HCMS and HAM Leadership

Physician members who are interested in getting involved with HCMS by serving on a committee or in leadership position, can reach out to Teosha Blaylock@hcms.org. View full listing of Opportunities to Participate here.

2025 HCMS Officers and Executive Board

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Harris County Medical Society (HCMS) Officers and Executive Board
Dwane G. Broussard, MD, President
Louise H. Bethea, MD, President Elect
Kulvinder S. Bajwa, MD, Vice President
Carlos J. Vital, MD, Secretary/Treasurer
Hattie E. Henderson, MD, Fourth Year Officer at Large
Brian M. Bruel, MD, Third Year Officer at Large
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD, Second Year Officer at Large
Felicity L. Mack, MD, First Year Officer at Large
January Y. Tsai, MD, Chair, Board of Ethics
Ana L. Leech, MD, Chair, Board of Medical Legislation
Troy T. Fiesinger, MD, Chair, Board on Socioeconomics
Yazan Abdeen, MD, Chair, Council of Hospital Chiefs of Staff  
Lan K. Nguyen, MD, Chair, Council of International and Affiliated Medical Societies
Anush S. Pillai, DO, Chair, Council of Specialty Societies
Stacy L. Norrell, MD, Chair, Delegation to TMA 
Brian C. Reed, MD, President, Central Branch
Olga O. Brusil, MD, President, East Branch
Bhuvana Sagar, MD, President, North Branch
Jessica Garcia, DO, President, Northwest Branch 
Elizabeth A. Cloninger, MD, President, Southeast Branch
Libu Varughese, MD, President, Southwest Branch
Dharmpal V. Vansadia, DO, President, Western Branch
Ashok Balasubramanyam, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Michelle C. Shen, MD, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
Jonathan A. McCullers, MD, University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine

Houston Academy of Medicine (HAM) Officers and Board of Trustees

Hattie E. Henderson, MD, President
Brian M. Bruel, MD, President Elect
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD, Treasurer
Felicity L. Mack, MD, Secretary
Dwane G. Broussard, MD
Louise H. Bethea, MD
Kulvinder S. Bajwa, MD
Carlos J. Vital, MD
January Y. Tsai, MD
Ana L. Leech, MD
Troy T. Fiesinger, MD
Yazan Abdeen, MD  
Lan K. Nguyen, MD
Anush S. Pillai, DO
Stacy L. Norrell, MD
Brian C. Reed, MD
Olga O. Brusil, MD
Bhuvana Sagar, MD
Jessica Garcia, DO 
Elizabeth A. Cloninger, MD
Libu Varughese, MD
Dharmpal V. Vansadia, DO
Ashok Balasubramanyam, MD
Michelle C. Shen, MD
Jonathan A. McCullers, MD

For more information, contact Teosha Blaylock, Director of Executive & Governance Administration, at 713-524-4267, ext 260, or teosha_blaylock@hcms.org

Boards, Councils, Committees and Delegations

Central Branch Officers - 2025

Brian C. Reed, MD - President
Samar S. Sheth, MD - President Elect
Katie L. Fung-Yip, MD - Vice President
Savitha Bonthala, DO, Secretary/Treasurer

East Branch Officers - 2025
Olga O. Brusil, MD - President 
Manisha Chandalia, MD - President Elect
Daniel D. Nguyen, DO - Vice President
Anastaslia A. Rudkovskaia, MD - Secretary/Treasurer

North Branch Officers - 2025
Bhuvana Sagar, MD - President 
Diana Medina Galvan, MD, President Elect
Chikku Paul, MD - Vice President
Urmeel H. Patel, MD - Secretary/Treasurer

Northwest Branch Officers - 2025
Jessica Garcia, DO - President 
Erica E. Hightower, MD - President Elect
Stephanie S. Bruce, MD - Vice President
Sunjeev M. Patel, MD - Secretary/Treasurer

Southeast Branch Officers - 2025
Elizabeth A. Cloninger, MD - President
Vikas, Jogi, MD - President Elect
Yazan Abdeen, MD - Vice President
Emily R. Calasanz, MD - Secretary/Treasurer

Southwest Branch Officers - 2025
Libu Varughese, MD - President
Vandana Varma, MD - President Elect
Ranjeeta Mani, MD - Vice President
Zishan Hirani, MD - Secretary/Treasurer

