ISA Leadership

Board of Directors
2023-2024

PRESIDENT
Charles C Kim MD, FASA

PRESIDENT-ELECT
Jason Mitchell, MD

VICE PRESIDENT    
Ajay Gopalka, MD, FASA

SECRETARY
Michael Ander, MD

TREASURER       
Alisha Sachdev, MD, FASA

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Adamina Podraza, MD, FASA

ASA DIRECTOR  
Asokumar Buvanendran, MD, FASA

ASA ALTERNATE DIRECTOR
Lisa Solomon, DO, FASA

SPEAKER
Adam Young, MD

VICE SPEAKER  
Michael Haske, Jr., MD, FASA

ASST SECRETARY  
Dean Monma, MD

ASST TREASURER
John Sudkamp, MD

Illinois House of Delegates

ISA District 1 Delegates:
Nisar Akbar, MD
Caitlin Dore, MD
David Glick, MD
Nicole Higgins, MD
Hamad Hussain, MD
Barbara Jericho, MD, FASA
Pete Pelletier, MD
Muhammad Rafique, MD
Sam Satler, MD
Chirag Shah, MD
Lukasz Sobieraj, MD
Meghan Valach, MD
Andrea Vannucci, MD
Peggy Wheeler, MD
Jianzhou Xiao, MD

ISA District 2 Delegates:
Fayyaz Ahmed, MD
Jarva Chow, MD
Marco Fernandez, MD
Michael Haske Jr., MD
Jason Hennes, MD
Nakia Hunter, MD
Robert Husfield, MD
Kathryn Kutlu, MD
Johnny Lee, MD
Legia Mondesir, MD
Michael Nikolov, MD

ISA District 3 Delegates:
Huzefa Ghadiali, MD
Divyang Joshi, MD
Neelam Rozanski, MD
Daniel Short, MD

ISA District 4 Delegates:
Area 4: Brian Mecklenburg, MD
Area 5: Alexander Chaikin, MD
Area 6: William Frame, MD
                Elizabeth Myint, MD
Area 7: Delegate TBA
Area 8: John Sudkamp, MD

ASA House of
Delegates

Illinois Delegates:
Sean Adams, MD FASA
Lisa Solomon, DO, FASA
Ajay Gopalka, MD, FASA
William Frame, MD, FASA
Maribel Galiano-Goll, MD
Ori Gottlieb, MD, FASA
Michael Haske, Jr., MD, FASA
William Hauter, MD, FASA
Tripti Kataria, MD, FASA, MPH
Charles Kim, MD, FASA
Adamina Podraza, MD, FASA, FAAP
Adam Young, MD

Illinois Alternate Delegates:
Alisha Bhatia, MD, FASA
Wendy Binstock Rush MD
Rebecca Blumenthal, MD FASA
Michael Ander, MD
Tolga Suvar, MD
Stephen Minore, MD
Graham Lubinsky, MD
Kaidhir Murugappan, MD
Mina Oftadeh, DO, FASA
Marco Fernandez, MD
Dean Monma, MD
Peggy Wheeler, MD

Past Presidents

2022-2023    Adamina Podraza, MD, FASA
2021‑2022    Brian Birmingham, MD
2020–2021   Tripti Kataria, MD, MPH
2019‑2020    Sean Adams, MD
2018‑2019    Ori Gottlieb, MD
2017‑2018    Gary F. Tzeng, MD
2016‑2017    W. Scott Jellish, MD
2015‑2016    George G. Hefner, MD
2014‑2015    Timothy W. Starck, MD
2013‑2014    Thomas W. Cutter, MD
2012‑2013    Edward Yaghmour, MD
2011‑2012    Eric Werner, MD
2010‑2011    Asokumar Buvanendran, MD
2009‑2010    Ralph Glasser, MD
2008‑2009    Wendy B. Binstock, MD
2007‑2008    Joseph W. Szokol, MD
2006‑2007    John E. Szewczyk, MD
2005‑2006    Usharani Nimmagadda, MD
2004‑2005    W. Stephen Minore, MD
2003‑2004    David M. Rothenberg, MD
2002‑2003    Timothy R. Lubenow, MD
2001‑2002    John Paul McGee, II, MD
2000‑2001    Jeffrey L. Apfelbaum, MD
1999‑2000    Kenneth J. Tuman, MD
1998‑1999    Sandra Drewes, MD
1997‑1998    Steven C. Hall, MD