NMA Scientific Specialty Sections

2024 - 2025 Standing and Ad Hoc Committees

Section	Name	Role	NMA Section Email
Executive Committee	Maurice Sholas, MD, PhD	Chair	chair@nmanet.org
NMA/ANMA Liaison Committee	Mrs. Sharon Wofford, and Brandi Freeman, MD, MS	Co-Chairs	anmacomm@nmanet.org region6trustee2@nmanet.org
Financial Affairs	Juana Hutchinson-Colas, MD	Chair	finance@nmanet.org
Health Policy	Roger Mitchell, Jr., MD, FASCP	Chair	policy@nmanet.org
Convention Committee	Virginia Caine, MD	Chair	president@nmanet.org
Educational Affairs	Yvonne Collins, MD	Chair	BOTeducation@nmanet.org
Social Media and Branding Committee	Chidimma Acholonu, MD	Chair	postgrad@nmanet.org
Publication Committee (JNMA)	Marie Borum, MD	JNMA Editor, Chair	journal@nmanet.org
Presidential Convention Task Force	Garfield Clunie, MD	Chair	gcluniemd@gmail.com
Membership Committee	Priscilla Mpasi, MD	Chair	membershipcomm@nmanet.org
Personnel Subcommittee	Maurice Sholas, MD, PhD	Chair	chair@nmanet.org
Audit Committee	Edith Smith Rayford, MD, MBA, FACOG	Chair	audit@nmanet.org
Governance and Compliance	Michael Knight, MD, MSHP	Chair	governance@nmanet.org
Grants and Special Programs	Damali Campbell Oparaji, MD	Chair	grants@nmanet.org

2024 - 2025 Scientific Specialty Sections Contact List

Section	Name	Role	NMA Section Email
Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology	Cheryl Walker-McGill, MD, MBA	Section Chair	aai@nmanet.org
Aerospace & Military Medicine (Military Medicine & Occupational Health)	Michelle Robertson, MD, MPH	Section Chair	militarymedicine@nmanet.org
Anesthesiology	Alexandra Bastien, MD and Sharon Ashley, MD	Section Co-Chairs	anesthesiology@nmanet.org
Basic Science	Vacant	Section Chair
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	Michelle Staples-Horn, MD, MPH	Section Chair	communitymed@nmanet.org
Dermatology	Cheri Frey, MD (2022-2024)	Section Chair	dermatology@nmanet.org
Emergency Medicine	Lauren Smith, MD, MBA	Section Chair	emergencymed@nmanet.org
Family Medicine	Millard Collins, MD (2022-2024)	Section Chair	familymed@nmanet.org
General Surgery	Shaneeta M. Johnson, MD MBA FACS FASMBS ABOM	Section Chair	surgery@nmanet.org
Internal Medicine	Hakeem Ayinde, MD	Section Chair	internalmed@nmanet.org
Neurology/Neurosurgery	Necrisha Roach, MD	Section Chair	neurology@nmanet.org
Obstetrics and Gynecology	Cassandra Henderson, MD, CDE	Section Chair	obgyn@nmanet.org Lesia C. Waker, Section Administrator & Resident Coordinator lcwaker@gmail.com
Ophthalmology	Fasika Woreta, MD (2022-2024)	Section Chair	ophthalmology@nmanet.org
Orthopedic Surgery	Shasta Henderson, MD and Izuchukwu Ibe, MD	Section Co-Chairs	Orthopaedic@nmanet.org
Otolaryngology	Romaine Johnson, MD	Section Chair	otolaryngology@nmanet.org
Pathology	Ogechukwu Eze, MD (2023-2025)	Section Chair	pathology@nmanet.org
Pediatrics	Christopher Golden, MD	Section Chair	pediatrics@nmanet.org
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation	Jensine’ J. Clark, MD	Section Chair	physicalmed@nmanet.org
Physician Executives	Michele Reed, MD and M. Natalie Achong, MD	Section Co-Chairs	physicanexecutives@nmanet.org
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery	Gary Burton, MD	Section Chair	plasticsurgery@nmanet.org
Podiatric Medicine and Surgery	Kevin E. Jefferson DPM	Section Chair	podiatry@nmanet.org
Postgraduate Physician	Chidimma J. Acholonu, MD MPH	Section Chair	postgrad@nmanet.org
Psychiatry & the Behavioral Sciences	Napoleon Higgins	Section Chair	psychiatry@nmanet.org
Radiology and Radiation Oncology (Radiology)	Curtiland Deville, MD	Section Chair	radiology@nmanet.org
Urology	Robert Waterhouse Jr., MD MBA HSM	Section Chair	urology@nmanet.org
Women’s Health	Sherri Broadwater, MD	Section Chair	womenshealth@nmanet.org
Cobb Institute	Randall Morgan, MD and Christina Stephens, QAS		cstephens@thecobbinstitute.org

About

policy

Education

Events

Programs

Resources

NMA Scientific Specialty Sections

2024 - 2025 Standing and Ad Hoc Committees

2024 - 2025 Scientific Specialty Sections Contact List

Follow Us