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 participate in the Society's formal "Call for Volunteers" held in the fall each year.

• Annual Meeting Committee
• Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Working Group
• BESAP III Editorial Board
• Breast Fellows Education Committee
• Breast Fellows Working Group
• Breast Imaging Technologies Certification and Accreditation Committee
• Breast Imaging Technologies Reviewers - Stereotactic
• Breast Imaging Technologies Reviewers - Ultrasound
• Breastics24 Working Group
• Bylaws Committee
• CME Committee
• Coding and Reimbursement Advisory Group
• Communications Committee
• Corporate Relations Committee
• Ethics Committee
• Finance Committee
• Genetics Committee
• Health Equity Advisory Group
• International Relations Committee
• Lymphatic Surgery Working Group
• Legislative Committee
• Mastery Working Group
• Membership Committee
• Member Engagement Committee
• Nominating Committee
• Oncoplastic Surgery Committee
• Online Video Library
• Patient Safety and Quality Committee
• Practice Advocacy Committee
• Publications Committee
• Question of the Week Committee
• Research Committee
• Selected Readings in Breast Surgery Committee
• Young Surgeons Working Group

• Annual Meeting Committee

  Chair

  • Brigid Killelea, MD
    2023 Program Chair

  Members

  • Sarah Blair, MD
    Publications Committee Co-Chair
  • Susan K. Boolbol, MD
    President-Elect
  • Jill Dietz, MD
    Chairman of the Board
  • Carla Fisher, MD
    2022 Program Chair
  • Jennifer Gass, MD
    2024 Program Chair
  • Nathalie Johnson, MD
    President
  • Eric Manahan, MD
    Secretary/Treasurer
  • Julie Margenthaler, MD
    Immediate Past President
  • Mediget Teshome, MD
    Publications Committee Co-Chair
  • Shawna Willey, MD
    Interim Corporate Relations Chair

  Staff Liaison

  Christina Lucara

  clucara@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Working Group

  Chair

  • Nicole Demos, PA-C

  Vice-Chair

  • Samantha Arlow, NP

  Members

  • Cassandra Connerty, PA-C
  • Meredith McKee, NP
  • Melissa Moran, APRN, CNP
  • Beth Rudge, CRNP
  • Lauren Soules, PA-C

  Board Liaison

  • Susan K. Boolbol, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Laura Randel

  lrandel@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• BESAP III Editorial Board

  Editorial Manager

  • Sarah McLaughlin, MD

  Associate Editors

  • Andrea Barrio, MD
  • Amanda Kong, MD
  • Alicia Terando, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Kevin Hughes, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Tekoah White

  twhite@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Breast Fellows Education Committee

  Co-Chairs

  • Susan K. Boolbol, MD
  • Eric Manahan, MD

  Vice-Chair

  • Kristalyn Gallagher, DO

  Members

  • Jaime Alberty, MD
  • Farin Amersi, MD
  • Vivan Bea, MD
  • Richard Gilmore, MD
  • Brigid Killelea, MD
  • Andrea Madrigrano, MD
  • Jodi Oostra, MD
  • Catherine Parker, MD
  • Helen Pass, MD
  • Mita Patel, MD
  • Rakhshanda Layeequr Rahman, MD
  • Aeisha Rivers, MD
  • Molly Sebastian, MD
  • Alicia Terando, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Kevin Hughes, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Tekoah White

  twhite@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Breast Fellows Working Group

  Co-Chairs

  • Susan K. Boolbol, MD
  • Eric Manahan, MD

  Vice-Chair

  • Kristalyn Gallagher, DO

  Members

  • Shlermine Everidge, MD
  • Jennifer Fieber, MD, MPH
  • Mai Gandhi, MD
  • Elizabeth Jeffers, MD
  • Colleen Kerrigan, MD
  • Raulee Morello, MD
  • Vaishali Purohit, MD
  • Ashlea Semmens, MD
  • Austin Williams, DO
  • Ashley Woodfin, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Kevin Hughes, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Tekoah White

  twhite@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Breast Imaging Technologies Certification and Accreditation Committee

  Chair

  • Souzan El-Eid, MD

  Members

  • Beth Boyd, RN
  • Michele Carpenter, MD
  • Kimberley Clark-Paul, MD
  • Michael Farrell, MD
  • Maria Kowzun, MD
  • Rebecca Kwait, MD
  • Tim McKee, MD
  • Linda Myers, MD
  • Brynn Wolff, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Terry Sarantou, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Maribeth Girard

  mgirard@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Breast Imaging Technologies Reviewers - Stereotactic

