TSDA Committees
Executive Committee
David Cooke, President
Stephen Yang, President-Elect
Jon Nesbitt, Secretary/Treasurer
Andrea J. Carpenter, Immediate Past President
Tom Varghese, Councilor
Shari Meyerson, Councilor
Rita Milewski, Councilor
Stephanie Fuller, Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship Chair
Ahmet Kilic, Early Specialization Committee Chair
Adam Doty, Executive Director
Finance Committee
Jon Nesbitt, Secretary/Treasurer, Chair
Tom Varghese
Stephen Yang
Amit Bhargava
Tom Fabian
Stephanie Fuller
Rita Milewski
Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship Committee
Stephanie Fuller, Chair
Emile Bacha
Neil Cambronero
John Cleveland
Pirooz Eghtesady
Francis Fynn-Thompson
James Jaggers
Tara Karamlou
Richard Mainwaring
David Mauchley
Michael Monge
David Morales
Victor Morell
James O’Brien
Jennifer Romano
Subhadra Shashidharan
Joseph Turek
Andrew Goldstone
Constantine Mavroudis
John Mayer
Emmet Dean Mckenzie
Fawwaz Shaw
In-Training Exam Committee
Ravi Ghanta, Chair
Matthew Romano, Cardiac Subcommittee Chair
Cherie Erkmen Thoracic Subcommittee Chair
Richard Mainwaring, Congenital Subcommittee Chair
Cardiac Subcommittee
Peyman Benharash
Castigliano Bhamidipati
Peter Chen
Abdul Elnaggar
Amy Fielder
Douglas Johnston
Ahmet Kilic
Shu Lin
Walter McGregor
Rita Milewski
David Rabkin
Gary Raff
Mark Roeser
Matthew Romano
Nicholas Teman
Panos Vardas
Pyongsoo (David) Yoon
James Yun
General Thoracic Subcommittee
Cherie Erkman
Mara Antonoff
Amit Bhargava
Thomas Fabian
Barry Gibney
Lyall Gorenstein
Jinny Ha
Taryne Imai
Amie Kent
Peter Kneuertz
Kiran Lagisetty
Aundrea Oliver
Christian Peyre
Hai Salfity
Dean Schraufnagel
Monisha Sudarshan
Congenital Subcommittee
Richard Mainwaring, Chair
Aaron Abarbanell
Claude Beatty
Pirooz Eghtesady
Jeremy Herrmann
Josh Hermsen
Tara Karamlou
Debora Kozik
Madonna Lee
Constantine Mavroudis
Jim O’Brien
Mark Roeser
Matthew Stone
Jack Wallen
Early Specialization Committee
Ahmet Kilic, Chair
Kristen Freeman, Vice Chair
Luis Godoy
Matthew Henn
Jeffrey Javidfar
Scott LeMaire
Sara Pereira
David Rabkin
Hai Salfity
Mansi Shah
Vikram Sood
Robert Sorabella
Nicholas Teman
Sanford Zeigler
Faculty Development Committee (ad hoc)
Sara Pereira, Chair
Vacant, Vice Chair
Taryne Imai
John Cleveland
Cherie Erkmen
Kiran Lagisetty
Panos Vardas
Penny Potvin
Thoracic Education Cooperative Group (TECoG)
Kirsten Freeman , Chair
Ikenna Okereke, Immediate Past Chair
Mara Antonoff
Kathleen Berfield
Castigliano Bhamidipati
Amit Bhargava
Alejandro Bribriesco
Philip Carrott
Robert Cerfolio
David Cooke
Robert Dabal
Desmond D’Souza
Steven Eisenberg
Thomas Fabian
Amy Fiedler
Fernando Fleischman
Scott Halbreiner
Matthew Henn
James Huang
Amiel Kent
Min Kim
Jules Lin
Paul Linksy
Jessica Luc
Natalie Lui
Chris Malaisrie
Linda Martin
Brian Mitzman
Christopher Morse
David Odell
Aundrea Oliver
Mark Orringer
Arjun Pennathur
Anthony Perez-Tamayo
Roman Petrov
Rishi Reddy
Brett Reece
Scott Reznick
Gregory Rushing
Matthew Schuchert
Aleem Siddique
Sande Starnes
Shelby Stewart
Monisha Sudarshan
Ibrahim Sultan
Fred Tibayan
Betty Tong
Joe Turek
Simon Turner
Robert Van Haren
Ara Vaporciyan
Elliot Wakaeam
Daniel Wiener
Jennifer WilsonÂ
Moritz Wyler von Ballmoos
Pyongsoo (David) Yoon
Sanford Zeigler
Nominating Committee
Sandra Starnes, Chair
Ara Vaporciyan, Past President
Ajay Carpenter, Immediate Past President
Cherie Erkmen
Benjamin Haithcock
Professionalism and Ethics Committee
John Mayer, Chair
Emmanuel Daon, Vice Chair
Marisa Cevasco
Anthony Perez-Tamayo
Sean Wightman
Deborah Kozik