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Our members are important contributors to implementing our strategic plan and developing ATA’s programs and services. They do so by participating on committees and task forces.
Standing Committees work on a variety of initiatives including advising on policy, creating educational programs, developing patient education materials, and supporting membership recruitment and retention. Committee members serve multi-year terms and are appointed by the President to serve in these roles.
Task Forces are ad-hoc groups with a specific task that is outside the scope of an existing committee and focuses on a timely issue. These are typically short-term, focused groups and are also appointed by the President.
Awards Committee Charge |Awards Committee Roster
Clinical Affairs Committee Charge |Clinical Affairs Committee Roster
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Charge |Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Roster
Finance and Audit Committee Charge |Finance and Audit Committee Roster
Guidelines and Statements Committee (GSC) Charge |Guidelines and Statements Committee Roster
History and Archives Committee Charge |History and Archives Committee Roster
International Coordinating Committee|International Coordinating Committee Roster
Internet and Social Media Communications Committee Charge |Internet and Social Media Communications Committee Roster
Lab Services Committee Charge |Lab Services Committee Roster
Membership Panel Charge |Membership Panel Roster
Nominating Committee Charge |Nominating Committee Roster
Patient Affairs & Education Committee Charge |Patient Affairs & Education Committee Roster
Program Committee|Program Committee Roster
Publications Committee Charge |Publications Committee Roster
Research Committee Charge |Research Committee Roster
Surgical Affairs Committee Charge |Surgical Affairs Committee Roster
Trainees and Career Advancement Charge |Trainees and Career Advancement Roster
The Awards Committee shall select the recipients of the Van Meter Award, the Sidney H. Ingbar Distinguished Lectureship, the Val Galton Lectureship Award, the Lewis Braverman Distinguished Lectureship, the Distinguished Service Award and the John B. Stanbury Thyroid Pathophysiology Medal.
Awards Committee members will serve as ambassadors to encourage nominations, with a particular focus on expanding the diversity of the nominees. The committee will consider the nominees and make recommendations as to the most worthy recipient to the Board of Directors.
Ari Wassner, Chair (2023-2025)
Angela Leung, Chair-elect (2024-2025)
Paul Casanova-Romero (2024-2027)
Louise Davies (2022-2025)
Arturo Hernandez (2023-2026)
Jennifer Kuo (2023-2026)
Kepal Patel (2023-2026)
Carol Chiung-Hui Peng (2024-2027)
Brendan Stack, Jr. (2023-2026)
Maria Trovato (2024-2027)
Mingzhao Xing (2024-2027)
Board Liaison: Michael McDermott
Staff Liaison: Carrie Prewitt
The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee is an advisory committee to the Board of Directors. The committee will work to integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion through all ATA committees, activities, and initiatives. Specifically, the committee will:
– Lead ATA’s efforts to promote robust diversity in all manners to include, but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and medical specialty, as well as advancement in all levels of ATA leadership.
– Foster an environment within the ATA membership where everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation/identity or attributes or beliefs, feel welcome, comfortable, safe, respected, valued, and can thrive.
– Develop diversity-related programs and symposia for ATA members.
– Make recommendations to the BOD to support ATA’s efforts to recognize and celebrate the contributions and efforts made to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the ATA (including consideration of the creation of new award(s), and in the research and healthcare community.
Carmelo Nucera, Chair (2023-2025)
Sarimar Agosto Salgado, Chair-elect (2024-2025)
Arti Bhan (2023-2026)
Edward Chin (2023-2026)
Xiaoyin Jiang (2022-2025)
Randol Kennedy (2024-2027)
Melissa Mao (2023-2026)
Elizabeth McAninch (2023-2026)
Kara Meister (2023-2026)
Jennifer Ogilvie (2023-2026)
Board Liaison:Kharisa Rachmasari
Staff Liaison: Claudia Crail-Muñoz, Pamela Mechler
The Clinical Affairs Committee shall review issues relevant to standards of practice in thyroid disease and update publications and other recommendations relating to practice guideline, which have been published on behalf of the Association regarding practice guidelines. The Committee shall also receive, review, and prepare responses to matters affecting the practice of clinical thyroidology, in coordination with other committees as needed. The Committee shall coordinate with the Guidelines and Statements Committee prior to initiating the development of statements to ensure that pursuits are aligned, approved, not already in progress.
