2025-2026 Board of Directors

Officers:

• President
  Eugene G. Brown III, MD, RPh *
• President-elect
  Daniel C. Chelius, Jr., MD *
• Immediate Past President
  Troy D. Woodard, MD *
• Secretary/Treasurer
  Ken Kazahaya, MD, MBA *
• Executive Vice President/CEO
  Rahul K. Shah, MD, MBA * (Ex-officio)

Academy and Foundation At-Large Directors:

• Director, Academic
  Yuri Agrawal, MD, MPH*
• Director, Private Practice
  Marc G. Dubin, MD*
• Director, Academic
  Christine Franzese, MD
• Director, Academic
  R. Peter Manes, MD
• Director, Private Practice
  David E. Melon, MD
• Director, Academic
  John S. Rhee, MD, MPH, MBA
• Director, Private Practice
  Karen A. Rizzo, MD
• Director, Private Practice
  Andrew J. Tompkins, MD, MBA

Academy Coordinator:

• Coordinator, Member Engagement
  Cristina Baldassari, MD
• Coordinator, Advocacy
  Lance A. Manning, MD

* Member of the Executive Committee

Foundation Coordinators:

• Coordinator, Research and Quality
  Matthew Bush, MD, PhD, MBA 
• Coordinator, Annual Meeting Program Committee
  Cecelia Damask, DO
• Coordinator, Education
  Meredith Merz Lind, MD
• Journals Editor
  Cecelia E. Schmalbach, MD, MSc     
• Coordinator, International Affairs
  Maria V. Suurna, MD       

Board of Governors (BOG):

• Chair, BOG
  Stephen P. Cragle, MD*
• Chair-elect, BOG
  Eileen M. Raynor, MD*
• Immediate Past Chair, BOG
  Cristina Baldassari, MD

Academy/Foundation Ex-Officio Member:

• Chair, Ethics Committee
  Andrew G. Shuman, MD, HEC-C

International Advisory Board (IAB):

• Chair, IAB
  Héctor De La Garza Hesles, MD

 Invited Guests:

• Chair, AMA Delegation
  Douglas R. Myers, MD
• Chair, Diversity & Inclusion Committee
  LaKeisha R. Henry, MD
• Chair, Otolaryngology Private Practice Section (OPPS)
  Daniel R. Gold, MD
• Chair, Section for Residents and Fellows-in-Training (SRF)
  Sarah M. Russel, MD, MPH   
• Chair, Women in Otolaryngology (WIO)
  Megan L. Durr, MD
• Chair, Young Physicians Section (YPS)
  Claire M. Lawlor, MD
• President, ASCENT
  Mindy Mayberry