Committees and Working Groups

The Society's numerous committees and working groups are responsible for developing and maintaining the programs and policies that support the Society's mission. Members interested in being considered for committee membership should submit their name, contact information, and committee of interest to the Society office.

2012 Annual Meeting Committee

Chair:

  • C. Alden Sweatman,MD, 2012 Program Chair

Members:

  • Hiram S. Cody, III, MD, Secretary/Treasurer
  • Mahmoud El-Tamer, MD, 2011 Program Chair
  • Cary S. Kaufman, MD, Corporate Relations Chair
  • Tricia A. Kelly, MD, Education Committee Chair
  • V. Suzanne Klimberg, MD, President Elect
  • Julie A. Margenthaler, MD, 2013 Program Chair
  • Helen A. Pass, MD, Chairman of the Board
  • Howard C. Snider, MD, President
  • Walton A. Taylor, MD, CME Committee Chair
  • Eric B. Whitacre, MD, Past President

Breast Handbook Editorial Advisory Board
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Co-editors:

  • Anees Chagpar, MD
  • Lee Wilke, MD

Members:

  • Paul Baron, MD
  • Judy Boughey, MD
  • David Brenin, MD
  • Sheldon Feldman, MD
  • Mehra Golshan, MD
  • Tina Hieken, MD
  • Kathie-Ann Joseph, MD, MPH
  • Sharon Lum, MD
  • Jane Mendez, MD
  • Carol Scott-Conner, MD

Breast Imaging Technologies
Certification and Accreditation Committee
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Chair:

  • Sara J. Fredrickson, MD

Vice-chair:

  • Scott R. Karlan, MD

Members:

  • Stephen P. Auda, MD
  • Beth Boyd, RN
  • Kambiz Dowlat, MD
  • Souzan El-Eid, MD
  • Richard E. Fine, MD
  • Mark A. Gittleman, MD
  • Linsey P. Gold, DO
  • Dan F. Kopen, MD
  • Alison L. Laidley, MD
  • Arthur G. Lerner, MD
  • Howard C. Snider, MD
  • Angela Soto-Hamlin, MD
  • Carrie A. Thoms, MD
  • Gary W. Unzeitig, MD
  • Dariush Vaziri, MD
  • Eric B. Whitacre, MD
  • Victor J. Zannis, MD

Breast Imaging Technologies Reviewers

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  • Kambiz Dowlat, MD
  • Richard E. Fine, MD
  • Mark A. Gittleman, MD
  • Dan F. Kopen, MD
  • Arthur G. Lerner, MD
  • Howard C. Snider, MD
  • Angela Soto-Hamlin, MD
  • Carrie A. Thoms, MD
  • Dariush Vaziri, MD
  • Victor J. Zannis, MD

Breast Ultrasound Certification Reviewers

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  • Stephen P. Auda, MD
  • Gauri Bedi, MD
  • Aaron D. Bleznak, MD
  • Linda S. Callans, MD
  • Michele Carpenter, MD
  • Souzan El-Eid, MD
  • Linsey P. Gold, DO
  • Scott R. Karlan, MD
  • Timothy McKee, MD
  • Vijay M. Patil, MD
  • Carrie A. Thoms, MD
  • Gary W. Unzeitig, MD
  • Dariush Vaziri, MD

Bylaws Committee
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Chair:

  • Helen A. Pass, MD

Member:

  • Alison L. Laidley, MD

CME Committee
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Chair:

  • Walton Taylor, MD

Members:

  • Michael Berry, MD
  • David Danforth, MD
  • Richard Fine, MD
  • Rakhshanda Layeequr Rahman, MD
  • Sarah McLaughlin, MD

Coding and Reimbursement Advisory Group
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Chair:

  • Richard E. Fine, MD

Members:

  • Benjamin Anderson, MD
  • Costanza Cocilovo, MD
  • Mark A. Gittleman, MD
  • Charles D. Mabry, MD
  • Terry Sarantou, MD
  • Eric B. Whitacre, MD, RUC Representative

Communications Committee
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Chair:

  • Deanna J. Attai, MD

Members:

  • Lisa Bailey, MD
  • Beth B. DuPree, MD
  • Sheldon M. Feldman, MD, Publications Committee Chair
  • Cary S. Kaufman, MD, Corporate Relations Chair
  • Jerry K. Seiler, MD, Membership Committee Chair

Corporate Relations Committee
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Chair:

  • Cary S. Kaufman, MD

Members:

  • Stephanie Akbari, MD
  • Arthur G. Lerner, MD
  • C. Alden Sweatman,MD
  • Victor J. Zannis, MD

Education Committee
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Chair:

  • Tricia A. Kelly, MD

Members:

  • Minna Manalo Bacarra, MSN, CRNP, Affiliate Liaison
  • Aaron D. Bleznak, MD
  • Brian Czerniecki, MD, SSO Liaison
  • Diana Dickson-Witmer, MD
  • C. Francisco Espinel, MD
  • Elizabeth D. Feldman, MD
  • Linsey P. Gold, DO
  • Rachel Greenup, MD, Breast Fellow Representative
  • Susan J. Hoover, MD
  • Rena B. Kass, MD
  • Christina J. Kim, MD
  • Rakhshanda Layeequr Rahman, MD
  • James B. Lockhart, Jr, MD
  • Eric R. Manahan, MD
  • Mary Maniscalco-Theberge, MD
  • Mita Patel, MD, Breast Fellow Liaison
  • Molly L. Sebastian, MD
  • Amanda J. Wheeler, MD
  • Richard L. White, Jr, MD

