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