New York State Rheumatology Society
315 Middle Country Road
Smithtown, New York 11787

NYSRS Board of Directors

Current President: Margrit Wiesendanger, MD, PhD

Incoming President, beginning on January 1, 2025: Khoa Ngo, DO

Founder, President Emeritus, Max Hamburger, MD, FACP

Former President, Howard Blumstein, MD, FACR

Former President, Joseph Grisanti, MD

Executive Director

Executive Director: Patti Levey

Committees

Government Affairs / Payors Committee

Sheeja Francis, MD

Manuela Marinescu, MD, FACR

Robert Meador, MD

Natalia Veselova, MD

Affiliate Society Council Liaison
Sheeja Francis, MD

NYSRS Representative to the Medical Society of the State of New York
Daniel Torres, MD

Fellows Poster Presentation Review Committee
Chair: Michael Kaplan, MD

Committee:
Ruben Peredo-Wende, MD

Margrit Wiesendanger, MD, PhD