Welcome New AUA Members

2026 | Spring Issue Newsletter

Congratulations and welcome to the new AUA members for the 2025, Round 2 nomination cycle!

Congratulations to new AUA Active Members: 

• Chakib M. Ayoub, MB, MBA
• Angela Bader, MD, MPH
• Michael Barrington, MB, BS, FANZCA, PhD
• S. Patrick Bender, MD, MSHS
• Wei Cao, PhD
• Thomas J. Caruso, MD, PhD, FASA
• Christy Crockett, MD
• Ryan D’Souza, MD
• Nick Dalesio, MD, MPH
• Allison V. Dalton, MD, FASA
• Matthew J. Durand, PhD
• Steven Greenberg, MD, FCCP, FCCM
• Cornelius Groenewald, MD
• Alok Gupta, MD, FASA, FCCP
• Nicholas Kassebaum, MD
• Sapna Kudchadkar, MD
• Matt Kynes, MD
• Michael Lipnick, MD
• Justin L. Lockman, MD, MSEd
• Christoph Nabzdyk, MD
• Brian M. Parker, MD, FASA
• Lakshmi Santhanam, PhD
• Roshni Sreedharan, MD
• Srikanth Sridhar, MD, FASA
• Luis E. Tollinche, MD, MPH, FASA
• Alparslan Turan, MD
• Anna M. Varughese, MD

Congratulations to the following AUA Associate Members who are now Active Members:

• Heather A. Ballard, MD
• Daniel Larach, MD
• Jamel Ortoleva, MD
• Leah Acker, MD, PhD
• Emily Peoples, MD
• Jessica Spellman, MD, FASE

Congratulations to new AUA Associate Members:

• Maria Bauer, MD
• Michael W. Best, MD, FASA
• Stephen V. Estime, MD, FASA
• Mikita Fuchita, MD
• James H. Jones, MD, MSc, FASA
• Preetma Kooner, MD
• Sarah U. Kumar, MD
• Elizabeth M. Leimer, MD, PhD
• Jyun-you Liou, MD, PhD
• Lisa Lynch, MD
• Aaron Mittel, MD, MSc
• Jonathan Paul, DO
• Austin Peters, MD, MCR
• Megan Rolfzen, MD
• Kara Segna, MD
• Agnieszka Trzcinka, MD, FASE
• Jeff Tully, MD
• David Wang, MD
• Jie Zhou, MD, MBA