Boards, Councils, Committees and Delegations
2023 Central Branch Officers
Sara Goel, DO - President
Monika Patil, MD - President Elect
Brian C. Reed, MD - Vice President
Samar S. Sheth, MD, Secretary/Treasurer
2023 East Branch Officers
Chinelo S. Ikpeama Fangtang MD - President
Mary S. Goswitz, MD - President Elect
Paul C. Redman, MD - Vice President
Olga O. Brusil, MD - Secretary/Treasurer
2023 North Branch Officers
Kozhaya C. Sokhon, MD - President
Victoria C. Chang, MD - President Elect
Bhuvana Sagar, MD - Vice President
Mohit Bansal, MD - Secretary/Treasurer
2023 Northwest Branch Officers
Elenita L. Rosado, MD - President
Gurjit Kaur, DO, President Elect
Jessica Garcia, DO, Vice President
Erica E. Hightower, MD, Secretary/Treasurer
2023 Southeast Branch Officers
Terry S. Newman, MD - President
Karan P. K. Sra, MD - President Elect
Elizabeth A. Cloninger, MD - Vice President
Vikas, Jogi, MD, Secretary/Treasurer
2023 Southwest Branch Officers
Rashmi Kudesia, MD - President
Pavlina P. Suchanova, MD - President Elect
Libu Varughese, MD, Vice President
Vandana Varma, MD, Secretary/Treasurer
2023 Western Branch Officers
Ankur D. Mehta, DO - President
Open - President Elect
Swapan Dubey, MD - Vice President
Dharmpal Vansadia, DO, Secretary/Treasurer
2023 Board of Ethics
George W. Williams II, MD (2023) - Chair
Madhureeta Achari, MD (2024) - Vice Chair
Shelley Q. Li, MD (2023)
Shannon B. Hancher, MD (2024)
Kelvin S. Shaw, MD (2024)
Audrey E. Ahuero, MD (2025)
Stephen E. Whitney, MD (2025)
2023 Board of Medical Legislation
Felicity L. Mack, MD (2023) - Chair
Terah C. Isaacson, MD (2023) - Vice Chair
Richard L. Noel, MD (2023)
Rakhi C. Dimino, MD (2024)
D. Rick Q. Ngo, MD (2024)
Carla F. Ortique, MD (2024)
Anna Leech, MD (2025)
Michael Altman, MD (2025)
Tal R. Raphaeli, MD (2025)
Richard N. Bradley, MD (2026)
Barbara J. Wilson, MD (2026)
Marcel D. Thompson, DO (2026)
2023 Board on Socioeconomics
Elizabeth M. Rebello, MD (2023) - Chair
Felicia L. Jordan, MD (2023) - Vice Chair
Angela M. Guerra, MD (2023)
Jacinta A. Anyaoku, MD (2024)
Kulvinder S. Bajwa, MD (2024)
Carlos J. Vital, MD (2024)
Christopher N. Prichard, MD (2025)
Charlotte M. Stelly-Seitz, MD (2025)
Theodoros Voloyiannis, MD (2025)
Nominating Board
Gary J. Sheppard, MD – Chair
Mina K. Sinacori, MD
Dwane G. Broussard, MD
Louise H. Bethea, MD
Randall A. Stenoien, MD
Angela K. Sturm, MD
Deepa R. Sashital, MD
Stacy V. Smith, MD
Avais M. Chatha, MD
Daniel H. Darmadi, MD
Shane M. Magee, MD
Alisha Y. Young, MD
Council of Hospital Chiefs of Staff
Richard L. Noel, MD, Chair
Yazan Abdeen, MD
Murad Aslam, MD
Khawaja Azimuddin, MD
Douglas A. Barnes, MD
Jason Baron MD
Lisa Beard, MD
Robert Boland, MD
Kelli Burroughs, MD
Paolo C. Champion, MD
Moo J. "John" Chung, MD
Daniel Darmadi, MD
Anita Datta, MD
Jennifer Dietrich,MD
Stanley Duchman, MD
Lucas Duvall, MD
Michael Eisenberg, MD
IrenE Ekaney, MD
Fayaz A. Faiz, MD
Mark A. Farnie, MD
Omer Farooq, MD
Muhammad Hanif, MD
Aqeel Hashmi, MD
Isaac Hernandez Jimenez, MD
Gene Huebner MD
Irfan Iftikhar, MD
Amir Karni, MD
Farrakh Khawaja, MD
Tony Kim, MD
Tien C. Ko, MD
Mark Kobelja, MD
Xiao H. Li, MD
Robert Lingle, MD
Nishith Majmundar, MD
Manpreet Mangat, MD
