TSGE Governing Board
2026 – 2028
TSGE is governed by its officers and a statewide board of councilors drawn from academic centers, private practices and health systems across Texas.
Officers
President
Waqar Qureshi, MD
Houston
President-Elect
Emmanuel Coronel Cordero, MD
Houston
Secretary
Roopa Vemulapalli, MD
Dallas
Treasurer
Jay Yepuri, MS, MD *
Dallas
Immediate Past President
Prashant Kedia, MD
Dallas
Past President
Pradeep Kumar, MD *
Austin
Councilors
Gaurav Arora, MD
Dallas
Lisa Casey, MD *
Dallas
Daniel C. De Marco, MD, FACG *
Dallas
Wm. Kern Deschner, MD, FACG *
San Marcos
Thomas Dewar, MD *
Fort Worth
Harish K. Gagneja, MD, AGAF *
Austin
Karthik Garapati, MD
Austin
Phil Ge, MD
Houston
Benjamin Havemann, MD *
Austin
Sameer Islam, MD
Lubbock
Prasun Jalal, MD *
Houston
Jeffrey Lee, MD *
Houston
Joanna Linstedt, MD
Corpus Christi
Kalpesh Patel, MD
Houston
Andy Tau, MD
Austin
Harry Thomas, MD
Austin
John Tsai, MD
Austin
Marc Zuckerman, MD
El Paso
Fellows Representatives
Elliot Baerman, MD
Austin
Bhavi Trivedi, MD
El Paso
* Denotes a board member with ten or more years of service to TSGE.
Past Presidents
Fifty years of physicians who have led the society, from 1976 to today.
Awards
The Marcel Patterson – Robert Nelson Award and past TSGE honors.