SOMA Board of Directors

Officers

President
COL (RET) Sean Keenan, MD

Civilian Vice​ President
Taylor A. George, DrPH, MHS, LP

Immediate Past President
​MSG (Ret) John Dominguez

Military Vice President
Paul Allen, DSc, MPAS, PA-C

Secretary/Treasurer
Sandro “Rabbit” Heinrich

At-Large Members

Christi Verchinin, MD, Lt. Col, USAF, SOST Det-2 (Special Operations Surgical Team)

Special Forces Medical Sergeant (Ret) Paul Loos

Ricky Ditzel, Jr., BSHS, DDP-C, FP-C, TP-C

MSG (Ret) John Steinbaugh

Non-Voting Members

COL Michael Tarpey, MC
US SOCOM Command Surgeon

SGM Ryanross Nemeth, SEL, SEMA
US SOCOM Command Surgeon’s Office

Jeremy Torrisi
Membership Committee Co-Chair

Chris Hewitt, MPH, MD,
Program Committee Co-Chair

Sheila O’Neal
Executive Director

SFC (Ret) ​Mike​ Jackson
Membership Committee Co-Chair

Alex Merkle, PA
Program Committee Co-Chair

Alan O’Brien
International Committee Co-Chair

Senior Advisors

Bryan B. ​Battaglia
U.S. MARINES (Ret)​

Paul K. Carlton, Jr.,
Lt Gen (Ret) USAF, MD, FACS

Mike Hall
CSM (Ret)

Stanley McChrystal
Gen (Ret)

Frank K. Butler, Jr., MD
CAPT, MC, USN (Ret)

Richard H. Carmona
MD, MPH, FACS

Craig Llewellyn

Philip Volpe
MG (Ret), DO

Call for Board of Directors Nominations

The Call for Board Nominations is now open.  The deadline to submit a nomination or self application is January 8, 2025.  For more information, please click here

The SOMA office will be closed for the holidays:

Monday, December 23, 2024 – Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Please email us at [email protected] and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

We apologize for any inconvenience.