Leadership & Board

Timothy Deer, MD

Chairman and Co-Founder

Dawood Sayed, MD

Vice Chairman and Co-Founder

Krishnan Chakravarthy, MD, PhD

President

Steven Falowski, MD, FAANS

President Elect

Sean Li, MD

Vice President

Kasra Amirdelfan, MD

Vice President, Clinical Affairs

David Lee, MD

Associate Vice President of Clinical Affairs

Nomen Azeem, MD

Secretary

Melissa Murphy, MD

Treasurer

Erika Petersen, MD, FAANS

Immediate Past President

Jason E. Pope, MD

Senior Executive Advisor to the Board

Michael J. Dorsi, MD

Director at Large

Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD

Director at Large

Douglas P. Beall, MD

Director at Large

Ramo K. Naidu, MD

Director at Large

Kenneth B. Chapman, MD

Director at Large

Jennifer Hah, MD

Director at Large

Soriaya Motivala, MD

Director at Large

David Dickerson, MD

Director at Large

Jacqueline Weisbein, DO

Ex Officio — Advisor to the President and Chairman

Jonathan D. Carlson, MD

Ex Officio — Advisor to the President and Chairman

Pankaj Mehta, MD

Ex Officio — Advisor to the President and Chairman

Jay S. Grider, MD

VP of Guidelines

Kathleen W. Meacham, MD, PhD

VP of Translational Research

Jonathan D. Carlson, MD

VP of Membership and Member Engagement

Pankaj Mehta, MD

VP of Membership and Member Engagement

Anthony Giuffrida, MD

VP of Social Media and Public Engagement

Christopher Paul, MD

Medical Director of Webinar Education and Creation

Hemant Kalia, MD

Vice President, Office of Reimbursement & Regulatory Affairs

Mark N. Malinowski, DO, FIPP

Assistant Vice President, Office of Reimbursement & Regulatory Affairs

Harry P. Sukumaran, MD

Assistant Vice President, Office of Reimbursement & Regulatory Affairs

Timothy Lubenow, MD

VP of Fellow Education

David Dickerson, MD

Assistant VP of Fellow Education

Daniel Pak, MD

Assistant VP of Fellow Education

Natalie Strand, MD

Vice President of Compliance

Christopher Lam, MD

Assistant VP of Compliance

Trishul Kapoor, MD

Assistant VP of Compliance

Jordan Lee Tate, MD, MPH

VP of Diversity and Outreach

David E. Reece, DO

VP ASPN Military Leadership Council

Maged Guirguis, MD

Director of Centers of Excellence

Denis G. Patterson, DO

Liaison to Pacific Spine and Pain Society

Mark N. Malinowski, DO, FIPP

Chair, Advocacy & Policy Committee

Tariq AlFarra, DO

Vice Chair, Advocacy & Policy Committee

Johnathan H. Goree, MD

Chair, Diversity and Outreach

Eric Cornidez, MD, MBA

Vice Chair, Diversity and Outreach

Latrice Akuamoah, MD

Vice Chair, Diversity and Outreach

Alane Costanzo, MD

Chair, ASPN Military Leadership Council

Denise Lester, MD

Vice Chair, ASPN Military Leadership Council

Robert Trainer, MD

Vice Chair, ASPN Military Leadership Council

Edward Podgorski, MD

Chair, ASPN CARES Committee

Tolga Suvar, MD

Chair, ASPN CARES Committee

Nikhil Verma, MD

Chair, Social Media Committee

John H. Gallagher, MD, MS

Vice Chair, Social Media Committee

Andrew Goldblum, DO

Vice Chair, Social Media Committee

Angel Boev, MD

Chair, Spine Surgeons Advisory Committee

Gustaf Van Acker, MD, PhD

Member, Research Committee