Women in endocrinology |
2025-2026 WE Leadership
(Last updated 01.13.2026)
President
FARYAL MIRZA, MD Professor of Medicine Clinical Director Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism UConn Health and UConn Musculoskeletal Institute Farmington, CT fmirza@uchc.edu | Past President
ELLEN SEELY, MD Professor of Medicine Director of Clinical Research Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, MA ESEELY@BWH.HARVARD.EDU | Secretary-Treasurer
JINGJING KIPP, Ph.D. DePaul University Department of Biological Sciences Chicago, IL JKIPP@depaul.edu |
KATHERINE BACHMANN, MD (CHAIR) Medical Director, Early Clinical Development, Cardiometabolic Amgen kneubecker@gmail.com |
THERESA SUMY THOMAS Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand Department of Endocrinology Johannesburg, South Africa |
NATALIE SHAW, MD National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Durham, NC |
MABEL TOROBIO, MD Neuroendocrine Unit Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA |
KRISTEN VELLA, PhD (CHAIR) Weill Cornell Medicine New York, NY |
JENNIFER W. HILL, PhD Associate Professor Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology & Center for Diabetes and Endocrine Research University of Toledo Toledo, OH |
MARIA INES PEREZ MILLAN, PhD Assistant Professor Physiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology Department Faculty of Exact and Natural Science University of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina | ALESSANDRA MANCINI, PhD Scientist II Ring Therapeutics Cambridge, MA |
LIZA DAS, MD, DM (Endocrinology) Consultant Endocrinologist Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh, India | SOUNDARA THANGARAJ Postdoctoral Fellow University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | FRANCESCA GALBIATI, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | EMILY N. HILZ University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX |
SAHAR KHALID ALHARTHI Adult Endocrinology Fellow King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | NATALIA CHAMORRO-PAREJA, MD Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA |
ANN E. TAYLOR, MD (CHAIR) Retired taylorae@live.com |
MARY RHEE, M.D. Emory University School of Medicine Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids Atlanta VA Medical Center Atlanta, GA |
RUBAN DHALIWAL, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse, NY |
FARYAL MIRZA, M.D., F.A.C.E., F.C.P.S., F.A.C.P. Professor of Medicine Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, UConn Health and UConn Musculoskeletal Institute Farmington, CT |
DOLORES J. LAMB, Ph.D. Urology and Molecular Cellular Biology Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX | ANN E. KEARNS, MD, PhD Consultant, Division of Endocrinology Assistant Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN | ![]() LaMONICA STEWART, Ph.D Interim Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies & Research Associate Professor Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Neuroscience & Pharmacology Meharry Medical College Nashville, TN |
DANA ERICKSON Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN |
FREDERIQUE RUF ZAMOJSKI, Ph.D (CHAIR) Associate Professor (acting) Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Cedars-Sinai Los Angeles, CA frederique.ruf-zamojski at cshs.org |
GERALYN LAMBERT-MESSERLIAN, Ph.D Professor Departments of Pathology and Lab Medicine and OB/Gyn Alpert Medical School at Brown University Providence RI |
YAN EMILY YUAN, M.D. MSc. Instructor in Medicine, Associate Physician Harvard Medical School Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA |
GAYATHRI DEVI, PhD (CHAIR) Professor, Department of Surgery Professor, Department of Pathology Program Director, Duke Inflammatory Breast Cancer Consortium Duke Cancer Institute Durham, NC gayathri.devi@duke.edu |
Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine & Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Assistant Professor of Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Endocrinology Aga Khan University Karachi, Pakistan |
LAURA E. DICHTEL, MD, MHS Assistant Professor Department of Medicine, Neuroendocrine Unit Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA |
ANH TRAN, Ph.D, MPH Associate Professor Vice Chief of Education Division of Community Health Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Duke University Durham, NC |
MONA MASHAYEKHI, MD, Ph.D Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism Department of Medicine Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN | OLGA DEREVIANKO, MD Department of Endocrinology Fomin Clinic Moscow, Russia |
SHANNON WHIRLEDGE, PHD, MSC (CHAIR) Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT shannon.whirledge@yale.edu |
ALLISON KIMBALL, MD Instructor, Harvard Medical School Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | DIMPI DESAI, MD Stanford University Stanford, CA |
FRANZISKA PLESSOW, MD Brigham and Women's/Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA |
RAJAE TALBI University of Montreal Montreal, QC, CANADA |
National Institute of Health Bethesda, MD |
MELANIE SCHORR HAINES, MD (CHAIR) Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA MSHAINES@MGH.HARVARD.EDU |
DARYL J. SELEN. MD Rhode Island Hospital Riverside, RI |
RONA STEPHANIE CARROLL, PhD MS Assistant Professor of Medicine/Neurosurgery Department of Endocrinology Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA |
MOLLIE O'CONNOR, MD Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Endocrinology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine New York, NY |
CHERIE L. BUTTS, PhD Biogen Inc |
