Sheri Hamersley, M.D., FACOG Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Vice President
Co-Chair, Public Health Committee
Kathryn Kelly, M.D. Internal Medicine
Treasurer
Co-Chair, Public Health Committee
Isha Misra, M.D. Hospital Medicine
Secretary
Lawrence Bassin, M.D. Gastroenterology
Immediate Past President
Aruna Nathan, M.D., DipABLM
Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine
Soorya N. Aggarwal, D.O. Presidential Appointee
Capital Digestive Care Staff Liaison Gastroenterology
Irfana Ali, M.D. Presidential Appointee Emergency Medicine
Kisha Davis, M.D., MPH, FAAFP Montgomery County Chief Health Officer Family Medicine
Brent Faulkner, M.D., Co-Chair Legislative Committee Plastic Surgery
Vinu Ganti, M.D. Holy Cross Hospital Germantown Medical Staff Liaison Internal Medicine
Lawrence Green, M.D. MedChi Legislative Council Representative Dermatology & Dermatologic Surgery
Ashly Kaur, D.O. Resident Board Member Internal Medicine
Carolyn O'Conor, M.D. Internal Medicine
Annette M. Pham, M.D., FACS Otolaryngology, Facial Plastic Surgery
Stephen Rockower, M.D., Chair Membership Committee Orthopaedic Surgery
Gary Roggin, M.D. Suburban Hospital Medical Staff Liaison Gastroenterology
Marsha Seidelman, M.D., Co-Chair Legislative Committee Pulmonology & Lifestyle Medicine
Mark Seigel, M.D., Chair MCMS Delegation to MedChi Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ejaz Shamim, M.D. Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group Representative Neurology
Bruce Smoller, M.D. MedChi Communications Council Co-Chair Psychiatry
The following standing committees are designated in Montgomery County Medical Society’s bylaws:
Finance Committee Provides financial oversight for MCMS, including budgeting and financial planning, financial reporting and the creating and monitoring of accountability practices.
Legislative Committee Considers legislation and advocacy actions which may be undertaken by the organization, and ensures that legislative positions are relevant and within the scope of MCMS’s mission, constitution, and bylaws.
Membership Committee Collaborates with other committees, interest groups, leadership, and the membership on key strategies and challenges to guide efforts to recruit, engage and retain members. MCMS’s Membership Enhancement Team serves as a subcommittee to the Membership Committee.
Women in Medicine Committee Works to provide women members with section-specific opportunities for engagement, particularly through networking and community involvement.
Early Career Physicians Committee Strives to connect Early Career Physicians with needed resources to thrive in Montgomery County’s medical community, including through referral development, financial guidance, and by providing platforms through which they can promote their medical expertise and interests.
In the last five years, three Ad Hoc committees have been formed.
Wellbeing and Burnout Committee Formed initially in 2014 as a response to the rising rate of burnout in Montgomery County’s physician population, the committee ultimately recommended the formation of the National Capitol Physicians Foundation which, among other programs, provides no-cost counseling to local physicians through its Physicians’ Resource Network.
Survey Committee In 2015, the Executive Board formed an Ad Hoc Survey Committee to better understand the nature of physician practices in Montgomery County, the current medical landscape, and how MCMS can better serve and advocate for the professional and personal needs of physicians, their medical practices and their patients, in Montgomery County, Maryland. This committee has been renewed on an annual basis and continues to serve its initial purpose.
Physician Compensation and Gender Committee This committee was formed in 2018 after the release of MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society’s Physician Compensation Survey. Their survey showed that Maryland physicians received less compensation than analogous practicing physicians in other states, and that women physicians made less than their male counterparts. The committee will consider what steps may be taken by Montgomery County Medical Society to remediate these findings, within the scope of MCMS’s mission.
Montgomery County Medical Society has been blessed with over a century of extraordinary leaders. We thank them for their service and their vision.
