New ACR Board Members
ACR/FOUNDATION SECRETARY
David Daikh, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Joanne Jordan, MD, MPH
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.
ARHP PRESIDENT
Kamala Nola, PharmD, MS
Lipscomb College of Pharmacy Nashville, Tenn.
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Charles King, II, MD
North Mississippi Medical Center Tupelo, Miss.
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Bruce Cronstein, MD
New York University Medical Center, New York
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Marilynn Punaro, MD
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital Dallas
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Deborah Dyett Desir, MD
Arthritis & Osteoporosis Center Hamden, Conn.
New Foundation Board Members
CHAIR, SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COUNCIL
Timothy Niewold, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Michael Maricic, MD
Catalina Pointe Rheumatology, Tucson, Ariz.
PUBLIC MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Stephen Russell, MBA
McDonald’s USA, Naperville, Ill.
RESEARCH REPRESENTATIVE
S. Louis Bridges, MD, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala.
CRT REPRESENTATIVE
Salil Patel, PhD
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Plainsboro, N.J.
New ARHP Executive Committee Members
Susan Richmond, MS, PA-C
Bryant University, Smithfield, R.I.
Lisa M. Shanahan, BS
Shanahan Rheumatology & Immunotherapy, Raleigh, N.C.
Hazel L. Breland, PhD, OTR/L
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C.
ACR Board of Directors, 2014−2015
OFFICERS
> E. William St.Clair, MD, President, Durham, N.C.
> Joan M. Von Feldt, MD, MSEd President-Elect, Philadelphia
> David Daikh, MD, PhD Secretary, San Francisco
> Sharad Lakhanpal, MBBS, MD Treasurer, Dallas
> Kamala Nola, PharmD, MS ARHP President, Nashville, Tenn.
> David Karp, MD, PhD Foundation President, Dallas
MEMBERS
> Abby G. Abelson, MD, Cleveland
> Bruce Cronstein, MD, New York
> Deborah Dyett Desir, MD, Hamden, Conn.
> Richard A. Furie, MD, Lake Success, N.Y.
> Emily M. Isaacs, MD, Fort Worth, Texas
> Joanne Jordan, MD, MPH Chapel Hill, N.C.
> Charles King, II, MD, Tupelo, Miss.
> Timothy Laing, MD, Ann Arbor, Mich.
> Paula Marchetta, MD, MBA New York
> Zsuzsanna H. McMahan, MD, Baltimore
> Rodolfo Molina, MD, San Antonio
> Marilynn Punaro, MD, Dallas
> Kenneth G. Saag, MD, MSc Birmingham, Ala.
> Joseph Flood, MD, Immediate Past President (ex officio), Columbus, Ohio
> Eric L. Matteson, MD, MPH Foundation Vice President (ex officio), Rochester, Minn.
Foundation Board of Directors, 2014−2015
> David R. Karp, MD, PhD, President, Dallas
> Eric L. Matteson, MD, MPH, Vice President, Rochester, Minn.
> David Daikh, MD, PhD Secretary, San Francisco
> Sharad Lakhanpal, MBBS, MD Treasurer, Dallas
> Timothy Niewold, MD, Chair, Scientific Advisory Council Rochester, Minn.
> Kathleen J. Bos, MD, Chair, Development Advisory Council Naples, Fla.
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
> Judith A. James, MD, PhD, Oklahoma City
> Michael Maricic, MD, Tucson, Ariz.
> Vikas Majithia, MD, Jackson, Miss.
> William R. Palmer, MD, Omaha, Neb.
> William Robinson, MD, PhD, Stanford, Calif.
> Jane E. Salmon, MD, New York
> Stephen Russell, MBA, Public Member-at-Large Naperville, Ill.
> Marcy B. Bolster, MD, ACR Rheumatology Workforce & Training Representative, Boston
> S. Louis Bridges, MD, PhD, Research Representative Birmingham, Ala.
> Linda Ehrlich-Jones, PhD, RN, ARHP Representative, Chicago
> Salil Patel, PhD, CRT Representative Plainsboro, N.J.
