Congratulations to the following members who were recently elected to membership* on September 15, 2023!
Radwa Abbas, PA-C—Staten Island, NY
Marcelo Augusto Acosta Goiri, MD, MSc—Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ranbir Ahluwalia, MD—Nashville, TN
Hassan Alalwan, MD—Hofuf, Saudi Arabia
Alaa Albaghdady, MD—Basrah, Iraq
Gary Allen, MD—Nashville, TN
Paul Alvarez, MD—Columbus, OH
Brant Ansley, MD, PA—Kansas City, MO
Ali Arafat, MD—Salt Lake City, UT
Frederico Araujo Leite, MD—Teresina, Brazil
James Bates, DO—Spokane Valley, WA
Christian Bohan, MD—Danville, PA
Matthew Brown, MD—Mercer Island, WA
Jacob Byers, MD—Durham, NC
Matthew Carr, MD—New York, NY
Carsen Cash, MD—Nashville, TN
Daniel Cavazos, MD—Royal Oak, MI
Jesse Champi, MD—Pittsburgh, PA
Justin Chan, MD—Irvine, CA
Luke Channer, BS—Hillsboro, OR
Steve Cho, MD—Phoenix, AZ
William Conaway, MD—Philadelphia, PA
Giuseppe Costanzo, PhD—Rome, Italy
Alwin David, MD—Miami, FL
Stephen Davis, BSN, MHA, RN—Conroe, TX
Blake Dickenson, DO—Salt Lake City, UT
Jason Do, DO—Brooklyn, NY
Yesenia Doce, MD—Southgate, MI
Benjamin Dorenkamp, DO—Okemos, MI
Donna Duff, FNP-C, MSN, RN—Ooltewah, TN
Lauren Edge, DO—Largo, FL
Erik Edstrom, MD, PhD—Upplands Vasby, Sweden
Farzin Farahbakhsh, MD—Tehran, Iran
Nur Aida Faruk Senan, MBBS, MS—Penang, Malaysia
Evan Fene, MD—Dallas, TX
Vinicius Ferraz, MD—Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ryan Finkel, MD—Los Angeles, CA
Rose Fluss, MD—Bronx, NY
Daniel Franco, MD—Philadelphia, PA
Mario Gallegos, MD—Durango, Mexico
Kevin Gilbert, MD—Nashville, TN
Kayla Gloisten, DC—Lyons, CO
Hannah Groff, DO—East Meadow, NY
Roman Guerrero, MD—Lakeville, MN
Zachary Gulergun, MD—Parrish, FL
Albert Haller, MD—Dobrinj, Croatia
Johnny Han, BS—Westminster, CA
Alexis Hanson, DO—Albuquerque, NM
Gregory Harbison, MD—Sacramento, CA
Knut Harboe, PhD, MD—Stavanger, Norway
Brandon Hassid, MD—New York, NY
Tyler Heimdal, MD—Mesquite, TX
Tyler Henry, MD—Philadelphia, PA
Daniel Herrick, MD, PhD—Stanford, CA
Daniel Hogan, MD—Columbia, MO
Fazlul Hoque, MD, DO, FICS—Dhaka, Bangladesh
Aaron Hoyt, MD, BS—Chicago, IL
Chien-Li Huang, MD—Changhua County, Taiwan
Raja Jani, DO, MHA—Columbia, MD
Ryan Jensen, DO—Winterville, NC
Soren Jonzzon, MD—Nashville, TN
Alex Jung, BS—Staten Island, NY
Austin Kaidi, MD, MSc—New York, NY
Brandon Kalasho, DO—Marina Del Rey, CA
Bartosz Kapustka, MD—Jastrzebie-Zdroj, Poland
Matthew Kaufman, MD—Campbell, CA
Rohit Akshay Kavishwar, MS, DNB—Singapore, Singapore
Salahaddeen Khalifah, MBBS—Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Jibran Khan, DO—Jersey City, NJ
Ali Muhammad Khan, BS—East Amherst, NY
Anthony Kilgore, MD—Rochester, MN
Jonathan Koehler, DO—Albuquerque, NM
Ezekial Koslosky, MD—San Antonio, TX
Parth Kothari, MD—Philadelphia, PA
Mark Kraft, MD—Las Vegas, NV
