Officers & Committees

 

Officers

 

President - M. Cristina Pacheco, MD
 
President-Elect - Chandra Krishnan, MD
 
Our Team | Welcome to the Stress, Pregnancy & Health Study
Past President - Linda Ernst, MD
 
Jefferson Terry | BC Children's Hospital Research Institute
Secretary - Jefferson Terry, MD, PhD, FRCPC
 
 
Treasurer - Jennifer Black, MD

 Board of Directors

Fusun Gundogan, MD (2025)
Kyle Kurek, MD (2025)
Jennifer Picarsic, MD (2026)
Karen Chisholm, MD, PhD (2026)

Aliya Husain, MD (2027)
Amy McKenney, MD (2027)
Csaba Galambos, MD. PhD (2028)
Erin Rudzinski, MD (2028)

Special Positions
Social Media Specialists
-Sonja Chen, MD
-Mercia Dibe Gondim, MD

Board of Directors Liaison to the PDP
Kyle Kurek, MD
Committees
 
Education Committee 
Lauren Parsons, MD (Chair, 2026) 
Consolato Sergi, MD, PhD, MPH, FRCPC, FCAP (2025) 
Shirpa Garg, MD (2025)
Shahrazad Saab, MD (2025)
Larry Wang, MD, PhD (2026)
Nick Shillingford, MD (2027)
Kristen Thomas, MD (2027)
 
Workshop Subcommittee 
Shahrazad Saab, MD (Chair, 2027)  
Oscar Lopez-Nunez, MD (2026)
Sandy Cope-Yokoyama, MD (2026)
Kathryn McFadden, MD (2027)
Naseem Uddin, MD (2027)
Dina El Demellawy, MD, PhD (2027)
Sean Ricciardo, MD (2027)
Camilla Stefanovici, MD (2027)
 
Symposium Subcommittee 
Diana Corao-Uribe, MD (Chair, 2027) 
Dehua Wang, MD (2026)
Lea Surrey, MD (2026)
Melissa Gener, MD (2027)
 
Perinatal Subcommittee
Katte Carreon (Chair, 2028)
Rebecca Baegen, MD (Board Liaison, 2025)
Mana Parast, MD, PhD (2025)
Sanjita Revishankar, MD (2025)
Francois Cady, MD (2025)
Stefan Kostadinov, MD (2025)
Jessica Comstock, MD (2025)
Alysa Poulin, MD, PhD (2026)
Charlotte Kim, MD (2027)
Kerby Oberg, MD, PhD (2027)

 

Slide Survey Committee 
Bradford Siegele, MD, JD (Chair, 2025)
Jenna Bodmer (2026)
Shannon Kelley, MD (2025)
Julie Fanburgh-Smith, MD (2026)
Anita Nagy (2026)
Athena Chen (2026)
Ali Saad, MD (2026)
Natalia Belova, MD (2027)
Jessenia Guerrero, MD (2027)
Robyn Reed, MD, PhD (2027)
Jose Velasquez-Vega, MD (2027)
Mikako Warren, MD (2027)
Robert Byrd, MD (2027)
Louis Samson (2027)
Jessica Hata, MD (2028)
Qian Wang, MD (2028)

 
 
 
Research & Awards Committee 
Ben Wilkins, MD, PhD (Chair, 2026) 
Serena Tan, MD (Abstract Director, 2027)
Selene Koo, MD, PhD (Awards Director, 2025)
Jennifer Pogoriler, MD, PhD (2025)
Michael Covinsky, MD, PhD (2025)
Claudia Salgado, MD, PhD (2026)
Dina El Demellawy, MD, PhD (2026)
Hao Wu, MD, PhD (2026)
Rachel Mariani, MD (2027)
John Hicks, MD (2027)
Archana Shenoy, MBBS (2027)
 
 
 
 
*Junior Member
 

Each committee member is required to complete a disclosure to identify any possible conflicts of interest. If a conflict exists, membership on the committee may need to be re-evaluated.

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