2024-2025 ASFNR Executive Committee

The Executive Committee shall be responsible for carrying out the business of the Society , controlling the Society’s funds, and interpreting the Constitution and preparing and submitting needed amendments, as specified in Article XV.

Rajan Jain, MD
President-Elect & Program Chair

Jody L. Tanabe, MD
President

Chris T. Whitlow, MD, PhD, MHA
1st Past President

Jason Allen, MD, PhD
Treasurer

Kevin Hsu, MD
Membership Committee Co-Chair

Mariam Aboian, MD, PhD
Membership Committee Co-Chair

Erik Middlebrooks, MD
Secretary

Vince Kumar, MD
Vice President

Gaurang Shah, MD
Clinical Practice Committee Chair

Haris Sair, MD
2nd Past President

John-Paul (JP) Yu, MD, PhD
Publication Committee Chair

Behroze A. Vachha, MD, PhD
Research Committee Chair

Ichiro Ikuta, MD, MMSc
Website & Social Media Committee Chair

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  • The Clinical Practice Committee, with the approval of the Executive Committee, shall be responsible for:

    1. Promoting understanding of community-based practice in Neuroradiology.

    2. Addressing issues that impact community-based practice via governmental and legislative agencies in conjunction with related societies that also address these issues.

    3. Working in conjunction with the ASNR Health Policy Committee.

    4. Overseeing the functions of the BOLD fMRI and Diffusion/Perfusion Imaging Study Groups.

    Committee Members:

    Gaurang Shah, MD - Chair
    Jody L. Tanabe, MD
    Vinodh A. Kumar, MD
    Christopher T. Whitlow, MD, PhD, MHA
    Erik H. Middlebrooks, MD
    Jason Allen, MD, PhD
    Alexander Lerner, MD
    Amit Agarwal, MD
    Andrew Kalnin, MD
    Ashok Srinivasan, MD, FACR
    Asim Mian, MD
    Farzana Ali, MD, MS, MPH, PhD
    Michael Hoch, MD
    Rajeev Polasani, MD
    Vivek Gupta, MD
    Jason Johnson, MD
    Andria Powers, MD
    Steve Huntz Fung, MD
    Zerrin Yetkin, MD
    Mark Shiroishi, MD
    Rupa Radhakrishnan, MD, MBBS
    Wende Gibbs, MD, MA
    Ceylan Z. Cankurtaran, MD
    Jay J. Pillai, MD
    Kiran Shankar Talekar, MBBS, MD
    Manoj Tanwar, MD
    Mai-Lan Ho, MD
    Lorenna L. M. Vidal, MD
    Ashesh A. Thaker, MD

  • The Membership Committee shall be responsible for reviewing/approving membership applications from applicants who are not members of ASNR or of any ASNR-managed specialty/regional society (ASHNR, ASPNR, ASSR, ENRS, WNRS), assuring they fulfill the requirements for Society membership, and developing strategies to increase membership.

    Committee Members:

    Kevin Hsu, MD - Chair
    Mariam Aboian, MD, PhD - Vice Chair
    Christopher T. Whitlow, MD, PhD, MHA
    Erik H. Middlebrooks, MD
    Alvand Hassankhani, MD
    Ashesh Thaker, MD
    Bhagya Sannananja, MD
    John Port, MD, PhD
    Komal Awan, MBBS
    Lubdha Shah, MD
    Madalina Tivarus, PhD
    Nancy Pham, MD
    Kalliopi Petropoulou, MD
    Abdelmohsen Radwan Hussien, MD
    Jason Johnson, MD
    Anthony W. Kam, MBBS, FRANZCR, DDU, MRMD, MRSC
    Katherine Reinshagen, MD
    Megan Lipford, MD

  • The Program/Education Committee shall be responsible for:

    1. Continuing medical education in Functional Neuroradiology of professionals that participate in the diverse educational activities of the ASFNR and the ASNR

    2. Developing the scientific program for the ASFNR Annual Meeting

    3. Planning and proposing for consideration of the ASFNR Executive Committee projects to further the educational mission of the Society

    4. Implementing those educational projects given final approval and funding by the Executive Committee

    5. Serving as liaison with the ASFNR Clinical Practice Committee

    6. Assisting the ASNR Program Committee in determining the character and scope of the Functional Neuroradiology sessions at the ASNR Annual Meeting

    7. Advising the ASNR Education Committee on issues regarding fellowship training in Functional Neuroradiology

    ​Committee Members:

    Rajan Jain, MD - Chair
    Jody Tanabe, MD
    Vinodh A. Kumar, MD
    Christopher T. Whitlow, MD, PhD, MHA
    Erik H. Middlebrooks, MD
    Jason Allen, MD, PhD
    Madalina Tivarus, MD
    Amit Agarwal, MD
    Fabricio Stewan Feltrin, MD
    Reza Forghani, MD
    Rajiv Mangla, MD
    Ranliang Hu, MD
    Amit Desai, MD
    Kambiz Nael, MD

  • The Publication Committee, with approval of the Executive Committee, shall be responsible for: Advising the editors of the American Journal of Neuroradiology on matters regarding Functional Neuroradiology.

    John-Paul (JP) Yu, MD, PhD - Chair
    Jody Tanabe, MD
    Vinodh A. Kumar, MD
    Christopher T. Whitlow, MD, PhD, MHA
    Erik H. Middlebrooks, MD
    Jason Allen, MD, PhD
    Ana Franceschi, MD, PhD
    Eric Rawie, MD
    Farzana Ali, MD, MS, MPH, PhD
    Jeff Prescott, MD
    Mohammadhadi Aarabi, MD
    Robert Young, MD
    Sam Payabvash, MD
    Susie Huang, MD
    Jennifer L Becker, BMBS, MRCS, FRCR
    Arastoo Vossough, PhD, MD
    Alexandra Rodrigues, MD
    Joel Michael Stein, MD, PhD
    Michael Iv, MD
    Lubdha Shah, MD
    Adina Achiriloaie, MD
    Yueh Lee, MD, PhD

  • The Research Committee, with approval of the Executive Committee, shall be responsible for:

    1. Fostering research in Functional Neuroradiology

    2. Establishing academic contacts with other scientific societies involved in functional neuroimaging to further the understanding of human brain function and for improvement of patient care.

    ​Committee Members:

    Behroze A. Vachha, MD, PhD - Chair
    Jody Tanabe, MD
    Vinodh A. Kumar, MD
    Christopher T. Whitlow, MD, PhD, MHA
    Erik H. Middlebrooks, MD
    Ali Nabavizadeh, MD
    Anna Trofimova, MD, PhD
    Ayman Nada, MD, PhD
    Jinsuh Kim, MD
    Kambiz Nael, MD
    Matthew White, MD
    Michael Zeineh, MD, PhD
    Salil Soman, MD, MS
    Yueh Lee, MD, PhD
    Mahmud Mossa-Basha, MD
    Jason Johnson, MD
    Behroze Adi Vachha, MD, PhD
    Jinsuh Kim, MD
    Kartik Reddy, MD
    Loizos Siakallis, MD, PhD
    Ona Wu, PhD
    Tim Roberts, PhD
    Luca Pasquini, MD
    Jeff Prescott, MD, PhD
    Ana Franceschi, MD, PhD
    Susie Huang, MD
    Sam Payabvash, MD
    Licia Luna, MD, PhD
    Saloni Mehta

  • The Website Committee shall be responsible for:  

    1. Monitoring and enhancing the ASFNR website as needed

    2. Creating and reviewing content to make the website an educational resource for members and nonmembers

    Committee Members:

    Ichiro Ikuta, MD, MMSc - Chair
    Jacob Ormsby, MD, MBA, MRMD
    Meena Nedunchelian, MD
    Vivek Yedavalli, MD, MS
    Katherine Reinshagen, MD
    Sarah Moum, MD, MS
    Amit Desai, MD
    Licia P. Luna, MD, PhD
    Arash Kamali, MD
    Atif Muhammad Naveed, MBBS
    Carson James Bateman

  • Dhairya Lakhani, MD - Chair
    Abhi Jain, DO, DPT
    Kyle Atcheson, MD
    Lela Okromelidze, MD
    Rui Duarte Armindo, MD, MSc
    Pallavi Srivastava, MBBS, MPH
    Shahriar Faghani, MD
    Khanak Nandolia, MD
    Atefeh Zeinoddini, MD
    Alex McClanahan, MD
    Avin Aphrodite Babakhani, MD, PhD
    Lisa Deptula
    Clare Buntrock

The call for volunteers for committee appointments will open one month prior to the annual meeting and will remain open for 6 weeks.  Check back for a link to volunteer during that time period.