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, January 2026

Associate 

Krystal Mai Arbogast, Virginia Beach, VA
Oliver Betancourt, Trumbull, CT
Jennifer M. Burke, Norfolk, VA
Analuisa Cabrera, San Antonio, TX
Paige Keller Castaneda, San Antonio, TX
Erica Charkalis, Colchester, VT
Julieta Cruz, Houston, TX
Saul Enrique Garcia, Metairie, LA
Jacquelyn McCloskey, Painesville, OH
Yara Menassa, New Orleans, LA
Jaime L. Rogers, Kalamazoo, MI
Emily Ruimveld, Kalamazoo, MI
Brian Douglas Sikora, St. Clair Shores, MI
Rachael Toth, Chardon, OH

 

Associate Physician

Douaa Bouab, Brooklyn, NY
Jean Deschamps, Cleveland, OH
Jerrold Henry Levy, Durham, NC
Faith J. Ross, Seattle, WA
Farooq H. Sheikh, Clarksville, MD

 

Medical Student

Victor O. Akinyemi, Lansing, MI
Zachary Bokhari, Green Brook, NJ
Keenan O'Brien Conley, Morehead, KY
Thierry Edwards, New Orleans, LA
Veronica Faletto, Milan, Italy
Adam J. Farmer, Fort Wayne, IN
Nikhil Ganjoo, Canonsburg, PA
Nebiyat M. Girma, Flint, MI
Jessan A. Jishu, Jackson Heights, NY
Cameron C. Jones, Blacksburg, VA
Patrick Wren Kearns, Metairie, LA
Ali A. Lange, Rock Springs, WY
Justin Lum, Rochester, NY
Cynthia Celia Moutongui Mouity, San Jose, CA
William F. Mueller, Rego Park, NY
Lauryn Alexis Ridley, Charlottesville, VA
Abdullah Wael Saleh, Cary, NC
Ayush Dharmesh Shah, Shakopee, MN
Mariko Sugii, Tokyo, Japan
Aziza Islomovna Tavakkalova, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Kiahltone Ronald Thao, Fitchburg, WI
Abby Tucker, New Orleans, LA
Prithvi Sai Tummala, College Station, TX
Daniel Won, New York, NY

 

Resident/Fellow

Mathew Joseph Aizpuru, Rochester, MN
Nabil Ajmi, Montreal, QU, Canada
John Nathaniel Diehl, Wynnewood, PA
Sean Francois, Portland, ME
Andrew P.K. Fuglestad, New Orleans, LA
Monika Halas, Houston, TX
Ikenna Harold Ifearulundu, New Orleans, LA
Ebony Jernigan, New Haven, CT
John James Kelly, Philadelphia, PA
Seungjun Kim, Chicago, IL
Kateryna Krynychka, Durham, NC
Srihari Kumar Lella, Yonkers,  NY
Jack Rhodes Murfee, Nashville, TN
Saivarshith Peddireddy, Pensacola, FL
Pablo Posada, Bogotá, Colombia
Mossab Yousif Mohamed Saeed, Oak Park, IL
Alexandra E. Sperry, Philadelphia, PA
Tian Yu Sun, Philadelphia, PA
Brigitte Maryori Tarazona, Lima, Perú
Matthew Curtis Woods, Fairhope, AL

Newly Upgraded Members

Surgeon Members (January 2026)

Ramiro Fernandez, Manvel, TX 
Muhammed Mashat, Makkah, Saudi Arabia     
Graeme Rosenberg, Los Angeles, CA 
Roderick Yang, Seattle, WA 

 

Resident/Fellow Members (January 2026)

Paul Michael Acosta, La Jolla, CA 
James Antonios, Gainesville, FL 
Mohammad Arammash, Columbia, SC 
Meredith Brown, Landisburg, PA 
Alexander Merriman, New York, NY