Siegmund Lang, MD—Palo Alto, CA
Michael Larkin, MD, PharmD—Pearland, TX
Jose Larrinua, MD—Queretaro, Mexico
Joseph Larwa, MD, DPT—Jacksonville, FL
Ahmad Lasheen,—South Sinai, Egypt
Monish Lavu, MHA—Cleveland, OH
Luke Lehman, MD, MPH—San Antonio, TX
Joseph Levinson, MD—Charlottesville, VA
Jen-Chieh Liao, MD, PhD, OT—Champaign, IL
Jack Lin,—Apopka, FL
Joseph Linzey, MD, MS—Ann Arbor, MI
Mitchell Long, DO—Westbury, NY
Ashley MacConnell, MD—Chicago, IL
Karam Maher,—Cairo, Egypt
Sonal Mahindroo,—Washington, DC
Megan Malueg,—Buffalo, NY
Racheed Mani, MD—Lake Grove, NY
Michael McNamara, MD—Lebanon, NH
Kerry Mian, MD—Kansas City, MO
Kelly Michanczyk, MD—Nashville, TN
Roslyn Migdale, MD, DC—Plymouth, MI
Shahana Momin, DO—Sugar Land, TX
Harold Moore, MD—Dallas, TX
Naem Mufarreh, DO, MS—Centerville, OH
Drew Mulhall, MD—East St Paul, Canada
Mohammed Murtuza, MD—Coppell, TX
Anup Nair, M.Ch—Ernakulam, India
Clementine Namba, MD—Henrietta, NY
Alessandro Napoli, MD, PhD—Rome, Italy
Mauricio Nogueras, MD—Queretaro, Mexico
Ikenna Nwachuku, MD—Los Angeles, CA
Garcia-Casas Oscar, MD—Ashtead, United Kingdom
Yesha Parekh, MD—Baltimore, MD
Shivam Patel, DO—Chicago, IL
Krupa Patel, BS—Van Buren Twp, MI
Shreya Patel, MD—Washington, DC
Daniel Paz, MD, MSc—Sao Paulo, Brazil
Brian Phelps, MD—Houston, TX
Chris Pitsikoulis, NP—Southborough, MA
Thomas Lindley Pittman, MS, PA-C—Aurora, IL
Glenn Poffenbarger, MD—Cody, WY
Adrian Popescu, MD—Philadelphia, PA
Rohit Prem Kumar, MD—Jackson, NJ
Syed Qadri, MD—Washington, DC
Neal Rajyaguru, MD—York, PA
Janae Rasmussen, DO—Modesto, CA
Praveen Reddy, MD—Conroe, TX
Andrea Roca, MS—Chicago, IL
Andrew Rock, MD—Delmar, NY
Kristen Saad, MD, MS—Salt Lake City, UT
Sebastian Salas-Vega, MD, PhD—Falls Church, VA
Francesco Sammartino, MD—Columbus, OH
Gabrielle Santangelo, MD—Rochester, NY
Sathish Prabu Sathyamangalam Samiappan, M.Ch, MBBS—Scottsdale, AZ
Ryan Screven, MD—Tampa, FL
Roberto Segura Lopez, MD—Hermosillo, Mexico
Juan Sejas, MD, MS—North Miami Beach, FL
Mifrah Sherwani, MBBS—Karachi, Pakistan
Ioannis Siasios, MD—Thessaloniki, Greece
Matthew Simhon, MD—New York, NY
Michael Stark, DO—Philadelphia, PA
Seungyup Sun, MD—Indianapolis, IN
Renjit Sundharadas, MD—San Diego, CA
Ikaasa Suri, BS—Bergenfield, NJ
Stephen Szeto, MD, MSc—Mountain View, CA
Cole Tessendorf, BA—Sioux Falls, SD
Fazal Thottiyil, MS, DNB, MBBS—Kottakkal, India
Felix Toussaint,—Livingston, NJ
Stephen Wanner, DO—Grand Rapids, MI
Chihpeng Wei, MD—New Taipei City, Taiwan
David Weiss, DO—San Clemente, CA
Woraphot Wichan, MD—Thabo, Thailand
Yale Williams, DO—Kansas City, MO
Mark Woernle, MD—Temple Terrace, FL
Yuanxuan Xia, MD—Baltimore, MD
Honghao Yang, MD—Beijing, China
Jae-Hyuk Yang, MD, PhD—Seoul, South Korea
Hye-Jin Yun, MD—Mountain View, CA
David Zurita, DO—Broomfield, CO
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