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
Parag Mehta, MD, Kings
Brian Murray, MD, Albany
Malcolm Reid, MD, New York
Myrna Sanchez, MD Franklin
Joseph Sellers, FAAP, FACP, MD, Schoharie
Suresh Sharma, MD, Herkimer
Penny Stern, MD, Queens
Corliss Varnum, MD Oswego
Daniel Young, MD, Broome
Jocelyn Young, DO, Broome
Michael Ziegelbaum, MD, Nassau
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).