Our Board of Directors

Officers

Chair 2021-2023

Jamie Ullman, MD, FACS, FAANS
Neurosurgeon
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, New York

Chairman-Elect

Martina Stippler, MD, FAANS
Neurosurgeon
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Past Chairman

Uzma Samadani, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon
Minneapolis VAMC - Neurosurgery
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Medical Director

Hugh Garton, MD, MHSc
Neurosurgeon
University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Secretary

Jason King
Senior Director, Marketing and Medical Education
Stryker Instruments
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Treasurer

Jean Signorelli, CPA
Kutchins, Robbins and Diamond, Ltd
Schaumburg, Illinois

Members                                                                                                                                                                                    

Rocco Armonda, MD
Neurosurgeon
MedStar-Washington Hospital Center
Washington DC
 
Tiffany S. Bowman, MSW
Assistant Teaching Professor/Director of Field Studies
University of Missouri School of Social Work
Columbia, Missouri
 
Karen Callendo-Sibnaller, DBA, MA
Assistant Professor of Health Care Management
Concordia University Chicago
River Forest, Illinois
 
Jason Cormier, MD, FAANS, FACS
Neurosurgeon
Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital
Lafayette, Louisiana
 
David Dornbos III, MD
Neurosurgeon
Kentucky Neuroscience Institute
Lexington, KY
 
Kim Greene
State Chapter Director, Colorado
Vail Valley Medical Center
Vail, Colorado
 
Brian Higdon, MD
Physiatrist
Brooks Rehabilitation
Jacksonville, Florida
 
Casey Madura, MD, MPH
Neurosurgeon
Helen DeVos Children's Hospital
Grand Rapids, Michigan
 
Michael McBreen
Senior Vice President; President, International
Integra LifeSciences
Plainsboro, New Jersey
 
Daniel Michael, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon
Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak
Southfield, Michigan
 
Ann Parr, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
 
Julie Philbrook, RN, DNP
State Chapter Director, Minnesota
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota
 
Lucy Ranus, RN, BSN
State Chapter Director, Retired
Phoenix, Arizona
 
Robert Reddy
Director, Global Marketing
Medtronic Navigation
Louisville, Colorado
 
Amanda Rist, RN, BSN
Grant Manager - Ex. Officio
ThinkFirst Foundation
Hurricane, West Virginia
 
Gail Rosseau, MD
Neurosurgeon; ThinkFirst International Chairperson
Glen Ellyn, Illinois
 
Laura A. Snyder, MD, FAANS
Neurosurgeon/Director of Neurotrauma
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Barrow Brain and Spine
Phoenix, Arizona
 
Dale Spencer
ThinkFirst VIP Leadership Council
Keynote Speaker, Dale J. Spencer, Inc.
Palatine, Illinois
 
Eric Sribnick, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon
Nationwide Children's Hospital
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
 
Laura Stone McGuire, MD
Neurosurgeon
University of Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
 
Tetsuo Tatsumi, MD, FACS
Neurosurgeon, Retired
Indio, California
 
Justin Thomas, MD, FACS, FAANS
Neurosurgeon
Northwell Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Bay Shore, New York
 
D. Roxanne Todor, MD, MBA, FAANS, FACS
Neurosurgeon/Chief of Service
North Bronx Healthcare Network
Jacobi Medical Center
Bronx, New York
 

Liaison Members

David Cavanaugh, MD
Neurosugeon, Past ThinkFirst Chairman
Louisiana Spine Institute
Shreveport, Louisiana
 
Donna Cavanaugh, BA
ThinkFirst State Chapter Director, Louisiana
Shreveport, Louisiana
 

Chairpersons Emeritus

Roy Black
Austin, Texas
 
E. Fletcher Eyster, MD
Jupiter, Florida

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