2026 AAPM&R Nominating Slate

2026 AAPM&R Board of Governors:

Atul T. Patel, MD, MHSA, FAAPMR

Position on Slate: Vice President

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Nneka L. Ifejika, MD, MPH, FAAPMR

Position on Slate:Treasurer

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Rita G. Hamilton, DO, FAAPMR

Position on Slate: Member-at-Large

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2026 Nominating Committee:

• Scott R. Laker, MD, FAAPMR, Chair (Automatic Appointment, 2026 Immediate Past President)
• John C. Cianca, MD, FAAPMR Member (Automatic Appointment, 2026 President)
• D.J. Kennedy, MD, FAAPMR, Member (Automatic Appointment, Past President prior year)
• David J. Haustein, MD, MBA, FAAPMR, Member (Term 2025-2026)
• Tracy J. Sereiko, MBA, CAE, AAPM&R CEO & Executive Director, Non-Voting Member
  
  Presented for Election to the Nominating Committee:
  Deborah A. Bergfeld, MD, FAAPMR, Member (Term 2026-2027), and
  Miguel X. Escalon, MD, MPH, FAAPMR, Member (Term 2026-2027)

Respectfully submitted by the 2025 Nominating Committee:

• D.J. Kennedy, MD, 2025 AAPM&R Nominating Committee Chair
• Steven R. Flanagan, MD, 2025 AAPM&R Nominating Committee Member
• Talya K. Fleming, MD, 2025 AAPM&R Nominating Committee Member
• David J. Haustein, MD, MBA, 2025 AAPM&R Nominating Committee Member
• Scott R. Laker, MD, 2025 AAPM&R Nominating Committee Member
• Lisa A. Lombard, MD, 2025 AAPM&R Nominating Committee Member
• Tracy J. Sereiko, 2025 AAPM&R Nominating Committee Non-Voting Member