Members Approved by the STS Executive Committee, January 2026

Surgeon Members

Hemn Abdulrahman Abdullah, Erbil, Iraq 
James Benjamin Barnard, Worcester, MA 
Pulkesh Bhatia    , Parkville, MO 
Michael D. Bolanos, Fort Lauderdale, FL 
Jianye Chen, Singapore     
Ryan Chiu, Long Beach CA 
Julia M. Coughlin, Chicago, IL 
Klein Dantis, Manglore, India     
Abigail    J. Fong, Duarte, CA 
Eric Goudie, Montreal, QC, Canada 
Nabeel H. Gul, Prospect, KY 
Timothy Thomas Hamilton, Las Vegas, NV 
Ricardo Manuel Jaramillo, Panamá 
Walter John Lech, Stanford, CA 
Alexi C. Matousek, Spokane, WA 
Kerellos Ghattas Tawfik Max,    Giza, Egypt 
Warren Naselsky, Houston, TX 
Calvin Sze Hang Ng, Shatin, Hong Kong     
Rafid Hameed Hachim Ouj, Baghdad, Iraq 
Gopinath Perumal, Jackson MS 
Luigi Pirelli, New York, NY 
Aaron Matthew Ranasinghe, Birmingham, United Kingdom 
Joseph    Arturo Reza, Virginia Beach, VA 
Hatem Sarhan, Cleveland, OH 
Narendra S. Sastry, Tampa, FL 
Linda Jin Schulte, Saint Louis, MO 
Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Chiba, Japan     
Yuriko Terada, Ishikawa, Japan     
Vicente Valero III, Metairie, LA 
Cuauhtemoc Vasquez Jimenez, Mexicali, Mexico     
Saiesh Reddy Voppuru, Morgantown, WV 
Alison Meghan Rose Wallace, Halifax, NS, Canada 
Zhong Wu, Chengdu, China 

Members Admitted, Having Met the Eligibility Requirements, December 2025

Associate Members

Finnegan Greer, Boise, ID 
Katherine A. McGovern, Philadelphia, PA 
Tiffony Medina, Atlanta, GA 
Katherine Rogers, Madison, MS 
April Dawn Thomas, Houston, TX
 

Associate Physician

Sami A. Eldalati, Lexington, KY 
Nadia B. Hensley, Baltimore, MD 
Mohanakrishnan Sathyamoorthy, Fort Worth, TX
 

Medical Student Members

Ayman Khaled AL-Zubi, Mansfield, TX 
Simon Chang-Huang, New York, NY 
Daniel Correa Bucio, Chicago, IL 
Mary Anne Grace Gray, Missoula, MT 
Liberty Hombe, Mankato, MN 
Bailey A. Jacoby, Minneapolis, MN 
Catherine Jara-Rodas, Callao, Peru 
Pavan Khosla, New Haven, CT 
Mahmoud Kutmah, Kansas City, MO 
Julian Christopher Marsh, Tualatin, OR 
Samuel Martinez, Bogota, Colombia 
Blake Mastalerz, Memphis, TN 
Tijani Mohammed, New Orleans, LA 
Aarthi Muthukumar, Dublin, CA 
Riya Reddy, Celina, TX 
Romi Jin Sheng, Buffalo, NY 
Elizabeth Anne Shytle, Charlotte, NC 
Mark John Siringan, Chicago, IL 
Karlis Stradins, Riga, Latvia 
Arjun Verma, Cupertino, CA 
 

Resident/Fellow Members

Fredy Omar Aliaga, Lima, Peru 
Elizabeth J. Bashian, Aurora, CO 
Julia Burns, Burlington, VT 
John Michael Campbell, Melville, NY 
Susana Cardona Bernal, Medellín, Colombia 
Chijioke Chukwudi Chukwudi, Pittsburgh, PA 
Jocelyn Gina Marie Daubendiek, Yonkers, NY 
Herbert E. Downton Ramos, Hartford, CT 
Reginald Du, New Orleans, LA 
Ioana Bianca Florea, Philadelphia, PA 
Elspeth Ann Foran, Commerce Twp, MI 
Sean Wesley Hamlin, Columbus, OH 
Charlotte M. Hawkins, Johnson City, TN 
Benoit Patrick Herbert, Greenwood, IN 
Jessica Hungate, Cleveland, OH 
Amanda V. Immidisetti, Menlo Park, CA 
Hamza Khan, Browns Mills, NJ 
Tamba Martin Mattia, Nairobi, Kenya 
Kevin Connor McGann, Nashville, TN 
Ryan Meehan, Portland, ME 
Bojana Misheva, London, ON, Canada 
Adrian T. Moy, Santa Barbara, CA 
Jonathan Nakata, Boston, MA 
Wen Yang Neo, Singapore 
Richard Elliott Overman, Durham, NC 
Alejandro Pizano Hernandez, Mineola, NY 
Vincent E. Serapiglia, Columbus, OH 
Mariam Shariff, Rochester, MN 
Noor Eiman Shoukat, New York, NY 
Gurpreet Singh, Kluang, Johor, Malaysia 
Hannah Vester, Cincinnati, OH 
Frank Villa Hernandez, Chicago, IL 
Brittney M. Williams, Atlanta, GA 
Yuan-Haw Andrew Wu, Washington, DC 
Hugo Xochitemol Herrera, Benito Juárez, Ciudad de México, México 
Mina Zaky, South Windsor, CT 

Newly Upgraded Members

Surgeon Members (December 2025)

Sarah Eapen, Hinckley, OH  
Irmina Elliott, Stanford, CA  
Mick Eskender, Fort Myers, FL  
Mark Helmers, Atlanta, GA  
Azad Karim, Dacula, GA  
Dimitrios Koudoumas, Great Falls, MT  
Aurelie Merlo, Pittsboro, NC  
Manuel Navarro, Panama     
Mir Timo Zadegh Nazari Shafti, Houston, TX 
Joshua Newman, New York, NY  
Chibueze Onyemkpa, Saint Louis, MO  
Rebecca Phillip, Albany, NY 
Shane Smith, Portland, OR  
Carmen Tugulan, Cincinnati, OH 
Robin Willard, Bangor, ME 
Kody Wyant, Green Bay, WI 

 

Resident/Fellow Members (December 2025)

Nicolas Ceniza, Chicago, IL  
Charles Coleman, New Haven, CT  
Alicia Dutto-Lacouture, London, United Kingdom     
Savannah Gelhard, West Hollywood, CA  
Nguyen Le, Encino, CA  
Alexandra Malarczyk, St. Louis, MO  
Kenny Nguyen, Westminster, CA 
Kavya Rajesh, Los Angeles, CA 
Kelly Sokevitz, New Orleans, LA