Debra Margulies, Chair (2023-2025)
Elizabeth Holt, Chair-elect (2024-2025)
Gonzalo Acosta (2022-2025)
Laura Boucai (2024-2027)
Benjamin Gigliotti (2023-2026)
James Hennessey (2024-2027)
Hyunseok Kang (2023-2026)
Jennifer Lawrence (2022-2025)
Yuanjie Mao (2024-2027)
David Shonka, Jr. (2022-2025)
Stephanie Smooke Praw (2023-2026)
Angeliki Stamatouli (2024-2027)
Alex Tessnow (2023-2026)
Tracy Tylee (2023-2026)
Roberta Zuppani (2024-2027)
Susan Zweig (2024-2027)
Board Liaison: Maria Cabanillas
Staff Liaison: Carrie Prewitt
The Finance and Audit Committee shall
Anthony Hollenberg, Treasurer, Chair
Mark Zafereo, Treasurer-elect
Victor Bernet (2024-2027)
Gerard Doherty (2023-2026)
Mayumi Endo (2023-2026)
Nazanene Esfandiari (2024-2027)
Sriram Gubbi (2024-2027)
Hyesoo Lowe (2024-2027)
David Steward (2022-2025)
Staff Liaison: Pamela Mechler
Improve and sustain the quality of ATA Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) and Statements
Promote diversity among authors of ATA documents and patient stakeholder representation on guidelines
The Guidelines and Statements Committee (GSC) will improve and sustain the quality of ATA Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) and Statements. The committee will also maintain an active list of official ATA guidelines and statements, proactively identify new statements to create and evaluate proposals for new ATA guidelines and statements.
The GSC will ensure that ATA guidelines follow the GRADE methodology in a consistent manner.
Allen Ho, Co-Chair (2024-2026)
Ellen Marqusee, Co-Chair (2024-2026)
Ruchi Gaba (2023-2026)
Natalia Genere (2024-2027)
Sana Ghaznavi (2023-2026)
Julie Hallanger-Johnson (2023-2026)
Kirk Jensen (2024-2027)
Namrata Kotwal (2022-2025)
Maria Papaleontiou (2022-2025)
Jonathon Russell (2024-2027)
Merry Sebelik (2024-2027)
Vibhavasu Sharma (2023-2026)
Christine Spitzweg (2024-2027)
Tracy Wang (2022-2025)
Denise Zantut-Wittmann (2023-2026)
Board Liaison: Peter Angelos
Staff Liaison: Kelly Hoff, Maggie Van Vossen
Wendy Sacks, Chair (2023-2025)
Ernest Asamoah (2023-2025)
Dimpi Desai (2023-2025)
Shirin Haddady (2023-2025)
Dana Madison (2023-2025)
Theodora Pappa (2024-2026)
Mirabelle Sajisevi (2024-2026)
Pinar Smith (2024-2026)
David Toro-Tobon (2024-2026)
Board Liaison: Peter Angelos
Staff Liaison: Kelly Hoff, Maggie Van Vossen
The History and Archives Committee shall obtain, collate, file, and record relevant information pertaining to past, present, or future events of the Association, which will be maintained at the Association’s Headquarters’ office. The Committee shall also determine the presenter of the Sawin Vignette and maintain “The Clark T. Sawin History Resource Center.”
