Committees, Workgroups and Task Forces

AWARDS COMMITTEE

• Vinay Aakalu, Chair
• Anne Barmettler
• Cameron Nabavi
• Hakan Demirci
• Jennifer Sivak, Immediate Past President
• Gary Lelli, Thesis Workgroup Chair
• Bradford Lee, DEI Committee Chair
• John Harrington, SASOPRS Representative
• Jennifer Murdock, YASOPRS Representative

Wendell Hughes Award Lecture Workgroup

• Phil Custer, Chair
• Robb Mazzoli
• Jeff Nerad
• Bradford Lee, DEI Committee Chair

CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMITTEE

• Pete Setabutr, Continuing Education Director, Chair
• John Martin, Immediate Past Secretary of Meetings
• Natalie Stanciu, Accreditation Committee Chair
• Steve Couch, Scientific Symposia Director
• John Martin, Industry Relations Workgroup Chair
• Cat Burkat, AAO OPS Subspecialty Day Chair
• Ted Wladis, Online Ed Center Workgroup Chair
• Grant Moore, Podcast Workgroup Chair
• Cat Burkat, WOC Chair
• Eric Steele, Spring Symposium Scientific Symposium Director
• Carisa Petris, AAO-ASOPRS OPS Symposium Chair

Accreditation Workgroup

• Natalie Stanciu, Chair
• Marcus Ko
• Jamie Schaefer
• David Samimi
• Christina Choe
• Jason Sokol

Subspecialty Day Workgroup

• Cat Burkat, Immediate Past Scientific Symposia Director, Chair
• Steve Couch, Scientific Symposia Director

Industry Relations Workgroup

• John Martin, Chair
• Julie Woodward
• Mike McCracken
• Flora Levin
• Vik Durairaj
• Ana Carolina Victoria
• Paul Phelps

Online Education Center Workgroup

• Ted Wladis, Chair
• Lora Glass
• Peter Timoney
• Molly Fuller
• Dan Rootman
• Smith Ann Chisholm
• Natalie Homer

Podcast Workgroup

• Grant Moore, Chair
• Pete Setabtur, Continuing Education Director
• John Martin, Industry Relations WG Chair 
• Kian Eftekhari
• David Samimi
• Scott Goldstein
• Seanna Grob
• Brett Kotlus
• Cat Burkat
• Natalie Homer
• Sam Chisholm

ETHICS COMMITTEE

• Ron Pelton, Chair
• Wendy Lee, Vice President
• Dan Buerger
• Parag Gandhi
• Elizabeth Bradley
• Keith Carter

FELLOWSHIP EDUCATION COMMITTEE

• Reza Vagefi, Fellowship Education Director, Chair
• Cat Burkat, Assistant Fellowship Education Director
• Gary Lelli, Program Directors Committee Chair
• Evan Black, Membership Director 
• Reza Vagefi, Fellowship Eval Workgroup Chair
• Reza Vagefi, Fellowship App Review Workgroup Chair
• Jackie Carrasco, Fellow Procedure Tracking Workgroup Chair
• Jeremiah Tao, Inservice Exam Workgroup Chair

Fellowship Evaluation Workgroup

• Reza Vagefi, Fellowship Education Director, Chair
• Cat Burkat, Assistant Fellowship Education Director
• Jonathan Pargament
• Kate Lane
• Cameron Nabavi
• Parag Gandhi
• Jill Melicher-Larson
• Catherine Liu
• Peter Timoney

Fellowship Application Review Workgroup

• Reza Vagefi, Fellowship Education Director, Chair
• Cat Burkat, Assistant Fellowship Education Director
• Ken Morgenstern, Immediate Past Secretary of Education
• Gary Lelli, Program Directors Committee Chair
• Wendy Lee, Vice President
• Ron Pelton, Ethics Committee Chair

• Jacque Carrasco, Chair
• Nick Ramey
• Cat Burkat, Assistant Fellowship Education Director
• Nick Mahoney, IT Liaison 

