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BCMS BOARD
OF DIRECTORS

ELECTED OFFICERS BCMS SENIOR STAFF
John Shepherd, MD, President Melody Newsom, CEO/Executive Director
Lyssa Ochoa, MD, Vice President Brissa Vela, Chief Membership & Development Officer
Jennifer R. Rushton, MD, President-Elect Yvonne Nino, Controller
Lubna Naeem, MD, Treasurer Betty Fernandez, BCVI Director of Operations
Lauren Tarbox, MD, Secretary Phil Hornbeak, Auto Program Director
Ezequiel “Zeke” Silva, III, MD, Immediate Past President Al Ortiz, Chief Information Officer
Jacob Hernandez, Advocacy and Public Health Specialist
DIRECTORS
Woodson “Scott” Jones, Member PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
John Lim, MD, Member Jennifer C. Seger MD, Chair
Sumeru “Sam” G. Mehta, MD, Member Timothy C. Hlavinka, MD, Member
M. “Hamed” Reza Mizani, MD, Member John Robert Holcomb, MD, Member
Priti Mody-Bailey, MD, Member Soma S. S. Jyothula, MD, Member
Dan Powell, MD, Member George-Thomas Martin Pugh, MD, Member
Saqib Z. Syed, MD, Member Adam Ratner, MD, Member
Nancy Vacca, MD, Member John Joseph Seidenfeld, MD, Member
Col Joseph J. Hudak, MD, MMAS, Military Representative Amith Skandhan, MD, Member
Jayesh Shah, MD, TMA Board of Trustees Representative Francis Vu Tran, MD, Member
John Pham, DO, UIW Medical School Representative Subhashini Valavalkar, MD, Member
Robert Leverence, MD, UT Health Medical School Representative Louis Doucette, Consultant
Cynthia Cantu, DO, UT Health Medical School Representative Brissa Vela, Staff Liaison
Lori Kels, MD, UIW Medical School Representative Gabriella Bradberry, Staff Liaison
Ronald Rodriguez, MD, UT Health Medical School Representative Trisha Doucette, Editor
Alice Gong, MD, Board of Ethics Representative Ayomide Akinsooto, Student
Melody Newsom, BCMS CEO/Executive Director Elizabeth Allen, Volunteer
George F. “Rick” Evans, Jr., General Counsel Rita Espinoza, DrPH, Volunteer
Ramaswamy Sharma, MS, PhD, Volunteer

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