2025-26 Board of Directors and Committee Membership
OTA Board of Directors
President: Thomas F. Higgins, MD, FIOTA
President-Elect: Bill Obremskey, MD
2nd President Elect: George V. Russell, MD
Immediate Past President: Douglas W. Lundy, MD, FIOTA
2nd Past President: Emil Schemitsch, MD, FIOTA
Chief Financial Officer: Brian Cunningham, MD
Secretary: Anna N. Miller, MD, FACS, FIOTA
Member at Large: Kelly A. Lefaivre, MD, FRCSC
Member at Large: Bob O'Toole, MD
Member at Large: Saam Morshed, MD, PhD, FIOTA
Annual Meeting Program Chair: Leah Gitajn, MD
Annual Program Committee
Leah Gitajn, MD, Chair
Reza Firoozabadi, MD, Co-Chair
Emily Wagstrom, MD
Niloofar Dehghan, MD
Mark Gage, MD
Clifford Jones, MD
Samir Mehta, MD
Justin Haller, MD
Mark Lee, MD
Animesh Agarwal, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Zach Working, MD, BSFF Chair
Ted Miclau, MD, ITCF Chair
Basic Science (Sub-Committee of Annual Program)
Zach Working, MD, Chair
Shuyang Han
Philipp Leucht, MD
Dillon O'Neill, MD
Henry Goodnough, MD
Don Anderson, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Ellie Sato, MD, Resident Member
Prism Schneider, MD, Research Committee Chair
Justin Haller, MD, Presidential Consultant
Gerard Slobogean, MD, SRI Committee Chair
Bylaws & Hearings Committee
Matthew Karam, MD, Chair
Steve Cherney, MD
Steve Morgan, MD
Classification & Outcomes Committee
Ashley Levack, MD, Chair
Rachel Seymour, MD
Kyle Schweser, MD
Mo Refaat, MD
Eric Meinberg, MD
Sean Campbell, MD
Stephen Shymon, MD
Michael Weaver, MD
Brett Crist, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Stephen Canton, MD, Resident member
Julie Agel, Presidential Consultant
Meir Marmor, MD; Presidential Consultant
Disaster Management Preparedness Committee
Daniel Stinner, MD, Chair
Mansur Halai, MD
Jordi Teixidor Serra, MD
James Blair, MD
Erin Farrelly, MD
Burak Altintas, MD
Kristoff Reid, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Stephen Ryan Chen, MD, Resident Member
Joseph Johnson, MD, COT Representative
Evidence Based Quality, Value & Safety Committee
Joseph Patterson, MD, Chair
Megan Wally, MD
Graham DeKeyser, MD
Erin Hofer, MD
Jonathan Dubin, MD
Yelena Bogdan, MD
Damien Billow, MD
Borris Zelle, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Kate Hutchison, MD, Resident Member
Clay Spitler, Presidential Consultant
Bryant Oliphant, MD, MBA, MSc, COT Chair
Education Committee
Thuan Ly, MD, Chair
Steven Morgan, MD
Seth Yarboro, MD
Christopher Lee, MD
Madhav Karunakar, MD
Justin Siebler, MD
Jennifer Bruggers, MD
Michael Kain, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Jaquelyn Kakalecik, MD, Resident member
Carol Lin, COT Representative
Frank Liporace, MD, AAOS Trauma Content Committee Chair
Toan Le, MD, CME/COI Subcommittee Chair
Scott E. Sexton, MD, 2023 PA/NP Course Chair
Kelly Harkins, PA-C, 2023 PA/NP Course Chair
Michael Maceroli, MD, 2024 Fall Resident Comprehensive Course Past Chair
Richard Yoon, MD, 2025 Fall Resident Comprehensive Course Chair
Matt Rudloff, MD, 2025 Spring Resident Comprehensive Course Chair
Russell Norris, MD, 2025 Spring Resident Comprehensive Course Co-Chair
Lisa Cannada, MD, Core Curriculum Phase VI Project Director
John Hagedorn, MD, Core Curriculum Phase VI Project Director
Samir Mehta, MD, Core Curriculum Phase VI Project Director
