Committee Members

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Awards Committee
Veena Rajaram, MD - Chair
Jie Chen, MD, PhD
Liam Chen, MD, PhD
John Donahue, MD
Sean Ferris, MD
William Harrison, MD, FCAP
Dan Cai, MD, PhD
Giselle Lopez, MD
Kelly Mrachek, MD
Jose Otero, MD, PhD
Thomas Pearce, MD, PhD
Melissa Blessing, DO
Thor Stein, MD, PhD
Kyle Conway, MD
Katherine Schwetye, MD, PhD
Jane Uyehara-Lock, MD, MS, FCAP, FASCP
Knarik Arkun, MD, FCAP
Jennifer Baccon, MD, PhD, MHCM - ex-officio
Rebecca Folkerth, MD - ex-officio
Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD - ex-officio
 
Constitution Committee
Sonika Dahiya, MD - Chair
Kathryn Eschbacher, MD
Matija Snuderl, MD
Kimberly Fiock, MS*
Steven N. Schwartz, MD*
Jennifer Baccon, MD, PhD, MHCM - ex-officio
Rebecca Folkerth, MD - ex-officio
Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD - ex-officio
*Junior Member
 
Education Committee
Karra Jones, MD, PhD - Chair
Chunyu Cai, MD, PhD
Kyle Conway, MD
Ivana Delalle, MD, PhD
John Donahue, MD
Annie Hiniker, MD, PhD
Lawrence Kenyon, MD, PhD
Julia Kofler, MD
Melike Pekmezci, MD
Veena Rajaram, MD
Marie Rivera-Zengotita, MD
Rati Chkheidze, MD
Pouya Jamshidi, MD*
Gregory Chamberlin, MD*
Kathy Newell, MD- ex-officio
John (Jack) Lee, MD, PhD - ex-officio
Eyas Hattab, MD - ex-officio
Edward Lee, MD, PhD -ex-officio
Andrew Teich, MD, PhD - ex-officio
Jennifer Baccon, MD, PhD, MHCM - ex-officio
Rebecca Folkerth, MD - ex-officio
Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD - ex-officio
Sandra Camelo-Piragua, MD - ex-officio
*Junior Member

Finance & Investment Committee 
Jennifer Baccon, MD, PhD, MHCM - Chair
Kathy Newell, MD
Karra Jones, MD, PhD
John (Jack) Lee, MD, PhD
Rebecca Folkerth, MD - ex-officio
Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD - ex-officio
 
Membership Committee
John DeWitt, MD, PhD - Chair
Isaac Solomon, MD, PhD
William Harrison, MD 
Kelly Mrachek, MD
Nathan Clement, MD
Biswarathan Ramani, MD, PhD* 
Marwan M. Majeed, MD, MPH*
Jennifer Baccon, MD, PhD, MHCM - ex-officio
Rebecca Folkerth, MD - ex-officio
Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD - ex-officio
*Junior Member
 
Nominating Committee 
Eric Huang, MD, PhD - Chair
M. Beatriz S. Lopes, MD
R. Ross Reichard, MD
Daniel Brat, MD, PhD 
Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD - ex-officio
Jennifer Baccon, MD, PhD, MHCM - ex-officio
Rebecca Folkerth, MD - ex-officio
 
 
 
 
Neuropathology Fellowship Program
Directors Committee
Bret Mobley, MD - Chair
Aditya Raghunathan, MD, MPH
William R. Bell, MD
Pallavi Gopal, MD, PhD
Karra Jones, MD, PhD
Anthony T. Yachnis, MD
Arie Perry, MD
Charles L. White, III, MD
Qinwen Mao, MD, PhD
Cindy Welsh, MD
Julia Kofler, MD
Rudolph Castellani, Jr., MD
Gabrielle Yeaney, MD
Liam Chen, MD
Hannes Vogel, MD
Fausto Rodriguez, MD
Hemant Varma, MBBS, PhD
Hope Richard, MD, PhD
James Goldman, MD, PhD
Janna Neltner, MD
John Donahue, MD
Juan C. Troncoso, MD
Rati Chkheidze, MD
Kyle Hurth, MD, PhD
Lawrence Hansen, MD
Amber Nolan, MD, PhD
Maria Beatriz S. Lopes, MD
Matthew Wood, MD, PhD
Maria Martinez-Lage, MD
Nadejda Tsankova, MD, PhD
Katherine Schwetye, MD, PhD
William Yong, MD
Sanda Alexandrescu, MD
Sandra Camelo-Piragua, MD
Suzanne Z. Powell, MD
Thomas Wisniewski, MD
Sakir H. Gultekin, MD
Steven Moore, MD, PhD
Zissimos Mourelatos, MD
Malak AlThgafi, MD, MBA
Jennifer Baccon, MD, PhD, MHCM - ex-officio
Rebecca Folkerth, MD - ex-officio
Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD - ex-officio
 
Professional Affairs Committee
Eyas Hattab, MD, MBA - Chair
David Meredith, MD, PhD
Sonika Dahiya, MD
Nelli Lakis, MD
Hsiang-Chih Lu, MD, PhD
Marie Rivera-Zengotita, MD
Nima Sharifai, MD, PhD
Ekin Guney, MD*
Vivian Tang, MD*
Jennifer Baccon, MD, PhD, MHCM - ex-officio
Rebecca Folkerth, MD - ex-officio
Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD - ex-officio
*Junior Member
 
Program Committee
Andrew Teich, MD, PhD - Chair
Maria Gubbiotti, MD, PhD
Sanda Alexandrescu, MD
Michael Miller, MD, PhD
Matthew Cykowski, MD
Heather Jarrell, MD
Karra Jones, MD
Jesse Kresak, MD
Derek Oakley, MD, PhD
Bret Mobley, MD
Marie Rivera-Zengotita, MD
Michael Punsoni, MD
Knarik Arkun, MD, FACP
Denis Smirnov, PhD*
Couger Jaramillo, MD*
Jennifer Baccon, MD, PhD, MHCM - ex-officio
Rebecca Folkerth, MD - ex-officio
Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD - ex-officio
*Junior Member
 
Website Committee
Michael Punsoni, MD - Chair
John Donahue, MD
Thomas Pearce, MD, PhD
Murat Gokden, MD
Angelica Oviedo, MD
Maria Martinez-Lage, MD
Brian Moore, MD
Hilary Highfield, MD, PhD
Charles L. White, III, MD
Mirna Lechpammer, MD
Jane Uyehara-Lock, MD
J. Stephen Nix, MD*
Vanessa Smith, MD*
William O. Humphrey, MD*
Kaleigh Roberts, MD, PhD*
 
Jennifer Baccon, MD, PhD, MHCM - ex-officio
Rebecca Folkerth, MD - ex-officio
Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD - ex-officio
*Junior Member