Introducing our new cohort of AGA Future Leaders

(Press-News.org) We’re thrilled to announce the 16 distinguished early-career gastroenterologists and hepatologists selected for our 2025-2026 class of AGA Future Leaders. This AGA program cultivates effective leadership skills for professional advancement in AGA and within the field of digestive diseases. 

Meet the AGA Future Leaders Class of 2025-2026 Lubin Arevalo, MD Veroushka Ballester, MD, MS Victor Chedid, MD, MS Ryan Fawley, MD Melissa Hershman, MD Pichamol Jirapinyo, MD, MPH Babu Pappu Mohan, MD Carolyn Newberry, MD Long H. Nguyen, MD, MS Neha Nigam, MD Andrew Ofosu, MD, MPH, FACP Arpan A. Patel, MD, PhD Ronak Vashi Patel, MD Mimi Chang Tan, MD, MPH Louise Wang, MD, MSCE Alex Zhornitskiy, MD Welcome to an incredible new group of mentors John Allen, MD, MBA, AGAF George Dickstein, MD, AGAF Renumathy Dhanasekaran, MD, PhD Christen Dilly, MD, MEHP, AGAF Brian C. Jacobson, MD, MPH, AGAF Aimee Lucas, MD, MS, AGAF Linda Nguyen, MD, AGAF Sheryl Pfeil, MD, AGAF Participants will kick off the program at AGA headquarters On March 14-15, the newest group of AGA Future Leaders will meet in person for the first time with their peers and mentors. They’ll spend two days learning more about AGA’s operations and leadership skills, meeting with their mentors, and attending a presentation led by GI Futurist Praveen Suthrum, which will discuss exponential change in the GI field. Over the following 18 months, participants will work with their mentor on projects linked to their career development and strategic priorities addressing the future of the field.

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