1903 Roger Brooke, M.D.
1904 Roger Brooke, M.D.
1905 Horace B. Haddox, M.D.
1906 Edward Anderson, M.D.
1907 James E. Deets, M.D.
1908 Charles Farquhar, M.D.
1909 Otis M. Linthicum, M.D.
1910 William, L Lewis, M.D.
1911 James D. Morgan, M.D.
1912 James D. Morgan, M.D.
1913 Frederick N. Henderson, M.D.
1914 Charles H. Nourse, M.D.
1915 John L Lewis, M.D.
1916 Earnest L. Bullard, M.D.
1917 Jacob W. Bird, M.D.
1918 Eugene Jones, M.D.
1919 ElijahW. White, M.D.
1920 Upton D. Nourse, M.D.
1921 J.W. Chappell, M.D.
1922 Horace B. Haddox, M.D.
1923 Vernon H. Dyson, M.D.
1924 William T. Brown, M.D.
1925 Otis M. Linthicum, M.D.
1926 Charles C. Tumbleson, M.D.
1927 James E. Deets, M.D.
1928 Gilbert V. Hartley, M.D.
1929 Thomas K. Conrad, M.D.
1930 Frank J. Broschart, M.D.
1931 A.W. Truman, M.D.
1932 Howard H. Howlett, M.D.
1933 Dexter M. Bullard, Sr., M.D.
1934 Claude W. Mitchell, M.D.
1935 William A. Linthicum, M.D.
1936 John M. Bankhead, M.D.
1937 Benjamin C. Perry, M.D.
1938 George W. Boyer, M.D.
1939 Cyrus E. Hawkes, M.D.
1940 Read N. Calvert, M.D.
1941 William C. Miller, M.D.
1942 Katherine A. Chapman, M.D.
1943 M. McKendree Boyer, M.D.
1944 Naomi T. Lucius, M.D.
1945 J. Norman Kimble, M.D.
1946 Emil G. Bauersfeld, M.D.
1947 Upton D. Nourse, M.D.
1948 Jacob W. Bird, M.D.
1949 John G. Ball, M.D.
1950 John F. Brownsberger, M.D.
1951 William W. Welsh, M.D.
1952 Frank A. Zack, M.D.
1953 William S. Murphy, M.D.
1954 Austin B. Rohrbaugh, Jr., M.D.
1955 Robert Hare, M.D.
1956 Robert A. Bier, M.D.
1957 Merrill Cross, M.D.
1958 William T. Joyce, M.D.
1959 Henry P. Laughlin, M.D.
1960 Aaron H., Traum, M.D.
1961 Charles H. Ligon, M.D.
1962 DeWitt E. Delawter, M.D.
1963 George A. Gray, M.D.
1964 John J. Curry, M.D.
1965 John P. Habelin, M.D.
1966 Eruch T. Kimble, M.D.
1967 John O. Robben, M.D.
1968 Marvin I. Mones, M.D.
1969 Merton L. White, M.D.
1970 Carolyn S. Pincock, M.D.
1971 Robert G.Angle, M.D.
1972 Horace W. Bernton, M.D.
1973 Herman C. Maganzini, M.D.
1974 John B. Umhau, Jr., M.D.
1975 Francis C. Mayle, Jr., M.D.
1976 Arthur Wilets, M.D.
1977 Earnest E. Harmon, M.D.
1978 Allen J. O'Neill, M.D.
1979 Cyrus G. Hardy, M.D.
1980 John A. McCormack, M.D.
1981 Henry M. Wise, Jr., M.D.
1982 Michael R. Dobridge, M.D.
1983 Joseph Snyder, M.D.
1984 Ronald R. Cameron, M.D.
1985 Marvin Schneider, M.D.
1986 Donald W. Wiczer, M.D.
1987 Ira N. Brecher, M.D.
1988 Lawrence H. Fink, M.D.
1989 Cheryl Winchell, M.D.
1990 Jeffrey F. Witte, M.D.
1991 Herman C. Maganzini, M.D.
1992 Carol Wilson Garvey, M.D.
1993 Donald D. Stepita, M.D.
1994 Stephen W. White, M.D.
1995 Mark S. Seigel, M.D.
1996 Peter B. Scherer, M.D.
1997 Amy J. Byer, M.D.
1998 William R. Stern, M.D.
1999 Burt Littman, M.D.
2000 Mark E. Richards, M.D.
2001 Mark S. Seigel, M.D.
2002 llana P. Bar-Levav, M.D.
