Committee Roster/Slate of Officers
Worcester District Medical Society & Worcester Medical Library, Inc.
Committee Roster 2026-2027
Officers
President – Michelle Hadley, DO
Vice President – Justin Maykel, MD
Secretary – Patrick Lowe, MD
Treasurer – Peter Zacharia, MD
Board of Directors
Michelle Hadley
Justin Maykel
Patrick Lowe
Peter Zacharia
Alwyn Rapose
Curator
B. Dale Magee
Michelle Hadley, Chair
Martha Wright, Exec Dir
Fred Baker
James Broadhurst
Michael Hirsh
Anne Larkin
Jane Lochrie
Patrick Lowe
B. Dale Magee
Justin Maykel
Mary O’Brien
Sahdev Passey
Michele Pugnaire
Alwyn Rapose
Parul Sarwal
Robert Sorrenti
Giles Whalen
Lynda Young
Student Rep
Vananh Pham/Lillian Cain
Alliance Rep
Maureen Zacharia
Patrick Lowe (Chair)
George Abraham
Janet Abrahamian
Fred Baker
Kannu Bansal
Nancy Berube
James Broadhurst
Idris Dahod
Michelle Dalal
Dennis Dimitri *
Lynn Eckhert
Louis Fazen
Lloyd Fisher
Tiffany Forti
Josephine Fowler
Lawrence Garber
Susan George
Wayne Glazier
Sophia Guccione
Mary Gulla
Richard Haas
Michelle Hadley *
Alan Hartford
Gavin Jones
William Lavelle *
Tyler Long
Justin Maykel*
Drew Montigny
Mary O’Brien
Sahdev Passey *
Michael Potter
Raffia Qutab
Alwyn Rapose
Thomas Rosenfeld
Elise Santacruz
Parul Sarwal
Manjul Shukla
Robert Sorrenti
Spiro Spanakis
Rohit Vakil
Lillian Voke
Giles Whalen *
John Worden
Lynda Young *
* Ex officio
Awards Committee
Michael Hirsh, Chair
Fred Baker
Robert Bessette
Bruce Karlin
Jane Lochrie
Justin Maykel
Michele Pugnaire
Bylaws
Sahdev Passey, Chair
Kate Dinh
Bency Louidor
Mark Maxfield
Robert Sorrenti
Bennett Vogt
Finance Committee
Peter Zacharia (Chair)
Phil Cohen
Lloyd Fisher
Adib Karam
Pankaj Ksheersagar
B. Dale Magee
Sahdev Passey
Fred Schwartz
Legislative Committee
Anne Larkin/Fred Baker, Co-Chairs
Idris Dahod
Dennis Dimitri
Wayne Glazier
Michelle Hadley
Michael Hirsh
Timothy Hopkins
Zeeshan Hussain
Gavin Jones
Seth Kates
Pankaj Ksheersagar
Robert Le
Theo Matheos
Mark Maxfield
Sahdev Passey
Abhijit Roychowdhury
Parul Sarwal
Kala Seetharaman
Fred Schwartz
David Weinstock
Maksim Zayaruzny
Student Reps
Janet Mariadoss
Shivam Rastogi
Isabella Rubin
Medical Education
Mary O’Brien, Chair
Maria Abruzzo
Kannu Bansal
Venu Bathini
Nicole Cherng
Richard Church
Bronwyn Cooper
Charlotte DeLeo
Frank Fechner
Jay Glaser
Sophia Guccione
Zeeshan Hussain
Rebecca Kowaloff
Quang Le
James Lindberg
Jane Lochrie
Matthew Most
Stacy Potts
Parul Sarwal
Kala Seetharaman
Danielle Sultan
David Wexler
Giles Whalen
Resident Rep
Sharouk Khanjar (SVH)
Medical Student
Anne Larkin, Co-Chair
Charlotte DeLeo, Co-Chair
Lillian Cain, Co-Chair
Vananh Pham, Co-Chair
Benedicta Agyemang-Brantuo
Grace Desmond
Carolyn Dunderdale
Vaibhav Gupta
Rhea Kukkal
Tyler Long
Charlie McMahon
Janet Mariadoss
Anusha Purakayastha
Shivam Rastogi
Isabella Rubin
Simran Sidhu
Winna Xia
Ace Yimng Zhang
Fellow Rep
Kannu Bansal (cards svh)
Membership
