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    Leadership - NEGSA

    Chair

    Holly Khachadoorian-Elia, MD, MBA 
    Advisor and Associate Director, Peabody Society
    Harvard Medical School
    April 2025 – April 2026

    Chair-Elect

    Tanja K. Adonizio, MD
    Vice Provost for Student Affairs
    Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
    April 2025 – April 2026

    Vice-Chair

    Ioannis Koutroulis, MD, PhD, MBA
    Associate Dean of MD Admissions
    George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences 
    April 2025 – April 2026

    Immediate Past Chair

    Elizabeth Lamos, MD
    Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
    University of Maryland School of Medicine
    April 2025 – April 2026

    Executive Secretary-Treasurer

    Vannita Simma-Chiang, MD, MBA
    Director, Specialty Advising
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    April 2025 – April 2027

    Representative to the Committee on Admissions (COA)

    Leila Amiri, PhD 
    Assistant Professor; Department of Psychiatry
    Associate Dean for Admissions
    Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont
    November 2023 – November 2026

    Representative to the Committee on Student Affairs (COSA)

    Kristin DeSimone, MD 
    Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Career Counseling
    Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University 
    November 2025 – November 2028

    Representative to the Committee on Student Financial Assistance (COSFA)

    Lydia Cowher, MPA
    Manager of Student Financial 
    Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
    November 2025 – November 2028

    Representative to the Committee on Student Records (COSR)

    Stanley Kania III, PhD, MBA
    Assistant Dean of Admissions and Enrollment
    Drexel University College of Medicine
    November 2025 – November 2027

    Representative to the Student Opportunity, Access, and Retention Committee (SOAR)

    Daniel José Correa, MD, MSc
    Associate Dean for Diversity Enhancement   
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    November 2024 – November 2027

    Members-at-Large

    Mary Brown, MD, MS
    Associate Dean for Student Affairs
    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
    Tufts University School of Medicine  
    April 2025 – April 2027

    Karen E. George, MD, MPH
    Associate Dean For Students
    Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont
    April 2024 – April 2026

    Natasha Johnson, MD
    Director, Undergraduate Medical Education
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Harvard Medical School
    April 2025 – April 2027

    Danielle Holt, MD, MSS, FACS
    Associate Dean for Admissions and Recruitment
    Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
    September 2025 – April 2026

    PDI Lead

    Angela Jackson, MD
    Associate Dean for Student Affairs
    Boston University School of Medicine

    PDI Vice Lead

    Renu Boatright, MD
    Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
    Frank H. Netter, MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University

    Organization of Student Representatives (OSR)

    Bayan Galal
    Medical Student
    Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
    March 2025–December 2025