Committee Members

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Awards Committee
Isaac Solomon, MD, PhD - Chair
Christina Appin, MD
Sahara J. Cathcart, MD
Mohammad Haeri, MD, PhD
Pouya Jamshidi, MD
Derek Oakley, MD, PhD
Jie Chen, MD, PhD
Liam Chen, MD, PhD
John Donahue, MD
Sean Ferris, MD
William Harrison, MD, FCAP
Dan Cai, MD, PhD
Giselle Lopez, MD
Kelly Mrachek, MD
Thomas Pearce, MD, PhD
Melissa Blessing, DO
Kyle Conway, MD
Katherine Schwetye, MD, PhD
Jane Uyehara-Lock, MD, MS, FCAP, FASCP
Knarik Arkun, MD, FCAP
Marcello Distasio, MD, PhD
Sanda Alexandrescu, MD - ex-officio
Edward Lee, MD, PhD - ex-officio
Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD - ex-officio
 
Constitution Committee
Sonika Dahiya, MD - Chair
Kathryn Eschbacher, MD
Matija Snuderl, MD
Steven N. Schwartz, MD*
Christopher Allen, DO*
Sanda Alexandrescu, MD - ex-officio
Edward Lee, MD, PhD - ex-officio
Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD - ex-officio
*Junior Member
 
Education Committee
Karra Jones, MD, PhD - Chair
Chunyu Cai, MD, PhD
Kyle Conway, MD
John Donahue, MD
Annie Hiniker, MD, PhD
Pouya Jamshidi, MD
Lawrence Kenyon, MD, PhD
Julia Kofler, MD
Aivi Nguyen, MD
Veena Rajaram, MD
Marie Rivera-Zengotita, MD
Rati Chkheidze, MD
Angelica Oviedo, MD
Maria Martinez-Lage, MD
Gregory Chamberlin, MD*
Nicole Becker, MD*
Kathy Newell, MD- ex-officio
John (Jack) Lee, MD, PhD - ex-officio
Eyas Hattab, MD - ex-officio
Edward Lee, MD, PhD -ex-officio
Andrew Teich, MD-PhD - ex-officio
Sanda Alexandrescu, MD - ex-officio
Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD - ex-officio
Sandra Camelo-Piragua, MD - ex-officio
Kenneth Aldape, MD - ex-officio
*Junior Member

Finance & Investment Committee 
Sanda Alexandrescu, MD - Chair
Kathy Newell, MD
Karra Jones, MD, PhD
John (Jack) Lee, MD, PhD
Jennifer Baccon, MD, PhD, MHCM
Edward Lee, MD, PhD - ex-officio
Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD - ex-officio
 
Membership Committee
Nathan Clement, MD - Chair
Isaac Solomon, MD, PhD
Tiffany Baker, MD, PhD
Rupal Mehta, MD
Joshua Sonnen, MD 
Marwan M. Majeed, MD, MPH*
Emily Ling-Lin Pai, MD, PhD*
Sanda Alexandrescu, MD - ex-officio
Edward Lee, MD, PhD - ex-officio
Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD - ex-officio
*Junior Member
 
Nominating Committee 
Rebecca Folkerth, MD - Chair
M. Beatriz S. Lopes, MD
R. Ross Reichard, MD
Eric Huang, MD, PhD 
Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD - ex-officio
Sanda Alexandrescu, MD - ex-officio
Edward Lee, MD, PhD - ex-officio
 
 
 
 
Neuropathology Fellowship Program
Directors Committee
Bret Mobley, MD - Chair
Aditya Raghunathan, MD, MPH
William R. Bell, MD
Pallavi Gopal, MD, PhD
Karra Jones, MD, PhD
Anthony T. Yachnis, MD
Arie Perry, MD
Charles L. White, III, MD
Qinwen Mao, MD, PhD
Cindy Welsh, MD
Julia Kofler, MD
Rudolph Castellani, Jr., MD
Gabrielle Yeaney, MD
Liam Chen, MD
Hannes Vogel, MD
Fausto Rodriguez, MD
Hemant Varma, MBBS, PhD
Hope Richard, MD, PhD
James Goldman, MD, PhD
James W. Mandell, MD, PhD
Janna Neltner, MD
John Donahue, MD
Juan C. Troncoso, MD
Rati Chkheidze, MD
Kyle Hurth, MD, PhD
Lawrence Hansen, MD
Amber Nolan, MD, PhD
Matthew Wood, MD, PhD
Maria Martinez-Lage, MD
Nadejda Tsankova, MD, PhD
Katherine Schwetye, MD, PhD
William Yong, MD
Sanda Alexandrescu, MD
Sandra Camelo-Piragua, MD
Suzanne Z. Powell, MD
Thomas Wisniewski, MD
Sakir H. Gultekin, MD
Steven Moore, MD, PhD
Zissimos Mourelatos, MD
Malak AlThgafi, MD, MBA
Sanda Alexandrescu, MD - ex-officio
Edward Lee, MD, PhD - ex-officio
Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD - ex-officio
 
Professional Affairs Committee
Eyas Hattab, MD, MBA - Chair
David Meredith, MD, PhD
Sonika Dahiya, MD
Nelli Lakis, MD
Hsiang-Chih Lu, MD, PhD
Marie Rivera-Zengotita, MD
Nima Sharifai, MD, PhD
Vivian Tang, MD*
Lindsay Hunt, MD*
Sanda Alexandrescu, MD - ex-officio
Edward Lee, MD, PhD - ex-officio

Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD - ex-officio
*Junior Member
 
Program Committee
Andrew Teich, MD, PhD - Chair
Malak Althgafi, MD, MBA
Jason Chiang, MD, PhD
William Harrison, MD
Cherry Ho, MD, PhD
CJ Lucas, MD
Hasini Reddy, MD
Angela Viaene, MD, PhD
Matthew Wood, MD, PhD
Maria Gubbiotti, MD, PhD
Sanda Alexandrescu, MD
Michael Miller, MD, PhD
Matthew Cykowski, MD
Heather Jarrell, MD
Jesse Kresak, MD
Bret Mobley, MD
Marie Rivera-Zengotita, MD
Michael Punsoni, MD
Knarik Arkun, MD, FACP
Couger Jaramillo, MD*
Rachel Multz, MD*
Sanda Alexandrescu, MD - ex-officio
Edward Lee, MD, PhD - ex-officio
Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD - ex-officio
*Junior Member
 
Website Committee
Michael Punsoni, MD - Chair
John Donahue, MD
Thomas Pearce, MD, PhD
Murat Gokden, MD
Angelica Oviedo, MD
Maria Martinez-Lage, MD
Hilary Highfield, MD, PhD
Mirna Lechpammer, MD
Jane Uyehara-Lock, MD
Jared Ahrendsen, MD, PhD
Jie Chen, MD, PhD
Nelli Lakis, MD, MSc
Dimitri Trembath, MD, PhD
William O. Humphrey, MD*
Kaleigh Roberts, MD, PhD*
Thomas Auen, DO*
Purvi Patel, MD, PhD*
Simmi Patel, MD*
Sanda Alexandrescu, MD - ex-officio
Edward Lee, MD, PhD - ex-officio
Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD - ex-officio
*Junior Member