AMSER Committees

AMSER committees are a great way to get involved with the organization, the committees are active and productive and always in need of new members. If you wish to be on a committee, please either contact the committee chair (click on committee link) or the current AMSER president.

Executive Committee

Nominating Committee

Awards Committee

Program Committee

Curricular and Educational Resources Committee

STARS Editorial Board

Finance Committee 

Research and Scholarship Committee

Strategic Planning Committee

Rules Committee

Membership Committee

Website & Communications Committee


Executive Committee

Allison M. Grayev, MD  - President
Atul Agarwal, MD - Vice President
Mahan Mathur, MD - Vice President-elect
Michelle M. Miller-Thomas, MD - Secretary-Treasurer
Judith A. Gadde, DO, MBA - Immediate Past President
Lindsey Negrete, MD - Member-at-Large

Jeanne Hill, MD - Member-at-Large 

Jonathan Martin, MD - Member-at-Large

David M. Naeger, MD, FAAR – Chair - Research and Scholarship Committee
Jeffrey (Jerry) Jarvik, MD, MPH, FAAR  - AAR President
Sravanthi Reddy, MD, FAAR - Chair, Rules Committee
Allison M. Grayev, MD - Chair, Membership Committee
Matthew S. Hartman, MD - Co-Chair, Curricular and Educational Resources Committee
Judith A. Gadde, DO - Chair, Website & Communications Committee
Mahan Mathur, MD - Editor-in-Chief, STARS Editorial Board
Christopher M. Straus, MD, FAAR - Chair, Strategic Planning Committee 

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Awards Committee

Duration: (Chair) 1 year; members: 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible

Members: Immediate Past President (Chair); 2 members appointed by President

Duties: To oversee and assist in determining AMSER alliance award winners

  • AMSER Henry Goldberg award for medical student presentations
  • AMSER Excellence in (Medical Student) Education Award (EEA)
    • To develop a list of potential recipients
    • Determining the short list or preferred recipient
  • Present updates at AAR and RSNA AMSER board meetings


Chair:
 Judith Gadde, DO

Committee Members: TBD

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Curricular and Educational Resources Committee

Duration: (Chair) 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible; members: 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible

Members: Chair, Ad Hoc members

Duties:

  • Aid in development of AMSER shared resources including: AMSER ID, AMSER RD
  • Update and maintain the AMSER national medical student curriculum
  • Evaluation of trainee posters and electronic presentations at AAR meeting
  • Present updates at AAR and RSNA AMSER board meetings
  • Maintain existing AMSER Professionalism module and AMSER Guide to Applying for Residency and develop new AMSER educational resources.
  • Solicit and develop new educational resources
  • Maintain and add to AMSER Resource Image database (ID) and AMSER Resource database (RD).


Qualifications: AMSER member

Election/selection: The President will select the Committee Chair, offered by the Nominating Committee, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee and the authorization of the membership at the annual meeting. Committee members will be selected by the Committee Chair, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee and to the authorization of the membership.

Time commitment: Committee Chair will attend AMSER Executive Committee meeting at AAR meeting and at RSNA meeting (in person or by teleconference). Chair and committee will communicate throughout the year to attend to committee business. Attendance at AMSER members’ meeting at AAR meeting is strongly encouraged for both Chair and committee members.

Chair: Matthew S. Hartman, MD

Committee Members:

Shadi Aminololama-Shakeri, MD
Judith K. Amorosa, MD
Oksana H. Baltarowich, MD
Eve D. Clark, MD
Erinn Cooke, MD, MPH
Donald N. Di Salvo, MD
Sara Durfee, MD
Glenn C. Gaviola, MD
Allison M. Grayev, MD
Jeffery Hogg, MD
Hyewon Hyun, MD
Liwei Jiang
Kimi L. Kondo, DO
Manickam Kumaravel, MD
Christina A. LeBedis, MD
Stephen Ling, MD
Maria A. Manning, MD
Melissa Manzer, MD
Mahan Mathur, MD
Hazem M. Matta, DO
Michelle M. McNamara, MD
Nancy J. McNulty, MD
Edward A. Michals, MD
Juan M. Olazagasti, MD
Joseph V. Philip, MD
Miriam Romero, MD
David S. Sarkany, MD
Maria C. Shiau, MD
Stacy E. Smith, MD
Jason W. Stephenson, MD
Christopher M. Straus, MD, FAAR
Colin Strickland, MD
Pal Suranyi, MD, PhD
Smyrna Tuburan, MD
Ashish P. Wasnik, MD
Don C. Yoo, MD

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Finance Committee

Allison M. Grayev, MD - President
Michelle Miller-Thomas, MD– Secretary - Treasurer
Atul Agarwal, MD – Vice President
Mahan Mathur, MD – Vice President - Elect

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Strategic Planning Committee

Duration: (Chair) 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible; members: 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible

Members: Chair, Ad Hoc members

Duties: Define the future path and goals of AMSER as an organization

Qualifications: AMSER member Election/selection: The President will select the Committee Chair, offered by the Nominating Committee, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee and the authorization of the membership at the annual meeting. Committee members will be selected by the Committee Chair, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee and to the authorization of the membership.

