AAMP Committee Assignments

Dr. Joseph DiFazio
2025-2026 President

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Auditing  
Joshua Vess (Chair) joshua.a.vess.mil@health.mil; drjoshuavess@gmail.com
Edgar Davila drcdavila@tampasmiles.net
Thomas Salinas salinas.thomas@mayo.edu
James Kelly jimkelly@creighton.edu
Sujey Morgan sujey.morgan@bmc.org
Villa Guillory (Consultant) prosdoc00@me.com
   
Awards  
JR Wilson (Chair) wwilsonjr@mac.com
Alvin Wee alvingwee@gmail.com
Theresa Hofstede thofstede@mdanderson.org
James Kelly jimkelly@creighton.edu
   
By-Laws  
Sarah Lee (Chair) Lee.Sarah1@mayo.edu
James Piper jmpii@gmail.com
Joe Huryn hurynj@MSKCC.ORG
Kirstin McCarville kmccarv@gmail.com
Cindy B Nichols cindybnichols@gmail.com
Pam Lloren pamelalloren@gmail.com
Rishabh Acharya Rishabh.Acharya@ucsf.edu
Ashley Hauger ashleyhauger@creighton.edu
Cynthia Udeh cynthiaudehdds@gmail.com
Tom Salinas (Consultant) salinas.thomas@mayo.edu
   
Corporate Liaison  
Richard Cardoso (Chair) rcardoso@mdanderson.org
Joy Wang  joy.wang1126@gmail.com
Akanksha Srivistava akanksha@uic.edu
Dima Ghunaim dghunaim@uic.edu
Laleh Abdolazadeh DrAbdolazadeh@gmail.com
Steven Handel steven.e.handel@gmail.com
Rafiullah Bashiri dr.rafi.bashiri@gmail.com
Peter Gerngross (Consultant) pjgerngross@mac.com
   
e-Communications  
Ruth Aponte-Wesson (Chair) ruchi@bellsouth.net
Kamolphob Phasuk kamolphobphasuk@gmail.com
Ashley Hauger ashleyhauger@creighton.edu
Akanksha Srivastava akanksha@uic.edu
Eszter Somogyi-Ganss e.s.ganss@utoronto.ca
Stella Stavrou stella.c.stavrou@gmail.com
Richard Cardoso rcardoso@mdanderson.org
Kalie McCulloch kaliem23@gmail.com
James Kelly (Consultant) jimkelly@creighton.edu
   
Educational Standards  
Amanda Colebeck (Chair) amanda.colebeck@gmail.com
Josh Vess (Air Force)  
Laleh Abdolazadeh  (Navy) DrAbdolazadeh@gmail.com
Michael Andersen (Navy) michaelroyandersen@gmail.com
Ruth Aponte-Wesson (MD Anderson) ruchi@bellsouth.net
Brian Chang (U Penn) chang9298@gmail.com
Jay Jayanetti (UCLA) jayanetti@ucla.edu
Kenneth Kronstadt (MSKCC) kentistdmd@gmail.com
John Levon (Indiana) jlevon@iu.edu
Olivia Muller (Mayo) muller.olivia@mayo.edu
Michael Kase (UAB) mkase@uab.edu
Nupur Patel (U Penn) nupur.patel@yahoo.in
Joseph Randazzo (MSKCC) randazj1@mskcc.org
   
Ethics and Medico-Legal Committee  
Michael Kase (Chair) mkase@uab.edu
Kenneth Kronstadt kentistdmd@gmail.com
Tanya Somohano-Marquez tanya.somohanomarquez@stonybrookmedicine.edu
Angela Wong angela.wong@bccancer.bc.ca
Mark George mag@markgeorgedds.com
Alex Won AMWon@mdanderson.org
Sudarat Kiat-Amnuay (Consultant) sudarat.kiat-amnuay@uth.tmc.edu
   
Federal Services Commitee  
Laleh Abdolazadeh (Chair) DrAbdolazadeh@gmail.com
Joy Wang (VA) joy.wang1126@gmail.com
Steven Handel steven.e.handel@gmail.com
Jee Kim jee.y.kim4.mil@mail.mil
Hannah Colburn hannahcolburn@gmail.com
Sara Cushen sec285@gmail.com
Joshua Vess joshua.a.vess.mil@health.mil; drjoshuavess@gmail.com
Kelley Tomsett (Consultant) drkelley@flash.net; ktomsett@gmail.com
   
Fellowship Committee  
Liv Muller (Chair)  muller.olivia@mayo.edu
Pandora Lee (Vice Chair) pkwdmd@gmail.com
Laleh Abdolazadeh DrAbdolazadeh@gmail.com
Sarah Lee Lee.Sarah1@mayo.edu
Adegbenga Otun aootun@mdanderson.org
Joy Wang joy.wang1126@gmail.com
Mike Kase  mkase@uab.edu
Jeffery Rubenstein  jeffrey_rubenstein@yahoo.com
James Kelly (Consultant) jimkelly@creighton.edu
   
