AUGS members are represented by a 12-member Board of Directors who is responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of the society. The Board is comprised of five officers and seven Directors-at-Large. The officers of the Society include a President, President-Elect, Vice President, Immediate Past President and a Treasurer. Learn more about each position here.
Terms expire on December 31 for the year indicated.
AUGS members can send communications to the Board of Directors using the board@augs.org email address.
Officers
President
Tanaz Ferzandi, MD, MBA
Keck Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Term Expires: 2025
Corporate Disclosures:
FPMRS Subspeciality Board Examiner – ABOG
President Elect
Emily Lukacz, MD
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA
Term Expires: 2025
Corporate Disclosures:
Independent Contractor - UpToDate
Advisory Board Member - Pathnostics
Advisory Board Member - Emmi Solutions
Vice President
Robert Gutman, MD
UMedStar Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Term Expires: 2025
Corporate Disclosures:
Strategic Advisory Board Member – Boston Scientific
Research Grant – Boston Scientific
Legal Expert – Johnson & Johnson
Author Royalties – UpToDate/Wolters-Kluwer, Inc.
Treasurer
Jerome Yaklic, MD, MBA, FACOG
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Galveston, TX
Term Expires: 2025
Corporate Disclosures:
Site PI - Medtronic Clinical Trials
Site PI - Locus Biotech ELIMINATE Clinical Trial
Site PI - Myovant MOXIE Clinical Trial
Site PI - Conceptra MERMAID Clinical Trial
Immediate Past President
Jennifer Wu, MD
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Term Expires: 2025
Corporate Disclosures:
Research Grant – NIH/NIDDK; NICHD
Directors-at-Large
Marianna Alperin, MD
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA
Term Expires: 2026
Corporate Disclosures:
None
Matthew Barker, MD
Avera Medical
Sioux Falls, SD
Term Expires: 2025
Corporate Disclosures:
Speaker - Axonics
Speaker/Advisory Board - Astellas
Heidi Brown, MD
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, WI
Term Expires: 2025
Corporate Disclosures:
Research Grant – NIDDK, AHRQ
Paid Consultant – Grand Rounds, Inc.
Author Royalties – UpToDate/Wolters-Kluwer, Inc.; Springer Nature, Inc.
Nathan Kow, MD
AdventHealth
Orlando, FL
Term Expires: 2026
Corporate Disclosures:
Speaker Bureau - Axonics
Consultant - Coloplast
Advisory Board Member - Aquatherapeutics
Advisory Board Member - Immertec
Nazema Y. Siddiqui, MD, MHS
Duke Health
Durham, NC
Term Expires: 2025
Corporate Disclosures:
Research Grant - NIH/NIDDK; NIH/NICHD; Ethicon J&J; Medtronic Inc
Author Royalties – UpToDate/Wolters-Kluwer, Inc.
Editor – Frontiers in Urology
Scott Smilen, MD, PhD
Hackensack Meridian Health/Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Neptune, NJ
Term Expires: 2027
Corporate Disclosures:
None
Marcella Willis-Gray, MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Term Expires: 2027
Corporate Disclosures:
None
Ex-Officio Members
AUGS Interim Executive Director
Stacey Barnes
American Urogynecologic Society
Silver Spring, MD
ABOG Representative
Matthew Barber, MD, MHS
Duke Health
Durham, NC
Term Expires: 2024