. Fiesinger, MD (2026), Chair
Christopher N. Prichard, MD (2025)
Charlotte M. Stelly-Seitz, MD (2025)
Theodoros Voloyiannis, MD (2025)
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)
 
Nominating Board - 2024
Dwane G. Broussard, MD
Hattie E. Henderson, MD
Brian M. Bruel, MD
Madhureeta Achari, MD
Monika Patil, MD
Mary S. Goswitz, MD
Victoria C. Chang, MD
Gurjit Kaur, DO
Karan P. K. Sra, MD
Pavlina P. Suchanova, MD 
Swapan Dubey, MD
 
Council of Hospital Chiefs of Staff - 2024
Yazan Abdeen, MD, Chair
Sarfraz Aly, MD 
Murad Aslam, MD 
Jason Baron MD 
Robert Boland, MD 
Kelli Burroughs, MD 
Daniel H. Darmadi, 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 
Amir Karni, MD 
Faraz M. Khan, MD 
Tony Kim, MD 
Tien C. Ko, MD 
Mark Kobelja, MD 
George T. Kuhn, MD 
Kelly LeBlanc, MD 
Xiao H. Li, MD 
Robert Lingle, MD 
Nishith Majmundar, MD 
Alfred Maksoud, MD  
Vasilios Mathews, MD 
Vikram Mehra, MD 
Timothy Miller, MD 
Peter Nguyen, MD 
Vince Nguyen, MD 
Richard L. Noel, MD 
Sohail Noor, MD 
Jessica Ohlemacher, MD 
Michael Overman, MD 
Nehal Patel, MD 
Cwanza Pinckney, MD 
Mauricio Pinto, MD 
Amber Ray-Droddy, MD 
Scott Rivenes, MD 
E. Brooke Roberts, MD 
Michael S. Rodriguez, MD 
Cameron Ruttman, MD  
Lokesh Shahani, MD 
Arif Shoaib, MD 
Paul E. Sirbaugh, MD 
Kyle Stanosheck MD 
David G. Vanderweide, MD  
Rati Venkatesh, DO 
Srinivas Vodnala, 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 - 2025
Audrey E. Ahuero, MD
Louise H. Bethea, MD
Lindsay K. Botsford, MD
Keith A. Bourgeois, MD
Richard N. Bradley, MD
Brian M. Bruel, MD
Steven M. Croft, MD
Anh Q. Dang, MD
Kyle F. Dickson, MD
Rakhi C. Dimino, MD
Troy T. Fiesinger, MD
Renee J. Flores, MD
Lewis E. Foxhall, MD
Clare N. Gentry, MD
Marina C. George, MD
Bernard M. Gerber, MD
Alan P. Glombicki, MD
Angela M. Guerra-Bacus, MD
Shiva Gupta, MD
Steven E. Haber, MD
Ori Z. Hampel, MD
Shannon B. Hancher, MD
Lindsey D. Harris, MD
Hattie E. Henderson, MD
Stephen A. Herrmann, MD
Nesreen S. Ibrahim, MD
Terah C. Isaacson, MD
Robert E. Jackson, MD
Nora A. Janjan, MD
Laura P. Jimenez-Quintero, MD
Karl W. King, MD
Christine E. Koerner, MD
Russell W.H. Kridel, MD
Piotr A. Kwater, MD
Andrew Li-Yung Hing, MD
Arthur Lim, MD
Felicity L. Mack, MD
Shane M. Magee, MD
Anna L. C. Mapp, MD
Aurelio Matamoros, Jr., MD
Lonzetta L. Newman, MD
Terry S. Newman, MD
Mark L. Nichols, MD
Richard L. Noel, MD
Stacy L. Norrell, MD
Carla F. Ortique, MD
Debra M. Osterman, MD
Monika Patil, MD
Kanchan A. Phalak, MD
Myphuong Theresa Phan, MD
Anne Marie Ponce De Leon, MD
Christopher N. Prichard, MD
Syed A. Raza, MD
Elizabeth M. Rebello, MD
Brandi N. Ring, MD
Manish Rungta, MD
Ainel B. Sewell, MD
Amber D. Shamburger, MD
Gary J. Sheppard, MD
Michael J. Snyder, MD
Charles E. Soderstrom, MD
Susanna C. Spence, MD
Srikanth Sridhar, MD
Charlotte M. Stelly-Seitz, MD
Randall A. Stenoien, MD
Angela K. Sturm, MD
Spencer H. Su, MD
Irvin Sulapas, MD
January Y. Tsai, MD
Mohammad A. Ursani, MD
John R. Vanderzyl, MD
Baominh P. Vinh, MD
Carlos J. Vital, MD
George W. Williams II, MD
H. David Wills, MD
Kevin Scott Winfield, MD
Alisha Y. Young, MD

