NASS Insider


May 16, 2023


Welcome Our Newest Members


Congratulations to the following members who were recently elected to membership* on May 15, 2023!

Emmanuel Adeyemo, MD––Detroit, MI
Sunil Agarwal, MD––Atlanta, GA
Daniel Aguilar, MD––San Marcos, CA
Grant Allbritten, DO––Lexington, KY
Abdullah Alshehri––Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Rizwan Alvi, MD––Palmetto Bay, FL
Chau Van An, MD––Da Nang, Vietnam
Gustavo Balbinot, PhD––Toronto, Canada
Kyle Barner, DO––Kansas City, MO
Muhittin Belirgen, MD––Lubbock, TX
Colton Besett, MD––Houston, TX
Sanam Bezanson, DC––Olathe, KS
Joanne Bohn––Bayamon, PR
Austin Boos, DO––Chicago, IL
Faith Brennan, PhD––Kingston, Canada
Liz Bright, ACNP-BC––Grand Rapids, MI
Eli Bunzel, MD––Seattle, WA
Benjamin Buterbaugh, DO, ATC––Winterville, NC
Megan Callaghan––Cleveland Heights, OH
Bassir Caravan, MD––Los Angeles, CA
Arthur Carminucci, MD––Florham Park, NJ
Eugenio Carral, MD––Mexico City, Mexico
Michael Carroll, MD––Kansas City, KS
Dennis Caruana, BS––New Haven, CT
Joshua Chalif, MD, PhD––Brookline, MA
Michelle Chi, MD––Long Island City, NY
Sung Tan Cho, MD––Goyang-si, South Korea
Kiyoung Choi, MD––The Lakes, United Arab Emirates
Cameron Cluney, BS––Folsom, LA
Brent Compton, MD, DC, FACP––Corpus Christi, TX
Jeffrey Coombs, BS––Cleveland, OH
Michael Costello, PT, ScD––Ithaca, NY
Michael Crimmins, MD––Brooklyn, NY
Tim Curtis, MD––Salt Lake City, UT
Danielle Dang, MD––Falls Church, VA
Donald Davis, MD––Duluth, GA
Frank De Stefano, DO––Kansas City, KS
Bijan Dehghani, MD, MS––Philadelphia, PA
Christopher Dupont––Springboro, OH
Trevor Ellico, DO––Seattle, WA
Galal Elsayed, MD––Clayton, MO
Faisal Faisal, MD––Kota Tangerang, Indonesia
Saman Farr, DO, MSc––Pasadena, CA
Melanie Fitzmorris, APRN, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC––Broussard, LA
Alexandra Flaherty, MS, BS––Galveston, TX
TJ Florence, MD, PhD––Los Angeles, CA
John Gallagher, MD, MS––Reading, PA
Aaron Gelinne, MD––Chapel Hill, NC
Steven Girdler, MD––New York, NY
Michaela Guild, CRNP––Rockville, MD
Yudhi Gumilar, MD––Bogor, Indonesia
Jack Haberl, MD, MBA––New York, NY
Bradley Hammoor, MD, MS––Boston, MA
Bo Han, MD––Chao-Yang District, China
Netanja Harlianto, MD––Utrecht, Netherlands
Lauren Henken, PA-C––Boise, ID
Annika Heuer, MD––Hamburg, Germany
Travis Hill, MD, PhD––Montvale, NJ
Byron Hills, MD––Suffolk, VA
Jesse Hu, MD––Saint Louis, MO
Zongshan Hu––Nanjing, China
Jeremy Huckleby, MD––Saint Louis, MO
Kenechukwu Igbokwe, MBBS––Abuja, Nigeria
Hiroyuki Inose, MD, PhD––Bunkyo ku, Japan
Mayur Jayarao, MD, MSc––Springfield, MO
Daniel Jimenez, DO, MPH––Brighton, MI
Quincy Jones, BS––Yuba City, CA
Eric Jonswold, DO––Omaha, NE
Sohyun Kang, MD––New York, NY
Ahmet Karagoz, MD––Istanbul, Turkey
Viknesh Kasthuri––Providence, RI
Syed Faraz Kazim, MD, PhD––Albuquerque, NM
Alex Keister, BS––Columbus, OH
Elayna Kirsch, BA––Durham, NC
Caitlin Klaassen, PA-C––Helena, MT
