About NYSGE

Annual Business Meeting Of Members

The Annual Business Meeting of Members is held on the first Wednesday of February.

NYSGE Bylaws (Version 10/2024)

Committees:

  • Website, Tech, Social Media Committee – Anthony Starpoli, MD, NYSGEF | Aiya Abubaker, MD | Calley Levine, MD | Kartik Sampath, MD 
  • Strategic Planning Committee – David Carr-Locke, MD, NYSGEF
  • Research Committee – Sonal Kumar, MD | Aasma Shaukat, MD
  • Finance Committee – Robin Mendelsohn, MD NYSGEF
  • Corporate Relations Committee – Adam Goodman, MD NYSGEF
  • Annual Course Committee – Phil Katz, MD | Jessica Widmer, DO | Sammy Ho, MD, NYSGEF
  • Governance / Bylaws Committee – Seth Gross, MD, NYSGEF
  • Nominating  Committee – Tomas Gonda, MD, NYSGEF
  • Education Committee – David Greenwald, MD, NYSGEF | Petrios Benias, MD
  • Private Practice Committee – Haleh Pazwash, MD, NYSGEF

2025-2026 Governing Council

President:

Reem Z. Sharaiha, MD, MSc, NYSGEF

Vice-President:

Tamas A. Gonda, MD, NYSGEF

Treasurer:

Robin B. Mendelsohn, MD, NYSGE

Secretary:

Sherif Andrawes, MD, NYSGE

Membership Director:

Nikhil A. Kumta, MD, MS, NYSGEF

Immediate Past President:

John M. Poneros, MD, NYSGEF

Past President:

Juan Carlos Bucobo, MD, NYSGEF

Audit Committee:

Brian P. Bosworth, MD, NYSGEF

Website:

Anthony A. Starpoli, MD, NYSGEF

Councilor: Education/Policy:

SriHari Mahadev, MD, MS

Councilor: Education/Policy:

Kavel Visrodia, MD, NYSGEF

Councilor: Education

Lauren Khana, MD

Councilor: Education

Olga Aroniadis, MD

Councilor: Education

David Greenswald, MD

Councilor: Strategy

Seth Gross, MD

Councilor: CME

Petros Benias, MD

Councilor: Private Practice

Haleh Pazwash, MD

Councilor:

Carl Crawford, MD

Councilor:

Kartik Sampath, MD

Councilor:

Sonal Kumar, MD

Past Presidents

2024 John M. Poneros
2023 Juan Carlos Bucobo
2022  Satish Nagula
2021  David L. Carr-Locke 
2020  Amrita Sethi
2019  Sammy Ho
2018  Seth A. Gross
2017  Christopher J. DiMaio
2016  Jonathan M. Buscaglia
2015  Adam J. Goodman
2014  Brian P. Bosworth
2013  Michelle Kang Kim
2012  Anthony A. Starpoli
2011  Frank G. Gress
2010  Mark Schattner
2009  Felice Schnoll-Sussman
2008  Scott Tenner
2007  Alfred Roston

2006  Arnold J. Markowitz
2005  Franklin E. Kasmin
2004  Jonathan Cohen
2003  Peter D. Stevens
2002  Seth Cohen
2001  David A. Greenwald
2000  Hans Gerdes
1999  Arnon Lambroza
1998  Angie Eng
1997  Harry Snady
1996  Ira S. Goldman
1995  Peter H. R. Green
1994  Peter K. Wayne
1993  Blair S. Lewis
1992  Ira M. Jacobson
1991  Ellen J. Scherl
1990  William P. Winkler

1989  Maurice Cerulli
1988  Jean W. Saleh
1987  Jerome S. Breslaw
1986  Kevin P. Morrissey
1985  Lawrence J. Brandt
1984  Ali Ghazi
1983  Jerome J. Siegel
1982  Charles J. Lightdale
1981  David B. Falkenstein
1980  Victor W. Groisser
1979  Kenneth A. Forde
1978  Sidney J. Winawer
1977  Jerome D. Waye
1976  David S. Zimmon
1975  Richard S.McCray
1974  Richard S.McCray