2025 Nominating Committee Report

The Nominating Committee considered all eligible candidates for the upcoming term of office. The committee recommends the following slate for consideration by the society membership. 

MSV BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Term 2025-2026/2027 

Officers (Elected for 1-year term)

President-Elect | Art Saavedra, MD
Speaker | Michele Nedelka, MD
Vice Speaker | Atul Marathe, MD

 

Officer (Elected for 3-year term)

Secretary-Treasurer Steven Lewis, MD

 

Directors (Elected for 2-year term)

District 1 Bobby Sperry, MD

District 3 Carolyn Burns, MD

District 3 Sidney Jones, MD

District 5 Gary Miller, MD

District 7 John Mason, MD

District 7 Karen Rheuban, MD

District 9 Jan Willcox, DO

Academic Peter Netland, MD

 

Directors (Elected for 1-year term)

MSV Foundation Lee Ouyang, MD

Resident Terry Henry, MD (VCU-Ophthalmology)

Medical Student Shawn Dziepak (VCOM)

 

Associate Directors (Elected for 2-year term)

District 1 Andreya Risser, MD

District 3 Joynita Nicholson, DO

District 7 Scott Just, MD

District 9 Stephen Combs, MD

Academic Joseph Johnson, DO

 

Associate Directors (Elected for 1-year term)

District 5 Jacqueline Fogarty, MD

Resident Matthew Adsit, MD (VCU-Orthopedics)

Medical Student Vignesh Senthilkumar (UVA)

Virginia Delegation to the American Medical Association Term 2025-2026

Elected for a 2-year term
Delegates

Clifford Deal, MD

Sterling Ransone, MD

Alice Coombs, MD

Bhushan Pandya, MD

Cynthia Romero, MD

 

2025-2026 NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Elected for a 1-year term

 

District 1 Sterling Ransone, MD (Chair)

District 2 Cynthia Romero, MD

District 3 Tovia Smith, MD

District 5 Pradeep Pradhan, MD

District 6 Cynda Johnson, MD

District 7 Claudette Dalton, MD

District 8 Carol Shapiro, MD

District 9 Abraham Hardee, DO

District 10 Soheila Rostami, MD

Academic Carolyn Burns, MD

AMA Advisor Clifford Deal, MD

2023-2024 Former President Advisor Alice Coombs, MD

2024-2025 Former President Advisor Joel Bundy, MD