Michelle Hadley, Chair
Eddy Arous
James Broadhurst
Nicole Cherng
Gil Frietas
Michael Hirsh
Zeeshan Hussain
Gavin Jones
Rebecca Kowaloff
Heidi Leftwich
Jane Lochrie
Patrick Lowe
Mark Maxfield
Justin Maykel
Fred Schwartz
Robert Sorrenti
Spiro Spanakis
Lillian Voke
Peter Zacharia
Nominating
Robert Bessette 2027
Thomas Rosenfeld 2028
Michelle Dalal 2029
Fred Baker 2030
Sahdev Passey 2031
Stephen Erban 2032
Alternates:
Mary O’Brien
Personnel
Giles Whalen, Chair
George Abraham
Fred Baker
Jay Broadhurst
Michelle Hadley
Michael Hirsh
Sahdev Passey
Alwyn Rapose
Fred Schwartz
Spiro Spanakis
Scholarship
Michele Pugnaire, Chair
Sahdev Passey (Trustee)
Janet Abrahamian
Kannu Bansal
Robert Bessette
Susan George
Rebecca Kowaloff
Heidi Leftwich
Jane Lochrie
Susan Moran
Nitin Trivedi
Karl Uy
Martha Waite
Giles Whalen
Resident Reps
Bennett Vogt, PG3
Editorial Board
Parul Sarwal, Editor-in-Chief
Lloyd Fisher
Larry Garber
Jason Iafrati
Rebecca Kowaloff
Rosal Milagros, PhD
Anna Morin, PharmD
Sarah Petrides
Joel Popkin
Alwyn Rapose
Fred Schwartz
Chrystina Soloperto, PhD, RN, PNP
Robert Sorrenti
Martha Wright, MBA
Peter Zacharia
Fellow/Resident Reps
Riya Bhattacharya, SVH
Parul Chaatpar, Umass
Arunava Saha, Fellow
Student Rep
Abby DeNike
Women’s Caucus
Lynda Young, Chair
Annie Abraham
Janet Abrahamian
Maria Abruzzo
Nicole Cherng
Lynn Eckhert
Marianne Felice
Nandana Kansra
Kari Kirin Khalsa
Rebecca Kowaloff
Jane Lochrie
Bency Louidor
Kirti Nagpal
Stacy Potts
Raffia Qutab
Manjul Shukla
Rebecca Spanagel
Sindha Thomas
Martha Waite
Jennifer Yates
Resident Reps
Charmi Bhanushali, SVH
Student Reps
Grace Desmond
Anusha Purakayastha
Czencil Santander
Micaela Tobin
Public Health
Michael Hirsh, Chair
Hawa Abu
Robert Bessette
Jay Broadhurst
Jim Carroll
Idris Dahod
Seema Dixit
Richard Ellison
Louis Fazen
Tiffany Forti
Zeeshan Hussain
Susan Krantz
Pankaj Ksheersagar
Quang Le
Bency Louidor
Patrick Lowe
Kirti Nagpal
Fozia Qamar
Joanne Samant
Fred Schwartz
Manjul Shukla
Anthony Teebagy
Alliance Reps
Paula Madison
Fellow/Resident Reps
Bennett Vogt, UMass
Student Reps
William Fairfield
Janet Mariadoss
Anusha Purakayastha
Shivam Rastogi
Isabella Rubin
Czencil Santander
Officers
President – Michelle Hadley
Vice President – Justin Maykel
Secretary – Lynda Young
Treasurer – Peter Zacharia
Board of Trustees
2027
Robert Bessette
B. Dale Magee
Sahdev Passey
2028
Leah Doret
Michele Pugnaire
Robert Sorrenti, Chair
2029
Parul Sarwal
Anne Larkin
Spiro Spanakis
Worcester District Medical Society Representatives to the Massachusetts Medical Society
(Must be a member)
Committee on Legislation
Anne Larkin – Member
Fred Baker – Alternate
Committee on Nominations
James Broadhurst – Member
Louis Fazen – Alternate
MMS Board of Trustee
Manjul Shukla
If you are interested in joining a committee, please contact MWright@wdms.org
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