AAES 2022-2023 Committees, Task Forces & Liaisons
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| Career Development and Leadership Committee |
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| 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 |
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| CESQIP Committee |
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| 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 |
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| Clinical Practice Committee |
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| 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 |
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| Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee |
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| 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 |
| Juan Hernández-Acevedo, MD (Candidate Member) |
2024-2025 |
| 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 |
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| Education Committee |
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| 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 |
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| Education Readiness Task Force |
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| Brenessa Lindeman, MD, MPH (Co-Chair) |
2023-2025 |
| David Hughes, MD (Co-Chair) |
2023-2025 |
| Carmen Solórzano, MD (AAES Past President) |
2023-2025 |
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| Endocrine Surgeon Identity Committee |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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| Endocrine Surgery University Director |
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| Wen T. Shen, MD, MA |
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| Ethics Committee |
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| 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 |
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| Fellowship Committee |
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| David Hughes, MD (Chair) |
2024-2027 |
| Matthew Nehs, MD |
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| Antonia “Apple” Stephen, MD |
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| Rebecca Sippel, MD |
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| Linwah Yip, MD |
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| Courtney Gibson, MD |
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| Randall Owen, MD |
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| Benzon Dy, MD |
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| Sophie Dream, MD |
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| Wen Shen, MD, MA |
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| Xavier Keutgen, MD |
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| Jennifer Kuo, MD |
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| Allan Siperstein, MD |
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| John Lew, MD |
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| Stacey Milan, MD |
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| Ryan Raju, MD |
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| Adrian Harvey, MD |
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| Aarti Mathur, MD |
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| Paul Graham, MD |
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| Randall Scheri, MD |
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| Masha Livhits, MD |
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| Brendan Finnerty, MD |
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| Alan Dackiw, MD |
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| Brenessa Lindeman, MD |
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| Jesse Pasternak, MD |
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| Neil Saunders, MD |
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| Insoo Suh, MD |
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| 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 |
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| Fellowship Accreditation Committee |
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| 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 |
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| Guidelines and Emerging Therapeutics Committee |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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| IT Committee |
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| 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 |
| Alaa Sada, MD (Resident/Fellow Member) |
2024-2025 |
| Barbra Miller, MD (Officer Liaison) |
2024-2025 |
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| Liaisons & Representatives |
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| AACE Liaison – Jyotirmay Sharma |
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| Endocrine Society Liaison – Naris Nilubol |
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| ATA Liaison – Elizabeth Grubbs |
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| SSO Liaison – Paxton Dickson |
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| ACS Board of Governors – Carmen Solórzano |
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| ACS Board of Governors – Alternate – Herbert Chen |
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| Complex General Surgical Oncology Board (ABS) - Lawrence Kim |
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| Endo Section Council of AMA – Dina Elaraj |
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| NSQIP – Rachel Kelz |
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| ABS Representative – Lawrence Kim |
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| Commission on Cancer – Jennifer Rosen |
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| NANETS – James Howe |
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| Focused Practice Designation – Peter Angelos |
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| Cancer Surgery Standards Program Member Org Rep – Elizabeth Grubbs |
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| Patient Representative: ThyCa – Gary Bloom |
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| Patient Representative: ParaTroupers – Angelia Sherertz |
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| Patient Representative: GDATF – Kimberly Dorris |
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| Local Arrangements Committee |
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| 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 |
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| Membership Committee |
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| 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 |
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| Nominating Committee |
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| Thomas J. Fahey, MD (Chair) |
2021-2025 |
| Cord Sturgeon, MD, MS |
2022-2025 |
| Carmen Solórzano |
2023-2026 |
| Rebecca Sippel |
2024-2027 |
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| Patient Advocacy Committee |
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| 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 |
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| Program Committee |
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| 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 |
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| Research Committee |
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| 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 |
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