Committee Roster

Worcester District Medical Society & Worcester Medical Library, Inc.
Committee Roster 2024-2025

President – Alwyn Rapose, MD
Vice President – Michelle Hadley, DO
Secretary – Justin Maykel, MD
Treasurer – Adib Karam, MD
Curator – B. Dale Magee, MD

Alwyn Rapose, Chair
Martha Wright, Exec Dir
Fred Baker
James Broadhurst
Jeffrey Gallo
Michelle Hadley
Michael Hirsh
Anne Larkin
Jane Lochrie
B. Dale Magee
Mary O’Brien

Sahdev Passey
Michele Pugnaire
Parul Sarwal
Robert Sorrenti
Spiro Spanakis
Giles Whalen
Lynda Young
Student Rep
Sneha Karthikeyan
Alliance Rep
Maureen Zacharia

George Abraham
Janet Abrahamian
Fred Baker
James Baker
Venu Bathini
Bruce Bertrand
Racquel Bitar
James Broadhurst
Nicole Cherng
Phil Cohen
William Cohen
Idris Dahod
Michelle Dalal
Dennis Dimitri *
Lynn Echkert
Louis Fazen
Lloyd Fisher
Sina Forourtanjazi

* ex officio

Tiffany Forti
Jeffrey Gallo
Lawrence Garber
Susan George
Wayne Glazier
Mary Gulla
Richard Haas
Michelle Hadley *
Dan Kim
Kenneth Kronlund
Anne Larkin
Wiliam Lavelle *
Robert Le
James Lindberg
Tyler Long, MS
Patrick Lowe
Jessica Marconi
Justin Maykel*

Mary O’Brien
Oghomwen Ogbeide-Latario
Sahdev Passey *
Michael Potter
Alwyn Rapose
Thomas Rosenfeld
Abhijit Roychowdhary
Elise Santacruz
Parul Sarwal
Manjul Shukla
Robert Sorrenti
Spiro Spanakis
Maxwell Stukalin, MS
Ram Upadhyay
Rohit Vakil
Bennett Vogt
Giles Whalen *
John Worden
Lynda Young *

Awards Committee

Michael Hirsh, Chair
Fred Baker
Robert Bessette
David Hatem
Bruce Karlin
Jane Lochrie
Justin Maykel
Michele Pugnaire

Bylaws

Sahdev Passey, Chair
Kate Dinh
Bency Louidor
Mark Maxfield
Robert Sorrenti
Bennett Vogt

Finance Committee

Adib Karam, Chair
B. Dale Magee
Phil Cohen
Lloyd Fisher
Pankaj Ksheersagar
Sahdev Passey
Fred Schwartz
Peter Zacharia

Legislative

Jeffrey Gallo, Chair
Fred Baker
Dennis Dimitri
Wayne Glazier
Michelle Hadley
Michael Hirsh
Timothy Hopkins
Seth Kates
Pankaj Ksheersagar
Robert Le
Theo Matheos
Mark Maxfield
Sahdev Passey
Abhijit Roychowdhury
Parul Sarwal
Kala Seetharaman
Fred Schwartz
Maksim Zayaruzny

Medical Education

Mary O’Brien, Chair
Maria Abruzzo
Venu Bathini
Nichole Cherng
Bronwyn Cooper
Frank Fechner
Richard Forster
Jay Glaser
Rebecca Kowaloff
Quang Le
James Lindberg
Jane Lochrie
Matthew Most
Stacy Potts
Parul Sarwal
Kala Seetharaman
Shanil Shah
David Wexler

Resident Rep
Sasank Kalipatnapu, PG3, UMass
Jessica Marconi, PG2, UMass

Student Rep
Racquel Bitar

Medical Student

Anne Larkin, Co-Chair
Michael Marget, Co-Chair
Lillian Cain, MS1
Vaibhav Gupta, MS2
Sneha Karthikeyan, MS3
Christine Li, MS3
Vananh Pham, MS3
Ace Yimng Zhang, MS2

Membership

Michelle Hadley, Chair
James Broadhurst
Nicole Cherng
Gil Frietas
Michael Hirsh
Rebecca Kowaloff
Heidi Leftwich
James Lindberg
Jane Lochrie
Mark Maxfield
Roumia Mazen
Robert Sorrenti
Spiro Spanakis

Resident Rep
Sasank Kalipatnapu, PG3, UMass

Nominating

Fred Baker 2024
Sahdev Passey 2025
Spiro Spanakis, Chair 2026
Robert Bessette 2027
Thomas Rosenfeld 2028
Jen Yates 2029
Michelle Dalal 2030

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
Robert Bessette
Susan George
Rebecca Kowaloff
Heidi Leftwich
Jane Lochrie
Susan Moran
Nitin Trivedi
Karl Uy
Martha Waite
Giles Whalen

Resident Reps
Bennett Vogt, PG1

Editorial Board

Parul Sarwal, Editor
Lisa Beittel, MBA
Sonia Nagy Chimienti
Lloyd Fisher
Larry Garber
Rebecca Kowaloff
Julianne Lauring
Anna Morin, PharmD
Nancy Morris, RN
Thoru Pederson, PhD
Sarah Petrides
Joel Popkin
Alwyn Rapose
Robert Sorrenti
Martha Wright, MBA
Peter Zacharia

Fellow/Resident Reps
Arunava Saha, Fellow

Student Rep
Olivia Buckle

Women’s Caucus

Lynda Young, Chair
Annie Abraham
Janet Abrahamian
Maria Abruzzo
Nicole Cherng
Lynn Eckhert
Marianne Felice
Kari Kirin Khalsa
Rebecca Kowaloff
Jane Lochrie
Bency Louidor
Kirti Nagpal
Stacy Potts
Manjul Shukla
Rebecca Spanagel
Martha Waite
Jennifer Yates

Resident Reps
Charmi Bhanushali, PG2 SVH
Jessica Marconi, PG2 UMass
Arushi Sharma, PG3 SVH

Student Reps
Racquel Bitar, MS3
Micaela Tobin, MS3
Arianna Gray, MS4

Michael Hirsh, Chair
Robert Bessette
Jay Broadhurst
Jim Carroll
Matilde Castiel
Idris Dahod
Richard Ellison
Louis Fazen
Tiffany Forti
Soloe Dennis (WDPH)
Susan Krantz
Pankal Ksheersagar
Quang Le
Bency Louidor
Kirti Nagpal
Fozia Qamar
Abhijit Roychowdhury
Joanne Samant
Fred Schwartz
Manjul Shukla
Anthony Teebagy

Alliance Reps
Paula Madison

Fellow/Resident Reps
Bennett Vogt, PG1 UMass
Sasank Kalipatnapu, PG3 UMass

Student Reps
Michael Marget, MS2

Officers

PRESIDENT – Alwyn Rapose
VICE PRESIDENT – Michelle Hadley
SECRETARY – Lynda Young
TREASURER – Adib Karam

Board of Trustees

2024
Robert Bessette
B. Dale Magee
Sahdev Passey

2025
Leah Doret
Michele Pugnaire
Robert Sorrenti, Chair

2026
Anthony Esposito
Spiro Spanakis
Paul Steen

Worcester District Medical Society Representatives to the Massachusetts Medical Society

(Must be a member)

Committee on Legislation
Jeffrey Gallo, Member
Fred Schwartz, Alternate

Committee on Nomiations
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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