West Branch Officers - 2025
Dharmpal Vansadia, DO - President
Padma R. Chimata, MD - President Elect
Jolyn S. Taylor, MD - Vice President
Jessica M. Stull, MD - Secretary/Treasurer

Board of Ethics - 2025
January Y. Tsai, MD (2026), Chair
Audrey E. Ahuero, MD (2025)
Stephen E. Whitney, MD (2025)
Shane M. Magee, MD (2026)
Lonzetta L. Newman, MD (2027)
Terry S. Newman, MD (2027)
Stacy V. Smith, MD (2027)

Board of Medical Legislation - 2025
Ana L. Leech, MD (2025), Chair
Richard J. Snyder, MD (2027), Vice Chair
Michael Altman, MD (2025)
Tal R. Raphaeli, MD (2025)
Richard N. Bradley, MD (2026)
Barbara J. Wilson, MD (2026)
Anh Q. Dang, MD (2027)
Anthony J. Popek, MD (2027)
Sara Goel, DO (2028)
Sachin S. Patil, MD (2028)
Baominh P. Vinh, MD (2028)

Board on Socioeconomics - 2025

Troy T. Fiesinger, MD (2026), Chair
Christopher N. Prichard, MD (2025)
Charlotte M. Stelly-Seitz, MD (2025)
Theodoros Voloyiannis, MD (2025)
Angela M. Guerra, MD (2026)
Alisha Y. Young, MD (2026)
Richard L. Noel, MD (2027)
Ankur D. Mehta, DO (2027)
Hilary E. Fairbrother, MD (2027)
 
Nominating Board - 2025
Robert E. Jackson, MD – Chair
Louise H. Bethea, MD 
Brian M. Bruel, MD
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD
January Y. Tsai, MD
Brian C. Reed, MD 
Olga O. Brusil, MD 
Bhuvana Sagar, MD
Jessica Garcia, DO 
Elizabeth A. Cloninger, MD 
Libu Varughese, MD
Dharmpal V. Vansadia, DO
 
Council of Hospital Chiefs of Staff - 2025
Yazan Abdeen, MD, Chair
Irma Alarcon, MD
Sarfraz Aly, MD
Murad Aslam, MD
Jason Baron MD
Lara Bashoura, MD
Robert Boland, MD
Stephanie Coulter, MD
Anita Datta, MD
Lucas Duvall, MD
Michael Eisenberg, MD
Irene Ekaney, MD
Mark A. Farnie, MD 
Omer Farooq, MD                                                               
Clay Jeffrey Fisher, MD
Muhammad Hanif, MD
Aqeel Hashmi, MD
Isaac Hernandez Jimenez, MD
Irfan Iftikhar, MD
Ahmad Jeroudi, MD
Amir Karni, MD
Faraz M. Khan MD
Tien C. Ko, MD
Mark Kobelja, MD
Melissa Kwan, MD
Kelly LeBlanc, MD
Xiao H. Li, MD                                                     
Nishith Majmundar, MD
Alfred Maksoud, MD
Sandeep Markan, MD
Vasilios Mathews, MD
Vikram Mehra, MD
Jose Melendez, MD
Timothy Miller, MD
George Nassif, MD
Peter T. Nguyen, MD
Vince Nguyen, MD
Richard L. Noel, MD
Sohail Noor, MD
Stacy Norton, MD
Michael Overman, MD
Jason Piefer, MD
Mauricio Pinto, MD
Amber Ray-Droddy, MD
Scott Rivenes, MD
Jorge Rodriguez, MD
Michael S. Rodriguez, MD
Cameron Ruttman, MD 
Lokesh Shahani, MD
Arif Shoaib, MD
Marcus Sims II, DO
Paul E. Sirbaugh, MD
David G. Vanderweide, MD
Rati Venkatesh, MD
Srinivas Vodnala, MD
Alex Volkov, MD
Jon-Cecil Walkes, MD 
 