  Members

  • Beth Boyd, RN
  • Kimberley Clark-Paul, MD
  • Monica DaSilva, MD
  • Souzan El-Eid, MD
  • Michael Farrell, MD
  • Richard E. Fine, MD
  • Scott Karlan, MD
  • Maria Kowzun, MD
  • Sharla Gayle Patterson, MD
  • Howard C. Snider, MD
  • Angela Soto-Hamlin, MD
  • Dariush Vaziri, MD
  • Victor J. Zannis, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Terry Sarantou, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Maribeth Girard

  mgirard@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Breast Imaging Technologies Reviewers - Ultrasound

  Members

  • Michele Carpenter, MD
  • Monica DaSilva, MD
  • Thomas Eisenhauer, MD
  • Souzan El-Eid, MD
  • Firas G. Eladoumikdachi, MD
  • Michael Farrell, MD
  • Linsey Gold, DO
  • Scott R. Karlan, MD
  • Maria Kowzun, MD
  • Rebecca Kwait, MD
  • Tim McKee, MD
  • Linda Myers, MD
  • Sharla Gayle Patterson, MD
  • Angela Soto-Hamlin, MD
  • Rashmi Vaidya, MD
  • Dariush Vaziri, MD
  • Brynn Wolff, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Terry Sarantou, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Maribeth Girard

  mgirard@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Breastics24 Working Group

  Co-Chairs

  • Abhishek Chatterjee, MD, MBA
  • Shawna C. Willey, MD

  Members

  • Rosalinda Alvarado, MD
  • Ted James, MD
  • Eve Klenotic, DO
  • Juliann Reiland, MD
  • Stephanie Valente, DO

  Staff Liaison

  Christina Lucara

  clucara@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Bylaws Committee

  Co-Chairs

  • Hiram S. Cody, III, MD
  • Victor J. Zannis, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Eric Manahan, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Laura Randel

  lrandel@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• CME Committee

  Chair

  • Sarah McLaughlin, MD

  Members

  • Joseph Contino, MD
  • Lynn Dengel, MD
  • Jillian Lloyd, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Kevin Hughes, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Tekoah White

  twhite@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Coding and Reimbursement Advisory Group

  Chair

  • Richard E. Fine, MD
    GSCRC Representative

  Members

  • Costanza Cocilovo, MD
  • William Dooley, MD
  • Mark A. Gittleman, MD
  • Linda K. Han, MD
  • Anne Kobbermann, MD
  • Terry Sarantou, MD
  • Walton A. Taylor, MD
    RUC Representative
  • John Turner, MD
  • Courtney Vito, MD
  • Amanda J. Wheeler, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Sharon Grutman

  sgrutman@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Communications Committee

  Chair

  • Carla Fisher, MD, MBA

  Members

  • Sarah Blair, MD
    Publications Committee Chair
  • Tulin Cil, MD
  • Katherina Zabicki Calvillo, MD
  • Aislinn Vaughan, MD
    Membership Committee Chair
  • Shawna C. Willey, MD
    Interim Corporate Relations Chair

  Staff Liaison

  Sharon Grutman

  sgrutman@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Corporate Relations Committee

  Chair

  • Shawna C. Willey, MD
    Interim Chair

  Members

  • J. Jaime Alberty-Oller, MD
  • Steven Cai, MD
  • Lisa D. Curcio, MD
  • James W. Jakub, MD
  • Nimmi S. Kapoor, MD
  • Nancy J. Taft, MD
  • David C. Weintritt, MD
  • Jennifer Tseng, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Nathalie Johnson, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Marti Boyer

  mboyer@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Ethics Committee

  Chair

  • Toan Nguyen, MD

  Vice-Chair

  • Paige Teller, MD

  Members

  • Lisa Allen, MD
  • Emily Bellavance, MD
  • Katherina Zabicki Calvillo, MD
  • Tina Hieken, MD
  • David Kaufman, MD
  • Cindy Matsen, MD
  • Puneet Singh, MD
  • Sarah Tevis, MD
  • Jennifer Tseng, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Nathalie Johnson, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Laura Randel

  lrandel@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Finance Committee

  Chair

  • Eric Manahan, MD
    Secretary/Treasurer

  Members

  • Susan K. Boolbol, MD
    President-Elect
  • Jill Dietz, MD
    Chairman of the Board
  • Nathalie Johnson, MD
    President
  • Julie Margenthaler, MD
    Immediate Past President
  • Shawna Willey, MD
    Interim Corporate Relations Chair

  
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• Genetics Committee

  Chair

  • Molly L. Sebastian, MD

  Members

  • Sussan Bays, MD
  • Edward J. Clifford, MD
  • David Euhus, MD
  • Dana Holwitt, MD
  • Kevin Hughes, MD
  • Anita Johnson, MD
  • Jennifer Plichta, MD
  • Linda A. Smith, MD
  • Walton A. Taylor, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Toan Nguyen, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Maribeth Girard

  mgirard@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Health Equity Advisory Group

