2026 Officers and Executive Council Members

The Executive Council is composed of the President, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, Immediate Past President, five Council Members, and a Program Chair as voting members. An appointed Editor and the Anesthesia Committee Chair have seats, but no vote.

Officers
President: Jay I. Swanson, DDS, MD, FACS
Vice President: Nicholas Callahan, MPH, DMD, MD, FACS
Secretary-Treasurer: James Murphy, DDS, MD, FACS
Immediate Past President: Robin L. Gallardi, DDS, MS, FRCDC

Council Members
Julie A. Laverdiere, DDS
Harshiv J. Vyas, BDS, MDS, FACS
Anthony M. Elger, DMD
Laila Malaki, DMD
Maria Karras, DMD

Editor
Editor: Mark J. Steinberg, DDS, MD

AAOMS District IV Trustee
Gregory M. Ness, DDS, FACS (Ohio)

Anesthesia Committee Chair
Jerome ("Jay") Bergamini, DDS

ISOMS Program Committee Chair
Harshiv J. Vyas, BDS, MDS, FACS

Delegates to AAOMS for 2026 have not been selected yet.

AAOMS Delegates: Based on membership count, Illinois is entitled to send three voting Delegates to the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS). The meeting is held in the fall. Delegates and Alternate Delegates are elected during the spring meeting of the ISOMS Executive Council.

Elected Executive Council members are Officers & Council Members. Others include AAOMS Delegates and Alternates, and the Chairs of the Anesthesia and Program Committees, who are invited to the Executive Council meetings.

ISOMS Executive Director
Jane R. Stein (847-482-0222)
em: IllinoisOMS@gmail.com