Kenneth Burman, Chair (2024-2026)
Ronald Cohen (2024-2027)
Valerie Anne Galton (2024-2027)
Amanda Silver Karcioglu (2024-2027)
John Lew (2023-2026)
Anastasios Maniakas (2022-2025)
Valerie Peck (2024-2027)
Kartik Sehgal (2024-2027)
Jessica Shank (2022-2025)
Connie Trump (2023-2026)
Board Liaison: David Steward
Staff Liaison: Sharleene Cano
The International Coordinating Committee will work closely with each of the other Thyroid Associations to help propose meeting sites and times and to help coordinate all relevant scientific, economic, and geographical considerations relevant to International Meetings.
Victor Bernet (2020-2021)
Jacqueline Jonklaas (2019-2023)
Staff Liaison: Amanda Perl
The Internet and Social Media Communications Committee serves as the editorial board of the ATA website and will advise staff on usability and content needs.
Additionally, the Committee will:
-Participate in social media interactions that support the ATA social media strategy
-Evaluate social media initiatives and collaboration opportunities
-Provide suggestions to staff for ATA social media content
Johnson Thomas, Chair (2023-2025)
Aime Franco, Chair-elect (2024-2025)
Anjali Manavalan (2021-2025)
Lilah Morris-Wiseman (2022-2025)
Andrew Rosko (2022-2025)
Board Liaison: Freddy Toloza Bonilla
Staff Liaison: Sharleene Cano, Maggie Van Vossen
The role of the Laboratory Services Committee is to serve as a resource to the ATA and its membership on all aspects of clinical laboratory testing relevant to thyroid health and disease. All members shall have a strong knowledge base and interest in clinical laboratory testing. Their combined knowledge base should cover most aspects of clinical laboratory practice relevant to clinical thyroidology.
Anne Cappola, Chair (2023-2025)
Trisha Cubb, Chair-elect (2024-2025)
Lindsay Bischoff (2022-2025)
Christina Ellervik (2022-2025)
Andrew Gianoukakis (2024-2027)
Catherine Omosule (2024-2027)
Lauren Parsons (2023-2026)
Siobhan Pittock (2023-2026)
Mihaela Stefan Lifshitz (2023-2026)
Michelle Williams (2022-2025)
Board Liaison: Zubair Baloch
Staff Liaison: Kelly Hoff, Claudia Crail-Muñoz
Cristiane Gomes Lima, Chair (2023-2025)
Caroline Kim (2023-2026)
Aarti Mathur (2022-2025)
Julio Ricarte-Filho (2022-2025)
Geoffrey Young (2022-2025)
Board Liaison: Cari Kitahara
Staff Liaison: Carrie Prewitt
The ATA Nominating Committee is charged with providing the membership with a slate of candidates to fulfill the Board of Directors commitment to diversity and representation.
Megan Haymart, Chair (2024-2026)
Victoria Banuchi (2023-2026)
Samantha Diamond-Rossi (2024-2027)
Camilo Gonzalez-Velazquez (2024-2027)
Joanna Klubo-Gwiezdzinska (2024-2027)
Jeffrey Knauf (2023-2026)
Randall Scheri (2024-2027)
Michael Singer (2022-2025)
Jessica Smith (2023-2026)
Board Liaison: M. Regina Castro
Chris McCabe,Ex Officio
Staff Liaison: Sharleene Cano
The overarching goal for the Patient Affairs and Education Committee is to continually identify and pursue opportunities in support of the ATA goal to be the patient-preferred resource for education and information pertaining to thyroid disease. This includes developing patient resources for the website, coordinating patient forums, and suggesting content for the patient newsletter. The Committee will also work with the Development Committee to explore opportunities for funding patient resources and activities.