Alternate Delegates to the Texas Medical Association - 2025
N. Aakash, MD
Ismail O. Adesanya, MD
Mohamed F. Almahmoud, MD
Taiwo T. Babatope, MD
Kulvinder S. Bajwa, MD
Mohit Bansal, MD
Norman L. Berkman, MD
Dwane G. Broussard, MD
Olga O. Brusil, MD
Luis H. Camacho, MD
Victoria C. Chang, MD
Summer Chavez, DO
Rishab Chawla, MD
Nabila B. Choudhury, MD
Elizabeth A. Cloninger, MD
Sean W. Delaney, MD
Cristin A. Dickerson, MD
Swapan Dubey, MD
Susan M. Escudier, MD
Hilary E. Fairbrother, MD
Katie L. Fung-Yip, MD
Jessica Garcia, DO
Victoria I. Gordon, DO
Mary S. Goswitz, MD
Clare A. Hawkins, MD
Madeleine S. Herman, MD
Erica E. Hightower, MD
Zishan Hirani, MD
R. Todd Ivey, MD
Vikas Jogi, MD
Micah J. Knobles, MD
Yasmin Natasha Lake, MD
David C. Mackey, MD
Krista McBayne, MD
Lindy U. McGee, MD
Chantal Lisette Mendes, MD
Vinh Q. Nguyen, MD
Rupesh Nigam, MD
Linda X. Pang, MD
Chikku Paul, MD
Cynthia L. Peacock, MD
Kimberly A. Pilkinton, MD
Balaguru G. Ravi, MD
Brian C. Reed, MD
Anastasiia A. Rudkovskaia, MD
Bhuvana Sagar, MD
Lilit A. Sargsyan, MD
Pankaj K. Shah, MD
Barry S. Siller, MD
Stacy V. Smith, MD
Patrick V. Solcher, MD
Jessica M. Stull, MD
Jolyn S. Taylor, MD
Amanda S. Tchakarov, MD
Margaret Wat, MD
Lisa E. Weiss, MD
Christopher K. Wong, MD
Terri L. Woodard, MD
Kathy Zhang-Rutledge, MD

Ex Officio Delegation Members to the Texas Medical Association - 2025
Daniel H. Darmadi, MD
Diana L. Fite, MD
A. Tomas Garcia, III, MD
William S. Gilmer, 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
Michael E. Speer, MD
Elizabeth Torres, MD
Dexter G. Turnquest, MD
Arlo F. Weltge, MD
Sherif Z. Zaafran, MD

HCMS Delegation Officers - 2025

Stacy L. Norrell, MD - Chair
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD - Vice Chair
Shannon B. Hancher, 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

Bylaws Committee - 2024
Dexter G. Turnquest, MD - Chair
Lindsay K. Botsford, MD
Richard L. Noel, MD

Hospital Employed/ Academic Practice Committee - 2024
David Vining, MD, Chair
Monika Patil, MD, Vice Chair
Taiwo Babatope, MD
Shiva Gupta, MD
Micah J. Knobles, MD
Brian C. Reed, MD
Lilit A. Sargsyan, MD
Stacy V. Smith, MD
Irvin Sulapas, MD
Amanda S. Tchakarov, MD
Alicia Y. Young, MD
 
Emergency Care Committee - 2024
Cedric K. Dark, MD - Chair
Richard N. Bradley, MD
Beau A. Briese, MD
Hilary E. Fairbrother, MD
Diana L. Fite, MD
Steven M. Haber, MD
Faraz A. Khan, MD
Brandi N. Ring, MD
Kevin J. Schulz, MD
Charles E. Soderstrom, MD
David E. Turner, MD
Arlo F. Weltge, MD

Independent Practice Subcommittee - 2024
Manish Rungta, MD, Chair
Victoria C. Chang, MD, Vice Chair
Jacinta O. Anyaoku, MD
Avais M. Chatha, MD
Sara Goel, DO
Felicity L. Mack, MD
Rochelle E. Pondt, DO
Syed A. Raza, MD
Angela K. Sturm, MD
 
