Who We Are
Board Of Directors
The MSGERC is governed by an international Board of Directors. Elections are held annually. The Board, Executive Director, and MSGERC headquarters office work together to direct the association’s activities. More information is available in the MSGERC Board Job Descriptions.
President
Dimitrios Kontoyiannis, MD
Professor for Cancer Research
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, USA
President Elect
George R. Thompson, MD
Professor of Medicine
UC Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, California USA
Immediate Past President
Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, MD
Professor of Medicine
McGovern Medical School
Houston, Texas, USA
Secretary
llan Schwartz, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Treasurer
Marisa Miceli, MD
Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Member at Large
John Baddley, MD
Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Member at Large
Julia Messina, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Member at Large
Tom Patterson, MD
Professor and Chief, Infectious Diseases
University of Texas HSC San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Member at Large
Andrej Spec, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Member at Large
Monica Slavin, MBBS, MD
Director Infectious Diseases
Peter MacCallum Cancer Center
Melbourne, Australia
Member at Large
Jose Vazquez, MD
Professor of Medicine
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, Georgia, USA
Member at Large
Paschalis Vergidis, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Member at Large
Thomas Walsh, MD
Director
Center for Innovative Therapeutics
and Diagnostics
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Non-Voting Members
Executive Director
Carolynn Thomas Jones, DNP
Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing
The Ohio State University College of Nursing
UAB School of Nursing
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Administrative Director
Beth Kassalen, MBA
President
Kassalen Meetings & Events
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Scientific Chair
Peter Pappas, MD
Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
MSGERC Scientific Committee Chair
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Educational Liaison
Lisa A. Tushla, PhD
President
Terranove Medica
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
CDC Liaison to the MSGERC Board of Directors
Chief, Mycotic Diseases
Tom Chiller, MD
Centers for Disease Control
Atlanta, Georgia, USA