2011 Medical Staff Leadership

Each year members of the medical staff are elected and/or appointed to specific medical staff leadership roles. Refer to the list below for this year’s officers, as well as the chairs and representatives for the various departments, sections, and committees.

Officers of the Medical Staff

Gregory Withers, MD - Chief of Staff
Elton Katagihara, MD - Vice Chief of Staff
James Lin, MD - Secretary/Treasurer
Jay Shah, MD - Immediate Past Chief of Staff

Departments

Emergency Medicine Department

Jacob Fakoory, MD - Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine

Medicine Department

Peter Chi, MD - Chair, Department of Medicine
Stephen Soldo, MD - Vice Chair, Department of Medicine

Cardiology Section - Babak Tashakkor, MD, Chair
Gastroenterology Section - Jacob Korula, MD, Chair
Endovascular Committee - Rajesh Chawla, MD, Chair
Critical Care Committee - Pratap Saraf, MD, Medicine Representative/Co-Chair
Radiation Oncology - Francis Moorhead, MD, Department Representative
Radiology - Jose Tandoc, MD, Department Representative

Surgery Department

Alan Yamada, MD - Chair, Department of Surgery
Rodney Barnhart, MD - Vice Chair, Department of Surgery

Anesthesia Section - Kurt Neubauer, MD, Chair
Cardiothoracic Section - Robert Gottner, MD, Chair
Critical Care Committee - Robert Papadopoulos, MD, Surgery Representative/Co-Chair
ENT Section - Alan Fisher, MD, Chair
General / Vascular Section - Robert Papadopoulos, MD, Chair
Neurosurgery Section - Greg Withers, MD, Chair
Ophthalmology Section - Lori Moore, MD, Chair
Oral Surgery Section - W. Frederick Stephens, DDS, Chair
Orthopedic Section - Richard Vanis, MD, Chair
Pathology - Kenneth Saeger, MD, Department Representative
Plastic Surgery Section - Harold Rosenfeld, MD, Chair
Podiatry Section - Chugo Rinoie, DPM, Chair
Urology Section - Alan Yamada, MD, Chair

OB/GYN/Peds Department

Elsie Wu, MD - Chair, Department of Ob/Gyn/Peds
Vaijayanti Koldhekar, MD - Vice Chair, Department of Ob/Gyn/Peds / Pediatrics Chair

Committee Chairs

Bioethics - Robert Posen, DO, Chair
Bylaws - John Quigley, MD, Chair
Cancer - Benjamin Stafford, MD, Chair
Computer Technology - Sam Chia, MD, Chair
CQIS - Elton Katagihara, MD, Chair
Credentials & IDP - Andrew Lee, MD, Chair
Critical Care - Robert Papadopoulos, MD, and P. Saraf, MD, Co-Chairs
Hospital Information Management - Dino Clarizio, MD, Chair
Infection Control - Joel Streng, MD, Chair
Institutional Review Board - Jacob Korula, MD, