HOUSE OF DELEGATES

Report of The MSSNY Nominating Committee

Joseph Maldonado, MD, Chair

To the House of Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen:

The Nominating Committee held a meeting on Wednesday, March 7, 2024. After careful consideration of the recommendations submitted by the district branches, county medical societies, the medical student, resident & fellow and young physicians’ sections, your Committee respectfully submits the following candidates for election.

Officers (Each for term of 2024-2025)

President Jerome C. Cohen, MD, Broome
President-Elect David Jakubowicz, MD, Bronx
Vice-President Mark J. Adams, MD, Monroe
Secretary Howard H. Huang, MD, Jefferson
Assistant Secretary Bernadette Riley, DO Nassau
Treasurer Gregory Pinto, MD, Saratoga
Assistant Treasurer Frank Dowling, MD, Suffolk
Speaker L. Carlos Zapata, MD, Queens
Vice-Speaker Jane Simpson, DO, Jefferson

Councilors (Four for term of 2024-2027)

Second District David Podwall, MD, Nassau
Fourth District Natalie Adler, MD, Saratoga
Sixth District Celeste Johns, MD, Otsego
Eighth District Mark Jajkowski, MD Erie

Young Physicians’ Councilor – Jocelyn Young, DO
Resident and Fellow Section Councilor (One year term 2024-2025) – Anna Heffron, MD, Queens
Medical Student Section Councilor (One year term 2024-2025) – Siddhi Modi, Nassau

Trustees (One Five Year Term 2024-2029) – Robert Frankel, MD, Kings
Parag Mehta, MD, Kings

Delegates to AMA (American Medical Association) – Term of Office January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2026

Louis Auguste, MD, Queens
Maria Basile, MD, Suffolk
Sana Bloch, MD, Bronx
Michael Brisman, MD, Nassau
Joseph DiPoala, MD, Monroe
Janine Fogarty, MD, Monroe
Robert Goldberg, DO, New York
Kent Hall, MD, Oneida
Mark Jajkowski, MD, Erie
Bonnie Litvack, MD, Westchester
Charles Lopresto, DO, Queens

The resident physician member, TBD, XXXX County, as full delegate, the medical student member, Rohini Guin, Suffolk County, as an alternate delegate, will serve on the New York Delegation for one year only (2024).