NMA Scientific Specialty Sections

2025 - 2026 Scientific Specialty Sections Contact List

Section Name Role NMA Section Email
Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology
Cheryl Walker-McGill, MD, MBA
Section Chair
Aerospace & Military Medicine
(Military Medicine & Occupational Health)
Michelle Robertson, MD, MPH
Section Chair
Anesthesiology
Alexandra Bastien, MD and Sharon Ashley, MD
Section Co-Chairs
Basic Science
Vacant
Section Chair
Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Michelle Staples-Horn, MD, MPH
Section Chair
Dermatology
Hope Mitchell, MD
Section Chair
Emergency Medicine
Lauren Smith, MD, MBA
Section Chair
Family Medicine
Riba Kelsey, MD
Section Chair
General Surgery
Suzanne Cutter, MD
Section Chair
Internal Medicine
Hakeem Ayinde, MD, Chair and Natasha Travis, MD, Co-Chair
Section Chair
Neurology/Neurosurgery
Sonia Eden, MD
Section Chair
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Cassandra Henderson, MD, CDE
Section Chair

obgyn@nmanet.org

Lesia C. Waker, Section Administrator & Resident Coordinator

lcwaker@gmail.com

 

Ophthalmology
Basil Williams, MD
Section Chair
Orthopedic Surgery
Shasta Henderson, MD and Izuchukwu Ibe, MD
Section Co-Chairs
Otolaryngology
Lamont R. Jones, MD, MBA
Section Chair
otolaryngology@nmanet.org
Pathology
Sasha Breland, MD
Section Chair
Pediatrics
Aisha Rollins, MD
Section Chair
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Jensine’ J. Clark, MD
Section Chair
Physician Executives
Michele Reed, MD and M. Natalie Achong, MD
Section Co-Chairs
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Gary Burton, MD
Section Chair
Podiatric Medicine and Surgery
Kevin E. Jefferson DPM
Section Chair
Postgraduate Physician
Chidimma J. Acholonu, MD MPH
Section Chair
postgrad@nmanet.org
Psychiatry & the Behavioral Sciences
Napoleon Higgins, MD
Section Chair
Radiology and Radiation Oncology
(Radiology)
Curtiland Deville, MD
Section Chair
Urology
Glen McWilliams, MD
Section Chair
urology@nmanet.org
Women’s Health
Sherri Broadwater, MD, Co-Chair; Safiya Ruffin, MD, Co-Chair and Keri Lockhart, MD, Co-Chair
Section Chair
Cobb Institute
Christina Stephens, QAS
cstephens@thecobbinstitute.org