Membership Committee - 2024
Laura P. Jimenez-Quintero, MD, Chair
Gurjit Kaur, DO, Vice Chair
Yasir Ahmed, MD
Allan A. Conde, MD
Hilary E. Fairbrother, MD
Stephanie P. Fong, MD
Ankur D. Mehta, DO
Edward C. Murphy, MD
Atasu K. Nayak, MD
Terry S. Newman, MD
Sachin Patil, MD
Elenita L. Rosado, MD
Charlotte M. Stelly-Seitz, MD
January Y. Tsai, MD
Margaret J. Wat, MD
Alexander Yudovich, MD
Naveed Zafar, MD
 
Physicians Counseling Committee - 2024
Debra M. Osterman, MD – Chair
Chad M. Lemaire, D - Vice Chair
James J. Bernick, MD
M. Bruce Christopherson, MD
Micah J. Knobles, MD
Daryl K. Knox, MD
Anna L. C. Mapp, MD
Georgia A. Thomas, MD

Community Health Improvement and Communications Committee - 2024
Yazan Abdeen, MD, Chair
Ahmed S. Ahmed, MD
Tamyra Y. Comeaux, MD
Stephanie P. Fong, MD
Sawson Yamin Ali Kahn, MD
Shelley Q. Li, MD
Andrew Li-Yung Hing, MD
Linda X. Pang, MD
Jose E. Rodriguez, MD
David J. Vining, MD
Alexander Yudovich, MD
 
Health Care Quality Committee - 2024
Stacy V. Smith, MD, Chair
David Vining, MD, Vice Chair
Yazan Abdeen, MD
Steven D. Brass, MD
Luis H. Camacho, MD
Ponle Durojaye, MD
Piotr A. Kwater, MD
Linda X. Pang, MD
Anthony J. Popek, MD
Puja A. Sehgal, MD
 
Physician Wellness Committee - 2024
Brian C. Reed, MD, Chair
Bernard M. Gerber, MD
Sara Goel, DO
Sharada H. Gowda, MD
Laura P. Jimenez-Quintero, MD
Amir Karni, MD
Bobby Nix, MD
Stacy L. Norrell, MD
Maria J. La Cruz Rondon, MD
George D. Santos, MD
Alexander Yudovich, MD

Rapid Response Team - 2024
Robert E. Jackson, MD, Chair
Dwane G. Broussard, MD
Dexter G. Turnquest, MD
Carlos J. Vital, MD
Marcel D. Thompson, DO
 
Social Media Sub-Committee - 2024
Stephanie P. Fong, MD - Chair
Suneel Chilukuri, MD – Vice Chair
Erica L. Bartlett, MD
Shivika Chandra, MD
Claudia C. Cotes, MD
Micah J. Knobles, MD
Chantal L. Mendes, MD
Diana Medina Galvan, MD
Ritu P. Patel, MD
Angela K. Sturm, MD

TMA Liaison Committee - 2024
Louise H. Bethea, MD
Dwane G. Broussard, MD
Diana L. Fite, MD
Tom Garcia, MD
Shannon B. Hancher, MD
Robert E. Jackson, MD
Kimberly E. Monday, MD
Stacy L. Norrell, MD
Carla F. Ortique, MD
Bradford S. Patt, MD
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD
Gary J. Sheppard, MD
Dexter G. Turnquest, MD
 
Women Physicians Section - 2024
Victoria C. Chang, MD, Chair
Vice Chair: Katie Fung-Yip, MD, Vice Chair
Officer at Large: Linda Pang, MD, Officer at Large
Diplomats:
Garima Arora, MD
Savitha Bonthala, DO
Suparna Chhibber, MD
Stephanie P. Fong, MD
Jessica Garcia, DO
Laura P. Jimenez-Quintero, MD
Oksana Marroquin, MD
Monika Patil, MD
Archana S. V. Raghavan, MD
 
RPO Steering Committee - 2025
Benjamin L. Portnoy, MD – President
William P. Knight, MD - President Elect
Charles I. Sitomer, MD - Vice President
Carlos R. Hamilton, Jr., MD – Immediate Past President
Shelly E. Liss, MD, President Emeritus
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
Mary P. Maddock, MD
Associate Members:
Wendy Barr, PhD (Vincent)
 
Young Physician Organization - 2025
Lauren E. Spoo, MD - West Branch, Vice Chair
Nabila B. Choudhury, MD, Central Branch
Sean W. Delaney, MD, Central Branch
Vipal Pratin Durkal, MD, Central Branch
Chantal Lisette Mendes, MD, Central Branch
Linda X. Pang, MD, Central Branch
Stephanie U. Morris, MD, North Branch
Margaret Wat, MD, Northwest Branch
Harrison P. Nguyen, MD, Southeast Branch
Balaguru G. Ravi, MD, Southeast Branch
Pallav Halani, MD, Southwest Branch