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, July 2026
Associate
Tessa Agbonifioror, Lansdowne, PA
Savannah Rae Birchard, Nashville, TN
Lotoyus Bly, Chicago, IL
Katherine Lloyd Brown, Galveston, TX
Samantha L. Clements, Bexley, OH
Sarah Poppe, Edmond, OK
Melissa J. Thiele, Fort Worth, TX
Kristen R. Washington, Memphis, TN
Katherine T. Williford, Chapel Hill, NC
Karim Hanna Kamal Wilson, Fairfax, VA
Associate Physician
Max Adam Hockstein, Washington, DC
Medical Student
Valery Ayelov, Charlotte, NC
Sara Brigette Cadena Muñoz, El Paso, TX
Patryk Albert Dabek, St. Louis, MO
Aleksandr Davtyan, Glendale, CA
Reece Maximilian Foehr, Saint Louis, MO
Ellis Gao, Los Angeles, CA
Nicole Hsiao-Sanchez, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Kareena Chand Johnson, Antelope, CA
Rachel Johnstone, Streetsboro, OH
Rohan Krishna Kandala, McDonald, PA
Regina Knudsen, Delray Beach, FL
Yogita Kumari, Delhi, India
Mout-Maine Moustapha, Indianapolis, IN
Andrea Kannita Noy, Houston, TX
Keira Prince, Kingsland, GA
Victoria Rivera, Staten Island, NY
Angela Ryu, Elk Grove, CA
Varun Sriram, Stony Brook, NY
Humaira Tanzeem, Sugar Hill, GA
Resident/Fellow
Waleed Ageedi, Plano, TX
Syed Bilal Ali, Bronx, NY
Norma Nayeli Cardenas Paredes, Guadalajara, Mexico
Jessica M. Carducci, Ypsilanti, MI
Bryce Dawson Crew, Redlands, CA
Yahaira De Los Reyes Zuñiga, Monterrey, Mexico
Ahsan Ehtesham, Doha, Qatar
Md Walid Akram Hussain, Paterson, NJ
Navneet Kang, Ottawa, Canada
Madelyn Rose Larson, Durham, NC
Matthew Yueyang Li, Hamilton, Canada
Gabriela Martínez Maya, Monterrey, Mexico
Daniella Natanov, Fort Worth, TX
Samarth Pravinbhai Patel, Tampa, FL
Adin Sraia Cardin Reisner, New York, NY
Abenezer Samuel Tedla, Bronx, NY
Timothy Franklin Veit, Auburn, WA
Anita Gathoni Wamakima, Philadelphia, PA
Nicolas Zhou, Houston, TX
Scott Zimmerle, Danbury, TX
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