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