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Officers & Committee Roster

Worcester District Medical Society & Worcester Medical Library, Inc. · 2026–2027

Officers

WDMS officers for the 2026–2027 term.

  • President
    Michelle Hadley, DO
  • Vice President
    Justin Maykel, MD
  • Secretary
    Patrick Lowe, MD
  • Treasurer
    Peter Zacharia, MD
  • Executive Director
    Martha Wright, MBA

Board of Directors

  • Michelle Hadley
  • Justin Maykel
  • Patrick Lowe
  • Peter Zacharia
  • Alwyn Rapose

Curator

B. Dale Magee

Executive Committee

Executive Committee 20

  • Michelle Hadley Chair
  • Martha Wright Exec. Director
  • Fred Baker
  • James Broadhurst
  • Michael Hirsh
  • Anne Larkin
  • Jane Lochrie
  • Patrick Lowe
  • B. Dale Magee
  • Justin Maykel
  • Mary O’Brien
  • Sahdev Passey
  • Michele Pugnaire
  • Alwyn Rapose
  • Parul Sarwal
  • Robert Sorrenti
  • Giles Whalen
  • Lynda Young

Student Rep

  • Vananh Pham / Lillian Cain

Alliance Rep

  • Maureen Zacharia

Delegates

WDMS delegates to the Massachusetts Medical Society House of Delegates.

Delegates 44

  • Patrick Lowe Chair
  • George Abraham
  • Janet Abrahamian
  • Fred Baker
  • Kannu Bansal
  • Nancy Berube
  • James Broadhurst
  • Idris Dahod
  • Michelle Dalal
  • Dennis Dimitri (ex officio)
  • Lynn Eckhert
  • Louis Fazen
  • Lloyd Fisher
  • Tiffany Forti
  • Josephine Fowler
  • Lawrence Garber
  • Susan George
  • Wayne Glazier
  • Sophia Guccione
  • Mary Gulla
  • Richard Haas
  • Michelle Hadley (ex officio)
  • Alan Hartford
  • Gavin Jones
  • William Lavelle (ex officio)
  • Tyler Long
  • Justin Maykel (ex officio)
  • Drew Montigny
  • Mary O’Brien
  • Sahdev Passey (ex officio)
  • Michael Potter
  • Raffia Qutab
  • Alwyn Rapose
  • Thomas Rosenfeld
  • Elise Santacruz
  • Parul Sarwal
  • Manjul Shukla
  • Robert Sorrenti
  • Spiro Spanakis
  • Rohit Vakil
  • Lillian Voke
  • Giles Whalen (ex officio)
  • John Worden
  • Lynda Young (ex officio)

* Ex officio

Standing Committees

Awards 7

  • Michael Hirsh Chair
  • Fred Baker
  • Robert Bessette
  • Bruce Karlin
  • Jane Lochrie
  • Justin Maykel
  • Michele Pugnaire

Bylaws 6

  • Sahdev Passey Chair
  • Kate Dinh
  • Bency Louidor
  • Mark Maxfield
  • Robert Sorrenti
  • Bennett Vogt

Finance 8

  • Peter Zacharia Chair
  • Phil Cohen
  • Lloyd Fisher
  • Adib Karam
  • Pankaj Ksheersagar
  • B. Dale Magee
  • Sahdev Passey
  • Fred Schwartz

Legislative 25

  • Anne Larkin Co-Chair
  • Fred Baker Co-Chair
  • Idris Dahod
  • Dennis Dimitri
  • Wayne Glazier
  • Michelle Hadley
  • Michael Hirsh
  • Timothy Hopkins
  • Zeeshan Hussain
  • Gavin Jones
  • Seth Kates
  • Pankaj Ksheersagar
  • Robert Le
  • Theo Matheos
  • Mark Maxfield
  • Sahdev Passey
  • Abhijit Roychowdhury
  • Parul Sarwal
  • Kala Seetharaman
  • Fred Schwartz
  • David Weinstock
  • Maksim Zayaruzny

Student Reps

  • Janet Mariadoss
  • Shivam Rastogi
  • Isabella Rubin

Medical Education 24

  • Mary O’Brien Chair
  • Maria Abruzzo
  • Kannu Bansal
  • Venu Bathini
  • Nicole Cherng
  • Richard Church
  • Bronwyn Cooper
  • Charlotte DeLeo
  • Frank Fechner
  • Jay Glaser
  • Sophia Guccione
  • Zeeshan Hussain
  • Rebecca Kowaloff
  • Quang Le
  • James Lindberg
  • Jane Lochrie
  • Matthew Most
  • Stacy Potts
  • Parul Sarwal
  • Kala Seetharaman
  • Danielle Sultan
  • David Wexler
  • Giles Whalen

Resident Rep

  • Sharouk Khanjar (SVH)

Medical Student 19

  • Anne Larkin Co-Chair
  • Charlotte DeLeo Co-Chair
  • Lillian Cain Co-Chair
  • Vananh Pham Co-Chair
  • Benedicta Agyemang-Brantuo
  • Grace Desmond
  • Carolyn Dunderdale
  • Vaibhav Gupta
  • Rhea Kukkal
  • Tyler Long
  • Charlie McMahon
  • Janet Mariadoss
  • Anusha Purakayastha
  • Shivam Rastogi
  • Isabella Rubin
  • Simran Sidhu
  • Winna Xia
  • Ace Yimng Zhang

