Committee Roster
Worcester District Medical Society & Worcester Medical Library, Inc.
Committee Roster 2024-2025
President – Alwyn Rapose, MD
Vice President – Michelle Hadley, DO
Secretary – Justin Maykel, MD
Treasurer – Adib Karam, MD
Curator – B. Dale Magee, MD
Alwyn Rapose, Chair
Martha Wright, Exec Dir
Fred Baker
James Broadhurst
Jeffrey Gallo
Michelle Hadley
Michael Hirsh
Anne Larkin
Jane Lochrie
B. Dale Magee
Mary O’Brien
Sahdev Passey
Michele Pugnaire
Parul Sarwal
Robert Sorrenti
Spiro Spanakis
Giles Whalen
Lynda Young
Student Rep
Sneha Karthikeyan
Alliance Rep
Maureen Zacharia
George Abraham
Janet Abrahamian
Fred Baker
James Baker
Venu Bathini
Bruce Bertrand
Racquel Bitar
James Broadhurst
Nicole Cherng
Phil Cohen
William Cohen
Idris Dahod
Michelle Dalal
Dennis Dimitri *
Lynn Echkert
Louis Fazen
Lloyd Fisher
Sina Forourtanjazi
* ex officio
Tiffany Forti
Jeffrey Gallo
Lawrence Garber
Susan George
Wayne Glazier
Mary Gulla
Richard Haas
Michelle Hadley *
Dan Kim
Kenneth Kronlund
Anne Larkin
Wiliam Lavelle *
Robert Le
James Lindberg
Tyler Long, MS
Patrick Lowe
Jessica Marconi
Justin Maykel*
Mary O’Brien
Oghomwen Ogbeide-Latario
Sahdev Passey *
Michael Potter
Alwyn Rapose
Thomas Rosenfeld
Abhijit Roychowdhary
Elise Santacruz
Parul Sarwal
Manjul Shukla
Robert Sorrenti
Spiro Spanakis
Maxwell Stukalin, MS
Ram Upadhyay
Rohit Vakil
Bennett Vogt
Giles Whalen *
John Worden
Lynda Young *
Awards Committee
Michael Hirsh, Chair
Fred Baker
Robert Bessette
David Hatem
Bruce Karlin
Jane Lochrie
Justin Maykel
Michele Pugnaire
Bylaws
Sahdev Passey, Chair
Kate Dinh
Bency Louidor
Mark Maxfield
Robert Sorrenti
Bennett Vogt
Finance Committee
Adib Karam, Chair
B. Dale Magee
Phil Cohen
Lloyd Fisher
Pankaj Ksheersagar
Sahdev Passey
Fred Schwartz
Peter Zacharia
Legislative
Jeffrey Gallo, Chair
Fred Baker
Dennis Dimitri
Wayne Glazier
Michelle Hadley
Michael Hirsh
Timothy Hopkins
Seth Kates
Pankaj Ksheersagar
Robert Le
Theo Matheos
Mark Maxfield
Sahdev Passey
Abhijit Roychowdhury
Parul Sarwal
Kala Seetharaman
Fred Schwartz
Maksim Zayaruzny
Medical Education
Mary O’Brien, Chair
Maria Abruzzo
Venu Bathini
Nichole Cherng
Bronwyn Cooper
Frank Fechner
Richard Forster
Jay Glaser
Rebecca Kowaloff
Quang Le
James Lindberg
Jane Lochrie
Matthew Most
Stacy Potts
Parul Sarwal
Kala Seetharaman
Shanil Shah
David Wexler
Resident Rep
Sasank Kalipatnapu, PG3, UMass
Jessica Marconi, PG2, UMass
Student Rep
Racquel Bitar
Medical Student
Anne Larkin, Co-Chair
Michael Marget, Co-Chair
Lillian Cain, MS1
Vaibhav Gupta, MS2
Sneha Karthikeyan, MS3
Christine Li, MS3
Vananh Pham, MS3
Ace Yimng Zhang, MS2
Membership
Michelle Hadley, Chair