Time commitment: Committee chair will attend AMSER Executive Committee meeting at AAR meeting and at RSNA meeting (in person or by teleconference). Chair and committee will communicate throughout the year to attend to committee business. Attendance at AMSER members’ meeting at AAR meeting is strongly encouraged for both Chair and committee members.

Chair: Christopher M. Straus, MD, FAAR

Committee Members:

Eve D. Clark, MD
Christian W. Cox, MD
C. Alexander Grieco, MD
Timothy P. Kasprzak, MD
Katherine A. Klein, MD
Nancy J. McNulty, MD
Janet A. Neutze, MD
Erin E. O'Connor, MD
Sravanthi Reddy, MD, FAAR
Jason W. Stephenson, MD
Emily M. Webb, MD

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Membership Committee

Duration: (Chair) 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible; members: 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible

Members: Chair, Ad Hoc members

Duties:

  • Planning ongoing mailings & activities for membership solicitation
  • Maintenance of membership list
  • Present updates at AAR and RSNA AMSER board meetings


Qualifications: 
AMSER member

Election/selection: The President will select the Committee Chair, offered by the Nominating Committee, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee and the authorization of the membership at the annual meeting. Committee members will be selected by the Committee Chair, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee and to the authorization of the membership.

Time commitment: Committee chair will attend AMSER Executive Committee meeting at AAR meeting and at RSNA meeting (in person or by teleconference). Chair and committee will communicate throughout the year to attend to committee business. Attendance at AMSER members’ meeting at AAR meeting is strongly encouraged for both Chair and committee members.

Chair: Allison M. Grayev, MD

Committee Members:

James M. Brian, MD
Erinn Cooke, MD, MPH
Donna Magid, MD, MED, FAAR
Erin E. O'Connor, MD
Gary J. Whitman, MD

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Nominating Committee

Duration: Chair, Immediate Past President

Members: Next two Immediate Past Presidents

Duties:

  • Prepare slate of interested and eligible candidates for open AMSER positions
  • Present these annually at RSNA meeting, to be voted on by executive board. Will be voted on by membership at the following AAR meeting


Qualifications:
 
Last three President Emeriti

Election/selection: see qualifications

Time commitment: as needed with communication throughout the year to prepare a slate of candidates to open positions for presentation annually

Chair: Judy Gadde, DO

Committee Members:

Marc Willis, DO


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Program Committee

Duration: Chair, Vice President

Members: Chair, Ad Hoc members

Duties:

  • Design upcoming AMSER programs
  • Schedule and communicate with all speakers and AAR program planners
  • Chair the AAR Program Planning Meeting
  • Work with APDR and ACER program planners


Qualifications:
 AMSER member

Election/selection: The President will select the Committee Chair, offered by the Nominating Committee, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee and the authorization of the membership at the annual meeting. Committee members will be selected by the Committee Chair, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee and to the authorization of the membership.

Time commitment: Committee Chair will attend AMSER Executive Committee meeting at AAR meeting and at RSNA meeting (in person or by teleconference). Chair and committee will communicate throughout the year to attend to committee business. Attendance at AMSER members’ meeting at AAR meeting is strongly encouraged for both Chair and committee members.

Chair:  Atul Agarwal, MD

Committee Members:

Lily M. Belfi, MD
Eve D. Clark, MD
Glenn C. Gaviola, MD
Allison M. Grayev, MD
Aine M. Kelly, MD, MS
Kimi L. Kondo, DO
Rebecca Leddy, MD
Nancy J. McNulty, MD
Sravanthi Reddy, MD, FAAR
Jessica B. Robbins, MD
Karla A. Sepulveda, MD
Biren A. Shah, MD
Maria C. Shiau, MD
Seth T. Stalcup, MD
Christopher M. Straus, MD, FAAR
Nupur Verma

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STARS Editorial Board

Duration: Editor-in-Chief: 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible, Members: 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible

Members: Editor-in-Chief, Selected AMSER members

Duties:

  • Overseeing all STARS activities including but not limited to: user registration, test item development, editing, creation and maintenance of AMSER shelf exams, question item validation analysis, site upgrades and changes, maintenance of user manual, etc.
  • Editorial Board actives include item writing, editing, validation, exam development and validation.
  • Editor-in-Chief will serve as liaison to the STARS software platform.


Qualifications:
 AMSER member

Election/selection: The President will select the Editor-in-Chief, offered by the Nominating Committee, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee and the authorization of the membership at the annual meeting. Committee members will be composed of nominated and self-nominated AMSER members selected by the Editor-in-Chief in consultation with the AMSER President and/or the approval of the Executive Committee.

