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COP Executive Committee Election Results

We are pleased to announce the results for the Communities of Practice (COP) Executive Committee (EC) elections, which include the Co-Chairs, Members-at-Large, and Early Career Members-at-Large. The date represents the year the term ends.

2020-2021 COP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES
(bold names are new in their executive committee roles)

Advanced Practice Providers (APP COP)

Brenda Muth

Chair

2021

Nicole McCormick

Co-Chair

2021

Kylie Harrold

Member-at-Large

2021

Danielle Krieger

Member-at-Large

2021

Anna Frank

Member-at-Large

2022

Heather McDade

Member-at-Large

2022

Kristen Ryland

Member-at-Large

2022

Hailey Kessler Hourigan

Early Career Member-at-Large

2021

Rotating off: Andreana Kosinski(Member-at-Large) and Karen Wilder (Member-at-Large),

Community of Transplant Scientists (COTS)

Anita Chong

Chair

2022

Jonathan Bromberg

Co-Chair

2022

David Rothstein

Past Chair

2022

Andrew Adams

Member-at-Large

2021

Olivia Martinez

Member-at-Large

2021

Anoma Nellore

Member-at-Large

2021

Amandeep Bajwa

Member-at-Large

2022

Martin Oberbarnscheidt

Member-at-Large

2022

Nicholas Chun

Early Career Member-at-Large

2021

Rotating off: Marisa Alegre (Past Chair), Geoffrey Camirand (Member-at-Large), and Emmanuel Zorn (Member-at-Large)

Infectious Disease (IDCOP)

Nicole Theodoropoulos

Chair

2022

Aruna Subramanian

Co-Chair

2022

Lara Danziger-Isakov

Past Chair

2022

Fernanda Silveira

Member-at-Large

2021

Jennifer Chow

Member-at-Large

2021

Maricar Malinis

Member-at-Large

2022

Sarah Taimur

Member-at-Large

2022

Sara Belga

Early Career Member-at-Large

2021

Rotating off: Shirish Huprikar (Past Chair), Lilian Abbo (Member-at-Large), and Ghady Haidar (Early Career Member-at-Large)

Kidney Pancreas (KPCOP)

Bruce Kaplan

Chair

2021

Ronald Parsons

Co-Chair

2021

Darshana Dadhania

Past Chair

2021

Matthew Cooper

Member-at-Large

2021

Matthew Everly

Member-at-Large

2021

Neeraj Singh

Member-at-Large

2021

Gaurav Gupta

Member-at-Large

2022

Adam Bingaman

Member-at-Large

2022

Rotating off: Nada Alachkar (Member-at-Large) and Jayme Locke (Member-at-Large)

Live Donor (LDCOP)

Vineeta Kumar

Chair

2022

Krista Lentine

Co-Chair

2022

Christie Thomas

Past Chair

2022

Joshua Wolf

Member-at-Large

2021

Edmund Huang

Member-at-Large

2021

Asif Sharfuddin

Member-at-Large

2021

Mona Doshi

Member-at-Large

2022

AnnMarie Liapakis

Member-at-Large

2022

Rotating off: Didier Mandelbrot (Past Chair), Ellen Shukhman (Member-at-large), and Angie Nishio-Lucar (Member-at-Large)

Liver and Intestinal (LICOP)

Lisa VanWagner

Chair

2022

Anjana Pillai

Co-Chair

2022

Helen Te

Past Chair

2022

Vatche Agopian

Member-at-Large

2021

Michael Kriss

Member-at-Large

2021

Juliet Emamaullee

Member-at-Large

2022

Pamela Valentino

Early Career Member-at-Large

2021

Rotating off: Jennifer Lai (Past Chair), John Bucuvalas (Member-at-large), and Molly Groose (Early Career Member-at-Large)

Pediatric (PCOP)

Joshua Blatter

Chair

2021

Katherine Twombly

Co-Chair

2021

Burnett (Beau) Kelly

Past Chair

2021

Antonette Flecha

Member-at-Large

2021

Hilda Fernandez

Member-at-Large

2021

Cadence Kuklinski

Member-at-Large

2021

Ryan Fischer

Member-at-Large

2022

Sonia Solomon

Early Career Member-at-Large

2021

Rotating off: Juliet Emamaullee (Member-at-Large), Roshan George, (Member-at-Large), and Olga Charnaya (Early Career Member-at-Large)

Psychosocial and Ethics (PSECOP)

Michelle Jesse

Chair

2022

Elisa Gordon

Co-Chair

2022

Kristin Kuntz

Past Chair

2022

Heather Bruschwein

Member-at-Large

2021

Beth Piotrowicz

Member-at-Large

2021

Elizabeth Fleagle

Member-at-Large

2021

Gloria Chen

Member-at-Large

2022

Camilla Nonterah

Member-at-Large

2022

Kristy Engel

Early Career Member-at-Large

2021

Rotating off: Sheila Jowsey-Gregoire (Past Chair), Wendy Balliet (Member-at-Large), John Peipert (Member-at-Large), and Abbie Leino (Early Career Member-at-Large)