Dan Mihailescu, Co-Chair (2024-2026)
Naykky Singh Ospina, Co-Chair (2023-2025)
Shipra Bansal (2024-2027)
Gary Bloom (2024-2025) Patient Rep
Ricardo Correa (2024-2027)
Hana Goodman (2021-2025) Patient Rep
Dana Larsen (2022-2025)
Chienying Liu (2022-2025)
Priya Mahajan (2023-2026)
Otilia Neacsu (2024-2027)
Pieter Noordzij (2024-2027)
Joana Ochoa (2023-2026)
Alison ONeill (2024-2027)
Dylan Pinion (2024-2027)
Julie Samantray (2023-2026)
Alfred Simental, Jr. (2023-2026)
Philip Smith (2024-2027)
Vishnu Sundaresh (2023-2026)
Beatriz Tendler (2022-2025)
Steven Weitzman (2023-2026)
Board Liaison: Maya Lodish
Staff Liaison: Kelly Hoff, Claudia Crail-Muñoz, Maggie Van Vossen
The Program Committee shall consist of a balance of specialty areas with members serving staggered three-year terms. In general, the Co- chairs, will represent clinical and basic science and shall have been committee members for two years. The Program Committee shall select from abstracts submitted to it those topics, subjects, or papers that are to be presented at the scientific meeting of the Association and to arrange their order of presentation.
No abstract, a major portion of which has been published or read before any other national or international meeting in North America shall be considered for presentation on the scientific program of the Association unless by special permission of the Program Committee.
The committee may with the consent of the Board of Directors arrange for invited lectures or symposia as part of the scientific program.
The Program committee shall follow the organizational timeline in order that faculty are invited, the program developed, and arrangements made by the headquarters’ staff to distribute the program. All accepted abstracts will be published unless withdrawn by the author.
Those who have submitted abstracts and titles for the program will be informed as quickly as possible of the action of the committee after its deliberations.
Satellite programming to the annual meeting may be added as appropriate based on need, gap or interest as designated by the Board of Directors with consultation to the Program Committee. Consultation with staff shall be required to ensure the availability of contract meeting facility space to add additional programming.
The Program Committee shall support headquarters staff with the appropriate scientific information and data required to pursue continuing medical education accreditation and educational grant support.
ATA Program Committees will exercise highest ethical standards, be transparent in dualities and conflicts of interest, and aim to be diverse, equitable and inclusive throughout their deliberations and decisions.
Kristien Boelaert, Co-Chair (2024-2025)
Elizabeth Cottrill, Co-Chair (2024-2025)
Sara Ahmadi, Steering Committee (2024-2025)
Nicholas Bambach, Steering Committee (2024-2026)
Sheue-yann Cheng, Steering Committee (2024-2026)
Abbey Fingeret, Steering Committee (2023-2025)
Maya Lodish, Steering Committee (2023-2025)
Zoltan Antal (2022-2025)
Kaniksha Desai (2023-2026)
Sina Jasim (2024-2027)
Salma Khan (2023-2026)
Sarah Oltmann (2024-2027)
Martin Read (2024-2027)
Federico Salas-Lucia (2024-2027)
Steven Sherman (2024-2027)
David Shonka, Jr. (2023-2026)
Thomas Yamashita (2024-2027)
Board Liaison: Jacqueline Jonklaas
Staff Liaison: Pamela Mechler, Dena Silva
The Publications Committee will work with the Executive Committee and Board of Directors to ensure that the ATA’s publications are high-quality and adhere to publishing and ethics standards.
The Committee will:
Sun Lee, Chair (2023-2025)
Donald McLeod, Chair-elect (2024-2025)
Henry Fein (2024-2026)
Aizhan Kozhakhmetova (2024-2026)
Jennifer Rosen (2022-2025)
Bo Wang (2024-2026)
Dorina Ylli (2024-2026)
Anna Sawka,Thyroid® EIC
Trevor Angell,Clinical Thyroidology® EIC
Catherine Sinclair,VideoEndocrinology™ EIC
Alan Farwell,CT® for the Public EIC
Board Liaison: Cari Kitahara
Staff Liaison: Sharleene Cano
The Research Committee shall be concerned with the following areas:
Jesse Pasternak, Chair (2023-2025)
Myriem Boufraqech, Chair-elect (2024-2025)
William Armstrong (2022-2025)
Toni Beninato (2022-2025)
Athanasios Bikas (2023-2026)
Alaina Carr (2024-2027)
Priya Dedhia (2022-2025)
Chandrayee Ghosh (2024-2027)
Selvambigai Manivannan (2024-2027)
Esther Rossi (2024-2027)
Alvaro Sanabria (2022-2025)
Prasanna Santhanam (2023-2026)
Leila Shobab (2024-2027)
Amir Sohail (2024-2027)
Board Liaison: Jennifer Sipos
Staff Liaison: Sharleene Cano
The Surgical Affairs Committee seeks to improve patient care by fostering multidisciplinary, collaborative interactions through actively participating in the development of clinical practice guidelines, the planning and implementation of educational activities, the identification and encouragement of joint research efforts, and working to increase surgical membership within the ATA.
