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
Giles Whalen, 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
Alwyn Rapose
Spiro Spanakis
Paul Steen
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
Michelle Dalal
Dennis Dimitri *
Jon Dorfman
Lynn Echkert
Louis Fazen
* ex officio
Marianne Felice
Lloyd Fisher
Sina Forourtanjazi
Tiffany Forti
Jeffrey Gallo
Lawrence Garber
Susan George
Wayne Glazier
Richard Haas
Michelle Hadley *
Dan Kim
Kenneth Kronlund
Anne Larkin
Wiliam Lavelle *
Robert Le
James Lindberg
Tyler Long, MS2
B. Dale Magee *
Mary O’Brien
Oghomen Ogbeide-Latario
Sahdev Passey *
Michael Potter
Alwyn Rapose
Thomas Rosenfeld
Abhijit Roychowdhary
Parul Sarwal
Fred Schwartz
Geneev Singh
Manjul Shukla
Robert Sorrenti
Spiro Spanakis
Maxwell Stukalin
Ram Upadhyay
Rohit Vakil
Giles Whalen *
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
B. Dale Magee
Mark Maxfield
Robert Sorrenti
Finance Committee
B. Dale Magee, Chair
Phil Cohen
Lloyd Fisher
Adib Karam
Kenneth Kronlund
Pankaj Ksheersagar
Fred Schwartz
Brad Switzer
Peter Zacharia
Resident Rep
Sasank Kalipatnapu, PG3, UMass
Vidit Majmundar, PG2, SVH
Student Rep
Racquel Bitar
Grievance
2023
Sahdev Passey
Spiro Spanakis
2024
Dale Magee
Giles Whalen
2025
Anupreet Oberoi
Manjul Shukla
2026
Frederic Baker
Gary Wolf
Legislative
Jeffrey Gallo, Chair
Fred Baker
Dennis Dimitri
Marianne Felice
Wayne Glazier
Michelle Hadley
Michael Hirsh
Timothy Hopkins
Seth Kates
Pankaj Ksheersagar
Robert Le
Theo Matheos
Mark Maxfield
Sahdev Passey
Abhijit Roychowdhury
Shanil Shah
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
Laszlo Leb
James Lindberg
Jane Lochrie
Matthew Most
Stacy Potts
Parul Sarwal
Shanil Shah
David Wexler
Medical Student
Anne Larkin, Co-Chair
Brian Nickley, MS3, Co-Chair
Sarah Uhranowsky, MS4
Louis Fazen, MD
Vaibhav Gupta, MS1
Paramesh Karandikar, MS4
Sneha Karthikeyan, MS2
Christine Li, MS2
Michael Marget, MS1
Vananh Pham, MS2
Ace Yiming Zhang, MS1
Membership
Michelle Hadley, Chair
James Broadhurst
Marianne Felice
Gil Frietas
Michael Hirsh
Rebecca Kowaloff
Heidi Leftwich
James Lindberg
Jane Lochrie
B. Dale Magee
Mark Maxfield
Robert Sorrenti
Spiro Spanakis
Resident Rep
Sasank Kalipatnapu, PG3, UMass
Nominating
2024
Frederic Baker
2025
Sahdev Passey
2026
Spiro Spanakis, Chair
2027
Robert Bessette
2028
Thomas Rosenfeld
2029
Jen Yates
Personnel
Jane Lochrie, Chair
George Abraham
Fred Baker
Jay Broadhurst
Michelle Hadley
Michael Hirsh
B. Dale Magee
Sahdev Passey
Alwyn Rapose
Spiro Spanakis
Giles Whalen
Scholarship
Michele Pugnaire, Chair
Kenneth Kronlund, Trustee (12/2023)
Sahdev Passey (Trustee)
Janet Abrahamian
Robert Bessette
Susan George
Rebecca Kowaloff
Heidi Leftwich
Jane Lochrie
Susan Moran
Nitin Trivedi
Martha Waite
Giles Whalen
Resident Reps
Alex Newbury, PG6
Bennett Vogt, PG1
Editorial Board
Parul Sarwal, Editor
Lisa Beittel, MBA
Sonia Nagy Chimienti
Anthony Esposito
Lloyd Fisher
Larry Garber
Rebecca Kowaloff
Susan Krantz
Julianne Lauring
Nancy Morris, RN
Anna Morin, PharmD
Thoru Pederson, PhD
Joel Popkin
Alwyn Rapose
Robert Sorrenti
Martha Wright, MBA
Peter Zacharia
Fellow/Resident Reps
Akil Sherif, PG6 SVH
Arunava Saha, PG3 SVH
Vidit Majmundar, PG2 SVH
Alex Newbury, PG6, UMass (3/30/2024)
Luke Wakeen, PG2 UMass
Student Rep
Olivia Buckle
Women’s Caucus
Lynda Young, Chair
Annie Abraham
Janet Abrahamian
Maria Abruzzo
Nicole Cherg
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
Stephanie Clegg, PG5 Umass
Student Reps
Racquel Bitar, MS3
Micaela Tobin, MS3
Arianna Gray, MS4
Public Health
Michael Hirsh, Chair
Robert Bessette
Jay Broadhurst
Jim Carroll
Matilde Castiel
Richard Ellison
Louis Fazen
Tiffany Forti
Brendan Keenan (WDPH)
Susan Krantz
Pankaj Ksheersagar
Quang Le
Bency Louidor
Kirti Nagpal
Fozia Qamar
Abhijit Roychowdhury
Joanne Samant
Fred Schwartz
Shanil Shah
Manjul Shukla
Anthony Teebagy
Fellow/Resident Reps
Bennett Vogt, PG1 UMass
Sasank Kalipatnapu, PG3 UMass
Alliance Reps
Paula Madison
Francine Fakil
Student Reps
Michelle Chang, MS4/5
Michael Marget, MS2
Officers
PRESIDENT – Giles Whalen
VICE PRESIDENT – Alwyn Rapose
SECRETARY – Lynda Young
TREASURER – Dale Magee
Board of Trustees
2023
Robert Bessette
B. Dale Magee
Sahdev Passey
2024
Leah Doret
Michele Pugnaire
Robert Sorrenti, Chair
2025
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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