2003 Brian Avin, M.D.
2004 Bruce M. Smoller, M.D.
2005 Gary Roggin, M.D.
2006 Stephen Rockower, M.D.
2007 Robert Karp, M.D.
2008 Audrey Corson, M.D.
2009 John Young, M.D.
2010 Robert Karp, M.D.
2011 Betsy Ballard, M.D.
2012 Duane Taylor, M.D.
2013 Brent Faulkner, M.D.
2014 Stephen Rockower, M.D
2015 Shannon Pryor, M.D.
2016 Lynne Diggs, M.D.
2017 Natasha Herz, M.D.
2018 Carolyn O’Conor, M.D.
2019 Lawrence Green, M.D.
2020 Annette Pham, M.D.
2021 Irfana Ali, M.D.
2022 Tuesday Cook, M.D.
2023 Angela Marshall, M.D.
2024 Brent Berger, M.D.
2025 Aruna Nathan, M.D.
Harita Raja, M.D.
Dr. Raja is a board-certified psychiatrist and recognized expert in women’s mental health. She is the founder of Bethesda Women’s Mental Health, a psychiatric group caring for women in the DC Metro area with evidence-based and individualized care from menses through menopause. Dr. Raja is one of the few psychiatrists who integrates hormonal expertise into clinical care for midlife women. She is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner.
Dr. Raja is also a published author, sought-after speaker, founder of the DMV Menopause Providers Group, and active in medical education. Aligning with her mission to support women’s mental health and well-being, celebrate their journeys, and build stronger, connected communities, Dr. Raja founded the Raat Rani Collective, a community initiative to empower South Asian women and break mental health stigma through movement, connection, and education. She also co-founded South Asian Her, an organization redefining women’s health through science and lived experience to bridge gaps in knowledge and awareness within the South Asian community.
Isha Misra, M.D.
Dr. Misra is a board-certified internal medicine physician specializing in hospital medicine. She currently serves as a hospitalist at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, and is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins Medicine network.
She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Maryland, College Park. She then received her medical degree from the Howard University College of Medicine in 2013. Following medical school, she completed her residency training in Internal Medicine at the Christiana Care Health System in Delaware.
Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Misra focuses on managing complex acute illnesses and providing comprehensive, coordinated care for hospitalized adult patients.
Lawrence Bassin, M.D.
Dr. Bassin is the Chief Medical Officer of Capital Digestive Care and has practiced gastroenterology and hepatology in Montgomery County, Maryland, for more than 20 years. A lifelong Montgomery County resident, Dr. Bassin was born and raised in the community and is a graduate of Walt Whitman High School. He earned degrees and completed advanced training at Howard University, Harvard University, and Yale University before returning to Montgomery County to build his medical career and serve the community he calls home.
Special interests include updating medical practices with AI, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, MASLD, integration of medication dispensing into clinical practice, and increasing access to colon cancer screening. He lives in Montgomery County with his wife, an internal medicine physician, and they are the proud parents of two adult children
Kathryn Kelly, M.D.
Dr. Kelly is a Board-Certified Internal Medicine Physician in Silver Spring, Maryland. Originally from Tampa, Florida, Dr. Kelly is a two-time Howard University graduate, a Laureate Scholar completing her undergraduate studies in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology. She completed her Medical Degree in 2007 while serving as the President of the Medical School. Dr. Kelly completed her Internal Medicine Residency at Washington Hospital Center and an additional year as one of three Chief Residents from 2007-2011. Dr. Kelly, who was a National Health Service Corp scholar during Medical School, fulfilled her service obligation in Albany, GA before returning to the DC Metropolitan area.
