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Editorial Committee



Sean Deane, MD; Caroline Giroux, MD; David Hsu, MD; Manoj Kesarwani, MD; Bob LaPerriere, MD; Teimour Nasirov, MD; Karen Poirier-Brode, MD; Gerald Rogan, MD; Katherine Stewart, MD: Glennah Trochet, MD; Leslie Tamura, DO; Kevin Walsh, MD; Lee Welter, MD; Eric Williams, MD.

 

Medical Students:

Natasha Arief, MS; Cortney Connor, MS; Katrina Harler, MS; Kayla Umemoto, MS.

 

Aileen E. Wetzel, Executive Director


Sara Appel, Managing Editor

 

2025 Officers & Board of Directors

Adam Dougherty, MD, MPH, President

Roderick Vitangcol, MD, President-Elect

Vanessa Walker, DO, Immed. Past President

 

District 1

Lisa Guirguis, MD

District 2

Sarah Barnhard, MD

Janine Bera, MD

Raminder Gill, MD

Eli Groppo, MD

 

District 3

Tom Valdez, MD

 

District 4

Shideh Chinichian, MD

 

District 5

Olana Aberra, MD

Christina Bilyeu, MD

Richard Campbell, MD

John Coburn, MD

 

District 6

Angelina Crans Yoon, MD

 

2025 CMA Delegation

Delegates

 

District 1

Reinhardt Hilzinger, MD

 

District 2

Lydia Wytrzes, MD

 

District 3

Tom Valdez, MD

 

District 4

Shideh Chinichian, MD

 

District 5

Sean Deane, MD

 

District 6

Karen Hopp, MD

 

At-Large Delegates

Barbara Arnold, MD

Jonathan Aron, MD

Janine Bera, MD

Christina Bilyeu, MD

Christine Braid, DO

Carol Burch, MD

Amber Chatwin, MD

Leo Chen, MD

Angelina Crans Yoon, MD

Mark Drabkin, MD

Ann Gerhardt, MD

Maryam Ghiassi, MD

Douglas Gibson, MD

Raminder Gill, MD

Helena Hart-Rathbun, MD

Dana Jacques, MD

Richard Jones, MD

Steven Kmucha, MD

Hao (Harry) Li, MD

Matthew Luk, MD

Vong Lee, MD

Patrick McCabe, MD

Charles McDonnell, MD

Leena Mehta, MD

Richard Pan, MD

Siddharth Raghavan, MD

Ernesto Rivera, MD

J. Bianca Roberts, MD

Ellen Shank, MD

Ajay Singh, MD

Lee Snook, MD

Isabel Stephens, MD

Cecille Taylor, MD

Roderick Vitangcol, MD

Anna Yap, MD

 

Alternate Delegates

District 1

M. Umer Waris, MD

 

District 2

Aimee Moulin, MD

 

District 3

Vacant

 

District 4

Zia Dehqanzada, MD

 

District 5

Dale Cotton, MD

 

District 6

Wanda Blaylark, MD

 

At-Large Alternate Delegates

Olana Aberra, MD

Arnaud F. Bewley, MD

Harsimran Bhandal, MD

Melissa Missy Brown, MD

David Cupp, MD

Minzi Chen, MD

Lindsey Dawson, MD

Wendy Garabedian, MD

Hiba Hamdan, MD

Rajeswari Jayaraman, MD

Burzeen E. Karanjawala, MD

Sina Rashidi Kikanloo, MD

Robert Kucejko, MD

Eric Lee, MD

Angelica Martin, MD

Conor W. McLaughlin, MD

Mithu Molla, MD

Aimee Moulin, MD

Bahaar K. Muhar, MD

Clara K. Paik, MD

Rogelio Pinon-Gutierrez, MD

Adrian Racela, MD

Joey Shemuel, MD

Collin Shumate, MD

Neelou Tabatabai-Yazdi, DO

Sara Teasdale, MD

Melody Tran-Reina, MD

Huixia Wei, MD

 

CMA Trustees, District XI

Adam Dougherty, MD

Robert Oldham, MD

Vanessa Walker, DO

 

AMA Delegation, District XI

Barbara Arnold, MD

Debra Lupeika, MD