Sandeep Markan, MD
D. Laron Mason, MD
Vasilios Mathews, MD
Syed Mehdi, MD
Vikram Mehra, MD
Ziad I. Melhem, MD
Timothy Miller, MD
Sohail Noor, MD
Walter O'Hara, MD
Timothy C. Osborn, MD
Michael Overman, MD
Nehal Patel, MD
Amber Ray-Droddy, MD
E. Brooke Roberts, MD
Cameron Ruttman, MD
Sam Santala, MD
Rakesh Shah, MD
Lokesh Shahani, MD
Peter Shedden, MD
Arif Shoaib, MD
Paul E. Sirbaugh, MD
Stuart L. Solomon
Kyle Stanosheck MD
David G. Vanderweide, MD
Joseph Varon, MD
Rati Venkatesh, DO
Council of International and Affiliated Medical Societies
Ngoc T. Pham, MD - Chair
Naveed Zafar, MD – Vice Chair
Kathrym F. España, MD
Ray Y. Hachem, MD
Monira Hamid-Kundi, MD
Mahmood Mehkri, MD
D. Rick Q. Ngo, MD
Marcial Andres Oquendo Rincon, MD
Mohamed Othman, MD
Robert A. Salazar, MD
Jignesh P. Shah, MD
Anjail Sharrief, MD
Kuan Yu, MD
Audrey E. Ahuero, MD - Chair
Irma Alarcon Najera, MD
Nicholas M. Beckmann, MD
Gavin W. Britz, MD
Conner Chan, MD
Javier Chinen, MD
Robin L. Ferguson, MD
Neil Ashok Gandhi, MD
Micah Knobles, MD
Yi-Chun Liu, MD
Rolando Morales, Jr., MD
James L. Nodler, MD
Daniel Rosen, MD
Irvin Sulapas, MD
Misha Syed, MD
Imelda M. Tija, MD
Mary Ellen Vanderlick, MD
Bellatrix Vivas, MD
Audrey E. Ahuero, MD
Paul M. Allison, MD
Louise H. Bethea, MD
Lindsay K. Botsford, MD
Richard N. Bradley, MD
Brian M. Bruel, MD
Leanne Burnett, MD
Steven M. Croft, MD
Anh Q. Dang, MD
Daniel H. Darmadi, MD
Kyle F. Dickson, MD
Rakhi C. Dimino, MD
John D. Edwards, 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, MD
James S. Guo, MD
Shiva Gupta, MD
Leslie M. Haber, MD
Steven E. Haber, MD
Alison J. Haddock, MD
Ori Z. Hampel, MD
Shannon B. Hancher, MD
Lindsey D. Harris, MD
Hattie E. Henderson, MD
Stephen A. Herrmann, MD
Daniel L. Howell, Jr., MD
David R. Hoyer, Jr., MD
Nesreen S. Ibrahim, MD
Terah C. Isaacson, MD
Robert E. Jackson, MD
Nora A. Janjan, MD
Laura P. Jimenez-Quintero, MD
Felicia L. Jordan, MD
Faraz A. Khan, MD
Karl W. King, MD
Christine E. Koerner, MD
Russell W.H. Kridel, MD
Piotr A. Kwater, MD
Ana L. Leech, MD
Arthur Lim, MD
Andrew Li-Yung Hing, MD
Felicity L. Mack, MD
Shane M. Magee, MD
Anna L. C. Mapp, MD
Aurelio Matamoros, Jr., MD
Christin J. Mathew, DO
Murtaza Mussaji, DO
Lonzetta L. Newman, MD
Terry S. Newman, MD
Mark L. Nichols, MD
Rupesh Nigam, MD
Richard L. Noel, MD
Stacy L. Norrell, MD
Carla F. Ortique, MD
Debra M. Osterman, MD
Monika Patil, MD
Kanchan A. Phalak, MD
Evan G. Pivalizza, MD
Anne Marie Ponce De Leon, MD
Christopher N. Prichard, MD
Autumn L. Pruette, MD
Syed A. Raza, MD
Elizabeth M. Rebello, MD
Brandi N. Ring, MD
Elenita L. Rosado, MD
Manish Rungta, MD
Ainel B. Sewell, MD
Amber D. Shamburger, MD
Gary J. Sheppard, MD
Mina K. Sinacori, 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
Richard Strax, MD
Angela K. Sturm, MD
Spencer H. Su, MD
Irvin Sulapas, MD
January Y. Tsai, MD
Dexter G. Turnquest, MD
Mohammad A. Ursani, MD
John R. Vanderzyl, MD
Libu Varughese, MD
Baominh P. Vinh, MD
Carlos J. Vital, MD
Stephen E. Whitney, MD
Thomas C. Wiener, MD
George W. Williams, II, MD
H. David Wills, MD
Kevin Scott Winfield, MD
Alisha Y. Young, MD
Alexander Yudovich, MD
Alternate Delegates to the Texas Medical Association - 2023
Yazan Abdeen MD