Council of International and Affiliated Medical Societies - 2025
Lan K. Nguyen, MD, Chair 
Maria C. Caldas-Vasquez, MD, Vice Chair 
Ashima Chauhan, MD  
Ray Y. Hachem, MD 
Monira Hamid-Kundi, MD 
Nidal Moukaddam, MD 
Marcial Andres Oquendo Rincon, MD 
Robert A. Salazar, MD 
Anjail Sharrief, MD 
Riaz Ul Haque, MD 
Kuan Yu, MD  

Council of Specialty Societies - 2025
Anush S. Pillai, DO, Chair 
Omar G. Ahmed, MD 
Nicholas M. Beckmann, MD 
Robert Carpenter, MD 
Galant Chan, MD 
Sadhna Dhingra, MD 
Warren Ellsworth, MD 
Robin L. Ferguson, MD 
Neil Ashok Gandhi, MD 
Claudia Gutarra, MD 
Lillian S. Kao, MD 
John Kelley, MD 
Andrew G. Lee, MD 
Bobby Nix, MD  
Christopher Rizk, MD 
Rashmi Rode, MD 
Erin Furr Stimming, MD 
Mary Ellen Vanderlick, MD 
John Zaki, MD
 
Delegates to the Texas Medical Association - 2025
Audrey E. Ahuero, MD
Taiwo T. Babatope, MD
Mohit Bansal, MD
Louise H. Bethea, MD
Lindsay K. Botsford, MD
Keith A. Bourgeois, MD
Richard N. Bradley, MD
Brian M. Bruel, MD
Luis H. Camacho, MD
Steven M. Croft, MD
Anh Q. Dang, MD
Kyle F. Dickson, MD
Rakhi C. Dimino, MD
Hilary E. Fairbrother, MD
Troy T. Fiesinger, MD
Renee J. Flores, MD
Lewis E. Foxhall, MD
Jessica Garcia, DO
Clare N. Gentry, MD
Marina C. George, MD
Bernard M. Gerber, MD
Alan P. Glombicki, MD
Victoria I. Gordon, DO
Angela M. Guerra-Bacus, MD
Shiva Gupta, MD
Steven E. Haber, MD
Ori Z. Hampel, MD
Shannon B. Hancher, MD
Lindsey D. Harris, MD
Clare A. Hawkins, MD
Hattie E. Henderson, MD
Stephen A. Herrmann, MD
Erica E. Hightower, MD
Nesreen S. Ibrahim, MD
Terah C. Isaacson, MD
Robert E. Jackson, MD
Nora A. Janjan, MD
Laura P. Jimenez-Quintero, MD
Vikas Jogi, MD
Karl W. King, MD
Micah J. Knobles, MD
Christine E. Koerner, MD
Russell W.H. Kridel, MD
Piotr A. Kwater, MD
Arthur Lim, MD
Andrew Li-Yung Hing, MD
Felicity L. Mack, MD
David C. Mackey, MD
Shane M. Magee, MD
Anna L. C. Mapp, MD
Aurelio Matamoros, Jr., MD
Lonzetta L. Newman, MD
Terry S. Newman, MD
Vinh Q. Nguyen, MD
Mark L. Nichols, MD
Richard L. Noel, MD
Stacy L. Norrell, MD
Carla F. Ortique, MD
Debra M. Osterman, MD
Linda X. Pang, MD
Monika Patil, MD
Kanchan A. Phalak, MD
Myphuong Theresa Phan, MD
Kimberly A. Pilkinton, MD
Anne Marie Ponce De Leon, MD
Christopher N. Prichard, MD
Syed A. Raza, MD
Elizabeth M. Rebello, MD
Brandi N. Ring, MD
Manish Rungta, MD
Lilit A. Sargsyan, MD
Ainel B. Sewell, MD
Amber D. Shamburger, MD
Gary J. Sheppard, MD
Barry S. Siller, MD
Stacy V. Smith, 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
Jessica M. Stull, MD
Angela K. Sturm, MD
Spencer H. Su, MD
Irvin Sulapas, MD
Jolyn S. Taylor, MD
Amanda S. Tchakarov, MD
January Y. Tsai, MD
Mohammad A. Ursani, MD
John R. Vanderzyl, MD
Baominh P. Vinh, MD
Carlos J. Vital, MD
Margaret Wat, MD
Janeana M. White, MD
George W. Williams II, MD
H. David Wills, MD
Kevin Scott Winfield, MD
Alisha Y. Young, MD