Fellow Rep

  • Kannu Bansal (Cards, SVH)

Membership 19

  • Michelle Hadley Chair
  • Eddy Arous
  • James Broadhurst
  • Nicole Cherng
  • Gil Frietas
  • Michael Hirsh
  • Zeeshan Hussain
  • Gavin Jones
  • Rebecca Kowaloff
  • Heidi Leftwich
  • Jane Lochrie
  • Patrick Lowe
  • Mark Maxfield
  • Justin Maykel
  • Fred Schwartz
  • Robert Sorrenti
  • Spiro Spanakis
  • Lillian Voke
  • Peter Zacharia

Nominating 7

  • 2027Robert Bessette
  • 2028Thomas Rosenfeld
  • 2029Michelle Dalal
  • 2030Fred Baker
  • 2031Sahdev Passey
  • 2032Stephen Erban

Alternate

  • Mary O’Brien

Personnel 10

  • Giles Whalen Chair
  • George Abraham
  • Fred Baker
  • Jay Broadhurst
  • Michelle Hadley
  • Michael Hirsh
  • Sahdev Passey
  • Alwyn Rapose
  • Fred Schwartz
  • Spiro Spanakis

Scholarship 15

  • Michele Pugnaire Chair
  • Sahdev Passey Trustee
  • Janet Abrahamian
  • Kannu Bansal
  • Robert Bessette
  • Susan George
  • Rebecca Kowaloff
  • Heidi Leftwich
  • Jane Lochrie
  • Susan Moran
  • Nitin Trivedi
  • Karl Uy
  • Martha Waite
  • Giles Whalen

Resident Reps

  • Bennett Vogt, PG3

Special Committees

Editorial Board 19

  • Parul Sarwal Editor-in-Chief
  • Lloyd Fisher
  • Larry Garber
  • Jason Iafrati
  • Rebecca Kowaloff
  • Rosal Milagros, PhD
  • Anna Morin, PharmD
  • Sarah Petrides
  • Joel Popkin
  • Alwyn Rapose
  • Fred Schwartz
  • Chrystina Soloperto, PhD, RN, PNP
  • Robert Sorrenti
  • Martha Wright, MBA
  • Peter Zacharia

Fellow / Resident Reps

  • Riya Bhattacharya, SVH
  • Parul Chaatpar, UMass
  • Arunava Saha, Fellow

Student Rep

  • Abby DeNike

Women’s Caucus 25

  • Lynda Young Chair
  • Annie Abraham
  • Janet Abrahamian
  • Maria Abruzzo
  • Nicole Cherng
  • Lynn Eckhert
  • Marianne Felice
  • Nandana Kansra
  • Kari Kirin Khalsa
  • Rebecca Kowaloff
  • Jane Lochrie
  • Bency Louidor
  • Kirti Nagpal
  • Stacy Potts
  • Raffia Qutab
  • Manjul Shukla
  • Rebecca Spanagel
  • Sindha Thomas
  • Martha Waite
  • Jennifer Yates

Resident Reps

  • Charmi Bhanushali, SVH

Student Reps

  • Grace Desmond
  • Anusha Purakayastha
  • Czencil Santander
  • Micaela Tobin

Public Health 30

  • Michael Hirsh Chair
  • Hawa Abu
  • Robert Bessette
  • Jay Broadhurst
  • Jim Carroll
  • Idris Dahod
  • Seema Dixit
  • Richard Ellison
  • Louis Fazen
  • Tiffany Forti
  • Zeeshan Hussain
  • Susan Krantz
  • Pankaj Ksheersagar
  • Quang Le
  • Bency Louidor
  • Patrick Lowe
  • Kirti Nagpal
  • Fozia Qamar
  • Joanne Samant
  • Fred Schwartz
  • Manjul Shukla
  • Anthony Teebagy

Alliance Reps

  • Paula Madison

Fellow / Resident Reps

  • Bennett Vogt, UMass

Student Reps

  • William Fairfield
  • Janet Mariadoss
  • Anusha Purakayastha
  • Shivam Rastogi
  • Isabella Rubin
  • Czencil Santander

Worcester Medical Library, Inc.

Officers

  • PresidentMichelle Hadley
  • Vice PresidentJustin Maykel
  • SecretaryLynda Young
  • TreasurerPeter Zacharia

Board of Trustees

Term ending 2027

  • Robert Bessette
  • B. Dale Magee
  • Sahdev Passey

Term ending 2028

  • Robert Sorrenti Chair
  • Leah Doret
  • Michele Pugnaire

Term ending 2029

  • Parul Sarwal
  • Anne Larkin
  • Spiro Spanakis

WDMS Representatives to the MMS

Worcester District Medical Society representatives to the Massachusetts Medical Society (must be a member).

Committee on Legislation

  • Anne Larkin Member
  • Fred Baker Alternate

Committee on Nominations

  • James Broadhurst Member
  • Louis Fazen Alternate

MMS Board of Trustees

  • Manjul Shukla

Interested in joining a committee?

Members are welcome to get involved. Reach out to the WDMS office to learn more.

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