Composition of WICTA

WICTA is composed of the Executive Board, the Advisory Board and its members.

WICTA Executive Board 2025 - 2027

Chair

Emily Methangkool
MD, MPH

UCLA

Chair-Elect

Lavinia Kolarczyk

University of North Carolina

Communications Liaison

Chandrika Garner
MD, FASE

Wake Forest Health Systems

Research Liaison

Nadia Hensley
MD

Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine

Scholarship & Awards Liaison

Melinda Eshelman
MD

University of Kentucky

Social Media Liaison

Amy Yan

Emory

Website Liaison

Seema Deshpande
MBBS

University of Maryland

Member Engagement Liaison

Choy Lewis

Northwestern University

Social Media Liaison

Soojie Yu, MD

Mayo Clinic Arizona

Professional Development Liaison

Ragini Gupta, MD

Emory School of Medicine

Research & Writing Liaison

Serena Dasani

UT Health, Houston

Fellow/Early Career Liaison

Shelby Garcia

University of Maryland

Resident Liaison

Anna Quinlan

University of Vermont

Resident Liaison

Karla Obijo

John Hopkins University

WICTA Members-at-Large

Charlene Blake, MD, PhD

University of California
San Francisco

Kiran Belani
MD, FASE

Northwestern

Anne Cherry

Duke University

Diba Daneshrad

Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana

Susan Eagle, MD

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Maya Hastie

Columbia University

Tara Humphrey

USC Keck

Stephanie Ibekwe

Baylor College of Medicine

Samhati Mondal

University of Maryland

Lisa Rong

Cornell University

Kelly Ural

Oschner

Raiyah Sheriffdeen

Medstar Washington DC

Agnieszka Trzcinka
MD, FASE

Tufts Medical Center

Julie Wyrobek, MD

University of Rochester
Medical Center

WICTA Advisory Board 2025 - 2027

Amanda Fox, MD

SCA President

Kathy Glas, MD

SCA Immediate Past President

Bruce Bollen, MD

Joanna Chikwe, MD

Daniel Cole, MD

Bola Faloye, MD

Hilary Grocott, MD

Jiapeng Huang, MD

Lou Mitrev, MD

Daryl Oakes, MD

Saadia Sherwani, MD

Sasha Shillcutt, MD

Michele Sumler, MD