Association Committee Members

American Thyroid Association
Committees and Task Forces 2012-2013

Awards Committee
Yaron Tomer, Chair (2010-2013)
Antonio Bianco (2011-2014)
Terry Davies (2011-2014)
Electron Kebebew (2010-2013)
Jonathan LoPresti (2010-2013)
Maisie Shindo (2010-2013)
Offie Soldin (2012-2015)
Donald St. Germain (2012-2015)
Mingzhao Xing (2012-2015)
Board Liaison: Hossein Gharib
Staff Liaison: Bobbi Smith

Bylaws Committee
Edward Merker, Chair (2010-2013)
Board Liaison: Susan Sherman
Staff Liaison: Shirlyn Barger

Clinical Affairs Committee
David Rosenthal, Chair (2011-2013)
Ernest Asamoah ( (2007-2014)
Stephanie Fish (2011-2014)
Eric Genden (2010-2013)
Melanie Goldfarb (2012-2015)
Steven Hodak (2010-2013)
Joshua Klopper (2012-2015)
W. Reid Litchfield (2010-2013)
Dennis Maceri (2011-2014)
Mira Milas (2008-2014)
Jeffery Miller (2012-2015)
Valerie Peck (2012-2015)
Liuska Pesce (2012-2015)
Edmund Pribitkin (2010-2013)
Jennifer Rosen (2009-2013)
Mona Sabra (2011-2014)
Manisha Shah (2011-2014)
David Terris (2012-2015)
Salvatore Benvenga, Corresponding
Sandra Daniela Licht, Corresponding
Board Liaison: Victor Bernet
Staff Liaison: Adonia Coates

Development Committee
Gregory Randolph, Chair
Bryan McIver (2008-2014)
Lisa Orloff (2011-2014)
Manisha Shah (2011-2014)
Steven Sherman (2008-2014)
Brendan Stack (2011-2014)
Leonard Wartofsky (2008-2014)
Lawrence Wood (2008-2014)
Board Liaison: David Sarne
Staff Liaisons: Kelly Hoff

Ethics Advisory Committee
Glenn Braunstein, Chair (2011-2013)
Peter Angelos (2011-2014)
David Cooper (2011-2014)
Cheryl Fassler (2012-2015)
Stuart Finder (2008-2013)
Marguerite Hays (2008-2013)
M. Sara Rosenthal (2009-2013)
Beatriz Tendler (2012-2015)
Board Liaison: James Fagin
Staff Liaison: Bobbi Smith

Finance and Audit Committee
David H. Sarne, Chair (2006-2013)
Kenneth Burman (2011-2014)
Megan Haymart (2012-2015)
Michael McDermott (2011-2014)
Mary Samuels (2009-2013)
Steven Sherman (2011-2014)
Stephen Spaulding (2008-2014)
Board Liaison: Gregory Randolph
Bobbi Smith, Ex Officio
Staff Liaison: Shirlyn Barger

History and Archives Committee
Woody Sistrunk, Chair (2012-2013)
Lewis Braverman (2011-2014)
Alan Dackiw (2010-2013)
Leslie deGroot (2009-2013)
Jeffrey Garber (2012-2015)
Ian Hay (2012-2015)
F. Christopher Holsinger (2010-2013)
James Magner (2006-2013)
John B. Stanbury (2004-2013)
Martin Surks (2012-2015)
Board liaison: James Hennessey
Staff Liaison: Bobbi Smith

Internet Communications Committee
Website Editorial Board
Matthew Kim, Chair (2010-2013)
Stephanie Lee (2009-2012)
Bryan McIver (2010-2013)
Leon Parks (2012-2015)
Pamela Schroeder (2008-2014)
Steven Waguespack (2007-2014)
Board Liaison: Erik Alexander
Bobbi Smith, Ex Officio
Staff Liaison: Kelly Hoff