Ethics Committee
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Chair:

  • Terry Sarantou, MD

Members:

  • Stephanie Akbari, MD
  • N. Craig Brackett, III, MD
  • Laura Dominici, MD
  • Edward J. Donahue, MD, ex-officio
  • Jennifer S. Gass, MD
  • Orlando Gonzalez-Morales, MD
  • Richard L. Kiefer, MD
  • Amanda Kong, MD
  • Kandi Ludwig, MD
  • Alyssa Throckmorton, MD

Finance Committee
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Chair:

  • Hiram S. Cody, III, MD, Secretary/Treasurer

Members:

  • Cary S. Kaufman, MD Corporate Relations Chair
  • V. Suzanne Klimberg, MD, President Elect
  • Helen A. Pass, MD Chairman of the Board
  • Howard C. Snider, MD, President
  • Eric B. Whitacre, MD, Immediate Past President

Legislative Committee
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Chair:

  • Dan F. Kopen, MD

Members:

  • Steven L. Chen, MD
  • Costanza Cocilovo, MD
  • Thomas Flake, Jr , MD
  • Scott Kurtzman, MD
  • Thomas Prewitt, MD
  • Barry Roseman, MD
  • C. Alden Sweatman, MD
  • Shawna C. Willey, MD, ex-officio

MammoSite Scientific Advisory Committee
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Co-Principal Investigators:

  • Peter D. Beitsch, MD
  • Frank A. Vicini, MD

Members:

  • Richard E. Fine, MD
  • Bruce Haffty, MD
  • Henry Kuerer, MD
  • Pat W. Whitworth, MD
  • Victor J. Zannis, MD

Membership Committee
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Chair:

  • Jerry K. Seiler, MD

Members:

  • Evelyn G. Berne, MD
  • Beth A. Boyd, RN
  • Douglas M. Duven, MD
  • Jeffrey S. Falk, MD
  • Holly S. Mason, MD
  • Kerri L. Perry, MD
  • Thomas W. Rusing, MD
  • Renu Sinha, MD
  • C. Alden Sweatman, MD

Nipple Sparing Mastectomy Scientific Advisory Group
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Chair:

  • Sunny Mitchell, MD

Members:

  • Peter D. Beitsch, MD
  • Sheldon M. Feldman, MD
  • Ian Grady, MD
  • Donna-Marie Manasseh, MD
  • Alyssa Throckmorton, MD
  • Gary W. Unzeitig, MD

Nominating Committee
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  • Helen Pass, MD Chairman of the Board
  • Howard C. Snider, MD, President
  • Eric B. Whitacre, MD Immediate President
  • Shawna Willey, MD Past President
  • Victor Zannis, MD Past President

Oncoplastic Working Group
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Chair:

  • Pat W. Whitworth, MD

Members:

  • Jay K. Harness, MD
  • V. Suzanne Klimberg, MD
  • Shawna C. Willey, MD

Patient Safety and Quality Committee
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Chair:

  • Jeffrey Landercasper, MD

Members:

  • Robert R. Buras, MD
  • Edward J. Clifford, MD
  • Amy C. Degnim, MD
  • Jennifer Gass, MD
  • Jane Mendez, MD
  • Leila Thanasoulis, MD
  • Judy A. Tjoe, MD
  • John Turner, MD
  • John G. West, MD

Publications Committee
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Chair:

  • Judy C. Boughey, MD

Members:

  • Preya Ananthakrishnan, MD
  • Charles Balch, MD
  • Susan K Boolbol, MD
  • Monet W. Bowling, MD
  • David R. Brenin, MD
  • Anees B. Chagpar, MD
  • Steven L. Chen, MD
  • Hiram S. Cody, MD
  • Brian Czerniecki, MD
  • Sheldon M. Feldman, MD, ex-officio
  • Tina J. Hieken, MD
  • E. Shelley Hwang, MD
  • Rosa Hwang, MD
  • Kathie-Ann Joseph, MD
  • Julian A. Kim, MD
  • Sharon Lum, MD
  • Aye Moe Thu Ma, MD
  • Jane Mendez, MD
  • Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD
  • Barbara A. Pockaj, MD
  • Carol Scott-Conner, MD
  • Irene L. Wapnir, MD
  • Lee Wilke, MD

research committee
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Chair:

  • Edward Clifford, MD

Members:

  • Judy C. Boughey, MD
  • Margaret Chen, MD
  • Christine E. Dauphine, MD
  • Kambiz Dowlat, MD
  • Mehra Golshan, MD
  • Ian Grady, MD
  • V. Suzanne Klimberg, MD
  • Jeffrey Landercasper, MD
  • Barbara Pockaj, MD
  • Renee Quarterman, MD
  • Steven Schonholz, MD
  • Stephen F. Sener, MD
  • Leila C. Thanasoulis, MD
  • Gary W. Unzeitig, MD
  • Lee Wilke, MD
  • David J. Winchester, MD

Website Activities Committee
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Chair:

  • Eric B. Whitacre, MD

Members:

  • Deanna J. Attai, MD
  • Tiffany S. Berry, MD
  • David Edmonson, MD
  • Rachel L. Farkas, MD
  • Scott R. Karlan, MD
  • Henry M. Kuerer, MD
  • Alison L. Laidley, MD
  • Linda Smith, MD
  • Alan Stolier, MD