> E. William St.Clair, MD, ACR President (ex officio), Durham, N.C.
> Joan M. Von Feldt, MD, MSEd, President Elect (ex officio), Philadelphia
ARHP Executive Committee, 2014−2015
> Kamala M. Nola, PharmD, MS, ARHP President, Nashville, Tenn.
> Elizabeth A. Schlenk, PhD, RN, ARHP President Elect, Pittsburgh
> Kelli D. Allen, PhD, ARHP Research Subcommittee Chair, Durham, N.C.
> Deborah Dyett Desir, MD, ACR Board of Directors Liaison, Hamden, Conn.
> Afton L. Hassett, PsyD, ARHP Member-at-Large Finance, Ann Arbor, Mich.
> Paul M. Adam, MSW, ARHP Member-at-Large, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
> Kori A. Dewing, DNP, ARNP, ARHP Practice Committee Chair, Seattle
> Susan Richmond, MS, PA-C ARHP Representative to ACR Committee on Education, Smithfield, R.I.
> Lisa M. Shanahan, BS, ARHP Representative to ACR, Government Affairs Committee, Raleigh, N.C.
> Hazel L. Breland, PhD, OTR/L, Invited Guest, Charleston, S.C.
> Sandra J. Mintz, BSN, Invited Guest, Los Angeles
> Karen L. Smarr, PhD, Immediate Past President, Columbia, Mo.
NEW ACR MEMBERS
Durga D. Adhikari, MD
Florence A. Aeschlimann, MD
Sadiq Ali, MD
Jose P. Aliling, MD
Hasheema Alsulami, MD
Ali Amin, MD
Laura Amorese-O’Connell, MD
Zineb Aouhab, MD
Matthew Arkebauer, DO, MSc
Rafid Asfar, MD
Gelareh Atefi, MD
Aung Aye, MD
Adrienne S. Bacher, MD
DeAnna Baker-Frost, MD, PhD
Stephen Balevic, MD
Erin M. Bauer, MD
Anzhelika Bekbulatova, MD
Randall N. Beyl, MD
Hussein Bhikhapurwala, MD
Santosh Bhusal, MD
Mehret Birru Talabi, MD, PhD
Indhira Bisono Jimenez, MD
Slavica Bobic, MD
Beau D. Boudreaux, MD
Adam J. Brown, MD
Lindsay Brown, MD
Emily Jean Brunner, DO
Magdalena Budziakowska, MD
Erin Carter, MD
Carolyn M. Casey, DO
Kader Cetin Gedik, MD
Ezra M. Cohen, MD
Jenna M. Cooley, DO
Jennifer C. Cooper, MD, PharmD
Chase Correia, MD
Julie Couture, MD
Deepan S. Dalal, MD, MPH
Kimberly DeQuattro, MD
Anita Dhanrajani, MBBS
Namrata Dhillon, MD
Sherilyn B. Diomampo, MD
Dane H. Doughtery, MD
Elise E. Drouin, PhD, MS
Kristen Erickstad, MD
Eghosa Eronmwon, MBBS
Mathew C. Farbman, DO
Maria Farooq, MBBS
Gita Fatemi, MD
Alexey Fomin, MD
Deepa Gali, MD
Haidy Galous, MD
Carla F. Gamarra-Hilburn, MD
Niharika Ganti, MD
Laura Girard, MD
Angela George, MD
Mary C. Gibson, MD
Diana Girnita, MD, PhD
Sabrina Gmuca, MD
Gabriela Gorelik, PhD, MSc
Najat Gouyette, MD
David Gray, MD
Meghan E. Greenfield, MD
Agnieszka Grzegorzewska, MSc
Waleed Hafiz, MBBS
Karlene Hagley, MD, MBBS
Diane Harrison, MD, MPH
Christopher M. Hatzis, BA
Emil Heinze, MD
Yamen Homsi, MD, MPH
Alexander C. Hu, DO
Muhammad U. Ijaz, MD, MBBS
Tatsuo Ishizuka, MD, PhD
