North Central Section of the AUA, Inc. North Central Section of the AUA, Inc.

NCS Committees
2023 - 2024

Finance Committee

  • Edward Ernest Cherullo, MD (Chair)
  • James Andrew Brown, MD, MHA (Treasurer-Elect)
  • Thomas Allen Gardner, MD, MBA (Committee Member)
  • Matthew T. Gettman, MD (Committee Member)
  • John T. Stoffel, MD (Committee Member)
  • Elizabeth B. Takacs, MD (Committee Member)

Local Arrangements Committee

  • Sarah A. Adelstein, MD (Local Arrangements Chair)

Long Range Planning Committee

  • Thomas Allen Gardner, MD, MBA (Committee Chair)
  • Elizabeth B. Takacs, MD (President)
  • John T. Stoffel, MD (President-Elect)
  • Edward Ernest Cherullo, MD (Treasurer)
  • James Andrew Brown, MD, MHA (Treasurer-Elect)
  • Matthew T. Gettman, MD (Immediate Past President)
  • James C. Ulchaker, MD, FACS (NCS Representative to AUA Board of Directors)
  • Nicholas Tadros, MD, MCR, MBA (Young Urologist Committee Chair)
  • Nissrine Nakib, MD (Women in Urology Committee Chair)

Membership Committee

  • Elizabeth B. Takacs, MD (President)
  • John T. Stoffel, MD (President-Elect)
  • Thomas Allen Gardner, MD, MBA (Secretary)
  • Edward Ernest Cherullo, MD (Treasurer)
  • James Andrew Brown, MD, MHA (Treasurer-Elect)
  • Matthew T. Gettman, MD (Immediate Past President)
  • David Ralph Paolone, MD (Historian)
  • Robert H. Blackwell, MD (Illinois)
  • Bradley G. Orris, MD (Indiana)
  • Annah Vollstedt, MD (Iowa)
  • Frank Nelson Burks, MD (Michigan)
  • Robert Karnes, MD (Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota)
  • Mark Memo, DO, FACS (Ohio)
  • Sarah Elizabeth McAchran, MD, FACS (Wisconsin)
  • James C. Ulchaker, MD, FACS (NCS Representative to AUA Board of Directors)
  • Nicholas Tadros, MD, MCR, MBA (Young Urologist Committee Chair)
  • Nathan D. Grunewald, MD, MBA, FACS (Young Urologist Committee Vice Chair)
  • Kevin Koo, MD, MPH (Health Policy Council Chair)
  • Nissrine Nakib, MD (Women in Urology Committee Chair)

Nominating Committee

  • Matthew T. Gettman, MD (Committee Chair)
  • Bradley Fields Schwartz, DO (Vice Chair)
  • David Ralph Paolone, MD (Board of Directors Representative)
  • To Be Determined (Indiana)
  • To Be Determined (Iowa)
  • To Be Determined (Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota)
  • To Be Determined (Ohio)
  • To Be Determined (Wisconsin)

Program Committee

  • Thomas Allen Gardner, MD, MBA (Committee Chair)
  • Elizabeth B. Takacs, MD (President)
  • John T. Stoffel, MD (President-Elect)
  • Matthew T. Gettman, MD (Immediate Past President)
  • Ronney Abaza, MD, FACS (Education Committee Chair)
  • Sarah A. Adelstein, MD (Local Arrangements Chair)
  • To Be Determined (Resident Representative)

Women in Urology Committee

  • Nissrine Nakib, MD (Committee Chair)
  • Denise A. Asafu-Adjei, MD, MPH (Vice Chair)
  • Katherine M. Anderson, MD (Minnesota Representative)
  • Anna Zampini, MD, MBA, MS (Ohio Representative)

AUA Board of Directors

  • Toby S. Kohler, MD, MPH, FACS (Representative)
  • James C. Ulchaker, MD, FACS (Alternate Representative)