Mohamed F. Almahmoud, MD
Amelia Averyt, MD
Shikha Bharaktiya, MD
Dwane G. Broussard, MD
Shivika Chandra, MD
Victoria C. Chang, MD
Avais M. Chatha, MD
Hilary E. Fairbrother, MD
Jessica Garcia, DO
Semhar J. Ghebremichael, MD
Madeleine S. Herman, MD
Micah J. Knobles, MD
Maria J. La Cruz Rondon, MD
Yasmin Natasha Lake, MD
Grace Lee, DO
Omar Matuk-Villazon, MD
Atasu K. Nayak, MD
Vinh Q. Nguyen, MD
Thomas J. Oliverson, MD
Myphuong Theresa Phan, MD
Grant P. Redrow, MD
Brian C. Reed, MD
Regina E. Rodman, MD
Pankaj K. Shah, MD
Stacy V. Smith, MD
Karan P. Sra, MD
Jolyn S. Taylor, MD
Theresa Q. Tran, MD
Vandana Varma, MD
Acsa M. Zavala, MD
Ex Officio Delegation Members to the Texas Medical Association - 2023
Madhureeta Achari, MD
Alan C. Baum, MD
Keith A. Bourgeois, MD
Lisa L. Ehrlich, MD
Troy T. Fiesinger, MD
Diana L. Fite, MD
William H. Fleming, III, MD
A. Tomas Garcia, III, MD
William S. Gilmer, MD
Yvonne Kew, MD
Kenneth L. Mattox, MD
Kimberly E. Monday, MD
Clifford K. Moy, MD
Bradford S. Patt, MD
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD
Steven M. Petak, MD
Victor A. Simms, MD
Michael E. Speer, MD
Elizabeth Torres, MD
Arlo F. Weltge, MD
Sherif Z. Zaafran, MD
HCMS Delegation Officers - 2023
Stacy L. Norrell, MD - Chair
Debra M. Osterman, MD - Vice Chair
George W. Williams, II, MD - Secretary
TMA Delegates to the American Medical Association
Diana L. Fite, MD
William H. Fleming, III, MD
William S. Gilmer, MD
Kenneth L. Mattox, MD
Elizabeth Torres, MD
TMA Alternate Delegates to the American Medical Association
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD
Sherif Z. Zaafran, MD
Bylaws Committee
Sachin S. Patil, MD - Chair
Donald R. Collins, Jr., MD
Charlotte M. Stelly-Seitz, MD
Hospital Employed/ Academic Practice Committee
David Vining, MD - Chair
Monika Patil, MD – Vice Chair
Shiva Gupta, MD
Piotr A. Kwater, MD
Andrew Li-Yung Hing, MD
Aurelio Matamoros, Jr., MD
Srikanth Sridhar, MD
Irvin Sulapas, MD
Wendell H. Williams, III, MD
Karla E. K. Wyatt, MD
Emergency Care Committee
Faraz A. Khan, MD - Chair
Cedric K. Dark, MD – Vice Chair
Richard N. Bradley, MD
Beau A. Briese, MD
Hilary E. Fairbrother, MD
Diana L. Fite, MD
Steven E. Haber, MD
Vinay Kapoor, MD
David E. Persse, MD
Brandi N. Ring, MD
Kevin J. Schulz, MD
Charles E. Soderstrom, MD
Susanna C. Spence, MD
David E. Turner, MD
Arlo F. Weltge, MD, MPH
Independent Practice Subcommittee
Sachin S. Patil, MD - Chair
Manish Rungta, MD – Vice Chair
Jacinta O. Anyaoku, MD
Rajat S. Bhatt, MD
Victoria C. Chang, MD
Steven M. Croft, MD
Felicity L. Mack, MD
Syed A. Raza, MD
Marcel D. Thompson, DO
Mohammad A. Ursani, MD
Membership Committee
January Y. Tsai, MD – Chair
Angela M. Guerra, MD – Vice Chair
Audrey E. Ahuero, MD
Amelia Averyt, MD
James J. Bernick, MD
Allan A. Conde, MD
Swapan Dubey, MD
Angelina Farella, MD
Stephanie P. Fong, MD
Laura P. Jimenez-Quintero, MD
Gurjit Kaur, DO
Ankur D. Mehta, DO
Atasu K. Nayak, MD
Brian C. Reed, MD
Karan P. K. Sra, MD
Charlotte M. Stelly-Seitz, MD
Physicians Counseling Committee - 2023
Debra M. Osterman, MD – Chair
Chad M. Lemaire, D - Vice Chair
James J. Bernick, MD
M. Bruce Christopherson, MD
Donald E. Hauser, MD
Micah J. Knobles, MD