Matt Garner, MD, 2025 Resident Advanced Trauma Techniques Course Chair
David Chafey, MD, 2025 Resident Advanced Trauma Techniques Course Co-Chair
Brett Crist, MD, 2025 Arthroplasty Course Chair
Andrew Choo, MD, 2025 Arthroplasty Course Co-Chair
Paul Tornetta, MD, Fellows Course Chair
Dan Horwitz, MD, Fellows Course Co-Chair
Stephen Kottmeier, MD, Fellows Course Co-Chair
Dan Horwitz, MD, 2024 AAOS/OTA Course
J. Tracy Watson, MD, 2024 AAOS/OTA Course
William M Ricci, MD, JOT Editor
Augstine Saiz, MD, Fracture Night in America
Gillian Soles, MD, Educate the Educators/Faculty Development Course
Nicole Ann Zelenski, MD, Hand Education
Tim Moore, MD, Spine Education
Susan Scherl, MD, Peds Education
CME/COI Subcommittee
Toan Le, MD, Chair
Lisa Cannada, MD
Sarah Pierrie, MD
John Riehl, MD
Utku Kandemir, MD
Nermine Habib, MD
David Hak, MD
Andrew Tyler, MD
Elmunzar Bagouri, FRCS
Lee Reichel, MD
Arun Upreti, MS
Krunal Soni, MS
Regis Renard, MD
Tony Ding, MD
Deana Mercer, MD
Chad Ishmael, MD
Justin Hellwinkel, MD
Fellowship & Career Choices Committee
Roman Natoli, MD, Chair
Phil Mitchell, MD
Darin Friess, MD
Matthew Karam, MD
Daniel Schlatterer, DO
David Weatherby, MD
Jarrod Dumpe, MD
Kevin Kang, MD
Joshua Gary, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Tina Zhang, MD, Fellow
Lisa Cannada, MD, Fellowship Compliance Sub-committee chair
Fellowship Match Compliance Sub-Committee
Lisa Cannada, MD, Chair
Christopher Lee, MD
Kyle Schweser, MD
Johnathan Thompson, DO
Dave Templeman, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Roman Natoli, MD, Fellowship & Career Choices Committee Chair
Fund Development Committee
Bob Probe, MD, Chair
Anthony Christiano, MD
Philip Kregor, MD
David Teague, MD
Michael Archdeacon, MD
Brendan Patterson, MD
Gerald Lang, MD
Arvind von Keudell, MD
Holly Pilson, MD
Hassan Mir, MD
Heather Vallier, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Brian Cunningham, MD, CFO
Prism Schneider, MD, Research Committee Chair
Finance and Audit Committee
Brian Cunningham, MD, CFO/Chair
Nathaniel Schaffer, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Hassan Mir, MD, Immediate Past CFO
Global Relations Executive Committee
IOTA Steering Committee Advisory Chair
IOTA President
International Relations Committee Chair
Governance Council Chair
Healthcare Access and Excellence Committee
Toni McLaurin, MD Chair
Shasta Henderson, MD
Emily Benson, MD
Lisa Cannada, MD
Brianna Fram, MD
Gerald Lang, MD
Elizabeth Nolte (Harkin), MD
Joshua Namm, MD
Samir Mehta, MD
Tram Tran, MD
Gregory Della Rocca, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Paulo Castaneda, MD, Resident Member
Milton Little, MD, Presidential Consultant
Health Policy & Planning Committee
Milan Sen, MD, Chair
Bryant Oliphant, MD
Mani Kahn, MD
Carol Lin, MD
Joshua Parry, MD
Christian Pean, MD
Usha Mani, MD
David Stroh, MD
Wade Gordon, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Loc-Uyen Vo, MD, Resident Member
Jon Dubin, MD, EBQVS Liaison
Bryant Oliphant, MD, COT Chair
Bruce Browner, MD, Presidential Consultant
International Relations Committee
Miguel Daccarett, MD, Chair
David Shearer, MD
Steven Becher, MD
Rahul Vaidya, MD
Carla Smith, MD
Brian Madison, MD
Jesse Hahn, MD
Rodolfo Zamora, MD
Hiro Minehara, MD
Vincenzo Giordano, MD
Arvind Nana, MD