Daniel H. Jo, MD
Ami S. Joglekar, MD
Vaijayanti Joshi, MD, MBBS
Bojana Jovanovic, MD
Saima Kamran, MBBS
Shunya Kaneshita, MD
Padmanaidu Karnam, MD
Isaac R. Kasper, MD
Rui Kawato, MD
Nikky Keer, MD
Marc M. Kesselman, DO
Aelita Khachatrian, MD
Bhavna Khan, MRCP, PhD
Raz Khavari, MD
Shaghayegh Khayambashi, MD
Khashayar Khosraviani, MD
Shweta Kishore, MD, MBBS
Crystal Kleiber Balderrama, MD
Hitomi Kobayashi, MD, PhD
Lisa B. Kremer, MD
Ottar Kristinsson, MD
Jamie Lai, MD
Tessa La Varis, MBChB
Valerie Leclair, MD
Pui Y. Lee, MD, PhD
Sang-il Lee, MD, PhD
Seung Yoon Lee, MD
Matthew A. Lewis, MD, MPH
Quan-Zhen Li, MD, PhD
Sian Yik Lim, MD
Tiffany C. Lin, MD
Kristin MacDougall, MD
Durkhani Mahboob, MBBS
Mosaab Makkawy
Jacqueline Malette, MD
Dana E. Mandel, DO
Cynthia K. Manos, MD
Lucas McCaffrey, DO
John McDougall, MD
James Miceli, MD
Clement J. Michet, BA
Angela Migowa, MMed, MBChB
Fumitaka Mizoguchi, MD, PhD
Halima Moncrieffe, PhD
Timothy Moore, MD
Cristina Moran Toro, MD
Mahta Mortezavi, MD
Matthew Mullen, MD
Priyanka Murali, DO
Sarra Musa, MD
Gihyun Myung, MD
Muneera Naeem, MBBS
Neha Narula, MD
Renuka Nayak, MD, PhD
Michelle T. Ngo, DO, MS
Patrick Nguyen, LMCC
Uche M. Obih, MD
Sheena Ogando, MD
Melissa S. Oliver, MD
Rajandeep Paik, MD
J. Lynn Palmer, MS, PhD
Brittany Panico, DO
Kwabna Parker, MBBS
Gabrielle Paul, BS
Cory Perugino, DO
Guillermo Pons-Estel, MD, PhD
Nisheet Prasad, MD
Geraldine Racaza, MD
Siddharth R. Raghavan, MD
Ashraf Raslan, MD
Shalini Ravella, MD
Elizabeth Reilly, MRCP, MBBCh
Iris Reyhan, MD
Lisa Rice, BS
David A. Rivera, MD
Martha M. Rodriguez Fernandez, MD
Melanie Rohr, MD
Rebecca E. Sadun, MD, PhD
Gabriella E. Safdieh, MD
Luis Salayandia, MD
Haruki Sawada, MD
Heinrike Schmeling, MD, PhD
Rakhee Shah, DO
Shobha Shahani, MD
Arif Shahzad, MD
Lin Shen, MD, PhD
Ahlam Sherbeeni, MBBS
Lee Ming Shum, MD
Salma Siddique, DO
Mariam A. Siddiqui, MD
Archana Srinivas, MD
Sean D. Stanhope, DO
Brandi E. Stevens, MD, MSCR
Masei Suda, MD
Yossra A. Suliman, MD, MSc
Naoho Takizawa, MD
Lai Shan Tam, MD
Paula A. Tanasa, MD
Angela Taneja, MD
Amit Thakral, MD, MBA
Amanda T. Titus, MD
Rujuta P. Trivedi, MD, MBBS
Mei-An Ty-Arias, MD
Patompong Ungprasert, MD
Pinky Vaidya, MD
Priyanka Vashisht, MBBS
Mark Vercel, DO
Shanti Virupannavar, DO
Beth I. Wallace, MD
Erin Wilfong, MD, PhD
Katelynn Wilton, BS
Neil Wishart, PhD
Newton Wong, MBBS
Katherine D. Wysham, MD
Kristy Yap, MBBS
G.C. Yathish, MD, MBBS
Yixia Ye, MD, PhD
Amber Young, MD
Yousef Zarbalian, MD
Yu Zuo, MD
New ARHP Members
Chizomam Abanobi, MSN
Fatima Abji, MSc
Janice Anderson, RN
Paula Anderson, CMA