Lab Services Committee
Stefan Grebe, Chair (2012-2013)
Kenneth Ain (2007-2014)
Thomas Giordano (2011-2014)
George Klee (2008-2014)
Josef Koehrle (2012-2015)
Jerald C. Nelson (2004-2013)
Marina Nikiforova (2011-2014)
Richard Reitz (2011-2014)
Carole Spencer (2004-2013)
Furio Pacini, Corresponding
Board Liaison: Erik Alexander
Staff Liaison: Sharleene Cano

Membership Panel
Virginia Sarapura, Chair (2007-2013)
Krystian Jazdzewski (2011-2014)
Heather Lochnan (2012-2015)
H. Lester Reed (2008-2014)
Mabel Ryder (2009-2013)
Board Liaison: Susan Sherman
Staff Liaison: Sharleene Cano

Nominating Committee
Rebecca Bahn, Chair (2011-2013)
Orlo Clark (2011-2014)
Sandra McLachlan (2012-2015)
Samuel Refetoff (2011-2014)
E. Chester Ridgway (2010-2013)
Mary Samuels (2010-2013)
Peter Singer (2011-2014)
Carole Spencer (2011-2014)
Leonard Wartofsky (2010-2013)
Board Liaison: John Morris
Staff Liaison: Bobbi Smith

Patient Education and Advocacy Committee
Editorial Board, Clinical Thyroidology for Patients
Alan Farwell, Chair and EIC (2000-2013)
Glenn Braunstein (2011-2014)
Maria Regina Castro 2011-2014)
Frank Crantz (2008-2014)
Jamshid Farahati (2008-2014)
Alina Gavrila (2010-2013)
Heather Hofflich (2011-2014)
Ronald Kuppersmith (2010-2013)
M. Sara Rosenthal (2010-2013)
Mona Sabra (2008-2014)
Wendy Sacks (2012-201)
Anna Sawka (2010-2013)
Phillip Segal (2010-2013)
Jerrold Stock (2008-2014)
Whitney Woodmansee (2008-2014)
Angela Leung, Editorial Board
Gary Bloom, ThyCa President
Board Liaison: Gerard Doherty
Staff Liaison: Sharleene Cano

Program Committee – Annual 2013
Julie Ann Sosa, Clinical Chair
Ronald Koenig, Basic Chair
Elizabeth N. Pearce, (2011-2013) past chair
Douglas Forrest, (2011-2013) past chair
Sylvia Asa (2010-2013)
Eren Berber (2010-2013)
Naifa Busaidy (2011-2014)
Anne R. Cappola (2010-2013)
Frances E. Carr (2010-2013)
Sheue-yann Cheng (2011-2014)
John A. Copland, III (2010-2013)
Douglas B. Evans (2010-2013)
Emad Kandil (2010-2013)
Brian Kim (2011-2014)
Stephen LaFranchi (2011-2014)
Robert McIntyre (2012-2015)
Yuri Nikiforov (2010-2013)
Sara I. Pai (2010-2013)
Louis Pangaro (2012-2015)
Basil Rapoport (2010-2013)
Honey Reddi (2011-2014)
Yun-Bo Shi (2011-2014)
Robert C. Smallridge (2012-2015)
Theo Visser (2011-2014)
Marilene B. Wang (2010-2013)
Wilmar Wiersinga (2011-2014)
Graham Williams (2011-2014)
Mingzhao Xing  (2009-2013)
Michael McDermott, CME Course Director
Bryan Haugen, Board Liaison
Adonia Coates, Staff liaison
Bobbi Smith, Staff liaison

Publications Committee
Anthony Hollenberg (2012-2013) Chair
Paolo Beck-Peccoz (2011-2014)
Salah Bouyoucef (2012-2015)
Sally Carty (2012-2015)
Sheue-Yann Cheng (2011-2014)
Jayne Franklyn (2011-2014)
Paul Ladenson (2010-2013)
Carmen Solorzano (2012-2015)
Brendan Stack (2010-2013)
Charles Emerson, Thyroid EIC
Peter Kopp, Thyroid EIC
Alan Farwell, CT for Patients EIC
Jerome Hershman, Clinical Thyroidology EIC
Board Liaison: James Fagin
Staff Liaison: Bobbi Smith/Sharleene Cano

