Members Approved by the STS Executive Committee, July 2026

Surgeon Members

Deniz Cevirme, Istanbul, Turkey 
Suwei Chen, Beijing, China 
Sebastian Cirio, Beachwood, OH 
Nadia Angela Clarizia, Ottawa, ON, Canada 
Mohamed El Zaeedi, Weston, FL 
Michael James Lee, Cherry Hill, NJ 
Vinitha Viswambharan Nair, Kottayam, India 
Vahram Ornekian, Reston, VA 
Kyle Riggs, Lexington, KY 
Myrlene Rodríguez, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico 
Yongfeng Shao, Nanjing, China 
Jason W. Smith, San Francisco, CA 
Sanjay P. Tripathi, Bloomington, IN 
Sheng Wang, Hangzhou, China 

Members Admitted, Having Met the Eligibility Requirements, July 2026

Associate 

Tessa Agbonifioror, Lansdowne, PA 
Savannah Rae Birchard, Nashville, TN 
Lotoyus Bly, Chicago, IL 
Katherine Lloyd Brown, Galveston, TX 
Samantha L. Clements, Bexley, OH 
Sarah Poppe, Edmond, OK 
Melissa J. Thiele, Fort Worth, TX 
Kristen R. Washington, Memphis, TN 
Katherine T. Williford, Chapel Hill, NC 
Karim Hanna Kamal Wilson, Fairfax, VA 
 

Associate Physician

Max Adam Hockstein, Washington, DC
 

Medical Student  

Valery Ayelov, Charlotte, NC 
Sara Brigette Cadena Muñoz, El Paso, TX 
Patryk Albert Dabek, St. Louis, MO 
Aleksandr Davtyan, Glendale, CA 
Reece Maximilian Foehr, Saint Louis, MO 
Ellis Gao, Los Angeles, CA 
Nicole Hsiao-Sanchez, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 
Kareena Chand Johnson, Antelope, CA 
Rachel Johnstone, Streetsboro, OH 
Rohan Krishna Kandala, McDonald, PA 
Regina Knudsen, Delray Beach, FL 
Yogita Kumari, Delhi, India 
Mout-Maine  Moustapha, Indianapolis, IN 
Andrea Kannita Noy, Houston, TX 
Keira Prince, Kingsland, GA 
Victoria Rivera, Staten Island, NY 
Angela Ryu, Elk Grove, CA 
Varun Sriram, Stony Brook, NY 
Humaira Tanzeem, Sugar Hill, GA 

 

Resident/Fellow

Waleed Ageedi, Plano, TX 
Syed Bilal Ali, Bronx, NY 
Norma Nayeli Cardenas Paredes, Guadalajara, Mexico 
Jessica M. Carducci, Ypsilanti, MI 
Bryce Dawson Crew, Redlands, CA 
Yahaira De Los Reyes Zuñiga, Monterrey, Mexico 
Ahsan Ehtesham, Doha, Qatar 
Md Walid Akram Hussain, Paterson, NJ 
Navneet Kang, Ottawa, Canada 
Madelyn Rose Larson, Durham, NC 
Matthew Yueyang Li, Hamilton, Canada 
Gabriela Martínez Maya, Monterrey, Mexico 
Daniella Natanov, Fort Worth, TX 
Samarth Pravinbhai Patel, Tampa, FL 
Adin Sraia Cardin Reisner, New York, NY 
Abenezer Samuel Tedla, Bronx, NY 
Timothy Franklin Veit, Auburn, WA 
Anita Gathoni Wamakima, Philadelphia, PA 
Nicolas Zhou, Houston, TX 
Scott Zimmerle, Danbury, TX 

Newly Upgraded Members, April 2026

Surgeon Members

Michael Bishop, Lake Mary, FL 
Rafael Duran, Zionsville, IN 
Justin Miller, Riverside, IL 
Michael Onwugbufor, Chicago, IL 
Roberto Ribeiro, Halifax, NS, Canada 
Xun Zhou, Mountain View, CA 
 

Resident/Fellow Members

Alexander Lu, Atlanta, GA 
Arian Mansur, Miami, FL