Voting for the Women Physicians Section (WPS) election ended on April 30.
A runoff election is needed to determine the Medical Student Section representative and Resident and Fellow Section representative positions on the Women Physicians Section (WPS) Governing Council.
Members are invited to vote in the runoff election from May 7-15, 2026.
A link to the ballot will be sent by the end of the day on May 7 to all WPS members for whom AMA has an email address on file. Ballot links are personalized to each member and cannot be shared with others.
If you do not receive your ballot link on May 7, please check your email spam/junk/social folders and other email accounts you may have used with AMA. If you cannot locate the email with your ballot link, complete this form to request that your ballot be resent to you.
Election results will be announced after the close of the runoff election. For questions about the election, contact the WPS at [email protected].
Runoff election candidates
Medical Student Section representative
(Vote for one candidate; 1-year term)
Stuthi Shankar Iyer, MPH
- Biosketch (PDF, members only)
- Candidate CV (PDF, members only)
- Candidate COI (PDF, members only)
- Recommendation letter (PDF, members only)
Marilyn Mathews*
- Biosketch (PDF, members only)
- Candidate CV (PDF, members only)
- Candidate COI (PDF, members only)
*Candidate is endorsed by the MSS Governing Council.
Resident and Fellow Section representative
(Vote for one candidate; 2-year term)
Alice Hou, MD
- Biosketch (PDF, members only)
- Candidate CV (PDF, members only)
- Candidate COI (PDF, members only)
Shaminy Anne Manoranjithan, MD*
- Biosketch (PDF, members only)
- Candidate CV (PDF, members only)
- Candidate COI (PDF, members only)
*Candidate is endorsed by the RFS Governing Council.
Newly elected WPS GC members
Alternate delegate
Sharmilee Shetty, MD, MHA
- Candidate COI (PDF, members only)
Member at-large
Divya Korpu, MD
- Candidate COI (PDF, members only)
Young Physicians Section representative
Natasha Driver, MD, MHSc
- Candidate COI (PDF, members only)
