AAES 2022-2023 Committees, Task Forces & Liaisons

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Career Development and Leadership Committee  
Sonia Sugg, MD (Chair) 2022-2025
Marybeth Hughes (Vice Chair) 2024-2025
Elizabeth Grubbs, MD 2022-2025
Paul Gauger, MD 2022-2025
Tony Yang, MD 2024-2027
Febie Zheng, MD, MBA 2024-2027
Matthew Nehs, MD 2022-2025
James Wu 2024-2027
Terry Lairmore, MD 2023-2026
Amanda Laird, MD 2023-2026
Nikita Machado, MD (Candidate Member) 2024-2025
Talia Burneikis, MD (Candidate Member) 2024-2025
Catherine Jensen, MD (Resident/Fellow Member) 2024-2025
Jennifer Ogilvie, MD (DEI Liaison) 2024-2025
Linwah Yip, MD (Officer Liaison) 2024-2025
   
CESQIP Committee  
Aarti Mathur, MD, PhD (Chair) 2022-2025
Judy Jin (Vice Chair) 2024-2025
Melanie Goldfarb, MD, MSc 2021-2025
Melissa LoPinto, MD, MPH 2024-2027
Robin Cisco, MD 2022-2025
Randall Owen, MD 2022-2025
Eyas Alkahili, MD 2022-2025
Anatoliy Rudin, MD 2024-2027
Vikram Krishnamurthy, MD 2023-2026
Gustavo Romero-Velez, MD (Candidate Member) 2024-2025
Jordan Broekhuis, MD (Resident/Fellow Member) 2024-2025
Barbra Miller, MD (Officer Liaison) 2024-2025
   
Clinical Practice Committee  
Tom Connally, MD (Chair) 2023-2026
Masha Livhits, MD 2024-2026
Leon Kushnir, MD, CPE 2023-2024
Susan Wcislak, MD 2024-2027
Timothy Davis, MD 2024-2027
Jovenel Cherenfant, MD 2022-2025
Chris McHenry, MD 2024-2025
Samuel Long, MD 2024-2027
Jessica Folek, MD 2023-2026
Daniela Treitl, MD 2024-2025
Nicole Reedy (Resident/Fellow Member) 2024-2025
Barbra Miller, MD (Officer Liaison) 2024-2025
   
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee  
Sanziana Roman, MD (Chair) 2023-2025
Victoria Lai, MD, MS (Vice Chair) 2024-2025
Melwyn Sequeira, MD 2024-2025
Courtney Edwards, MD 2024-2025
Denise Lee, MD 2022-2025
Jennifer Ogilvie, MD 2023-2026
Nancy Cho, MD 2023-2026
George Taylor, MD (Current Fellow) 2024-2025
Kelly Stahl, MD (Resident/Fellow Member) 2024-2025
Saba Kurtom, MD (Resident/Fellow Member) 2024-2025
Rebecca Sippel, MD (AAES President) 2024-2025
Barbra Miller, MD (AAES Secretary) 2024-2025
   
Education Committee  
Adam Kabaker, MD (Chair) 2019-2024
Matthew Nehs, MD (Vice Chair) 2024-2025
Alberto Molinari MD, MSc 2021-2025
Laura Wharry, MD 2024-2027
Stacey Woodruff, MD 2024-2027
Jessica Buicko Lopez, MD 2024-2027
Brian Saunders, MD 2022-2025
Catherine McManus, MD 2023-2026
Jessica Fazendin, MD 2023-2026
Jonathan Zagzag, MD, MPH 2023-2026
Irene Lou, MD 2022-2026
Mustapha El Lakis, MD 2023-2026
Anne Sophia Jackson, MD (Candidate Member) 2024-2025
Polina Zmijewski, MD, MA (Candidate Member) 2024-2025
Sarah Lund (Resident/Fellow Member) 2024-2025
Lauren Haskins, DO, MBA, MS (Resident/Fellow Member) 2024-2025
Rebecca Sippel, MD (Officer Liaison) 2024-2025
   
Education Readiness Task Force  
Brenessa Lindeman, MD, MPH (Co-Chair) 2023-2025
David Hughes, MD (Co-Chair) 2023-2025
Carmen Solórzano, MD (AAES Past President) 2023-2025
   
Endocrine Surgeon Identity Committee  
Meredith Sorensen, MD, MS (Chair) 2024-2027
Anna Kundel, MD 2024-2026
Justin Yozawitz, MD 2024-2026
Kathryn Coan, MD 2022-2025
Amy Quillo, MD 2022-2025
Rosemarie Metzger, MD 2023-2026
Yasmine Assadipour, MD 2023-2026
Azadeh Carr, MD 2021-2025
Richard Harding, MD 2023-2026
Rachel Slotcavage, MD 2023-2026
Simon Holoubek, DO, MPH 2024-2026
Denise Carneiro-Pla, MD 2024-2027
Maria Bates, MD 2022-2025
T.K. Pandian, MD 2023-2026
Sarah Sims, MD (Candidate Member) 2024-2025
Anthony Saxton, MD, MSc (Resident/Fellow Member) 2024-2025
Barbra Miller, MD (Officer Liaison) 2024-2025
   
