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