Alternate Delegates to the Texas Medical Association - 2025
N. Aakash, MD
Ismail O. Adesanya, MD
Mohamed F. Almahmoud, MD
Kulvinder S. Bajwa, MD
Norman L. Berkman, MD
Dwane G. Broussard, MD
Olga O. Brusil, MD
Victoria C. Chang, MD
Summer Chavez, DO
Rishab Chawla, MD
Nabila B. Choudhury, MD
Elizabeth A. Cloninger, MD
Sean W. Delaney, MD
Swapan Dubey, MD
Katie L. Fung-Yip, MD
Mary S. Goswitz, MD
Madeleine S. Herman, MD
Zishan Hirani, MD
R. Todd Ivey, MD
Yasmin Natasha Lake, MD
Krista McBayne, MD
Lindy U. McGee, MD
Chantal Lisette Mendes, MD
Rupesh Nigam, MD
Chikku Paul, MD
Cynthia L. Peacock, MD
Balaguru G. Ravi, MD
Brian C. Reed, MD
Anastasiia A. Rudkovskaia, MD
Pankaj K. Shah, MD
Rahul Shah, MD
Patrick V. Solcher, MD
Lisa E. Weiss, MD
Christopher K. Wong, MD
Terri L. Woodard, MD
Kathy Zhang-Rutledge, MD

Ex Officio Delegation Members to the Texas Medical Association - 2025
Daniel H. Darmadi, MD
Diana L. Fite, MD
A. Tomas Garcia, III, MD
William S. Gilmer, MD
Felicia L. Jordan, MD
Meera Kapadia, MD
Yvonne Kew, MD
Ana L. Leech, MD
Kenneth L. Mattox, MD
Kimberly E. Monday, MD
Bradford S. Patt, MD
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD
Shangir H. Siddique, MD
Michael E. Speer, MD
Elizabeth Torres, MD
Dexter G. Turnquest, MD
Arlo F. Weltge, MD
Sherif Z. Zaafran, MD

HCMS Delegation Officers - 2025

Stacy L. Norrell, MD - Chair
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD - Vice Chair
Shannon B. Hancher-Hodges, MD - Secretary

TMA Delegates to the American Medical Association - 2025
Diana L. Fite, MD
William S. Gilmer, MD
Kenneth L. Mattox, MD
Elizabeth Torres, MD
Sherif Z. Zaafran, MD

TMA Alternate Delegates to the American Medical Association - 2025
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD

STANDING COMMITTEES

Bylaws Committee - 2025

Lindsay K. Botsford, MD, Chair
Lisa E. Weiss, MD
Arlo F. Weltge, MD
 
Hospital Employed/ Academic Practice Committee - 2025
David Vining, MD, Chair
Monika Patil, MD, Vice Chair
Shankar Gopinath, MD
Mary Goswitz, MD
Micah J. Knobles, MD
Brian C. Reed, MD
Stacy V. Smith, MD
Irvin Sulapas, MD
 
Emergency Care Committee - 2025
Beau A. Briese, MD, Chair
Hilary E. Fairbrother, MD, Vice Chair
Richard N. Bradley, MD
Summer Chavez, MD
Cedric K. Dark, MD
Hanna Eadeh, MD
Diana L. Fite, MD
Steven M. Haber, MD
Faraz A. Khan, MD
Brandi N. Ring, MD
Kevin J. Schulz, MD
Charles E. Soderstrom, MD
David E. Turner, MD
Arlo F. Weltge, MD
 
Independent Practice Subcommittee - 2025
Manish Rungta, MD, Chair
Victoria C. Chang, MD, Vice Chair
Ismail Adesanya, MD
Jacinta O. Anyaoku, MD
Sara Goel, DO
D. Rick Ngo, MD
Rochelle E. Pondt, DO
 
Membership Committee - 2025
Laura P. Jimenez-Quintero, MD, Chair
Gurjit Kaur, DO, Vice Chair
Nabila Choudhury, MD
Allan A. Conde, MD
Hilary E. Fairbrother, MD
Stephanie P. Fong, MD
Clare A. Hawkins, MD
Zishan Hirani, MD
Vikas Jogi, MD
Sachin Patil, MD
Elenita L. Rosado, MD
Bhuvana Sagar, MD
Charlotte M. Stelly-Seitz, MD
Lisa E. Weiss, MD
 