Historical and Archives Committee  
Steve Wagner (Chair)  bigjawbone@mac.com
Sasha Valentin svpierluissi6@gmail.com
Henry Wu wudentaloffice@yahoo.com
Paul David (Consultant) paul134@cox.net
   
Insurance and Oral Health Committee  
Arthur Bigsby (Chair) bigsbydds@gmail.com
Michelle Ruse ruse.michelle@gmail.com
Stella Stavrou stella.c.stavrou@gmail.com
Aaron Bellis abellis84@gmail.com
Harrison Spatz hspatzdmd@gmail.com
Craig Hughes hugheslabworks@gmail.com
Stephanie Park hyunpark11@gmail.com
Ted Tso tedtso88@gmail.com
Nadine Mirza losmirzas@gmail.com
Betsy Davis (Consultant) davisdkb@icloud.com
   
International Relations Committee  
Sudarat Kiat-Amnuay (Chair)  sudarat.kiat-amnuay@uth.tmc.edu
Edgar Davilla drcdavila@tampasmiles.net
Eszter Somogyi-Ganss e.s.ganss@utoronto.ca
Tanya Somohano-Marquez tanya.somohanomarquez@stonybrookmedicine.edu
Harry Reintsema h.reintsema@umcg.nl
Rafiullah Bashiri dr.rafi.bashiri@gmail.com
Yuka Sumita sumita@tky.ndu.ac.jp
Christine Wallace christine.wallace@health.nsw.gov.au
Hassan Abed abedhm@yahoo.com
Chris Butterworth c.butterworth@liv.ac.uk
Ahmad Majeed Saidan ahmed.saidan@gmail.com
Gurkaran Singh gurkaranpreetsingh@gmail.com
Vinita Ved vinitapved@gmail.com
James Kelly jimkelly@creighton.edu
Social Media  
Harrison Spatz (Chair) hspatz13@gmail.com
Sarah Lee sarahleedds@gmail.com
Diana Pham pham.diana.m@gmail.com
Nimish Oberoi dr.nimishoberoi1@gmail.com
Nupur Patel nupur.patel@yahoo.in
Tintu Chandy sara18chandy@gmail.com
Stella Stavrou stella.c.stavrou@gmail.com
Stephany Ferreria stephanyferreira3@gmail.com
Azadeh Afshari aafshari@wustl.edu
Zeina Al-Shaili dr.zeina@gmail.com
Suresh Nayar (Conultant) suresh.nayar@gmail.com
Anna Seydel (Consultant) seydela95@gmail.com
   
Website  
Eszter Somogyi-Ganss (Chair) e.s.ganss@utoronto.ca
Olivia Muller muller.olivia@mayo.edu
Michael Kase mkase@uabmc.edu
Pattii Montgomery pmontgo13@mac.com
Akanksha Srivastava akanksha@uic.edu
Sarah Lee Lee.Sarah1@mayo.edu
Kenneth Kronstadt kentistdmd@gmail.com
Nimish Oberoi dr.nimishoberoi1@gmail.com
Lydia Legg lleggmfp@gmail.com
Ketu Lincoln toddketu@yahoo.com
Rafi Bashiri dr.rafi.bashiri@gmail.com
Gabby Zimmer gabrielazimmer.dds@gmail.com
Harrison Spatz hspatzdmd@gmail.com
Nupur Patel nupur.patel@yahoo.in
Nicole Bengtsson (consultant) nicole@res-inc.com
Christine Wyatt (consultant) Chris@tocmedia.com
   
Investment  
Mark Chambers  (Chair)  mchamber@mdanderson.org
Joe DiFazio jdifazio@gmail.com
Michael Kase mkase@uabmc.edu
Tom Salinas  salinas.thomas@mayo.edu
Sujey Morgan Sujey.Morgan@bmc.org
James Kelly (Consultant) jimkelly@creighton.edu
   
Public and Professional Relations Committee  
Candice Zemnick (Chair)  czemnick@aol.com
David Reisberg  dreisber@uic.edu
Alan Sutton sutton2265@gmail.com
Joy Wang joy.wang1126@gmail.com
Soo Jeong jeongs2@uthscsa.edu
Nicole Bengtsson (Consultant) nicole@res-inc.com
James Kelly (Consultant)  jimkelly@creighton.edu
   
Memorial  
Candice Zemnick (Chair)  czemnick@aol.com
Stephen Wagner bigjawbone@mac.com
David Reisberg Consultant dreisber@uic.edu
   
Nominating  
JR Wilson  (Immediate Past President) wwilsonjr@mac.com
Suresh Nayar (President elect) suresh.nayar@gmail.com
James Kelly (EST) jimkelly@creighton.edu
Akanksha Srivastava (BOD) akanksha@uic.edu
Lelah Abdolazadeh (Member) drabdolazadeh@gmail.com
   
