Committees

2025 - 2026
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Advanced Practice Providers (APP) Commmittee

The APP Committee shall consist of up to six Members of the Section, in good standing. Members of this Committee serve a three (3) year term renewable once. The APP Committee is charged with organizing APP Day, engaging in membership recruitment and retention and promoting APP educational programming.
  • Kristy Keyock, MSN, CRNP – Chair
  • Mariia Anosova-Smith, CRNP, FNPC
  • Anne E. Calvaresi, DNP, CRNP
  • Adele M. Caruso, DNP, CRNP, FAANP
  • Lisa Chuong, PA-C
  • Kara Cossis, PA-C
  • Elena Dreyzin, PA-C
  • Terran Simms, MSN, RN, ACNP
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Audit Committee

The Audit Committee shall consist of the Treasurer who shall serve as Chair, and two current members of the Board of Directors to be appointed by the President. The Committee will perform internal (or external with an independent auditor) annual audits of the organizations’ operating financial statements, tax returns and operating procedures. Additional functions include responsibility for adequacy of insurance, monitoring all AUA Section dues and Annual Meeting fees and ensure this Section’s fees are commensurate, and oversight of internal controls, to include oversight of the balance sheets. The Committee shall report to the Board annually.
  • Lambros Stamatakis, MD – Chair
  • Paul Chung, MD
  • Ali Hajiran, MD
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By-Laws Committee

The By-Laws Committee shall consist of the Secretary of the Section, who shall serve as ex-officio Chair, and six (6) or more additional members appointed by the President to serve a three (3) year term renewable once. The Chair of the Committee will serve as the Section representative to the AUA By-Laws Committee. It shall be the responsibility of the Committee to review and make necessary changes to the Section By-Laws, as directed by the Board of Directors for approval by the Section membership.
  • Marisa Clifton, MD, FACS – Chair
  • Trinity Bivalacqua, MD, PhD
  • Brant Fulmer, MD
  • Max Kates, MD
  • Dan Lee, MD
  • Arun Srinivasan, MD, MRCS
  • Daniel Stein, MD
  • Jeremy Tonkin, MD
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Membership Committee

The Membership Committee shall consist of three (3) Active or Senior Members of the Section, in good standing. One member of this Committee shall be appointed annually by the President to serve three (3) years and shall, in his or her third year, be Chair. The Membership Committee will focus on membership benefits and recruitment for the Society. The new membership applications will be vetted by the AUA and sent to the Secretary for approval.
  • Ahmed Abdelhalim Ali, MD – Co-chair
  • Daoud Dajani, MD – Co-chair
  • Ben Schurhamer, MD
  • Paul Bloch, MD
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Nominating Committee

The Nominating Committee shall consist of the three (3) most recent living Past Presidents, of whom the senior shall act as Chair, and two (2) Active members of the Section in good standing nominated and voted by two-thirds of the membership at the Annual Meeting. These two elected members shall serve for a three-year non-renewable term.

Section Officers. It shall be the duty of the Nominating Committee to select and present to the Section by mail thirty (30) days prior to the Annual Meeting a slate of nominees of Active Members of the Section in good standing for the office of President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, and Historian (when those offices are vacant) and two additional members to serve on the Board of Directors of the Section.

AUA Representation. The Nominating Committee shall also nominate members of the Section in good standing to serve on the AUA Board of Directors and other AUA Councils and Committees, for terms specified in the AUA By-Laws. Prior to the beginning of the AUA Board of Director Representative’s term, the AUA Board may reject the appointee for a serious conflict of interest or other grave misconduct deemed by the Board in its sole discretion to bring discredit upon the AUA. The decision of the AUA Board shall be final. No member of the Nominating Committee shall be eligible for nomination to any office of the Section or of the AUA.

Annual Awards/Recognition. The Nominating Committee will also be responsible for creating for the annual slate of section nominees for sectional and national awards to be presented to the BOD at the Annual Fall Meeting.

  • Costas D. Lallas, MD – Chair
  • Brant Fulmer, MD
  • B. Mayer Grob, MD
  • Thomas J. Guzzo, MD
  • Mihir Shah, MD
  • Armine Smith, MD
  • Charlotte Wu, MD
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Program Committee

The Program Committee shall consist of the President, the Secretary, Scientific Program Chair, Scientific Program Chair-Elect and at least one (1) other member in good standing appointed by the President, and shall arrange the scientific program for the Annual Meeting.
  • Thomas FitzGibbon, MD – Chair
  • Akin Amasyali, MD
  • Nima Baradaran, MD
  • Chris Bayne, MD
  • Marisa M. Clifton, MD, FACS
  • Matthew G. Kaag, MD
  • Matt Meissner, MD
  • Devang Sharma, MD
  • Whitney R. Smith, MD
  • Ilya Sobol, MD
  • Mei Tuong, MD
  • Leilei Xia, MD
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Public Policy Committee

The Committee shall become familiar with and study all matters pertaining to the inter-professional problems associated with the delivery of urologic care to the public, including national and local legislative initiatives affecting urology, coding, and reimbursement issues, and peer review. The Committee shall report annually to the Section Board of Directors and/or membership on its own activities and on the proceedings of the AUA Public Policy Council.
  • Joshua P. Langston, MD – Chair
  • Timothy Averch, MD, FACS
  • Paul Chung, MD
  • Chirag Gordhan, MD
  • Jennifer Hagerty, DO
  • Mohamad Salkini, MD
  • Armine Smith, MD
  • Riel Smith-Harrison, MD
  • Michael Stencel, DO
  • Mei Tuong, MD, MS
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Residents & Fellows Committee

The Committee shall address the needs of junior and senior level urology residents; familiarize residents with the Mid-Atlantic Section leadership structure, practices, and value of involvement; and organize this community’s concerns in a unified manner so that strategies to rectify any issues may be developed and the residency experience improved. The Committee Chair and all Committee member positions are 1-year terms and are renewable on an annual basis. The Committee will report to the Section Board of Directors.
  • Matthew Lee, MD – Chair
  • Marisa Clifton, MD, FACS
  • Zafardjan Dalimov, MD, MS
  • Mauro Dispagna, MD
  • Grant Fabrizio, MD
  • Sami Musallam, DO
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Residents Program Committee

Chair and Chair-Elect are MA-AUA members in section; Chair of Residents Committee is 3rd Member of Committee. Organization and creation of the annual MA-AUA Residents Day Program held annually in Spring.
  • Keara Decotiis, MD – Chair
  • Whitney R. Smith, MD – Chair-elect
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Young Urologists Committee

The Young Urologists Committee shall consist of at least six Members of the Section, in good standing. Members of this Committee serve a three (3) year term renewable once. Members must be within ten (10) years of graduating residency. The Young Urologist Committee is charged with encouraging long-term section engagement, encouraging engagement with other YUs in section activities, and developing Residents Bowl questions and moderating competition.
  • Paul Chung, MD – Chair
  • John Barnard, MD
  • Raju Chelluri, MD
  • Thomas FitzGibbon, MD
  • Mohit Gupta, MD
  • Christine Ibilibor, MD
  • Masaya Jimbo, MD
  • Daniel Lee, MD
  • Ben Schurhamer, MD
  • Nathan Shaw, MD
  • Nirmish Singla, MD
  • Whitney R. Smith, MD
  • Andrew Tracey, MD
  • Mei Tuong, MD