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, June 2026

Associate 

Zachary D. Gray, Sugar Land, TX 
Rebecca Morley, Hooksett, NH 
 

Associate Physician

Lucia Borovickova, Oxford, United Kingdom 
José L. Quilichini, Doral, FL 
 

Medical Student  

Kwadwo Amoako-Boadu, New York, NY 
Shaan Asif, Bolingbrook, IL 
Richmond Ofori Boadu, Grovetown, GA 
Maggie Cheng, Lebanon, NH 
Maurice Damani Alberto Furet, Reynoldsburg, OH 
Eitan J. Goodman, Morristown, NJ 
Katrina Hon, Durham, NC 
Steven Kim, Boston, MA 
Ashwin Krishnan, Frisco, TX 
David Hojun Lee, Iowa City, IA 
Vachan Patel, Buford, GA 
Miguel Alejandro Ureña, Willows, CA

 

Resident/Fellow

Moayad Abdulkarim M. Alturkistani, Surrey, BC, Canada 
Karen Pei Chen, Shreveport, LA 
Gbalekan Dawodu, Moorestown, NJ 
Andrew S. Jones, Cleveland, OH 
Joseph W. Miller, West Lebanon, NH 
Pradeep Kumar Reddy Obulapu, Thiruvananthapuram, DL, India 
E. Samuel Roberto, Dunlap, IL 
Hunter Row, Fargo, ND 
Shirin Siddiqi, Johnstown, PA 
Christina Marie Stuart, Denver, CO 
Hamidullah Wardak, Akron, OH 
Alexander Young Yoon, Bloomfield, NJ 

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