HOUSE OF DELIGATES
Report of The MSSNY Nominating Committee
To the House of Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Nominations Committee held a meeting on Thursday, January 16, 2025. After careful consideration of the recommendations submitted by the District Branches, County Medical Society Executives and Presidents, and Councilors (including Section Councilors), your Committee respectfully submits the following candidates for election:
Officers (Each for term of 2025-2026)
| President | David Jakubowicz, MD, Bronx |
| President-Elect | Mark Adams, MD, Monroe |
| Vice-President | James Satterfield, MD, Queens |
| 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 (Six for term 2025-2028)
| Third District | Jose David, MD, Albany |
| Ninth District | Daniel Gold, MD, Westchester |
| Suffolk County | Daniel Choi, MD, Suffolk |
| Queens County | Penny Stern, MD, Queens |
| OMS Councilor | Charles Lopresto, DO, Queens |
| WPS Section Councilor | Liana Leung, MD, Queens |
RFS Councilor (One year term 2025-2026) Anna Heffron, MD, New York
MSS Section Councilor (One year term 2025-2026) Amanda Altman, Erie
Trustee (One five-year term 2025-2030) Paul A. Pipia, MD, Nassau
Delegates to AMA (American Medical Association) – (Term of Office January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2027)
Niraj Acharya, MD, Kings
Mark Adams, MD, Monroe
Daniel Choi, MD, Suffolk
Linda Clark, MD, Monroe
Jerome C. Cohen, MD, Broome
Joshua Cohen, MD, New York
Frank Dowling, MD, Suffolk
Robert Frankel, MD, Kings
Howard H. Huang, MD, Jefferson
David Jakubowicz, MD, Bronx
Vilma Joseph. MD, Bronx
Hemant Kalia, MD, Monroe
Thomas T. Lee, MD, Westchester
Liana Leung, MD, Queens
Joseph Maldonado, Jr., MD, Oneida
Sandhya Malhotra, MD, Queens
Leslie Marino, MD, Suffolk
Adolph Meyer, MD, Kings
Gregory Pinto, MD, Saratoga
Paul A. Pipia, MD, Nassau
James Satterfield, MD, Queens
Jane Simpson, DO, Jefferson
Stacey Watt, MD, Erie
L. Carlos Zapata, MD, Queens
The resident physician member, TBD, XXXX County, as full delegate, the medical student member, TBD, XXXX County, as an alternate delegate, will serve on the New York Delegation for one year only (2026).
207.976 Informed Choices for MSSNY Elections
MSSNY will provide all voting members of the House of Delegates with the following information about candidates nominated for election to the Board of Trustees, the Council, Officers, and the AMA Delegation: Medical School, Residency/Fellowship, Specialty, Hospital Affiliations, Practice Setting, and Prior Experience in Organized Medicine.
MSSNY will provide candidates nominated for election to the Board of Trustees, the Council, Officers and the AMA Delegation the opportunity to provide a written statement for distribution to all voting delegates. (HOD 2015-209)
Potential candidates who are not named in the Report of the Nominating Committee must obtain written endorsement from a minimum of ten credentialed delegates to the HOD office in order to become a prefatory nominee. All nominees must submit a conflict of interest statement to the HOD office.
The deadline for submitting this information shall be Sunday, March 30 at 9PM