Joe Kodama, MD, PhD––Baltimore, MD
Steven Kurtz, PhD––Haddonfield, NJ
Rahim Laiwalla, MS––North Chicago, IL
JooYoung Lee, MD––Busan, South Korea
Kenneth Leong, MD––White Plains, NY
Matthew Lipphardt, MD––Bloomfield Hills, MI
Megan Machek, MD––Denver, CO
Abdullah Mahabbah, MD––Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Justin Mathew, MD––New York, NY
Sunjay Mathur, MD––Sheffield Village, OH
Shearwood McClelland, MD––Cleveland, OH
Bruce Metcalf, MD, BS––Westmont, IL
Alex Mierke, MD––Tampa, FL
Shuichi Mizuno, PhD––Boston, MA
Farah Musharbash, MD––Baltimore, MD
W. Christopher Newman, MD––Brooklyn, NY
Amelia Ni, DO––Saint Louis, MO
Evan Nigh, MD––Los Angeles, CA
Katie ODonnell, FNP-BC, BSN, CCRN––San Jose, CA
Jennifer O'Donnell, MD––San Francisco, CA
Muhammad Padela, MD––Detroit, MI
Richard Parkinson, MD––Sydney, Australia
Marcos Perocco Luiz da Costa, MD––Sao Paulo, Brazil
Gregory Perrier, MEng––Loma Linda, CA
Ranji Pitagampalage, MD––Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka
Roman Rahmani, DO––Toledo, OH
Vikramaditya Rai, MBBS––Himachal Pradesh, India
William Raoofi, MD––Ellicott City, MD
Nolan Reinhart––Tampa, FL
Laurence Rhines, MD––Houston, TX
Kenneth Richardson, BS––Miami, FL
Milanys Rivera––Guaynabo, PR
Miguel Ruiz Cardozo, MD––Saint Louis, MO
Ibrahim Samarra'e, MD, MS––Little Rock, AR
Jose Sanchez, MD––Acapulco, Mexico
Aakash Shah––Cleveland, OH
Diwakar Shankar, M.Ch, MS, MBBS––Varanasi, India
Ragav Sharma, DO, CSCS––Milwaukee, WI
Dustin Sielski, MD––Royal Oak, MI
Piyush Singh, MPT––New Delhi, India
Christopher Snow, MD, DC––Dothan, AL
Steve Sorensen, DO––Richland, WA
Khadija Soufi, BA––Sacramento, CA
Soma Sundar, FRCS, MS, MBBS––Ramapuram, India
Ganesh Swamy, MD––Calgary, Canada
Yunting Tang, MD––Pittsburgh, PA
Thanadol Tangdamrongtham, MD––Siracha, Thailand
Fulvio Tartara, MD––Rivanazzano Terme, Italy
Jacob Taunton, DO––Columbus, GA
Ernesto Theurel Vincent, MD––Puebla, Mexico
Wilson Tran, PT––San Gabriel, CA
Takahiro Tsutsumimoto, MD––Matsumoto, Japan
Arya Varthi, MD––New Haven, CT
Filipe Vaz da Silva, MD––Porto, Portugal
Aman Verma, MBBS, MS––Fatehpur, India
Mauro Volpi, MD, PhD––Botucatu, Brazil
Andrea Wakim, MD––Denver, CO
Ping Wang, PhD––Gilbert, AZ
David Weinfeld, MD––Grand Rapids, MI
Benjamin Westerhaus, MD––West Palm Beach, FL
Kurt Wilhelm, MD––Ferndale, MI
Tyree Williams, BA, MEng––Bronx, NY
Theresa Williamson, MD––Boston, MA
Devynn Wojdyla, PA––Macomb, MI
Yizhou Xie, MD, PhD––Chengdu, China
Youchen Ye, MD––Hangzhou, China
Cameron Youngblood, PA-C––Edwards, CO
Iyan Younus, MD––Nashville, TN
Chunlin Zhang, MD––Zhengzhou, China
Sharon Zhang, MD––Kansas City, MO
Thompson Zhuang, MD, MBA––Philadelphia, PA
Hashem Zokary, MD, MPH––West Carrollton, OH

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*Official acceptance to membership with NASS requires approval by the NASS Board of Directors.
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