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)