ISA Leadership

Board of Directors
2026-2027

PRESIDENT
Dean Monma, MD, FASA

PRESIDENT-ELECT
Ajay Gopalka, MD, MBBS, FASA

VICE PRESIDENT
Alisha Sachdev, MD, FASA

SECRETARY
Graham Lubinsky, MD, FASA

TREASURER
John Sudkamp, MD
(2025-2027)

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Adam Young, MD, FASA

ASA DIRECTOR
Lisa Solomon, DO, FASA

ASA ALTERNATE DIRECTOR
Ori Gottlieb, MD, FASA

SPEAKER
Michael Haske, Jr., MD, FASA
(2026-2028)

VICE SPEAKER
Curtis Bradford, MD

ASST SECRETARY
Santhanam Suresh, MD, MBA, FAAP, FAS, FASRA

ASST TREASURER
Legia Mondesir, MD, FASA

ISA DISTRICT DIRECTORS
I. Deepali Garg, MD
II. Konstantin Garibashvili, MD, MS
III. Neelam Rozanski, DO
IV. Wendy Mitchell, MD

ISA ALTERNATE DISTRICT DIRECTORS
I. Ellen Choi, MD, FASA, FAAP
II. VACANT
III. Aisling Conran, MD
IV. Brian Mecklenburg, MD

ISA PAC Chair
Sean Adams, MD, FASA

Resident Section

PRESIDENT
Michael Schmitz, MD

VICE PRESIDENT
Ochuko Ogbon, MBBS

SECRETARY
Zelle Ndika-Ngundji, MD

Distinguished Service Award in 2026

Asokumar Buvanendran, MD

McQuiston Award in 2026

R.Guy McDemott, DO

Illinois House of Delegates (2026)

ISA District 1 Delegates:

Asokumar Buvanendran, MD
Deepali Garg, MD
Ori Gottlieb, MD, FASA
Graham Lubinsky, MD, FASA
Alisha Sachdev, MD, FASA
Denis Snegovskikh, MD
Tuan Tang, MD
Shameeta Thanki, DO
Angelica Vargas, MD
Peggy Wheeler, MD

ISA District 2 Delegates:

Maribel Galiano-Goll, MD
Konstantin Garibashvili, MD, MS
Huzefa Ghadiali, MD, FASA
Michael Haske Jr., MD, FASA
Robert Husfield, MD
Amit Jain, MD
John Jaworowicz, MD, FASA
Charles Kim, MD, FASA
Johnny Lee, MD, FASA
Alison Matthews, MD, MPH
Legia Mondesir, MD, FASA
Muhammad Rafique, MBBS, FASA
Bharti Raizada, MD
Santhanam Suresh, MD, MBA, FASA, FAAP, FASRA
Bernard Wittels, MD, PhD
Adam Young, MD, FASA

ISA District 3 Delegates:

Sean Adams, MD, FASA
Aisling Conran, MD
Sasha Demos, MD, FASA
Marco Fernandez, MD
Ajay Gopalka, MD, MBBS, FASA
Dean Monma, MD, FASA
Adamina Podraza, MD, FAAP, FASA
Glenn Zemel, MD

ISA District 4 Delegates:

William Hauter, MD, FASA
W.Stephen Minore, MD, FASA
Wendy Mitchell, MD
Elizabeth Myint, MD, FASA
John Sudkamp, MD

ASA House of
Delegates

Illinois Delegates:

Sean Adams, MD, FASA
(2025-2028)
Asokumar Buvanendran, MD
(2025-2028)
Deepali Garg, MD
(2026-2029)
Ori Gottlieb, MD, FASA
(2025-2028)
Michael Haske, Jr., MD, FASA
(2025-2028)
William Hauter, MD, FASA
(2026-2029)
Tripti Kataria, MD, MBA, MPH, FASA
(2025-2028)
Charles Kim, MD, FASA
(2024-2027)
Luke Northern, MD, FASA
(2026-2029)
Adamina Podraza, MD, FAAP, FASA
(2024-2027)
Alisha Sachdev, MD, FASA
(2025-2028)
Santhanam Suresh, MD, MBA, FAAP, FASA, FASRA, OR
(2026-2027)

Illinois Alternate Delegates: (2026-2027)
Curtis Bradford, MD
Jarva Chow, MD, MPH, FASA
Jessica Crawford, MD
Huzefa Ghadiali, MD, FASA
Ajay Gopalka, FASA, MD, MBBS
Graham Lubinsky, MD, FASA
W. Stephen Minore, MD, FASA
Elizabeth Myint, MD, FASA
Liza Shirani, MD
Denis Snegovskikh, MD
Peggy Wheeler, MD
Adam Young, MD, FASA

Past Presidents

2025-2026 Adam C. Young, MD, FASA
2024-2025 Jason Mitchell, MD
2023-2024 Charles Kim, MD, FASA
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

1996‑1997    Andranik Ovassapian, MD
1995‑1996    Rodney C. Osborn, MD
1994‑1995    Jeffery Vender, MD
1993‑1994    Hugh C. Gilbert, MD
1992‑1993    Gary A. Draper, MD
1991‑1992    Naomi Sidell, MD
1990‑1991    Edward T. Toyooka, MD
1989‑1990    Susan Polk, MD
1988‑1989    Morton Shulman, MD
1987‑1988    J. Perry Jordan, MD
1986‑1987    Behrooz Zahed, MD
1985‑1986    Michael Cristoforo, MD
1984‑1985    Behrooz Zahed, MD
1984‑1984    William Gottschalk, MD
1983‑1984    Herbert M. Epstein, MD
1982‑1983    Bernard Wetchler, MD
1981‑1982    Robert B. Dodd, MD
1980‑1981    Ronald F. Albrecht, MD
1979‑1980    Anthony Ivankovich, MD
1978‑1979    M. Ramez Salem, MD
1977‑1978    Edward A. Brunner, MD
1976‑1977    Henri S. Havdala, MD
1975‑1976    R. Merle Stauffer, MD
1974‑1975    Adel A. El‑Etr, MD
1973‑1974    E. Trier Morch, MD, PhD

1972‑1973    Edward S. Evenson, MD
1971‑1972    Alon P. Winnie, MD
1970‑1971    Raymond Rose, MD
1969‑1970    John F. McKeage, MD
1968‑1969    Max Sadove, MD
1967‑1968    Vincent J. Collins, MD
1966‑1967    Ernest Dewhirst, MD
1965‑1966    Arthur T. Shima, MD
1964‑1965    James A. Felts, MD
1963‑1964    Max Sadove, MD
1962‑1963    Richard Lyons, MD
1961‑1962    Ernest F. Kreutzer, MD
1960‑1961    Harold L. Harris, MD
1959‑1960    Lawrence Ruttle, MD
1958‑1959    Huberta Livingston, MD
1957‑1958    James A. Felts, MD
1956‑1957    Bernard Stodsky, MD
1955‑1956    William O. McQuiston, MD
1954‑1955    Frank M. Grem, MD
1953‑1954    Herman J. Nebel, MD
1952‑1953    Lewis Hitchner, MD
1951‑1952    Bryce K. Ozanne, MD
1950‑1951    Charles Anderson, MD
1949‑1950    William O. McQuiston, MD
1948‑1949    W. Allen Conroy, MD

Leadership