Physicians Counseling Committee - 2025
Micah Knobles, MD, Chair
Daryl K. Knox, MD
Chad M. Lemaire, MD
Anna L. C. Mapp, MD
Georgia A. Thomas, MD 
 
SPECIAL COMMITTEES

Community Health Improvement and Communications Committee - 2025

Daniel Darmadi, MD, Chair
Stephanie P. Fong, MD
Nesreen Ibrahim, MD
Jose E. Rodriguez, MD
Anastasiia Rudkovskaia, MD
Randall Stenoien, MD
David J. Vining, MD

Events Ad-Hoc Committee - 2025
Lindsay K. Botsford, MD
Anastasiia A. Rudkovskaia, MD
Lauren E. Spoo, MD
 
Health Care Quality Committee - 2025
Stacy V. Smith, MD, Chair
David Vining, MD, Vice Chair
Steven D. Brass, MD
Piotr A. Kwater, MD
Linda X. Pang, MD
Anthony J. Popek, MD
Anastasiia Rudkovskaia, MD
Puja A. Sehgal, MD
 
Hospital Survey Committee - 2025
Manish Rungta, MD, Chair
Troy T. Fiesinger, MD
William S. Gilmer, MD
Uzma Iqbal, MD
Atasu K. Nayak, MD
Pankaj K. Shah, MD
Michael J. Snyder, MD
Shital Vachhani, MD
Physician Wellness Committee - 2025
Brian C. Reed, MD, Chair
Peter Chang, MD
Nabila Choudhury, MD
Renee Flores, MD
Bernard M. Gerber, MD
Mary Goswitz, MD
Laura P. Jimenez-Quintero, MD
Bobby Nix, MD
Stacy L. Norrell, MD
George D. Santos, MD
Rachel Scheisser, MD
 
Social Media Sub-Committee - 2025
Stephanie P. Fong, MD, Chair
Erica L. Bartlett, MD, Vice Chair
Shivika Chandra, MD
Victoria Chang, MD
Claudia C. Cotes, MD
Nabila Choudhury, MD
Micah J. Knobles, MD
Diana Medina Galvan, MD
Ritu P. Patel, MD
Angela K. Sturm, MD
 
TMA Liaison Committee - 2025
Stacy L. Norrell, MD, Chair
Louise H. Bethea, MD
Dwane G. Broussard, MD
Diana L. Fite, MD
Tom Garcia, MD
Shannon B. Hancher-Hodges, MD  
Hattie E. Henderson, MD
Robert E. Jackson, MD
Kimberly E. Monday, MD
Bradford S. Patt, MD
Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD
Gary J. Sheppard, MD
Dexter G. Turnquest, MD
 
Women Physicians Section - 2025
Katie L. Fung-Yip , MD – Chair
Linda X. Pang, MD – Vice Chair
Chantal Mendes, MD – Officer at Large
 
RPO Steering Committee - 2025
Benjamin L. Portnoy, MD – President
William P. Knight, MD - President Elect
Charles I. Sitomer, MD - Vice President
Kamal G. Khalil, MD, MD – Immediate Past President
Shelly E. Liss, MD, President Emeritus
Carlos R. Hamilton, Jr., MD 
Glenn R. Cunningham, MD
Bruce D. Edison, MD
Barry H. Goodfriend, MD
Peter V. Weston, 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)
 
Young Physician Organization - 2025
Lauren E. Spoo, MD - West Branch, Chair 
Jessica Stull, MD - West Branch, Vice Chair
Nabila B. Choudhury, MD, Central Branch
Sean W. Delaney, MD, Central Branch
Vipal Pratin Durkal, MD, Central Branch
Chantal Lisette Mendes, MD, Central Branch
Linda X. Pang, MD, Central Branch
Atul Matta, MD, North Branch
Stephanie U. Morris, MD, North Branch
Margaret Wat, MD, Northwest Branch
Harrison P. Nguyen, MD, Southeast Branch
Balaguru G. Ravi, MD, Southeast Branch
Pallav Halani, MD, Southwest Branch





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