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President-Elect II

John Farley, MD, COL (ret)

Creighton University School of Medicine,
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, AZ

Personal Statement and Video

Anil K. Sood, MD

The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Personal Statement and Video

Secretary-Treasurer Elect

Sean Dowdy, MD

Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Personal Statement and Video

Debra Richardson, MD

The University of Oklahoma Health
Stephenson Cancer Center
Oklahoma City, OK

Personal Statement and Video

Member-at-Large

Lisa Barroilhet, MD, MS

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI

Personal Statement and Video

Nefertiti duPont, MD, MPH

North Houston Gynecologic Surgeons, PLLC
Shenandoah, TX

Personal Statement and Video

James Stuart Ferriss, MD

Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA

Personal Statement and Video

Krista Pfaendler, MD, MPH

West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV

Personal Statement and Video

BJ Rimel, MD

University of Washington
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Seattle, WA

Personal Statement and Video

Mark S. Shahin, MD

Penn State
Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA

Personal Statement and Video

Fellow-in-Training Representative

Allison Froehlich, MD

Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

Personal Statement and Video

Zachary Gentry, MD

The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Personal Statement and Video

The SGO Board of Directors election will open on December 22, 2025, and close on January 20, 2026. The SGO has partnered with Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS) to administer the election. To ensure that your election-specific email arrives safely in your inbox, please add the following email address to your list of contacts as an approved sender: noreply@directvote.net. Please also check your spam or junk folder for your ballot.

In accordance with SGO Bylaws, voting eligibility for each membership category is outlined below.

Membership Type Eligible Positions to Vote For
Full President-Elect II, Secretary-Treasurer Elect, Member-at-Large, and Fellow-in-Training Representative
Associate President-Elect II
Fellow-in-Training President-Elect II and Fellow-in-Training Representative
Senior President-Elect II, Secretary-Treasurer Elect, Member-at-Large, and Fellow-in-Training Representative

If you have any questions about the election, please contact Traci Schwendner, Senior Manager of Governance.