Endocrine Surgery University Director  
Wen T. Shen, MD, MA  
   
Ethics Committee  
Megan Applewhite, MD (Chair) 2023-2026
Barbra Miller, MD (AAES Secretary) 2022-2025
Karen Devon, MD 2021-2025
Danielle Press, MD 2024-2026
Peter Mazzaglia, MD 2024-2026
Janice Pasieka, MD 2022-2025
Jenny Yoo, MD 2023-2026
Miachael Bortz, MD (Candidate Member) 2024-2025
   
Fellowship Committee  
David Hughes, MD (Chair) 2024-2027
Matthew Nehs, MD  
Antonia “Apple” Stephen, MD  
Rebecca Sippel, MD  
Linwah Yip, MD  
Courtney Gibson, MD  
Randall Owen, MD  
Benzon Dy, MD  
Sophie Dream, MD  
Wen Shen, MD, MA  
Xavier Keutgen, MD  
Jennifer Kuo, MD  
Allan Siperstein, MD  
John Lew, MD  
Stacey Milan, MD  
Ryan Raju, MD  
Adrian Harvey, MD  
Aarti Mathur, MD  
Paul Graham, MD  
Randall Scheri, MD  
Masha Livhits, MD  
Brendan Finnerty, MD  
Alan Dackiw, MD  
Brenessa Lindeman, MD  
Jesse Pasternak, MD  
Neil Saunders, MD  
Insoo Suh, MD  
Frances Lee, MD (Candidate Member) 2024-2025
Erin Felger, MD (Non-Fellowship Member) 2024-2027
Abbey Fingeret, MD (Non-Fellowship Member) 2023-2026
Barbra Miller, MD (AAES Secretary) 2024-2025
Patrick Weldon, MD (Resident/Fellow Member) 2024-2025
   
Fellowship Accreditation Committee  
F. Thurston Drake, MD (Chair) 2024-2027
Alexandria McDow, MD 2023-2026
Denise Lee, MD 2024-2027
Christina Maser, MD 2021-2025
Kelly McCoy, MD 2022-2025
David Velázquez Fernández, MD 2022-2025
Sarah Abou Azar, MD (Candidate Member) 2024-2025
Barbra Miller, MD (AAES Secretary) 2024-2025
Rebecca Sippel, MD (AAES President) 2024-2025
David Hughes, MD (Fellowship CMTE Chair) 2024-2027
   
Guidelines and Emerging Therapeutics Committee  
Scott Wilhelm, MD (Chair) 2023-2026
Insoo Suh, MD 2022-2025
Shalini Arora, MD  2023-2026
Naira Baregamian, MD 2023-2026
Tammy Holm, MD 2024-2027
Dawn Elfenbein, MD 2022-2025
Douglas Turner, MD 2022-2025
Hadiza Kazaure, MD 2023-2026
Melanie Lyden, MD 2024-2027
Erivelto Volpi, MD 2024-2026
Tanaz Vaghaiwalla, MD 2024-2025
William Mendez, MD 2024-2027
Jessica McMullin, MD (Candidate Member) 2024-2025
Q. Lina Hu-Bianco, MD (Candidate Member) 2024-2025
Barbra Miller, MD (Officer Liaison) 2024-2025
   
IT Committee  
David Schneider, MD (Chair) 2023-2026
Snehal Patel, MD 2024-2027
Samira Sadowski, MD 2021-2025
Farah Karipineni, MD 2021-2025
Chee-Chee Stucky, MD 2022-2025
Sean Wrenn, MD 2022-2025
Babak Givi, MD 2023-2026
Mauricio Sierra-Salazar, MD 2023-2026
Vivek Sant, MD (Candidate Member) 2024-2025
Joseph Tobias, MD (Candidate Member) 2024-2025
Alaa Sada, MD (Resident/Fellow Member) 2024-2025
Barbra Miller, MD (Officer Liaison) 2024-2025
   
Liaisons & Representatives  
AACE Liaison – Jyotirmay Sharma  
Endocrine Society Liaison – Naris Nilubol  
ATA Liaison – Elizabeth Grubbs  
SSO Liaison – Paxton Dickson  
ACS Board of Governors – Carmen Solórzano  
ACS Board of Governors – Alternate – Herbert Chen  
Complex General Surgical Oncology Board (ABS) - Lawrence Kim  
Endo Section Council of AMA – Dina Elaraj  
NSQIP – Rachel Kelz  
ABS Representative – Lawrence Kim  
Commission on Cancer – Jennifer Rosen  
NANETS – James Howe  
Focused Practice Designation – Peter Angelos  
Cancer Surgery Standards Program Member Org Rep – Elizabeth Grubbs  
Patient Representative: ThyCa – Gary Bloom  
Patient Representative: ParaTroupers – Angelia Sherertz  
Patient Representative: GDATF – Kimberly Dorris  
   
