Women in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
(WICTA)

Composition of WICTA

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

WICTA Executive Board 2023 - 2025

Chair

Abimbola (Bola) Faloye
MD, FASE, FASA

Emory University School of Medicine

Chair-Elect

Emily Methangkool
MD, MPH

UCLA

Communications Liaison

Chandrika Garner
MD, FASE

Wake Forest Health Systems

Member Engagement & Networking Liaison

Agnieszka Trzcinka
MD, FASE

Tufts Medical Center

Professional Development

Kiran Belani
MD, FASE

Northwestern

Research Liaison

Nadia Hensley
MD

Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine

Scholarship & Awards Liaison

Melinda Eshelman
MD

University of Kentucky

Social Media Liaison

Shanna Sykes Hill
MD

Weill Cornell Medicine

Website Liaison

Seema Deshpande
MBBS

University of Maryland

WICTA Members-at-Large

Charlene Blake, MD, PhD

University of California
San Francisco

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

Lavinia Kolarczyk

University of North Carolina

Choy Lewis

Northwestern University

Samhati Mondal

University of Maryland

Lisa Rong

Cornell University

Kelly Ural

Oschner

Raiyah Sheriffdeen

Medstar Washington DC

Julie Wyrobek, MD

University of Rochester
Medical Center

Soojie Yu, MD

Mayo Clinic Arizona

WICTA Advisory Board 2023 - 2025

Amanda Fox, MD

SCA President-Elect

Kathy Glas, MD

SCA President

Bruce Bollen, MD

Joanna Chikwe, MD

Daniel Cole, MD

Hilary Grocott, MD

Jiapeng Huang, MD

Lou Mitrev, MD

Daryl Oakes, MD

Saadia Sherwani, MD

Sasha Shillcutt, MD

Michele Sumler, MD