  Chair

  • Jane E. Méndez, MD

  Members

  • Astrid Botty Van den Bruele, MD
  • Daniela Coco, MD
  • Angelena Crown, MD
  • Emil Fernando, MD
  • Gary Ko, MD
  • Shawn McKinney, MD
  • Aye Moe Thu Ma, MD
  • Tanya Mosely, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Regina Hampton, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Laura Randel

  lrandel@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• International Relations Committee

  Chair

  • Jane E. Méndez, MD

  Members

  • Mohamed Al-Bashir, MD
  • Ameer Gomberawalla, MD
  • Abida Sattar, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Mara Lang

  mlang@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Lymphatic Surgery Working Group

  Chair

  • Sheldon Feldman, MD

  Members

  • Francesco Boccardo, MD
  • Jill Dietz, MD
  • Risal Djohan, MD
  • Ameer Gomberawalla, MD
  • Dennis Holmes, MD
  • V. Suzanne Klimberg, MD
  • Maureen McEvoy, MD
  • Mark Smith, MD
  • Paul Thiruchelvam, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Toan Nguyen, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Christina Lucara

  clucara@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Legislative Committee

  Chair

  • David Brenin, MD

  Members

  • Steven L. Chen, MD
  • Costanza Cocilovo, MD
  • Rachel Greenup, MD
  • Scott Kurtzman, MD
  • Sharon Lum, MD
  • Roshni Rao, MD
    Patient Safety and Quality Committee Chair
  • Barry Roseman, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Sharon Grutman

  sgrutman@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Mastery Working Group

  Co-Chairs

  • Linda A. Smith, MD
  • Kathryn A. Wagner, MD

  Members

  • Eric A. Brown, MD
  • Firas G. Eladoumikdachi, MD
  • Negar Golesorkhi, MD
    Patient Safety and Quality Committee Representative
  • Regina Hampton, MD
  • Jason P. Wilson, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Terry Sarantou, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Sharon Grutman

  sgrutman@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Membership Committee

  Chair

  • Aislinn Vaughan, MD

  Members

  • Eli Avisar, MD
  • Gayle DiLalla, MD
  • Elizabeth Feldman, MD
  • Susan Hoover, MD
  • Elizabeth Horowitz, PA, MPH
  • Jennifer Lehman, MD
  • Jane E. Méndez, MD
    International Relations Committee Chair
  • David Mullins, MD
  • Hong Yoon Plurad, MD
  • Arlene Ricardo, MD
  • Ranjna Sharma, MD
  • Sonia Sugg, MD
  • Kristine Widders, MD
  • Kay Yoon-Flannery, DO, MPH

  Board Liaison

  • Ronda Henry-Tillman, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Mara Lang

  mlang@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Member Engagement Committee

  Chair

  • Anjali Thawani, MD

  Members

  • Rebecca Alleyne, MD
  • Miral Amin, MD
  • Akiko Chiba, MD
  • Lillian Erdahl, MD
    Ex-Officio
  • Kristalyn Gallagher, MD
  • Howard Karpoff, MD
  • Cindy Matsen, MD
  • Brittany Murphy, MD
  • Toan Nguyen, MD
  • Dianne Seo, DO
  • Sandra Tomlinson-Hansen, MD
  • Stephanie Valente, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Ronda Henry-Tillman, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Joe Schlosnagle

  jschlosnagle@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Nominating Committee

  Members

  • Jill Dietz, MD
    Past President, Chairman of the Board
  • Nathalie Johnson, MD
    President
  • Julie Margenthaler, MD
    Immediate Past President
  • Walton Taylor, MD
    Past President

  
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• Oncoplastic Surgery Committee

  Chair

  • Juliann Reiland, MD

  Vice-Chair

  • Abhishek Chatterjee, MD, MBA

  Members

  • Michele Carpenter, MD
  • Jennifer Gass, MD
  • Katherine Kopkash, MD
  • Lashan Peiris, MBBS, BSc, FRCS (Lon)
  • Anne Peled, MD
  • Sarah Persing, MD
  • Jessica Ryan, MD
  • William Scarlett, DO
  • Ekaterini Tsiapali, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Toan Nguyen, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Christina Lucara

  clucara@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Online Video Library

  Chair

  • Courtney Vito, MD

  Members

  • Abhishek Chatterjee, MD, MBA
  • Stephen Grobmyer, MD
  • Janie Grumley, MD
  • Emily Ho, MD
  • Kaitlyn Kennard, MD
  • Katrina Mitchell, MD
  • Catherine Pesce, MD
  • Juliann Reiland, MD
  • Michael Sabel, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Kevin Hughes, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Paul Bunn

  pbunn@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Patient Safety and Quality Committee