Local Arrangements Committee  
Sophie Dream, MD (Chair) 2024-2025
Sarah Oltmann, MD 2023-2026
Ana Islam, MD 2023-2026
Brenessa Lindeman, MD, MPH 2021-2025
Jessica Fazendin, MD 2021-2025
Vikram Krishnamurthy, MD 2021-2025
Courtney Lee, MD 2023-2026
Oliver Fackelmayer, MD 2023-2026
Michael Campbell, MD 2024-2025
Philip Haigh, MD (Program Chair) 2024-2025
Abby Fingeret, MD (Program Vice Chair) 2024-2025
Barbra Miller, MD (AAES Secretary) 2022-2025
   
Membership Committee  
Joyce Shin, MD (Chair) 2024-2027
Sarah Fisher, MD 2023-2026
Philip Smith, MD 2023-2026
Randall Scheri, MD 2024-2027
Lindsay Kuo, MD, MBA 2024-2027
Maureen Moore, MD 2024-2027
Evandro Vasconcelos, MD 2024-2027
Amy Fox, MD  2022-2025
Kelly Lovell, MD (Affiliate Provider Member) 2022-2025
Jessica Dahle, MD (Candidate Member) 2024-2025
Jorege Arch-Ferrer, MD (Candidate Member) 2024-2025
Linwah Yip, MD (Officer Liaison) 2024-2025
   
Nominating Committee  
Thomas J. Fahey, MD (Chair) 2021-2025
Cord Sturgeon, MD, MS 2022-2025
Carmen Solórzano 2023-2026
Rebecca Sippel 2024-2027
   
Patient Advocacy Committee  
Lilah Morris-Wiseman, MD (Chair) 2024-2027
Christel McGillicuddy, APRN 2022-2025
Lisa LaFay, RN 2022-2025
Jennifer Rosen, MD 2022-2025
Susana Vargas Pinto, MD 2024-2027
Iuliana Bobanga, MD 2024-2027
James Lim, MD 2023-2026
Michael Starks, MD 2023-2026
Jason Glenn, MD 2023-2026
Gary Bloom (Patient Representative) 2018-2025
Tricia Tidwell (Patient Representative) 2018-2025
Barbra Miller, MD (Officer Liaison) 2024-2025
   
Program Committee  
Philip Haigh, MD (Chair) 2024-2025
Abby Fingeret, MD (Vice Chair) 2024-2025
Denise Carneiro-Pla, MD 2024-2025
Brendan Finnerty, MD 2022-2025
Jesse Pasternak, MD 2022-2025
James Broome, MD 2024-2027
Mahsa Javid, MD 2024-2027
Sarah Oltmann, MD 2024-2027
Paxton Dickson, MD 2022-2025
Colleen Kiernan, MD 2022-2025
Erin Felger, MD 2022-2025
Toni Beninato, MD 2023-2025
Aditya Shirali, MD (Candidate Member) 2024-2025
Peter Abraham, MD (Resident/Fellow Member) 2024-2025
Nancy Cho, MD (DEI Liaison) 2023-2025
Rebecca Sippel, MD (AAES President) 2024-2025
Rahcel Kelz, MD (AAES Recorder) 2024-2027
Barbra Miller, MD (AAES Secretary) 2022-2025
Rajshri Gartland, MD (AAES Foundation Industry Chair) 2023-2025
Jesse Pasternak, MD (Poster Chair) 2024-2025
Oliver Fackelmayer, MD (Poster Candidate Member) 2024-2025
   
Research Committee  
Benjamin James, MD (Chair) 2022-2025
Heather Wachtel, MD (Vice Chair) 2024-2025
Claire Graves, MD 2023-2026
Naris Nilubol, MD 2024-2026
Dhaval Patel, MD 2023-2026
Carolyn Seib, MD 2023-2026
Priya Dedhia, MD 2022-2025
Tricia Moo-Young, MD 2024-2026
Brian Untch, MD 2022-2025
Courtney Balentine, MD 2024-2027
Kyle Zanocco, MD 2022-2025
Susan Pitt, MD 2022-2025
Jason Prescott, MD 2022-2025
Yinin Hu, MD (Candidate Member) 2024-2025
Alessandra Moore, MD (Candidate Member) 2024-2025
Rebecca Sippel, MD (Officer Liaison) 2024-2025