Recover and Preservation (RAP COP)

Korkut Uygun

Chair

2021

Malcolm MacConmara

Co-Chair

2021

Jedediah (Jedd) Lewis

Past Chair

2021

Joseph Ferreira

Member-at-Large

2021

Sebastian Giwa

Member-at-Large

2021

Alexandra Glazier

Member-at-Large

2021

Susan Gunderson

Member-at-Large

2021

Gordon Bowen

Member-at-Large

2022

Jorge Mallea

Member-at-Large

2022

Heidi Yeh

Member-at-Large

2022

Reinier de Vries

Early Career-Member-at-Large

2021

Rotating off: Kevin Myer (Member-at-Large), David Nelson (Member-at-Large), and Mitchell Rostad (Early Career Member-at-Large)

Thoracic and Critical Care (TCC COP)

Shelley Hall

Chair

2022

Deborah Levine

Co-Chair

2022

Jon Kobashigawa

Past Chair

2022

Jeffrey Edelman

Member-at-Large

2021

Robert Gottlieb

Member-at-Large

2021

Todd Grazia

Member-at-Large

2022

Emily Zern

Early Career-Member-at-Large

2021

Rotating off: Hannah Copeland (Member-at-Large) and Carli Lehr

Trainee and Young Faculty (TYF COP)

Deepika Devuni

Chair

2021

Carli Lehr

Co-Chair

2021

Nissreen Elfadawy

Past Chair

2021

Samira Farouk

Member-at-Large

2021

Anshul Bhalla

Member-at-Large

2021

Shikha Mehta

Member-at-Large

2022

Syed Husain

Member-at-Large

2022

Rotating off: Kevin Daly (Past Chair), Melissa Laub (Member-at-Large), and Silvi Shah (Member-at-Large)

Transplant Administration and Quality Management (TxAQM COP)

Laura Butler

Chair

2022

Linda Ohler

Co-Chair

2022

Luke Preczewski

Past Chair

2022

Andrea Tietjen

Member-at-Large

2021

Julie Anderson

Member-at-Large

2021

Renee Bennett

Member-at-Large

2021

Aklilu Yishak

Member-at-Large

2022

Rotating off: Gwen McNatt (Past Chair)

Transplant Diagnostics (TxDx COP)

Laurine Bow

Chair

2022

Evan Farkash

Co-Chair

2022

Annette Jackson

Past Chair

2022

Tiffany Roberts

Member-at-Large

2021

Marwan Azar

Member-at-Large

2021

Oyedele Adeyi

Member-at-Large

2022

Grace Mahowald

Member-at-Large

2022

Rebecca Sosa

Early Career-Member-at-Large

2021

Rotating off: Peter Jindra (Past Chair), Kristina Davis (Member-at-Large), and Andrew Malone (Member-at-Large)

Transplant Pharmacy (TxPharm COP)

David Taber

Chair

2021

Barrett Crowther

Co-Chair

2021

Joelle Nelson

Member-at-Large

2021

Amanda Szczepanik

Member-at-Large

2021

Mary Chandran

Member-at-Large

2022

Tiffany Kaiser

Member-at-Large

2022

Elisabeth Kincaide

Member-at-Large

2022

Melissa Laub

Early Career Member-at-Large

2021

 

Rotating off: Nicole Alvey (Member-at-Large), Patricia West-Thielke (Member-at-Large), and Mariesa Cote (Early Career Member-at-Large)

Transplant Regenerative Medicine (TRM COP)

Giuseppe Orlando

Chair

2021

Kim Solez

Co-Chair

2021

Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez

Past Chair

2021

Astgik Petrosyan

Member-at-Large

2021

Basak Uygun

Member-at-Large

2021

Vijay Gorantla

Member-at-Large

2022

Paulo Martins

Member-at-Large

2022

Rotating off: Lauren Brasile (Member-at-Large), Jon Odorico (Member-at-Large), and Ali Ahmadi (Early Career Member-at-Large)

Women’s Health (WHCOP)

Deirdre Sawinski

Chair

2021

Lisa Coscia

Co-Chair

2021

Christina Klein

Past Chair

2021

Elizabeth Chua

Member-at-Large

2021

Ana Rossi

Member-at-Large

2021

Maria Aurora Posadas Salas

Member-at-Large

2022

Silvi Shah

Member-at-Large

2022

Arpita Basu

Early Career Member-at-Large

2021

Rotating off: Jyoti Brar (Member-at-Large), Monika Sarkar (Member-at-Large), and Itunu Owoyemi (Early Career Member-at-Large)

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