Kees Jan Ponsen, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Samantha Weiss, MD, Resident Member
Roman Hayda, MD, Presidential Consultant
Lewis Zirkle, MD, Presidential Consultant
Andrew Schmidt, OTAI Editor-in-Chief
Ted Miclau, MD, IOTA Steering Committee Chair
International Trauma Care Forum Sub-committee
Theodore Miclau III, MD, Chair
KJ Ponsen, MD
Miguel Daccarett, MD
Brian Bernstein, MD
Military Committee
Chris Renninger, MD, Chair
Jamie Lyn Engel, MD
Benjamin Wheatley, MD (USA)
Louis Lewandowski, MD
Ken Nelson, MD
Philipp Grisdela, MD
Michael Polmear
Shawn Boomsma, DO
Archie Overmann, MD
Ex-Officio
MAJ Daniel Stinner, MD, Presidential Consultant
Patrick Wise, MD, Resident Member
Usha Mani, COT Representative
Moral Injury, Advocacy and Member Wellbeing Committee
Derek Donegan, MD, Chair
Matthew Garner, MD
Mark Adams, MD
Josh Namm, MD
Jeff Smith, MD
Ryan Will, MD
Joseph Cohen, MD
Daniel Schlatterer, MD
Jason Gould, MD
Katy Metcalf, MD
Ex-Officio
Meghan McCaskey, MD, Resident member
Online Discussion Forum Committee
Niloofar Dehghan, MD, Chair
Brian Page, MD
Jonathan Copp, MD
Alazar Haile, MD
Abhishek Ganta, MD
Joshua Napora, MD
Aleksey Dvorzhinskiy, MD
Clifford Jones, MD
Alexander Crespo, MD
Drew Sanders, MD
Sushrut Babhulkar, MD
Brandon Yuan, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Alex Demers, MD, Resident Member
Patient Education Committee
Christopher Domes, MD Chair
Thomas Krupko, MD
Mary Kate Erdman, MD
Juan Santiago, MD
Paul Perdue, MD
Ryan Harrison, MD
Mani Kahn, MD
Porter Young, MD
George Ochenjele, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Amber Gordon - Resident member
Ed Harvey, MD - Presidential Consultant
Mike Githens, MD - OrthoInfo Project Team Chair
Patient Mental Health Committee
Phil Wolinsky, MD, Chair
Heather Vallier, MD
Matt Ciminero, MD
William Ryan, MD
Anna Miller, MD
Hassan Mir, MD
Benjamin Ollivere,
David Ring, MD
Daniel Stinner, MD
Erin Stockwell, MD
Caryn Andrea Lindsey, LCSW
Ann Marie Kelly, MD - Resident member
Podcast (Sub-committee of Publications)
Michael Blankstein, MD, Chair
Greg Gaski, MD
Christopher Doro, MD
Jacqueline Dunahoe, MD
Jeremy Podolnick, MD
Malcolm DeBaun, MD
Alex Crespo, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Hassan Mir, Publications Chair
Joseph Patterson, Presidential Consultant
Practice Management Committee
Brian Cunningham, MD, Chair
Rachel Sotsky, MD
Meelan Patel, MD
Robert Wetzel, MD
Scott Pascal, MD
Thabet Hagag, MD
Mikhail Bekarev, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Ilexa Flagstad, MD, Resident Member
Brad Henley, MD, Presidential Consultant
William Creevy, MD, Presidential Consultant
Publications Committee
Hassan Mir, MD; Chair
Anna Miller, MD; FractureBook Editor-in-Chief
Phillip Mitchell, MD; Video Library Chair
William Ricci, MD; JOT Editor-in-Chief
Andrew Schmidt, MD; OTAI Editor-in-Chief
Stephen Warner, MD
Mai Nguyen, MD
Ex-Officio Members
Ellen Lutnick, MD; Resident Member
Brian Cunningham, MD; OTA CFO
Leah Gitajn, MD; Annual Program Chair
Zachary Working, MD; BSFF Chair
Thuan Ly, MD; Education Chair
Chris Domes, MD; Patient Education Chair
Ted Miclau, MD; IOTA
Niloofar Dehghan, MD, MSc, FRCSC; Online Discussion Forum Chair
Mark Baugh; WK Journal Publisher
Public Relations Committee
Babar Shafiq, MD, Chair
Jana Davis, MD
Alexander Crespo, MD