Arunima Awale
Melanie Beckmeyer, PharmD
Elizabeth Benfield, PA-C
Toby Berkow, MS
Kajal Bhika, PharmD
Matthew Billard, PhD
Rachel Boyd, NP
Inger Byrjalsen, MSc, DMSci
Amy Caron, MPH
Nancy Cauffman, RN
Angela Cesta, MSc, CCRA
Vladimir Chernitskiy, BA
Margaret Clancy, MS, MPH
Jessica Cristian
Amy Dalsania, PharmD
Suzanne Demkowicz, RN
Alyssa Dominique, MPH
Kelly Dougherty, LPN
Steven Eggleston, PharmD
Vicki Faucher, MSN, FNP
Thomas Feldstein, PharmD
Christopher Ferrigno, MPT
Marxa Figueiredo, PhD
Ashley Fischer, RN
Tricia Fuller, MSN
Deborah Garcia, ARNP
Stefanie Gaylord, BSN
Karlene Gehler, MSW, ACSW, RC
Erin Gray, PA-C
Amy Harrison, PA-C
Kate Heinen, PA-C
Jonathan Helton, MSN
Christina Johnson, FNP
Marta Johnson
Brogan Keane, PA
Tara Kennedy, APN
Tristan Krause, MSN, RN
Rick Kurihara, PharmD
Linda Kwakkenbos, PhD
Dorothy LaCombe, MSN, ANP
John LaCombe, LPN
Andrew Lee, PhD
Qiong Louie-Gao, PhD
Na Lu, MPH
Cheryl MacLaughlin, MSN
Shana Magee, BSc, PT
Kailash Malhotra, PharmD
Deanna Martin, MMSc, PA-C
Shauna McGee, PharmD
Katherine McMahon, MA
Fergal McNamara, PhD
Stacey Morrison
Carol Mously
Jeremy Neurohr, MHA
Elizabeth Nguyen
Donald Nickels, PharmD
Marie Oglesbee, PharmD
Mary Olobia Habenicht
Christina Pennington, NP
Cindy Phok, MSN
Natalie Polizopoulos-Wilson, BS
Heather Prussen, PA
Kristy Reed
Beth Resman Targoff, PharmD
Melissa Rietz, FNP
Anita Roach, MS
Tiffany Roe, FNP
Jennifer Rossow, MSN
Cristine Rumfelt, CMA
Jennifer Scantlin, MS
Susan Sciotto-Brown, BA
Jeanne Scott, BSN, MSN
Mylene Serna, PharmD
Melissa Smith, APRN, FNP-C
Mark Snyder, PhD
Sarita Soloman, CMA
Jessica Sparks, MSN
Sarah Stothers, BSc
Nicole Traum, FNP
Kiumars Vadiei, PhD, BScPharm
Navin Varadarajan, PhD, MS
Courtney Wallace
Lydia Walters, MSN
Elizabeth Warner
Michelle Watson, MBA, CPA
Alexandra Wink, MS
Kristina Woolsey, FNP
Tabitha Wynecoop, LPN
Carolyn Zic, BSN
Visit www.rheumatology.org/membership, and follow the link to the welcome page to view a complete list of new members, program directors and sponsors.
The College welcomes self-nominations or nominations of colleagues for a position on an ACR standing committee, the ACR Board of Directors, the Rheumatology Research Foundation Board of Directors or the Scientific Advisory Council. Nominations will open in March 2015 and accepted candidates will be notified at the end of the summer. If you have questions, contact [email protected].
Nominations of colleagues for a position on an ARHP standing committee, subcommittee or representative on an ACR committee are currently open. Contact [email protected] for more information.
