Women Physicians Section (WPS) elections

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Contents
  1. Alternate delegate
  2. Member at-large
  3. Young Physician Section representative  
  4. Resident and Fellow Section representative  
  5. Medical Student Section representative 

Women Physicians Section (WPS) members are invited to vote in the 2026 WPS Governing Council election, April 15-30, 2026. 

A link to the ballot will be sent on April 15 to all WPS members for whom AMA has an email address on file. Please note that ballot links are personalized to each member and cannot be shared with others. 

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If you do not receive your ballot link on April 15, 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 in May. For questions about the election, contact the WPS at [email protected].

Alternate delegate 

(Vote for one candidate; 2-year term)

Sara R. Kazyak

Sharmilee Shetty, MD, MHA

Member at-large

(Vote for one candidate; 2-year term)

Divya Korpu, MD

Raffia Qutab, MD

Young Physician Section representative  

(Vote for one candidate; 2-year term)

Natasha Driver, MD, MHSc*

*Candidate is endorsed by the YPS Governing Council.

Resident and Fellow Section representative  

(Vote for one candidate; 2-year term)

McKenna Andrews, MD

Aaishwariya Gulani, MD

Alice Hou, MD

Shaminy Anne Manoranjithan, MD*

*Candidate is endorsed by the RFS Governing Council.

Shivania Reddy, MD

Medical Student Section representative 

(Vote for one candidate; 1-year term)

Riya Chinni

Christine Gharib

Arianna Halani

Stuthi Shankar Iyer, MPH

Ishita Kataki

Jessica Victoria Komarovsky

Anaya Kotak

Marilyn Mathews*

*Candidate is endorsed by the MSS Governing Council.

Pooja Mhatre, MPH

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