Executive Committee and Board of Members
The City of Joy Project is comprised of medical students, physicians, senior faculty members, and dedicated community members. As of April 25, 2004, there are 44 active board members (listed below in alphabetical order). Please click on the links below to get detailed information about each board member. Click here to send us an e-mail.
Executive Committee
1. Deeptankar Demazumder, Ph.D.
(M.D. student, class of 2006)
Executive Director (and Founder)
2. Richard P. Wenzel, M.D., M.Sc.
Principal Faculty-in-charge
Chairman and Professor of Internal Medicine (VCU)
3. Arun J. Sanyal, M.D.
Graduate Course Director and Program Director
Chairman and Professor of Gastroenterology (VCU)
4. Barbara Addington
Senior Fiscal Manager
5. Prabir K. Roy, C.P.A.
Accountant
6. Jennifer L. Ludovicci
Study Abroad Director
7. Peter S. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.
International Relations
Medical Student Organization Officers
1. Nanda Devanath
(M.D. student, class of 2007)
Co-President
2. Deepak Thomas
(M.D. student, class of 2007)
Co-President
3. Satrajit Bose
(M.D. student, class of 2007)
Vice-President
4. Xanthia Samaropoulos
(M.D. student, class of 2007)
Secretary
5. Jonathan Hlivko
(M.D. student, class of 2007)
Treasurer
6. Alison Kuchta
(M.D./Ph.D. student, class of 2010)
Public Relations Officer
7. Laura Phan
(M.D. student, class of 2006)
Events Manager
Board of Members
1. Nial Basu
(community member in N.Y.)
2. Roopa Basu
(community member in V.A.)
3. Kyle D. Campbell
(M.D. student, class of 2006)
4. Daniel Carl, M.D.
Department of Internal Medicine
6. Hey J. Chong
(M.D./Ph.D. student, class of 2005)
7. Mahesh Datla
(pre-medical undergraduate student)
Coordinator of Undergraduate Members
8. Deeptankar Demazumder, Ph.D.
(M.D./Ph.D. student, class of 2006)
President and Founder
In-Charge of Academic, Clinical and Research Curriculum
9. Panchali Dhar, M.D.
Faculty Advisor at Cornell University
10. Dennis H. Gee
(M.D. student, class of 2006)
Secretary
In-Charge of Drug Collection and Fundraising Events
11. Glenn Geelhoed, M.D.
Faculty Advisor at George Washington U.
12. Dmitry Gorelik, M.D.
(M.D. student, class of 2003)
13. Rashim Gupta
(pre-medical undergraduate student)
14. Gary M. Hunninghake, M.D.
Chief Resident � Dept Internal Medicine
Faculty Advisor
15. Alison Kuchta
(M.D./Ph.D. student, class of 2009)
16. Rosemarie Mannino, M.D
Department of Internal Medicine
17. Madhu Mittal
(community member in N.Y.)
18. Laura T. Phan
(M.D. student, class of 2006)
20. Pavitra Kotini
(pre-medical undergraduate student)
21. Linh M. Le
(pre-medical undergraduate student)
22. David W. Marsland, M.D.
Chairman and Professor Emeritus of Family Practice
Faculty Advisor
23. Akanksha Mehta
(M.D. student at Brown University)
24. Poulami Mitra
(Ph.D. student at Univ. of Pittsburgh)
25. Kaushik Mittra, M.Sc.
(community member in C.A.)
26. Sushila Mittra, M.D.
Chairperson of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Faculty Advisor in West Bengal, India
27. Gita Mody
(M.D. student at Washington Univ.)
28. Debraj Mukherjee
(pre-medical undergraduate student)
29. Mabel K. Obeng
(M.D. student, class of 2006)
30. Diana Ocampo
(pre-medical undergraduate student)
31. Supreet Pannu
(pre-medical undergraduate student)
32. Bina Patel
(pre-medical undergraduate student)
33. Krutika Patel
(community member in V.A.)
34. Rini Nandi
(M.D. student at Univ of California Davis)
35. Prabir K. Roy, C.P.A.
President � National Federation of Indian Associations
Principal Community and Fiscal Advisor
36. Arun J. Sanyal, M.D.
Chairman and Professor of Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine)
Faculty Advisor
38. James Schmitt, M.D.
Department of Internal Medicine
Faculty Advisor
39. Rishi Sood
(pre-medical undergraduate student)
40. Robeson Tinsley
(M.D. student at South Carolina)
41. Leslie Van Schaack, M.D.
(M.D. student, class of 2003)
42. Amit Varma
(M.D. student, class of 2006)
43. George W. Vetrovec, M.D.
Chairman and Professor of Cardiology (Internal Medicine)
Faculty Advisor
44. Richard P. Wenzel, M.D., M.Sc.
Chairman and Professor of Internal Medicine
Principal Faculty Advisor