Dr. Kelly is the owner and CEO of Kelly Collaborative Medicine, focusing on patientcentered primary care since 2016 in Silver Spring, MD. Dr. Kelly incorporated clinical trial research into her practice in 2022 and created KCM Private Practice Solutions that same year to help physicians start solo practices and offer consultation and guidance in the process based on her own journey in private practice. In May 2024, she incorporated KCM Cares, Inc, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization focused on serving our most vulnerable
populations to further the mission of health care equity and access. Kelly Collaborative Medicine and KCM Cares are contracted through Montgomery County to provide primary care to the individuals experiencing homelessness at numerous shelters, street homeless individuals through outreach efforts, and management of the Montgomery County Homeless Medical Respite. Dr. Kelly is a Past President for the Howard University Medical Alumni Association Executive Board having served as President of the organization from 2021 to 2024. Dr. Kelly also serves as a Commissioner on the Montgomery County Interagency Commission on Homelessness, the representative to the Montgomery Cares Advisory Board for the Montgomery County Medical Society (MCMS) currently serving as Chair, and the Vice President for the MCMS where she continues advocating for both physicians and patients. Dr. Kelly serves on the Board for MedChi’s nonprofit arm, the Center for a Healthy Maryland and as an alternate delegate for MedChi to the American Medical Association.
Dr. Kelly is married to Jackie Matthew Kelly, Jr and has three children: Ajzha, Jackson, and
Reagan, and a granddaughter, Nailah.
Sheri Hamersley, M.D., FACOG
Dr. Hamersley is a board-certified perinatologist and the founder and President of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Associates of Maryland (MFMofMD), a subspecialty practice in Rockville, Maryland dedicated to the care of high-risk pregnancies. Board certified in both Obstetrics & Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Hamersley has been at the forefront of her specialty in the Washington metropolitan region since 1996. She currently serves as Division Director of Perinatology in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center and holds an appointment as Assistant Professor in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. A published researcher and frequent medical educator, she has contributed to peer-reviewed literature on topics including preeclampsia, thromboembolism in pregnancy, and the application of telemedicine in maternal-fetal medicine practice.
Dr. Hamersley is a longstanding member of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and has participated in international medical mission work in China and Costa Rica. She is an active advocate for pregnancy health awareness and has established clinical education partnerships with universities and colleges throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, welcoming nursing, genetic counseling, and sonography students into her practice. Dr. Hamersley is fluent in English and Spanish and is licensed to practice in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia
Alan Gonzalez Cota, M.D., FIPP
Dr. Gonzalez Cota is a distinguished spine and pain specialist, triple board-certified in
Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP), Clinical Pain Medicine, and Anesthesiology. At his
Multidisciplinary Pain Center, he leads the charge in innovative pain management,
leveraging his expertise as a Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice at the World Institute of
Pain. Dr. Gonzalez Cota’s approach seamlessly blends cutting-edge clinical practice with a
deep commitment to research and patient-centered care.
His comprehensive training includes a Clinical Pain Medicine fellowship and
Anesthesiology residency at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He further honed his
expertise with a neuroscience Post-Doctorate at the University of California, San Diego,
where he conducted pioneering animal research to discover novel pain therapies. This
rigorous scientific foundation complements his medical degree from the Universidad
Autonoma de Baja California, Faculty of Medicine.
Our Values
UNITY & STRENGTH
We respect individual strength and value the greater combined strength and voice of our members.
COLLABORATION
We believe in the value of working together.
COLLEGIALITY
We believe in camaraderie, strong professional relationships, and supporting each other, putting aside any professional differences to promote valued outcomes for our members and community.
ADVOCACY
We will advocate in favor of just causes or policies when they benefit patient-physician relationships and/or when they support the effective practice of medicine, and professional satisfaction, or uphold the health of our patients and communities.
PROFESSIONAL DIVERSITY
We recognize the importance and unique contributions of all physicians to the field of medicine. MCMS strives to support all physicians in all practice modes, including but not limited to academic, employed, public health and private practice.
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
We embrace difference as a strength, and by being fully inclusive, we gain a more complete understanding of each other, our needs as a profession and the needs of our community. We recognize our responsibility to acknowledge, address and reorganize structures that limit or oppose these values through leadership, education, and collaboration.
INNOVATION
We are dynamic and promote new ideas in physician practice, professional advancement and patient care.
SERVICE
We will strive to meet the needs of our physicians and community with integrity, humility, and respect.
