Members Approved by the STS Executive Committee, August 2026
Surgeon Members
Yazan Nabeel AlJamal, Rochester, MN
Emmanuel Antony Amulraj, Peoria, IL
Srujan Ganta, San Diego, CA
Argenis Jesus Herrera, Charleston, WV
Bijoy Kutty, Mumbai, MH, India
Gregory John Matter, Sherman, TX
Benjamin D. Medina, New Canaan, CT
Mohammad Reza Rezaei, Richmond Hill, ON, Canada
Rohit Shenoy Ranjal, Fishers, IN
Tucheng Sun, Guangzhou, China
Ajit K. Tharakan, Jenks, OK
Barry J. Zadeh, Norwalk, OH
Members Admitted, Having Met the Eligibility Requirements, October 2026
Associate
Ronald Mendoza Baroy, Fullerton, CA
Ishit Chauhan, Miami, FL
John M. Hitchens, Morgantown, WV
Barbara M. Jones, Denver, CO
Medical Student
Zoë Lorene Andrews, Atlanta, GA
Sharon Asariah, Irvine, CA
Xinrun Cui, Beijing, China
Marco Lybbert, Tucson, AZ
Shefali Varma, Folsom, CA
Resident/Fellow
Junji Tsukagoshi, Seattle, WA
Newly Upgraded Members, October 2026
Surgeon Members
Halah Abdulameer, League City, TX
Joel Alejandro Hernandez, Ciudad de Guadalajara, Mexico
James M. Meza, Pasadena, CA
Konstantinos Papakonstantinou, Athens, Greece
John J. Squiers, Dallas, TX
Riccardo Tajè, Rome, Italy
Patrick Joseph Warner, Needham, MA
James WittenPortland, OR
Resident/Fellow Members
Vasiliki A. Gregory, New Rochelle, NY
Melissa Lyn Lamicq, Mount Pleasant, SC
Emily Lauren Larson, Durham, NC
Joiliana Lecointe, Nashville, TN
Crystal Li, Baltimore, MD
Brandon Tyler Wesley, Stanford, CA
Christine G. Yang, New York, NY