  Chair

  • Barbara A. Wexelman, MD, MBA

  Members

  • Andrea Abbott, MD
  • Steven L. Chen, MD, MBA
  • Wendy Cornett, MD
  • Solange Cox, MD
  • Lola Fayanju, MD
  • Negar Golesorkhi, MD
  • Janie Grumley, MD
  • Kandace Ludwig, MD
  • Debra Pratt, MD
  • Ayemoe Thu Ma, MD
  • Barry Rosen, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Terry Sarantou, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Sharon Grutman

  sgrutman@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Practice Advocacy Committee

  Chair

  • Alyssa Throckmorton, MD

  Members

  • Ava Armani, MD
  • Katherina Zabicki Calvillo, MD
  • Lillian Erdahl, MD
  • Ted James, MD
  • Shawn McKinney, MD
  • Heidi Memmel, MD
  • Joseph Rosen, MD
  • Terry Sarantou, MD
  • April Spencer, MD
  • Katherine Yao, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Sharon Grutman

  sgrutman@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Publications Committee

  Chair

  • Sarah Blair, MD

  Vice-Chair

  • Mediget Teshome, MD

  Members

  • Zahraa Al-Hilli, MD
  • Eli Avisar, MD
  • Diana Caragacianu, MD
  • Chandler Cortina, MD
  • David Danforth, MD
  • Emilia Diego, MD
  • Oluwadamilola Fayanju, MD
  • Tina Hieken, MD
    Ethics Liaison
  • Marissa Howard-McNatt, MD
  • Kari Kansal, MD
  • Laura Kruper, MD
  • Meeghan Lautner, MD, MSc
  • Melissa Lazar, MD
  • Daniel Leff, FRCS, MS (Hons), PhD
  • Holly Mason, MD
  • Leslie Montgomery, MD
  • Lauren Postlewait, MD
  • May Lynn Quan, MD
  • Candace Sauder, MD
  • Miraj Shah-Khan, MD
  • Puneet Singh, MD
  • Jennifer Steiman, MD
  • Preeti Subhedar, MD
  • Julia Tchou, MD
  • Paul Thiruchelvam, MD
  • Kimberly Van Zee, MD
  • Anna Weiss, MD
  • Richard White, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Terry Sarantou, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Laura Randel

  lrandel@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Question of the Week Committee

  Chair

  • Sara Javid, MD

  Members

  • Fatih Aydogan, MD
  • Christa Balanoff, MD
  • Melissa Camp, MD
  • Claire Edwards, MD
  • Mehra Golshan, MD
    Ex-Officio
  • Mary Leganza, MD
  • Faina Nakhlis, MD
  • Jennifer Plichta, MD
  • Candice Sauder, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Kevin Hughes, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Tekoah White

  twhite@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Research Committee

  Chair

  • Ingrid Lizarraga, MD

  Members

  • Zahraa Al-Hilli, MD
  • Amanda Amin, MD
  • Judy Boughey, MD
  • Shelley Hwang, MD
  • Ted James, MD
  • Ismail Jatoi, MD
  • Marios Konstantinos Tasoulis, MD, PhD
  • Swati Kulkarni, MD
  • Megan Miller, MD
  • Heather Neuman, MD
  • Roshni Rao, MD
  • Shayna Showalter, MD
  • Linda A. Smith, MD
  • Sarah Tevis, MD
    Ethics Liaison
  • Lee Wilke, MD
    Ex-Officio

  Board Liaison

  • Terry Sarantou, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Laura Randel

  lrandel@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Selected Readings in Breast Surgery Committee

  Co-Chairs

  • Kathie-Ann Joseph, MD
  • John Bumberry, MD

  Members

  • Cletus Arciero, MD
  • Jennifer Baker, MD
  • Dortha Chu, MD, PhD
  • Suzanne Coopey, MD
  • Chandler Cortina, MD
  • Betty Fan, MD
  • Helen Johnson, MD
  • Nimmi Kapoor, MD
  • John Kiluk, MD
  • Amanda Kong, MD
  • Kelsey Larson, MD
  • Melanie Lynch, MD
  • Jane E. Méndez, MD
  • Colleen Murphy, MD
  • April Phantana-Angkool, MD
  • Chantal Reyna, MD
  • Theresa Schwartz, MD
  • Joseph Weber, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Kevin Hughes, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Tekoah White

  twhite@breastsurgeons.org

  
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• Young Surgeons Working Group

  Chair

  • Carinne Anderson, MD

  Members

  • Susan K. Boolbol, MD
  • Jill Dietz, MD
  • Betty Fan, DO
  • Ann-Kristin Friedrich, MD
  • Jessica Gooch, MD
  • Lerna Ozcan, MD
  • Ashley Marumoto, MD
  • Arsalan Salamat, MD
  • Susie Sun, MD

  Board Liaison

  • Ronda Henry-Tillman, MD

  Staff Liaison

  Mara Lang

  mlang@breastsurgeons.org

  
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