Susan Pitt, Chair (2024-2026)
Mawaddah Abdulhaleem (2024-2027)
Erin Buczek (2022-2025)
Benjamin James (2023-2026)
Ken Kazahaya (2022-2025)
Sallie Long (2024-2027)
Salem Noureldine (2024-2027)
Jacquelyn Pastewski (2024-2027)
Leonardo Rangel (2024-2027)
Piyush Ranjan (2024-2027)
Meredith Sorensen (2022-2025)
Rokshana Thanadar (2024-2027)
Board Liaison: Elizabeth Grubbs
Staff Liaison: Sharleene Cano
The Trainees and Career Advancement Committee shall create and promote professional development and career advancement opportunities for trainees and early career professionals who are interested in advancing their knowledge of thyroid physiology, disease and treatment.
Iñigo Landa, Co-Chair (2023-2025)
Melissa Lechner, Co-Chair (2024-2026)
Julie Chen (2023-2026)
Christine Cherella (2023-2026)
Andrew Crawford (2024-2027)
Mimi Hu (2024-2027)
Michael Morkos (2024-2027)
Michelle Mulder (2024-2027)
Julia Noel (2022-2025)
Kharisa Rachmasari (2022-2025)
Federico Salas-Lucia (2023-2026)
Rhitajit Sarkar (2022-2025)
Maaike Van Gerwen (2023-2026)
Danica Vodopivec Kuri (2022-2025)
Board Liaison: Freddy Toloza Bonilla
Staff Liaison: Sharleene Cano
Women in Thyroidology (WIT) was founded in 2002 as an all-inclusive community of American Thyroid Association (ATA) members across backgrounds, genders, and subspecialties. Through advocacy and empowerment, WIT aims to foster an environment that addresses the unique challenges of women in the field of thyroidology, to celebrate the achievements and contributions of women advancing thyroid research and clinical care, and to promote gender equity in the thyroidology workforce.
Initiatives
The WIT Executive Council will ensure that all initiatives are in accordance with the ATA Strategic Plan. Initiatives may include, and are not limited to:
Mimi Hu, MD, Co-Chair
Manisha H. Shah, MD, Co-Chair
Justine A. Barletta, MD
James D. Brierley, MB
Jaume Capdevila, MD
Andrew G. Gianoukakis, MD, FACE
Jessica Erin Gosnell, MD
Ana O. Hoff, MD
Tania Jaber, MD
Kate Newbold, MD
Yuri Nikiforov, MD, PhD
Ishwaria Mohan Subbiah
Mark Edwin Zafereo, Jr., MD
Editor-in-Chief: Anna M. Sawka, MD, PhD
The leading, peer-reviewed resource for original articles, patient-focused reports, and translational research on thyroid cancer and all thyroid related diseases.
Editor-in-Chief: Trevor E. Angell, MD
Commentaries of the latest and impactful articles in the clinical thyroid literature are an important resource for those who care for patients with both benign and malignant thyroid disease.
Editor-in-Chief: Catherine F. Sinclair, MD
Peer-reviewed videos of cutting-edge surgical and diagnostic imaging procedures covering thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal tumors and diseases, with minimally invasive, robotic, and open surgical procedures.
