Leadership

2022-2023 Board of Directors

OFFICERS

 

Chair
Shana Perman, PA-C

Shana Perman, PA-C graduated with her Master's in Physician Assistant Studies from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2005. Her career started in the neonatal intensive care unit at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and she transitioned to the field of REI in 2013 after needing IVF to grow her own family.  She practices at Shady Grove Fertility in Washington, DC and Columbia, MD.  Shana is an advocate for utilizing advanced practice providers within the field of REI and maintains board certification through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. 

 

Chair-Elect
Nicole Callahan, MSN, FNP-C

Nicole Callahan, MSN, APRN, CNP is a Family Nurse Practitioner, practicing in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN and the Chair-elect of the ASRM Advanced Practice Providers Professional Group. Within REI she partners with the Reproductive surgery team, focusing on treatment of patients with endometriosis, uterine fibroids, and mullerian anomalies. She sees patients with simple to complex infertility issues, counseling on full spectrum fertility care. Her favorite part of being a nurse practitioner is helping patients break down complex disease into a more approachable and understandable one. She has given multiple lectures at local, regional and national conferences, focusing on her favorite topics of Infertility, Preconception counseling, Endometriosis care, and Pelvic pain. Her quality improvement and research projects have focused on screening for mental health conditions, and providing fertility-focused interventions. She started and leads a Mind-Body Fertility Group Program for patients, devoted to reducing the distress of infertility treatment. In her leisure, she spends her days primping her garden, biking to breweries in the summer, with cross-country skiing and DIY each winter.

Vice Chair
Leslie King, APRN, WHNP-BC

Leslie is board-certified Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in Women’s Health and has been involved with women’s health for over 20 years. Leslie began her career in reproductive medicine when joined MCRM Fertility in Tulsa, in 2019. Prior to becoming a nurse, Leslie cared for patients as an ultrasonographer.  Her ultrasound experience includes over ten years working in both hospital and private practice settings, with five years in high-risk OB/Maternal-Fetal Medicine. After earning her nursing degree, Leslie worked in Labor and Delivery at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa for 4 years. While earning her master’s in nursing, she received the Leadership Award for her class. Prior to joining MCRM, Leslie worked in a private practice OB/GYN office. Leslie is licensed by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing and the Missouri Board of Nursing, certified by the National Certification Corporation, a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine and a member the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers. Leslie is currently serving on task force to reinstate the REI certification with the NCC. Leslie resides in Broken Arrow with her husband and 2 children. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling, and attending concerts, sporting events and her children’s many activities.

 

 

Immediate Past Chair
Tamara Tobias, WHNP-BC, ARNP

Passionate about reproductive medicine both on a professional and personal level, Tamara Tobias is an active leader in the fertility community. She is a nurse practitioner at Seattle Reproductive Medicine with over 26 years of experience in this field. She has served as PCRS President, and Past Chair of the APP and NPG Professional Groups at ASRM and has served on the SART Executive Board. Some of her accomplishments include the ASRM Service Milestone Award 2023 recipient for serving fifteen years in leadership board and/or committee positions, and the ASRM STAR Award in 2021 for presenting at nine ASRM Scientific Congresses. Tamara is the publisher of Fertility Walk, and Bella's Family Tree.

 

Board Members & Committee Chairs


Board Member & SART Representative
Hina Ahmed, MS
 
Board Member

Anne Judge, DNP, WHNP-BC

 
 

APPPG Representatives to ASRM Committees


 

Education Committee, APPPG Representative
Melissa Peluso, BSN, MSN, NP, RN

Patient Education Committee, APPPG Representative
Nicole Stinson, MS, CNM, ARNP

 

Membership Committee, APPPG Representative
Julie Marshall, WHNP