• Jeremiah Tao, Chair
• Louise Mawn
• Aaron Savar
• Hakan Demirci
• John Nguyen
• Robert Beaulieu
• Catherine Liu

PROGRAM DIRECTORS COMMITTEE

• Gary Lelli, Chair
• Reza Vagefi, Fellowship Education Director
• Cat Burkat, Assistant Fellowship Education Director
• ASOPRS-approved Fellowship Program Directors

FINANCE COMMITTEE

• Scott Goldstein, Chair
• Assistant Finance Director
• Wendy Lee, Vice President
• Ken Morgenstern, President-Elect

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

• Jennifer Sivak Callcott, Chair
• Rich Allen
• Ken Morgenstern
• Wendy Lee
• Jan Kronish 

GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

• Mark Mazow, Chair
• Stuart Seiff, Advisor (Immediate Past Chair)
• Erin Shriver, AMA Delegate
• Alternate AMA Delegate
• Neal Freeman, AMA CPT Delegate
• Javier Servat 
• Steve Couch
• Laryssa Dragan

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

• Evan Black, Membership Director, Chair
• Elizabeth Bradley, Immediate Past Exec Secretary
• Reza Vagefi, Fellowship Education Director
• Gary Lelli, Thesis Workgroup Chair
• Mike Yoon, Oral Exam Workgroup Chair
• Rachel Sobel, Written Exam Workgroup Chair

Thesis Workgroup

• Gary Lelli, Chair
• Tal Rubinstein
• Matt Vicinanzo
• Rachel Sobel
• Neda Esmaili
• Brian Tse
• Alison Callahan
• Ron Pelton, Advisor

Written Exam Workgroup

• Rachel Sobel, Chair
• Vinay Aakalu, Assistant Chair

Oral Exam Workgroup

• Mike Yoon, Chair
• Fatemeh Rajaii, Assistant Chair
• Anne Barmettler
• Steve Couch
• Bill Katowitz
• Matt Vicinanzo
• Peter Timoney

Listserv Workgroup

• Greg Griepentrog, Chair
• Aaron Fay
• Connie Fry
• Dan Rootman
• Andrea Kossler
• John Nguyen
• Evan Black, Membership Director

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

• Jennifer Sivak, Immediate Past President, Chair
• Ken Morgenstern
• Jerry Harris
• Dianne Schlachter
• Suzanne van Landingham

PAST PRESIDENTS COMMITTEE

• 2022, Jennifer Sivak-Callcott
• 2021, Robert G. Fante
• 2020, Mark J. Lucarelli
• 2019, Daniel P. Schaefer
• 2018, Tamara R. Fountain
• 2017, Gerald J. Harris
• 2016, Robert A. Goldberg
• 2015, Kathleen F. Archer
• 2014, Don O. Kikkawa
• 2013, Michael E. Migliori

SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIA COMMITTEE

• Steve Couch, Scientific Symposia Director, Chair
• Cat Burkat, Immediate Past Scientific Symposia Director
• Eric Steele (Spring), First Assistant
• Nick Mahoney (Asst. Fall), Second Assistant
• Pete Setabutr, Continuing Education Director
• Natalie Stanciu, Accreditation Committee Chair
• Marie Somogyi, YASOPRS Workgroup Chair

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION COMMITTEE

• Bradford Lee, MD, Chair
• Cesar Briceno
• Keith Carter
• Don Kikkawa
• Andrea Kossler
• John Ng
• Ana Carolina Victoria
• Chad Zatezalo 

GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMITTEE

• Parag Gandhi, and Sara Wester, Co-Chairs

MARKETING COMMITTEE

• Jeremiah Tao, Chair
• John Martin
• Maryam Namzadeh
• Gary Lelli 
• Chris Chambers

SASOPRS (Senior ASOPRS) COMMITTEE

• Mike Hawes, Chair

YASOPRS (Young ASOPRS) COMMITTEE

• Marie Somogyi, Chair
• Leslie Pfeiffer
• Seanna Grob
• Deepak Ramesh
• Kyle Godfrey
• Chris Lo
• Ashley Campbell
• Jackson Lever
• Amy Patel Jain