Time commitment: Editor-in-Chief will attend AMSER Executive Committee meeting at AAR meeting and at RSNA meeting (in person or by teleconference). Editor-in-Chief and committee will communicate throughout the year to attend to committee business. Attendance at AMSER members’ meeting at AAR meeting is strongly encouraged for both Editor-in-Chief and committee members.

Editor-in-Chief: Mahan Mathur, MD

Committee Members:

Omran S. Al Dandan, MBBS
Judith K. Amorosa, MD
Andres R. Ayoob, MD
Kristen L. Baugnon, MD
Keith Baynes, MD
Joseph M. Becker, MD, MS
Joseph Budovec, MD
Tara M. Catanzano, MD
Julie Champine, MD
Sarah M. Desoky, MD
Sara Durfee, MD
Joseph S. Fotos, MD
Angela Giardino, MD
Hyewon Hyun, MD
Rony Kampalath, MD
Katherine A. Klein, MD
Kimi L. Kondo, DO
Rebecca Leddy, MD
Madalene C. Lewis, MD
Stephen Ling, MD
Nancy J. McNulty, MD
Kirk A. Miller, DO
Karuna Raj, MD
Jessica B. Robbins, MD
Stefan Tigges, MD

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Research and Scholarship Committee

Duration: (Chair) 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible; members: 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible

Members: Chair, Ad Hoc members

Duties:

  • Oversee the annual AMSER/ACER issue of Academic Radiology and act as a resource for members interested in publishing opportunities.
  • Act as associate editors on the Academic Radiology issue.
  • Pursue and inform alliance members of reviewer and submission opportunities in AMSER and publications.
  • Inform members of noteworthy publications including the Alliance newsletter and the annual meeting.
  • Chair will serve as an editor of the annual AMSER/ACER issue of Academic Radiology.


Qualifications:
 AMSER member

Election/selection: The President will select the Committee Chair, offered by the Nominating Committee, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee and the authorization of the membership at the annual meeting. Committee members will be selected by the Committee Chair, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee and to the authorization of the membership.

Time commitment: Committee Chair will attend AMSER Executive Committee meeting at AAR meeting and at RSNA meeting (in person or by teleconference). Chair and committee will communicate throughout the year to attend to committee business. Attendance at AMSER members’ meeting at AAR meeting is strongly encouraged for both Chair and committee members.

Chair: David M. Naeger, MD

Committee Members:

Omran S. Al Dandan, MBBS
Judith K. Amorosa, MD
Alison L. Chetlen, DO
Sarah M. Desoky, MD
Allison M. Grayev, MD
Supriya Gupta, MD, MBBS
Aine M. Kelly, MD, MS
Sravanthi Reddy, MD, FAAR
David S. Sarkany, MD
Karla A. Sepulveda, MD
Jorge Taboada, MD

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Rules Committee

Duration: (Chair) 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible; members: 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible

Members: Chair, Ad Hoc members

Duties: Maintenance and update of AMSER rules and bylaws

Qualifications: AMSER member

Election/selection: The President will select the Committee chair, offered by the Nominating Committee, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee and the authorization of the membership at the annual meeting. Committee members will be selected by the Committee Chair, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee and to the authorization of the membership.

Time commitment: Committee chair will attend AMSER Executive Committee meeting at AAR meeting and at RSNA meeting (in person or by teleconference). Chair and committee will communicate throughout the year to attend to committee business. Attendance at AMSER members’ meeting at AAR meeting is strongly encouraged for both Chair and committee members.

Chair: Sravanthi Reddy, MD, FAAR

Committee Members:
Janet A. Neutze, MD
Gautham P. Reddy, MD

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Website & Communications Committee

Duration: (Chair) 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible; members: 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible

Members: Chair, Ad Hoc members

Duties:

  • Maintenance and support of the AMSER website at aarad.org
  • Adjunct support of joint AMSER electronic projects for web-publishing
  • Present updates at AAR and RSNA AMSER board meetings


Qualifications:
 AMSER member

Election/selection: The President will select the Committee Chair, offered by the Nominating Committee, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee and the authorization of the membership at the annual meeting. Committee members will be selected by the Committee Chair, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee and to the authorization of the membership.

Time commitment: Committee Chair will attend AMSER Executive Committee meeting at AAR meeting and at RSNA meeting (in person or by teleconference). Chair and committee will communicate throughout the year to attend to committee business. Attendance at AMSER members’ meeting at AAR meeting is strongly encouraged for both Chair and committee members.

Chair: Judith A. Gadde, DO

Committee Members:

Judith K. Amorosa, MD
Eve D. Clark, MD
Sara Durfee, MD
Carl Flink, MD
Supriya Gupta, MD, MBBS
Matthew S. Hartman, MD
Maria R. Kalp
Aaron P. Kamer, MD
Kimi L. Kondo, DO
William T. Randazzo, MD
Biren A. Shah, MD
Don C. Yoo, MD

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