James Broadhurst
Nicole Cherng
Gil Frietas
Michael Hirsh
Rebecca Kowaloff
Heidi Leftwich
James Lindberg
Jane Lochrie
Mark Maxfield
Roumia Mazen
Robert Sorrenti
Spiro Spanakis
Resident Rep
Sasank Kalipatnapu, PG3, UMass
Nominating
Fred Baker 2024
Sahdev Passey 2025
Spiro Spanakis, Chair 2026
Robert Bessette 2027
Thomas Rosenfeld 2028
Jen Yates 2029
Michelle Dalal 2030
Personnel
Giles Whalen, Chair
George Abraham
Fred Baker
Jay Broadhurst
Michelle Hadley
Michael Hirsh
Sahdev Passey
Alwyn Rapose
Fred Schwartz
Spiro Spanakis
Scholarship
Michele Pugnaire, Chair
Sahdev Passey (Trustee)
Janet Abrahamian
Robert Bessette
Susan George
Rebecca Kowaloff
Heidi Leftwich
Jane Lochrie
Susan Moran
Nitin Trivedi
Karl Uy
Martha Waite
Giles Whalen
Resident Reps
Bennett Vogt, PG1
Editorial Board
Parul Sarwal, Editor
Lisa Beittel, MBA
Sonia Nagy Chimienti
Lloyd Fisher
Larry Garber
Rebecca Kowaloff
Julianne Lauring
Anna Morin, PharmD
Nancy Morris, RN
Thoru Pederson, PhD
Sarah Petrides
Joel Popkin
Alwyn Rapose
Robert Sorrenti
Martha Wright, MBA
Peter Zacharia
Fellow/Resident Reps
Arunava Saha, Fellow
Student Rep
Olivia Buckle
Women’s Caucus
Lynda Young, Chair
Annie Abraham
Janet Abrahamian
Maria Abruzzo
Nicole Cherng
Lynn Eckhert
Marianne Felice
Kari Kirin Khalsa
Rebecca Kowaloff
Jane Lochrie
Bency Louidor
Kirti Nagpal
Stacy Potts
Manjul Shukla
Rebecca Spanagel
Martha Waite
Jennifer Yates
Resident Reps
Charmi Bhanushali, PG2 SVH
Jessica Marconi, PG2 UMass
Arushi Sharma, PG3 SVH
Student Reps
Racquel Bitar, MS3
Micaela Tobin, MS3
Arianna Gray, MS4
Michael Hirsh, Chair
Robert Bessette
Jay Broadhurst
Jim Carroll
Matilde Castiel
Idris Dahod
Richard Ellison
Louis Fazen
Tiffany Forti
Soloe Dennis (WDPH)
Susan Krantz
Pankal Ksheersagar
Quang Le
Bency Louidor
Kirti Nagpal
Fozia Qamar
Abhijit Roychowdhury
Joanne Samant
Fred Schwartz
Manjul Shukla
Anthony Teebagy
Alliance Reps
Paula Madison
Fellow/Resident Reps
Bennett Vogt, PG1 UMass
Sasank Kalipatnapu, PG3 UMass
Student Reps
Michael Marget, MS2
Officers
PRESIDENT – Alwyn Rapose
VICE PRESIDENT – Michelle Hadley
SECRETARY – Lynda Young
TREASURER – Adib Karam
Board of Trustees
2024
Robert Bessette
B. Dale Magee
Sahdev Passey
2025
Leah Doret
Michele Pugnaire
Robert Sorrenti, Chair
2026
Anthony Esposito
Spiro Spanakis
Paul Steen
Worcester District Medical Society Representatives to the Massachusetts Medical Society
(Must be a member)
Committee on Legislation
Jeffrey Gallo, Member
Fred Schwartz, Alternate
Committee on Nomiations
James Broadhurst, Member
Louis Fazen, Alternate
MMS Board of Trustee
Manjul Shukla
If you are interested in joining a committee, please contact MWright@wdms.org