Board of Directors

PRESIDENT
Jennifer R. Rushton, MD
Pathology

VICE PRESIDENT
Lauren Tarbox, MD
Internal Medicine
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Lubna Naeem, MD
Internal Medicine
TREASURER
Dan Powell, MD
Family Medicine
SECRETARY
Lyssa Ochoa, MD
Vascular Surgery
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
John Shepherd, MD
Anesthesiology
Heather Aguirre, DO
Family Medicine
1st Term 2026-2028
Alexander Arena, MD
Emergency Medicine
1st Term 2025-2027
Woodson "Scott" Jones, MD
General Pediatrics
1st Term 2024-2026
John Lim, MD
Internal Medicine
1st Term 2025-2027
Sumeru “Sam” G. Mehta, MD
Emergency Medicine
2nd Term 2026-2028
M. "Hamed" Reza Mizani, MD
Nephrology
1st Term 2024-2026
Priti Mody-Bailey, MD
Family Medicine
2nd Term
2026-2028
Saqib Z. Syed, MD
Family Medicine
1st Term 2025-2027
Nancy Vacca, MD
Family Medicine
1st Term 2024-2026
MILITARY REP.
LTC Luis Oscar Rohena, MD, PhD
Genetics, Pediatrics
VETERANS AFFAIRS REP.
Heather Yun, MD
Infectious Diseases
TMA PRESIDENT
Jayesh B. Shah, MD
Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine
UIW MED SCHOOL REP.
John Pham, DO
Family Medicine
UT HEATH MED SCHOOL REP
Robert Leverence, MD
Internal Medicine
UT HEALTH MED SCHOOL REP
Cynthia Cantu, DO
Internal Medicine
UIW MED SCHOOL REP
Lori Kels, MD
Psychiatry
UT HEATH MED SCHOOL REP
Ronald Rodriguez, MD
Urology
ALLIANCE REP.
To be announced
Alliance President
BOARD OF ETHICS REP
Leticia Vargas, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology
BOARD OF ETHICS CHAIR
Manuel Quinones, Jr., MD
Family Medicine
BCMS CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Melody Newsom
LEGAL COUNSEL
George F. "Rick" Evans, Jr.