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 |
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 |
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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 |
Joseph Tobias, 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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