Board of Directors
Neil Weissman, MD, FASE
Chair (term expires December 31, 2027) MedStar Health, Annapolis, MD
Cynthia Taub, MD, MBA, FASE
Vice Chair (term expires June 30, 2025) SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Akhil Narang, MD, FASE
Treasurer (term expires June 30, 2027) Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL
Nausheen Akhter, MD, FASE
Member at Large (term expires December 31, 2025) Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL
Merri Bremer, EdD, RN, ACS, RDCS, FASE
Member at Large (term expires June 2025) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Keith Collins, MS, RDCS, FASE
Member at Large (term expires December 31, 2025) Northwestern University of Rush Oak Park Hospital, Chicago, IL
Jonathan Lindner, MD, FASE
Member at Large (term expires June 30, 2025) University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Bharatbhushan Patel, RDCS, RDMS, RVS, FASE
Member at Large (term expires December 31, 2025) Rutgers Medical Research, New Brunswick, NJ
Qiong “Joan” Zhao, MD, PhD, FASE
Member at Large (term expires December 31, 2025) Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Health System, Fairfax, VA
Annual Appeal Committee
Gloria Ayuba, DO, FASE
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Southlake, TX
Timothy Barry, MBBCh, BAO
Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ
Judith Becker, MD
Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX
Brittany Byrd, RDCS (AE, FE, PE), FASE
Raleigh, NC
Courtney Cassidy, RDCS, FASE
Children’s Hospital Colorado, Denver, CO
Ebere Chukwu, MD
Baylor Scott & White Health, Temple, TX
Mary Corretti, MD, FASE
Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Holly Diglio, RCS, FASE
Atlantic Health System – Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
Jens Eichhorn, MD, PhD, FASE
Carolinas Healthcare System, Charlotte, NC
Cody Frye, BA, RDCS, FASE – Co-Chair
Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute – Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC
Kristie Jo Johnson, ACS, RDCS, RRT, RCP, FASE
Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
Noreen Kelly, MD, MBA, FASE
Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, Charlotte, NC
Megan Krajewski, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brookline, MA
Jennifer Liu, MD, FASE
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Bharat Marwaha, MD, FASE
Adena Health System, Chillicothe, OH
Ivory Mejia, RDCS
Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange, GA
Purvi Parwani, MD
Loma Linda University Medical Center, Redlands, CA
Shivani Patel, MBBS, MS, FASE
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Brian Soriano, MD, FASE
Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA
Betul Yilmaz, MD, FASE
Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX