2025-2026 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

Vince Kumar, MD
President-Elect

Erik Middlebrooks, MD
Vice President

Jason Allen, MD, PhD
Secretary

Vivek Yedavalli, MD, MS
Clinical Practice Committee Chair

Gaurang Shah, MD
Treasurer

Jody Tanabe, MD
1st Past President

Aakanksha Sriwastwa, MBBS, MD
Website & Social Media Committee Chair

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

Behroze A. Vachha, MD, PhD
Research Committee Chair

Mariam Aboian, MD, PhD
Membership Committee

Chris T. Whitlow, MD, PhD, MHA
2nd Past President

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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:

    Vivek Yedavalli, MD, MS - Chair
    Steve Huntz Fung, MD
    Zerrin Yetkin, MD
    Mark Shiroishi, MD
    Rupa Radhakrishnan, MD, MS
    Wende Gibbs, MD, MA, FASSR
    Ceylan Cankurtaran, MD
    Jay J. Pillai, MD
    Kiran Talekar, MBBS, MD
    Manoj Tanwar, MD
    Mai-Lan Ho, MD
    Lorenna L Moreira Vidal, MD
    Ashesh Thaker, MD
    Veeranjaneyul Prattipati, MD, DABR
    David Thomas Corey, PhD
    Jacob Ormsby, MD, MBA, MRMD
    Prachi Dubey, MBBS, MPH
    Asim Mian, MD
    Heba Al Qudah, MD
    Jennifer L. Becker, BMBS, MRCS, FRCR
    Andrew Kalnin, MD
    Ranliang Hu, MD
    Dhairya A. Lakhani, 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:

    Mariam Aboian, MD, PhD - Chair
    Kalliopi Petropoulou, MD
    Abdelmohsen Radwan Hussien, MD
    Jason Johnson, MD
    Anthony Kam, MBBS, FRANZCR, DDU, MRMD MRSC
    Katherine Reinshagen, MD
    Megan Lipford, PhD
    Roland R Lee, MD, FACR
    Ichiro Ikuta, MD, MMSc
    Kyle Atcheson, MD
    Amit Agarwal, MD
    Samantha Pisani Petrucci, MD, PhD
    Atul Mallik, MD, PhD
    Panshi Liu, 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

    ​Program Committee Members:

    Vince Kumar, MD - Chair
    Jacob Ormsby, MD, MBA, MRMD
    Kim Learned, MD
    Alexander Khalaf, MD
    Gloria Chiang, MD
    Mohit Agarwal, MD
    Behroze Vachha, MD, PhD
    Dhairya A. Lakhani, MD
    Kiran Talekar, MBBS, MD
    Scott Faro, MD
    Rupa Radhakrishnan, MD, MS
    J. Levi Chazen, MD
    Erik Middlebrooks, MD
    JP Yu, MD, PhD
    Peter Kamel, MD
    Luca Pasquini, MD, PhD
    Bhavya Shah, MD
    Mahmud Mossa-Basha, MD
    Heba Al Qudah, MD
    Licia Luna, MD, PhD
    Vivek Yedavalli, MD, MS
    Aakanksha Sriwastwa, MBBS, MD

    Education Committee Members:

    JP Yu, MD, PhD - Chair
    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
    Eric Rawie, MD
    Timothy J. Kaufmann, MD
    Shivaprakash Hiremath, DMRD, DNB, PDCC
    Anna Baer, MD, PhD
    Sathish Kumar Dundamadappa, MD
    Diana Kaya, MD
    Alvand Hassankhani, MD
    Nancy Pham, MD

  • 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 Vachha, MD, PhD - Chair
    Jinsuh Kim, MD
    Kartik Reddy, MD
    Loizos Siakallis, MD, MSc, MRes, EDiNR, PhD
    Ona Wu, PhD
    Timothy Roberts, PhD
    Luca Pasquini, MD, PhD
    Jeff Prescott, MD, PhD
    Ana Franceschi, MD, PhD
    Susie Huang, MD
    Sam Payabvash, MD
    Licia Luna, MD, PhD
    Saloni Mehta, MBBS
    Jerrold Boxerman, MD, PhD
    Xiao Li, MD
    Claudia F.E. Kirsch, MD, FACR, FASFNR
    Madalina Tivarus, PhD
    Kambiz Nael, MD
    Florence Chiang, MD, PhD
    Adina Achiriloaie, MD
    Matthew Louis White, MD
    Rupa Radhakrishnan, MD, MS
    Zofia Maria Lasiecka, MD, PhD
    Feroze B Mohamed, PhD
    Raymond Huang, MD, PhD
    Michael Zeineh, MD, PhD
    Vivek Yedavalli, MD, MS

  • 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:

    Aakanksha Sriwastwa, MBBS, MD - Chair
    Vivek Yedavalli, MD, MS
    Katherine Reinshagen, MD
    Sarah Moum, MD, MS
    Amit Desai, MD
    Arash Kamali, MD
    Muhammad Atif Naveed, MD
    Carson Bateman
    Sunitha Palasamudram; MBBS; MD/DNB
    Lela Okromelidze, MD
    Panshi Liu, MD

  • Trainee Committee Members:

    Dhairya A. Lakhani, MD - Chair
    Shahriar Faghani, MD
    Khanak Nandolia, MD
    Atefeh Zeinoddini, MD
    Alex McClanahan, MD
    Avin Aphrodite Babakhani, MD, PhD
    Lisa Deptula, MD
    Clare Buntrock, MD
    Haris Sair, MD
    Can Ozutemiz, MD
    Mohammadreza Amjadzadeh, MD
    Elmira Hassanzadeh, MD

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.