Public Health Committee
Angela Leung, Chair (2012-2013)
Nishant Agrawal (2010-2013)
Anca Avram (2008-2014)
Alina Brenner (2011-2014)
Joel Ehrenkranz (2012-2015)
Stephanie Lee (2011-2014)
Harry Maxon (2011-2014)
Arthur Schneider (2008-2014)
Alex Stagnaro-Green (2011-2014)
Erich Sturgis (2012-2015)
Micahel Thomas (2012-2015)
Krishnamurthi Sundaram (2011-2014)
Jason Wexler (2008-2014)
Leonidas Duntas, Corresponding
Board Liaison: Elizabeth Pearce
Staff Liaison: Adonia Coates

Public Relations Committee
James Fagin, Co-Chair, Ex Officio
Hossein Gharib, Co-Chair, Ex Officio
Staff Liaison: Bobbi Smith

Research Committee
Christine Spitzweg, Chair (2011-2013)
Ronald Cohen (2010-2013)
Robert Ferris (2010-2013)
George Kahaly (2012-2015)
Jeffrey Knauf (2011-2014)
Mark Lakshmanan (2012-2015)
Carmelo Nucera (2012-2015)
Motoyasu Saji (2012-2015)
Mark Sawicki (2010-2013)
Rebecca Schweppe (2010-2013)
Yun Bo Shi (2010-2013)
Matthias Schott, Corresponding
Board Liaison: Sissy Jhiang
Staff Liaison: Sharleene Cano

Surgical Affairs Committee
Electron Kebebew, Co-Chair (2012-2014)
David Steward, Co-Chair (2011-2013)
Amy Chen (2011-2014)
Thomas Fahey (2012-2015)
Robert Ferris (2012-2015)
Ian Ganly (2011-2014)
Keith Heller (2011-2014)
Lisa Orloff (2010-2013)
Ashok Shaha (2011-2014)
Maise Shindo (2012-2015)
Erich Sturgis (2011-2014)
Ralph Tufano (2009-2013)
R. Michael Tuttle (2010-2014)
Sam Wiseman (2012-2015)
Michael Yeh (2010-2013)
Endre Nagy, Corresponding
Board Liaison: Victor Bernet
Staff Liaison: Adonia Coates

Trainees and Career Advancement Committee
Andrew Gianoukakis, Chair (2011-2013)
Jessie Block-Galarza (2012-2015)
Maria Regina Castro (2010-2013)
Stephanie Fish (2009-2014)
Stephen Huang (2008-2014)
Jacqueline Kung (2012-2015)
Jennifer Morrison (2012-2015)
David Sharlin (2012-2015)
Jennifer Sipos (2010-2013)
Kristen Vella (2009-2013)
Board Liaison: Martha Zeiger
Staff Liaison: Sharleene Cano

International Coordinating Committee
Bryan Haugen (2012-2013)
John Morris (2011-2015)
Staff liaison: Bobbi Smith

 

TASK FORCES

GUIDELINES TASK FORCES

Program Committee – Spring 2013
Kenneth Burman, Clinical Co-Chair
Jacqueline Jonklaas, Clinical Co-Chair
Antonio Bianco, Basic Co-Chair
Andrew Bauer
Anne Cappola
Francesco Celi
Brian Kim
M. Sara Rosenthal
Michael McDermott, CME Course Director
Board Liaison: James Hennessey
Staff Liaison: Sharleene Cano/Bobbi Smith

Medullary Thyroid Cancer Registry
(ATA Members)
Mike Tuttle, Chair
Kenneth Burman
Gilbert Daniels
Paula Hale
Steven Sherman
Julie Ann Sosa
Board Liaison: Martha Zeiger
Ex officio: John Morris
Staff Liaison: Adonia Coates/Bobbi Smith