Daryl K. Knox, MD
Anna L. C. Mapp, MD
Georgia A. Thomas, MD
Community Health Improvement and Communications Committee
Rashmi Kudesia, MD -- Chair
Domalapalli "Maneesh" Kumar, DO – Vice Chair
Ahmed S. Ahmed, MD
Amanda K. Arrington, MD
Amelia Averyt, MD
Richard N. Bradley, MD
Shivika Chandra, MD
Stephanie P. Fong, MD
James S. Guo, MD
Felicity L. Mack, MD
Shane M. Magee, MD
Jose E. Rodriguez, MD
Baominh P. Vinh, MD
Kevin S. Winfield, MD, MBA
Health Care Quality Committee
Tal R. Raphaeli, MD - Chair
Murtaza T. Ghadiali, MD – Vice Chair
Brian M. Bruel, MD
Daniel H. Darmadi, MD
Ponle Durojaye, MD
Diana Eisner, MD
Marina C. George, MD
Piotr A. Kwater, MD
Omar Matuk-Villazon, MD
Monika Patil, MD
Kanchan A. Phalak, MD
Sai R. Pingali, MD
Ana M. Torres, MD
David Vining, MD
Hospital Survey Committee
Manish Rungta, MD – Chair
Michael J. Snyder, MD – Vice Chair
Troy T. Fiesinger, MD
William S. Gilmer, MD
Uzma Iqbal, MD
Terah C. Isaacson, MD
Awungjia C. Leke-Tambo, MD
Shane M. Magee, MD
Atasu K. Nayak, MD
Pankaj K. Shah, MD
Shital Vachhani, MD
Theodoros Voloyiannis, MD
Barbara J. Wilson, MD
Physician Wellness Committee
Stacy L. Norrell, MD - Chair
Brian C. Reed, MD – Vice Chair
Victoria C. Chang, MD
Bernard M. Gerber, MD
Sharada H. Gowda, Md
Stephen A. Herrmann, MD
Laura P. Jimenez-Quintero, MD
Bobby R. Nix, MD
George D. Santos, MD
Anupama A. Shultz, MD
Alexander Yudovich, MD
Social Media Sub-Committee
Dwane G. Broussard, MD - Chair
Audrey E. Ahuero, MD
Shivika Chandra, MD
Victoria C. Chang, MD
Stephanie P. Fong, MD
Rashmi Kudesia, MD
Ritu P. Patel, MD
Angela K. Sturm, MD
Women Physicians Section - 2023
Renee J. Flores, MD – Chair
Victoria C. Chang, MD – Vice Chair
Katie Fung-Yip, MD, Officer at Large
RPO Steering Committee 2022-2023
Carlos R. Hamilton, Jr., MD – President
Kamal G. Khalil, MD – President Elect
Benjamin L. Portnoy, MD – Vice President
Glenn R. Cunningham, MD – Immediate Past President
Shelly E. Liss, MD, President Emeritus
Bruce D. Edison, MD, past president
Barry H. Goodfriend, MD, past president
Ernest Max, MD, past president
Peter V. Weston, MD, past president
Brian R. Tulloch, MD
Anita Beneke, MD
Philip B. Rothenberg, MD
Kanellos Charalampous, 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)
Paul Maddock (Mary)
Young Physician Organization - 2023
Jessica Garcia, DO - Northwest Branch, Chair
Young Physician Ambassadors:
Savitha Bonthala, DO, Central Branch YPA, Vice Chair
Nabila B. Choudhury, MD, Central Branch
Ronnie G. Khoury, MD, Central Branch
Linda X. Pang, MD, Central Branch
Grant P. Redrow, MD, Central Branch
Brandi N. Ring, MD, Central Branch
Pallav Halani, MD, East Branch
Daniel D. Nguyen, DO, East Branch
Diana Medina Galvan, MD, North Branch
Urmeel H. Patel, MD, North Branch
Stephen A. Herrmann, MD, Northwest Branch
Daniela C. McConnell, MD, Northwest Branch
Jantzen D. Thorns, MD, Northwest Branch
Yazan Abdeen, MD, Southeast Branch
Emily R. Calasanz, MD, Southeast Branch
Cristin J. Mathew, DO. Southeast Branch
Zishan Hirani, MD, Southwest Branch
Erica L. Bartlett, MD, Western Branch
Jennifer A. Lai, MD, Western Branch
Lauren E. Spoo, MD, Western Branch
Jessica M. Stull, MD. Western Branch
Jolyn S. Taylor, MD, Western Branch