Poster Competition  
Tanya Somohano-Marquez (Chair)  tanya.somohanomarquez@stonybrookmedicine.edu
Eszter Somogyi-Ganss e.s.ganss@dentistry.utoronto.ca
Sarah Lee Lee.Sarah1@mayo.edu
Azadeh Afshari azafsharidds@gmail.com
Michael Kase mkase@uabmc.edu
Dima Ghunaim dghunaim@uic.edu
Kyle Gazdeck kylegazdeck@gmail.com
Lauren Bolding lauren.bolding@gmail.com
PoHsu Chen  pohsu@uab.edu
Himanshi Aggarwal drhimanshi84@uab.edu
Joe Huryn Consultant hurynj@mskcc.org
Strategic Alliances  
Suresh Nayar (Chair)  svnayar@gmail.com
Nathalie Vosselman n.vosselman@umcg.nl
Gurkaran Singh gurkaranpreetsingh@gmail.com
David Reisberg dreisber@uic.edu
Edgar Davila drcdavila@tampasmiles.net
Chrstine Wallace Christine.wallace@health.nsw.gov.au
Peter Gerngross (Consultant)  pjgerngross@mac.com
   
Student Membership  
Olivia Muller   (Chair)  muller.olivia@mayo.edu
Amanda Colebeck amanda.colebeck@gmail.com
Steven Handel steven.e.handel@gamil.com
Tanya Somohano-Marquez tanya.somohanomarquez@stonybrookmedicine.edu
Michael Kase mkase@uabmc.edu
Jay Jayanetti jjayanetti@ucla.edu
Alex Won AMWon@mdanderson.org
Sarah Lee Sarah.Lee1@mayo.edu
Akanksha Srivastava akanksha@uic.edu
Pandora Lee pkwdmd@gmail.com
James Kelly (Consultant)  jimkelly@creighton.edu
   
Subspecialty Recognition Committee  
Amanda Colebeck (Chair) amanda.colebeck@gmail.com
Akanksha Srivistava akanksha@uic.edu
Michelle Ruse  ruse.michelle@gmail.com
Sarah Lee Lee.Sarah1@mayo.edu
Gerald Grant makesfaces@me.com
Tom Salinas salinas.thomas@mayo.edu
Robert Taft robtaft1@me.com
Theresa Hofstede thofstede@mdanderson.org
Alvin Wee  alvingwee@gmail.com
Jim Kelly jimkelly@creighton.edu
Larry Brecht lebrecht@nycpros.com
Michael Andersen michaelroyandersen@gmail.com
Betsy Davis (Consultant) davisdkb@icloud.com
   
Time and Place  
James Kelly  (Chair - EST) jimkelly@creighton.edu
Sujey Morgan  sujey.morgan@bmc.org
Alvin Wee alvingwee@gmail.com
Theresa Hofstede thofstede@mdanderson.org
Joseph Difazio jdifazio@gmail.com
William Wilson, Jr.  wwilsonjr@mac.com
Nicole Begtsson (Consultant)  nicole@res-inc.com
Kirsten  (Consultant)  kirsten@res-inc.com
   
Silent Auction  
Eszter Somogyi-Ganss (Chair) e.s.ganss@utoronto.ca
Amanda Colebeck amanda.colebeck@gmail.com
Azadeh Afshari azafsharidds@gmail.com
Lauren Bolding lauren.bolding@gmail.com
David Reisberg dreisber@uic.edu
Joy Wang joy.wang1126@gmail.com
Akanksha Srivastava akanksha@uic.edu
Christine Wallace Christine.Wallace@health.nsw.gov.au
Harrison Spatz hspatzdmd@gmail.com
Peter Gerngross pjgerngross@mac.com
Pattii Montgomery pmontgo13@mac.com
Michael Andersen michaelroyandersen@gmail.com
Richard Cardoso  rcardoso@mdanderson.org
Arun Sharma Arun.Sharma@ucsf.edu
Kristen Eguren keegur01@louisville.edu
Sujey Morgan (Consultant)  sujey.morgan@bmc.org
   
Program Committee  
Ruth Aponte-Wesson (Chair) ruchi@bellsouth.net
Mark Hutten a2thdoctor@comcast.net
James Kelly jimkelly@creighton.edu
Sujey Morgan sujey.morgan@bmc.org
Peter Gerngross and Robert Taft (Consultants) pjgerngross@mac.com
Suresh Nayar (Consultant) svnayar@gmail.com
   
Virtual Webinar  
Edgar Davilla  (Chair) drcdavila@tampasmiles.net
Dima Ghunaim  dghunaim@uic.edu
Azadeh Afshari azafsharidds@gmail.com
Nadine Mirza losmirzas@gmail.com
Pandora Lee pkwdmd@gmail.com
Theresa Hofstede    (Consultant)  thofstede@mdanderson.org