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2024-2025<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David L. Lizarraga, DO<\/td>UT Health San Antonio<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kirea J. Mazzolini, MD<\/td>Dell Seton Medical Center, Austin, TX<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aashish Rajesh, MD<\/td>UT Health San Antonio<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2023-2024<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christopher Brown, MD<\/td>UT Health San Antonio<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nicole (Clevenger) Bragg, MD<\/td>UT Health San Antonio<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nicholas Taylor, MD<\/td>UT Health San Antonio<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2022-2023<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Justin Cirone, MD<\/td>Carolinas Medical Center<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ali Maitland, MD<\/td>Charleston, WV<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Sippel, MD<\/td>Methodist Healthcare, San Antonio, TX<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2021-2022<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Erika P. Brigmon, MD<\/td>UT Health San Antonio<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Derek C. Lumbard, MD<\/td>Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sawyer G. Smith, MD, MBA<\/td>UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2020-2021<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ramy M. Abdel-Naby, MD<\/td>One Brooklyn Health, Brooklyn, NY<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jocelyn E. Hunter, MD<\/td>KU Medical Center, Kansas City, KS<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rafael Tolentino Aquino, MD<\/td>Norfolk, VA<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2019-2020<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benjamin C. Axtman, MD<\/td>Sanford Health, Bismarck, ND<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charles \u201cPatrick\u201d Shahan, MD<\/td>UW Health, Madison, WI<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alison A. Smith, MD<\/td>LSU, New Orleans, LA<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2018-2019<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David M. Bittenbinder, MD<\/td>Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, TN<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maxwell A. Braverman, DO<\/td>St. Luke\u2019s, Bethlehem, PA<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Philip M. Edmundson, MD<\/td>Texas Health Physicians Group\/Southwestern, Dallas, TX<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2017-2018<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tatiana C.P. Cardenas, MD<\/td>Dell Medical School, Austin, TX<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rachel J. Cobos, MD<\/td>Soddo Hospital, Ethiopia<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Douglas M. Pokorny, DO<\/td>Army Camp Lejeune, NC<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2016-2017<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heather M. Brandfellner, DO<\/td>BAMC, Ft. Sam Houston, TX<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Austin T. Eagleton, MD<\/td>University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center, Tyler, Texas<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ashley C. McGinity, MD<\/td>UT Health San Antonio<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2015-2016<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christopher E. Crane, MD, MS, FACS<\/td>UT Health San Antonio<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elizabeth P. Scherer, MD, MPH, FACS<\/td>UT Health San Antonio<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2014-2015<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
James P. Carroll, MD, MPH, FACS<\/td>McKinney, Texas<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2013-2014<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark Muir, MD, FACS<\/td>UT Health San Antonio<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Susannah Nicholson, MD, FACS<\/td>UT Health San Antonio<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2012-2013<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mentor H. Ahmeti, MD, FACS <\/td>Sanford Health, Fargo, North Dakota<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ben Coopwood, MD<\/td>UC Health, Fort Collins, CO<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2011-2012<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Delfino Randy Garza, MD<\/td>Rio Grande City, Texas<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2010-2011<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lillian Liao, MD, MPH, FAC<\/td>UT Health San Antonio<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joseph Love, DO<\/td>Integris Health, Oklahoma City, OK<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2009-2010<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Helen (Skaggs) Markowski, MD<\/td>Scottsdale, AZ<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2008-2009<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Bini, MD<\/td>Medical City Plano, Plano, TX<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2007-2008<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steven Granger, MD<\/td>Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2006-2007<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Claudio Nunes, MD, FACS<\/td>Saint Croix Falls, WI<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2005-2006<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daniel Bonville, MD, FACS<\/td>Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2004-2005<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maria Palafox, MD<\/td>San Antonio, TX<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2003-2004<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joe Johnston, MD<\/td>San Antonio, TX<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2002-2003<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Corneille, MD<\/td>San Antonio, TX<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2002-2003<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
None<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2001-2002<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Myers, MD, FACS<\/td>UT Health San Antonio<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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