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.