Thyroid Health in Pregnancy
Alex Stagnaro-Green, Chair
Erik Alexander
Coleen Boyle, CDC
Rosalind Brown
Susan Mandel
Jorge Mestman
Joanne Rovet
Offie P.  Soldin
Board Liaison: Elizabeth Pearce
Staff Liaison: Adonia Coates

Thyroid Hormone Replacement and Use of Thyroid Hormone Analogues Task Force
Jacqueline Jonklaas, Co-Chair
Antonio Bianco, Co-Chair
Andrew Bauer
Kenneth Burman
Anne Cappola
Francesco Celi
David Cooper
Brian Kim
M. Sara Rosenthal
Anna Sawka
Board Liaison: James Hennessey
Staff Liaison: Sharleene Cano/Bobbi Smith

Program Organizing Committee — 15th ITC
Rebecca Bahn, Chair
AOTA:
Takashi Akamizu (Japan)
Chao Liu (China)
Young Kee Shong (Korea)
LATS:
Hans Graf, Curitiba, Brazil     
Guillermo Juvenal, Buenos Aires, Argentina 
Mario Vaisman, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil          
ETA:
Anita Boelen, PhD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Peter Laurberg, Aalborg, Denmark
Massimo Santoro, Naples, Italy
Graham Williams, London, UK
ATA:

Antonio Bianco, MD, PhD, University of Miami
Electron Kebebew, MD, National Cancer Institute
Elizabeth Pearce, MD, MSc, Boston University

Research Affairs Task Force
Sheue-yann Cheng, Chair
Inna Astapova
Antonio C. Bianco
Gregory Brent
Frances Carr
Antonio Di Cristofano
Anthony Hollenberg
Sissy Jhiang
Ronald Koenig
Sandra M. McLachlan
Martin Privalsky
Rebecca E. Schweppe
Yun-Bo Shi
Mihaela Stefan
Kristen Vella
Board liaison: Peter Kopp
Staff liaison: Shirlyn Barger/Sharleene Cano

Basic Science Research Guidelines
Antonio Bianco, Chair
Douglas Forrest
Valerie Anne Galton
Balazs Gereben
Brian W. Kim
XiaoHui Liao
Maria Jesus Obregon
Samuel Refetoff
David Sharlin
Werner Simonides
Roy E. Weiss
Graham R. Williams
Board Liaison (and member): Peter Kopp
Staff Liaison: Bobbi Smith

Medullary Thyroid Cancer Guidelines
Samuel Wells, Chair
Sylvia Asa
Henning Dralle
Rosella Elisei
Douglas B. Evans
Karin Frank-Raue
Robert F. Gagel
Nancy Lee
Andreas Machens
Jeffrey F. Moley
Furio Pacini
Friedhelm Raue
Bruce Robinson
M. Sara Rosenthal
Massimo Santoro
Martin Schlumberger
Manisha H. Shah
Steven Waguespack
Board Liaison: James Fagin
Staff Liaison: Bobbi Smith

Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Guidelines
Bryan Haugen, Chair
Erik Alexander
Keith Bible
Gerard Doherty
Susan Mandel
Yuri Nikiforov
Furio Pacini
Gregory Randolph
Anna Sawka
Martin Schlumberger
Kathryn Schuff
Steven Sherman
Julie Ann Sosa
David Steward
Michael Tuttle
Leonard Wartofsky
Graham Williams
Staff Liaison: Sharleene Cano

Pediatric Thyroid Cancer Guidelines
Gary L. Francis, Chair
Andrew J. Bauer
Salvatore Benvenga
Janete Maria Cerutti
Catherine A. Dinauer
Jill Hamilton
Michael P. LaQuaglia
Markus Luster
Marguerite T. Parisi
Geoffrey B. Thompson
Steven G. Waguespack
Shunichi Yamashita
Board Liaison:  Martha Zeiger
Staff Liaison: Shirlyn Barger

 

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