Committee Roster/Slate of Officers

Worcester District Medical Society & Worcester Medical Library, Inc.
Committee Roster 2026-2027

President – Michelle Hadley, MD
Vice President – Justin Maykel, DO
Secretary – Patrick Lowe, MD
Treasurer – Peter Zacharia, MD
Curator – B. Dale Magee, MD

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

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

George Abraham
Janet Abrahamian
Fred Baker
Kannu Bansal
Nancy Berube
Racquel Bitar
James Broadhurst
Nicole Cherng
Idris Dahod
Michelle Dalal
Dennis Dimitri *
Lynn Echkert
Louis Fazen
Lloyd Fisher
Tiffany Forti
Sina Foroutanjazi
Josephine Fowler

* ex officio

Lawrence Garber
Susan George
Wayne Glazier
Mary Gulla
Richard Haas
Michelle Hadley *
Kenneth Kronlund
Wiliam Lavelle *
Robert Le
James Lindberg
Tyler Long
Patrick Lowe (Chair)
Jessica Marconi
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
Maxwell Stukalin
Ram Upadhyay
Rohit Vakil
Bennett Vogt
Lillian Voke
Giles Whalen *
John Worden
Lynda Young *

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

Anne Larkin/Fred Baker, Co-Chairs
Dennis Dimitri
Wayne Glazier
Michelle Hadley
Michael Hirsh
Timothy Hopkins
Zeeshan Hussain
Seth Kates
Pankaj Ksheersagar
Robert Le
Theo Matheos
Mark Maxfield
Sahdev Passey
Abhijit Roychowdhury
Parul Sarwal
Kala Seetharaman
Fred Schwartz
Maksim Zayaruzny
Student Reps
Janet Mariadoss
Shivam Rastogi
Isabella Rubin

Medical Education

Mary O’Brien, Chair
Maria Abruzzo
Kannu Bansal
Venu Bathini
Nichole Cherng
Bronwyn Cooper
Frank Fechner
Jay Glaser
Zeeshan Hussain
Rebecca Kowaloff
Quang Le
James Lindberg
Jane Lochrie
Matthew Most
Stacy Potts
Parul Sarwal
Kala Seetharaman
David Wexler
Giles Whalen
Resident Rep
Jessica Marconi, UMass

Medical Student

Anne Larkin, Co-Chair
Lillian Cain, Co-Chair
Vananh Pham, CoChair
Carolyn Dunderdale
Vaibhav Gupta
Rhea Kukkal
Tyler Long
Charlie McMahon
Janet Mariadoss
Anusha Purukayastha
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
Rebecca Kowaloff
Heidi Leftwich
James Lindberg
Jane Lochrie
Mark Maxfield
Justin Maykel
Roumia Mazen
Fred Schwartz
Robert Sorrenti
Spiro Spanakis

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, PG1

Editorial Board

Parul Sarwal, Editor
Sonia Nagy Chimienti
Lloyd Fisher
Larry Garber
Rebecca Kowaloff
Anna Morin, PharmD
Thoru Pederson, PhD
Sarah Petrides
Joel Popkin
Alwyn Rapose
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
Jessica Marconi, UMass
Student Reps
Racquel Bitar
Anusha Purakayastha
Czencil Santander
Micaela Tobin

Public Health

Michael Hirsh, Chair
Robert Bessette
Jay Broadhurst
Jim Carroll
Idris Dahod
Richard Ellison
Louis Fazen
Tiffany Forti
Zeeshan Hussain
Susan Krantz
Pankaj Ksheersagar
Quang Le
Bency Louidor
Kirti Nagpal
Fozia Qamar
Joanne Samant
Fred Schwartz
Manjul Shukla
Anthony Teebagy
Alliance Reps
Paula Madison
Fellow/Resident Reps
Bennett Vogt, UMass
Student Reps
Janet Mariadoss
Anusha Purakayastha
Shivan Rastogi
Isbella 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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