Clinical Thyroidology® for the Public summarizes selected research studies discussed in the previous month’s issue ofClinical Thyroidology, an official publication of the American Thyroid Association®.
Editorial Board
Jessie Block-Galaraza
Gary Bloom
Maria Brito
Susana Ebner
Alina Gavrila
Shirin Haddady
Sun Lee
Joanna Miragaya
Jason D. Prescott
Marjorie Safran
Phillip Segal
Vibhavsu Sharma
Pinar Smith
Ebru Sulanc
Whitney Woodmansee
Matthew Ringel,Co-Chair
Julie Ann Sosa,Co-Chair*
Zubair Baloch
Lindsay Bischoff
Gary Bloom
Gregory Brent
Pamela Brock
Robert Flavell
Whitney Goldner
Elizabeth Grubbs
Megan Haymart
Steven Larson
Angela Leung*
Joseph Osborne
John (Drew) Ridge
Bruce Robinson
Mabel Ryder
David Steward
Ralph Tufano
Lori Wirth
Staff Liaison: Kelly Hoff
*Denotes Task Force member and Board Liaison
Susan Mandel, Co-Chair
Lisa Orloff, Co-Chair
Trevor Angell
Victor Bernet*
Edmund Cibas
Cosimo Durante
Jill Langer
Ana Luiza Maia
Sarah Mayson
David McFadden
Maisie Shindo
Jennifer Sipos
Carmen Solorzano
Michael Yeh
Staff Liaison: Kelly Hoff
*Denotes Task Force member and Board Liaison
Andrew Bauer, Co-Chair
Steven Waguespack, Co-Chair
Jonathan Wasserman, Co-Chair
Adina Alazraki
Emily Christison-Lagay
Catherine Dinauer
Gary Francis
Aime Franco
Mary Frates
Melanie Goldfarb
Sara Monaco
Jeffrey Rastatter
Scott Rivkees
Ari Wassner
Gregory Wiseman
Staff Liaison: Carrie Prewitt
The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee is an advisory committee to the Board of Directors. The committee will work to integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion through all ATA committees, activities, and initiatives. Specifically, the committee will:
– Lead ATA’s efforts to promote robust diversity in all manners to include, but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and medical specialty, as well as advancement in all levels of ATA leadership.
– Foster an environment within the ATA membership where everyone, regardless of their
race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation/identity or attributes or beliefs, feel welcome, comfortable, safe, respected, valued, and can thrive.
– Develop diversity-related programs and symposia for ATA members.
– Make recommendations to the BOD to support ATA’s efforts to recognize and celebrate the contributions and efforts made to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the ATA (including consideration of the creation of new award(s), and in the research and healthcare community.
Amy Y. Chen, Co-Chair
Sanziana A. Roman, Co-Chair
Eiman Awad Abdelrahman
David A. Cohen
Silvania Silva Da Silva Teixeira
Salma Khan, MBBS
Kara Meister
Joanna Miragaya
Carmelo Nucera
Rohit Ranganath
Jennifer A. Sipos
Nidhi Udyavar
Ai Yoshihara
Staff Liaison: Amanda K. Perl
Tim Korevaar, MD, PhD, Co-Chair
Angela M. Leung, MD, MSc, Co-Chair
Erik K. Alexander, MD
Sofie Bliddal, MD, PhD
Kristien Boelaert, MD, PhD
Gabriela Brenta, MD, PhD
Rima Dhillon-Smith, MB ChB, PhD
Chrysoula Dosiou, MD, MS
Dr. Jennifer L. Eaton
Haixia Guan, MD, PhD
Bente Lasserre
Sun Y. Lee, MD, MSc
Spyridoula Maraka, MD, MS
Kara Meister, MD
Lilah Morris-Wiseman, MD, FACS
Caroline Thuy Nguyen, MD
Jacky Nizard, MD, PhD
Elizabeth N. Pearce, MD, MSc
Anh Tran, MBCHb, MRCG
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