Gele Moloney, MD
Jan Szatkowski, MD
Amit Singla, MD
Hrayr Basmajian, MD
Ad-Hoc Members:
Jeannie Park, MD, Resident Member
Krishna Suresh, MD, Resident Member (Newsletter)
Nina Fisher, MD, Resident Member
Ryan Will, MD, Newsletter Editor
Research Committee
Prism Schneider, MD, Chair
Aaron Nauth, MD
Lucas Marchand, MD
Lauren Tatman, MD
Brandon Yuan, MD
Eric Swart, MD, FACS
Michael Beltran, MD
Andrew Duckworth, MD
Arun Aneja, MD
Clay Spitler, MD
Augustine Saiz, MD
Michael Willey, MD
Abdel Lawendy, MD
Ex-Officio
Kelly Lefaivre, MD
Research Executive Committee
SRI Chair, Gerard Slobogean
Research Chair, Prism Schneider
Classification & Outcomes Chair, Ashley Levack
EBQVS Chair, Joseph Patterson
Basic Science Chair, Zach Working
Research Council Chair, Kelly Lefaivre
Strategic Research Initiative Committee
Gerard Slobogean, MD, Chair
Paul Matuszewski, MD,
Sheila Sprague, PhD
Chelsea Bahney, PhD
Philipp Leucht, MD
Ben Ollivere, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Prism Schneider, MD, Research Chair
Zach Working, MD, Basic Science Focus Forum Chair
Bob Probe, MD, Fund Development Chair
Traveling Fellowship Committee
Greg Della Rocca, MD, Chair
John Hagedorn, MD
Samir Mehta, MD
Steven Cherney, MD
Emily Wagstrom, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Brendan Patterson, MD, Presidential Consultant
Anna Miller, MD Presidential Consultant
Video Library (Sub-committee of Publications)
Philip Mitchell, MD, Chair
Paul Lafferty, MD
Dane Brodke, MD
William Ryan, MD
David Cinats, MD
Akshay Goel, MD
Erin Stockwell, MD
Jordan Erick Johnson, MD
Joseph Johnson, MD
James Blair, MD
Taylor Yong, MD
Young Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeons Committee
Arvind Von Keudell, MD, Chair
Scott Pascal, MD
Lillia Steffenson, MD
Kevin Phelps, MD
Sarah Blumenthal, MD
Edgar Araiza, MD
Giselle Hernandez, MD
Chris Folau, MD
Derek Stenquist, MD
Kyla Huebner, MD
Andrew Kaggwa, MD
Nicole Stevens, MD
Tony Christiano, MD
Jane Liu, MD
Elected Committees
Membership Committee
Mai Nguyen, MD, Chair
Reza Firoozabadi, MD
Utku Kandemir, MD
Thuan Ly, MD
Malcolm DeBaun, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Milton Little, Presidential Consultant
Susan Scherl, MD
Dan Coll, PA-C
Nominating Committee
Douglas Lundy, MD, Chair
Orthopaedic Organizational Liaisons
AAOS BOS
Douglas Lundy, MD; Presidential Line Rep
Mike Weaver, MD; BOS Fellowship Committee
Kelly Lefaivre, MD; Member Rep (also BOS rep to AAOS Health Care Systems Committee)
Kathleen Caswell, CAE; Executive Director Rep
ACS COT (American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma)
Bryan Oliphant, MD, Chair
Kelly Lefaivre, MD, OTA Representative
Carol Lin, MD
Lisa Cannada, MD
Joey Johnson, MD
Mani Usha, MD
Daniel Segina, MD
Jennifer Hagen, MD
Emily Wagstrom, MD
Anthony Christiano, MD
AI Task Force
Meir Marmour, MD, Chair
Saam Morshed, MD
Clay Spitler, MD
Tom Peterson
Jacobien Oosterhoff, MD
Job Doornberg, MD
Justin Krogue, MD
Lauren Crocco, MD
Hans Van Lancker, MD
Peter Krause, MD
Mikhail Bekarev, MD
Greg Osgood, MD
Firearm Injury Task Force
David Teague, MD, Co-Chair
Brian Cunningham, MD, Co-Chair
Emil Schemitsch, MD, Board Liaison
Jim Ficke, MD
Anna Miller, MD
Hassan Mir, MD
Milan Sen, MD
Babar Shafiq, MD
Ken Nelson, MD
Daniel Stinner, MD
Michelle Gosselin, MD