Members Approved by the STS Executive Committee, February 2026

Surgeon Members

Marisa H. Amaral, Lewes, DE 
Jamal Chizoba Anyalebechi, Tacoma, WA 
Shugeng Gao, Beijing, China 
Morgan T. Harloff, Boston, MA 
Hidenori Hayashi, Houston, TX 
Jia Hou, Riverwoods, IL 
Hassan Mohamud Ibrahim, Nairobi, Kenya 
Hirohisa Ikegami, New Brunswick, NJ 
Salik A. Jahania, Ooltewah, TN 
Hiromu Kehara, Philadelphia, PA 
Hiroo Kinami, Honolulu, HI 
Lorena Montes, Santander, Colombia 
Presheet Pathare, Nürnberg, Germany 
Thomas James Percival, San Antonio, TX 
Karthik Vaidyanathan Ramakrishnan, Hummelstown, PA 
Gisselle Denisse Rivera, Santo Domingo este, Dominican Republic 
Gilmer Romero, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 
Gengo Sunagawa, New Brunswick, NJ 
Daniel Ryan Ziazadeh, Pittsford, NY 

Members Admitted, Having Met the Eligibility Requirements, February 2026

Associate 

Sydney Catherine Davis, Debary, FL 
Alfredo DeJesus-Cortez, Palo Alto, CA 
Daniela Herring, Clinton, MD 
David A. Tecchio, Poughkeepsie, NY 
Ioannis Zoupas, Houston, TX 

 

Associate Physician

Maria Bano, Dallas, TX

 

Medical Student

Neel Agarwal, Columbus, OH 
Tyrese Claridge-Rogers, Pembroke Pines, FL 
Andi B. Croteau, Spokane, WA 
Desiree Dombrowski, Weston, WI 
Emilio Guzmán, Mexico City, Mexico 
Hayley E. Harman, Charleston, WV 
Maria Iskander, Dayton, OH 
Ivan S. Kupov, Moscow, Russia 
Tobias A. Liska, Greenbelt, MD 
Tyler Meng, Springfield, IL 
Alexandra L. Potter, Boston, MA 
David Milenko Savic, Augusta, GA 
Srivatsan J. Swaminathan, New York, NY 
Samuel X. Zhang, Hummelstown, PA 

 

Resident/Fellow

Nur Gizem Elipek, Ankara, Turkey 
Angela (Tingwei) Hsu, Baltimore, MD 
Anna Jang, Milwaukee, WI 
Chenyu Liu, Beijing, China 
Muhammad Bilal Mirza, Tucson, AZ 
Alex Peters, Boston, MA 
Emmanuel Robinson, Baltimore, MD 
Nahom Seyoum, St. Louis, MO 
Aditya Shah, Lakeland, FL 
Morgan Galloway Stadler, Kansas City, MO 
Joshua Andrew Watson, Colorado Springs, CO 
Jacob Woodroof, Devon, PA 

Newly Upgraded Members

Surgeon Members (February 2026)

Jared Beller, Charlottesville, VA  
Nida Bham, Morgantown, WV  
Nicolas Contreras, Salt Lake City, UT  
Dana McCloskey, Galloway, NJ  
Jillian Sinopoli, University Heights, OH  
Melanie Subramanian, Bethesda, MD 
Lee West, Philadelphia, PA 
Jane Zhao, Memphis, TN

 

Resident/Fellow Members (February 2026)

Adham Ahmed, Pittsburgh, PA 
Leshya Bokka, New York, NY