Committee Roster
Worcester District Medical Society & Worcester Medical Library, Inc.
Committee Roster 2022-2023
PRESIDENT – Giles Whalen, MD
VICE PRESIDENT – Alwyn Rapose, MD
SECRETARY – Michelle Hadley, DO
TREASURER & CURATOR – Dale Magee, MD
ORATOR – Anne Larkin, MD
George Abraham
Janet Abrahamian
Frederic Baker
James Baker
Bruce Bertrand
Racquel Bitar
James Broadhurst
William Cohen
Michelle Dalal
Dennis Dimitri*
Jon Dorfman
Lynn Eckhert
Louis Fazen
Marianne Felice
Lloyd Fisher
Sina Foroutanjazi
Jeffrey Gallo
Lawrence Garber
Susan George
Wayne Glazier
Richard Haas
Michelle Hadley*
Alice Kennedy
Kenneth Kronlund
Anne Larkin
William Lavelle*
James Lindberg
Dale Magee*
Oghomen Ogbeide-Larario
Sahdev Passey*
Alwyn Rapose
Thomas Rosenfeld
Abhijit Roychowdhury
Calvin Schaffer
Manjul Shukla
Robert Sorrenti
Spiro Spanakis
Madhavi Toke
Ram Upadhyay
Rohit Vakil*
Giles Whalen*
Lynda Young*
* ex officio
Awards Committee
Michael Hirsh, Chair
Frederic Baker
Robert Bessette
Bruce Karlin
Jane Lochrie
Michele Pugnaire
Abhijit Roychowdhury
Bylaws
Sahdev Passey, Chair
Bency Louidor
Dale Magee
Mark Maxfield
Robert Sorrenti
Student Representative
Bennett Vogt
1 Vacancy
Executive Committee
Giles Whalen, Chair
Frederic Baker
James Broadhurst
Jeffrey Gallo
Michelle Hadley
Michael Hirsh
Anne Larkin
Jane Lochrie
Dale Magee
Mary O’Brien
Sahdev Passey
Michele Pugnaire
Alwyn Rapose
Robert Sorrenti
Spiro Spanakis
Paul Steen
Lynda Young
Student Representative
Calvin Schaffer
Alliance Representative
Maureen Zacharia
Finance
Dale Magee, Chair
Philip Cohen
Lloyd Fisher
Kenneth Kronlund
Panjak Ksheersagar
Fred Schwartz
Peter Zacharia
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
Dennis Dimitri
Marianne Felice
Wayne Glazier
Michelle Hadley
Michael Hirsh
Timothy Hopkins
Seth Kates
Panjak Ksheersagar
Robert Le
Mark Maxfield
Sahdev Passey
Frederic Schwartz
Giles Whalen
Fellow Representative
Brittany Reid
Resident Representatives
Sasank Kalipatnapu
Shanil Shah
Medical Education
Mary O’Brien, Chair
Maria Abruzzo
Nicole Cherng
Bronwyn Cooper
Frank Fechner
Richard Forster
Jay Glaser
Rebecca Kowaloff
Quang Le
Laszlo Leb
James Lindberg
Jane Lochrie
Stacy Potts
David Wexler
Resident Representatives
Sasank Kalipatnapu
Arushi Sharma
Student Representatives
Racquel Bitar
Alice Kennedy
Benjamin Palleiko
Sassicaia Schick
Bennett Vogt
Medical Student
Anne Larkin, Physician Chair
Bennett Vogt, Student Chair~MS4
Sarah Uhranowsky, Student Co-Chair~MS3
Calvin Schaffer, Student Vice Chair~MS4
Louis Fazen, Physician Member
Paramesh Karandikar~MS3
Sneha Karthikeyan~MS1
Christine Li~MS2
Michael Marget~MS1
Brian Nickely~MS2
Trent Taros~MS4
Membership
Michelle Hadley, Chair
James Broadhurst
Marianne Felice
Michael Hirsh
Rebecca Kowaloff
Heidi Leftwich
James Lindberg
Jane Lochrie
Dale Magee
Mark Maxfield
Sahdev Passey
Robert Sorrenti
Spiro Spanakis
Resident Representative
Sasank Kalipatnapu
Student Representatives
Benjamin Palleiko
Bennett Vogt
Memorials
Sidney Kadish
