National Leadership Roles

Duke Ob/Gyn is proud of our faculty who hold national leadership roles. Click on the names below to view a specific faculty member's roles, or scroll down the page to see all roles.

Clayton Alfonso, MD

ACOG NC Section — Vice Chair

Angeles Alvarez Secord, MD, MHSc

Society of Gynecologic Oncology — President (2023-2024)

Foundation for Women’s Cancer Board of Directors — Member

Gynecologic Oncology Group Foundation Education and Mentoring — Co-Chair

Gynecologic Oncology Group Foundation Board — Member

NRG Oncology Developmental Therapeutics Committee — General Member

NRG Oncology Corpus Committee — Core Member

NRG Oncology Early Career and New Investigator Committee — Vice-Chair

NRG Oncology Ovarian Cancer Committee — Core Member

National Academies Sciences Engineering Medicine Assessment of NIH Research on Women’s Health Committee — Member

NCI Clinical Trials Planning Meeting (Refining the Approach to Endometrial Cancer in the Immunotherapy Era) — Member

Matthew Barber, MD, MHS

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Board of Directors — Member

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery Division — Chair (through July 2024)

Sam Bauer, MD, CPE, MBA

ACOG Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Champions Working Group — District IV Physician Champion and Advocacy Representative                    

Core Quality Measures Collaborative Obstetrics and Gynecology Working Group — Chair            

National Quality Forum Measure Applications Partnership Hospital Workgroup — Committee Member

ABOG National Specialty Oral Board Examiner

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Patient Quality and Safety Committee, Core Quality Measures Collaborative Obstetrics and Gynecology Working Group — Liaison Committee Member                     

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Practice Management Committee — Member

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Coding Committee — Liaison Committee Member

Foundation for Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Development Committee — Member

Andrew Berchuck, MD

National Comprehensive Cancer Network Ovarian Cancer Guidelines Committee — Member

Amanda Craig, MD

Pan American Society for Placenta Accreta Spectrum Patients and Families Committee — Member

Brittany Davidson, MD

American Cancer Society Roundtable on Cervical Cancer — Steering Committee

SGO Wellness Committee — Vice Chair

SGO Program Directors Network — Interview Subcommittee Co-Lead

Sarah Dotters-Katz, MD, MMHPE

Infectious Disease Society of Ob/Gyn Communications Committee — Co-chair

Infectious Disease Society of Ob/Gyn — Elected Council Member

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Affairs Committee — Member

Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics Testing and Self-Assessment Committee — Member

Obstetrics and Gynecology National Board of Medical Examiners Committee — Member

Liping Feng, MD

Fetal Membrane Society — Secretary General

Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies — Scientific Advisory Board Member

Frontiers in Immunology — Associate Editor

Brenna Hughes, MD, MSc

SMFM Board of Directors — Member

SMFM Infectious Disease and Emerging Threats Committee — Chair

ACOG Immunization, Infectious Disease and Public Health Preparedness Expert Work Group — Member

CDC ACIP RSV Work Group — Member

CDC ACIP Hepatitis B Work Group — Member

ABOG Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division — Member

NIH COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel — Member

Amie Kawasaki, MD

American Urogynecologic Society Membership Committee — Member

American Urogynecologic Society Writing Group — Member

Nicole Kerner, MD

Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics Surgical Education Scholars Program — Selected Scholar

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity and Trust Credit and Accountability Working Group — Member

Cassandra Kisby, MD, MS

American Urogynecologic Society — Social Media Vice Chair

Jeffrey Kuller, MD

Foundation for Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine — Board of Directors

Publications Committee, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine — Chair

Topics in Obstetrics and Gynecology (formerly Postgraduate Obstetrics and Gynecology) — Co-editor

Haley Moss, MD, MBA

Breast and Gynecologic Oncology System of Excellence, Dept. of Veterans Affairs — Director

Society of Gynecologic Oncology Quality and Payment Reform Taskforce — Member

American Cancer Society Cervical Cancer Roundtable — Member

Latoya Patterson, MD, MPH

ACOG District IV HERC (Health Equality and Reflective Care) — Committee Member

Emma Rossi, MD

NRG Oncology Uterine Corpus Committee — Core Committee Member

NRG Oncology Surgical Committee — Representative of the Uterine Corpus Committee

Danny Schust, MD

American Society for Reproductive Medicine — Program Committee Member and Chair of the 2025 Meeting

Reproductive Scientist Development Program — Director

Nazema Siddiqui, MD, MHSc

American Urogynecologic Society — Board of Directors (2023-2026)

Women First Research Coalition — American Urogynecologic Society Liaison

Paul Sparzak, DO

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Ob/Gyn Review Committee — Member

American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists Ethics Committee — Member

American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists Position Response Committee — Member

Geeta Swamy, MD

Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation Board of Directors — Chair

Council on Government Relations — Member

Research Ethics and Compliance Committee — Member

Board of Directors — Member

ACOG Immunization, Infectious Disease and Public Health Preparedness Expert Working Group — Member

MIT for Research on Equitable and Open Scholarship (CREOS) External Advisory Committee — Member

National Vaccine Advisory Committee —  Appointed Member

Sarahn Wheeler, MD, MHSc

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee — Member

Julia Woodward, PhD

Human Reproduction — Associate Editor

American Society for Reproductive Medicine Scientific Development Committee, Mental Health Professional Group — Member

Human Reproduction, the flagship European journal for reproductive medicine — Associate Editor

Anthony Visco, MD

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery — Subspecialty Board Examiner

Steve Young, MD, PhD

Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology — Executive Board Member

Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility — Executive Board Member (Immediate Past President)