Resident Representative
Stephanie Clegg
Nominating
2023
James Broadhurst
2024
Frederic Baker
2025
Sahdev Passey
2026
Spiro Spanakis, Chair
2027
Robert Bessette
2028
Thomas Rosenfeld
*Dale Magee/Treasurer
Personnel
Jane Lochrie, Chair
George Abraham
Frederic Baker
James Broadhurst
Marianne Felice
Michelle Hadley
Michael Hirsh
Dale Magee
Sahdev Passey
Alwyn Rapose
Spiro Spanakis
Giles Whalen
Public Relations
Michael Hirsh, Chair*
James Broadhurst*
Bruce Karlin*
Panjak Ksheersagar
Julianne Lauring
Laszlo Leb
Bency Louidor
Dale Magee
Lynda Young*
Resident Representative
Shanil Shah
Student Representative
Trent Taros*
*Host-Health Matters
Publications
2023
Paul Steen
2024
Julianne Lauring
2025
Anthony Esposito
2026
Lloyd Fisher
2027
Joel Popkin
2028
Robert Sorrenti, Chair
Fellow Representative
Akil Sherif
Scholarship
Michele Pugnaire, Chair
Kenneth Kronlund, Trustee
Janet Abrahamian
Robert Bessette
Susan George
Rebecca Kowaloff
Heidi Leftwich
Jane Lochrie
Susan Moran
Nitin Trivedi
Martha Waite
Giles Whalen
Resident Representative
Alex Newbury
Editorial Board
Need To Fill, Editor
Lisa Beittel
Sonia Nagy Chimienti
Anthony Esposito
Larry Garber
Rebecca Kowaloff
Susan Krantz
Julianne Lauring
Anna Morin, PharmD
Nancy Morris, PhD, ANP
Thoru Pederson, PhD
Joel Popkin
Alwyn Rapose
Parul Sarwal
Robert Sorrenti
Martha Wright, MBA
Peter Zacharia
Resident Representatives
Alex Newbury
Arunava Saha
Fellow Representative
Akil Sherif
Student Representative
Olivia Buckle
Public Health
Michael Hirsh, Chair
Robert Bessette
James Broadhurst
James Carroll
Matilde Castiel
Richard Ellison
Louis Fazen
Tiffany Forti
Brendan Keenan
Alice Kennedy
Susan Krantz
Pankaj Ksheersagar
Quang Le
Bency Louidor
Kirti Nagpal
Fozia Qamar
Abhijit Roychowdhury
Fred Schwartz
Manjul Shukla
Anthony Teebagy
Resident Representatives
Rachel Anderson
Sasank Kalipatnapu
Shanil Shah
Arushi Sharma
Student Representatives
Michelle Chang
Calvin Schaffer
Alliance Representatives
Francine Vakil
Paula Madison
Women’s Caucus
Lynda Young, Chair
Annie Abraham
Janet Abrahamian
Maria Abruzzo
Nicole Cherng
Lynn Eckhert
Marianne Felice
Hari Kirin Khalsa
Rebecca Kowaloff
Jane Lochrie
Bency Louidor
Kirti Nagpal
Stacy Potts
Manjul Shukla
Rebecca Spanagel
Martha Waite
Jennifer Yates
Resident Representatives
Rachel Anderson
Stephanie Clegg
Arushi Sharma
Student Representatives
Racquel Bitar
Sassicaia Schick
Micaela Tobin
Officers
PRESIDENT – Giles Whalen
VICE PRESIDENT – Alwyn Rapose
SECRETARY – Lynda Young
TREASURER – Dale Magee
Board of Trustees
2023
Robert Bessette
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
Member must be a delegate
Committee on Legislation
Jeffrey Gallo – Member
Fred Schwartz – Alternate
Committee on Nominations
James Broadhurst – Member
Louis Fazen – Alternate
MMS Board of Trustees
Manjul Shukla – Member
Frederic Baker – Alternate
If you are interested in joining a committee, please contact MBoucher@wdms.org
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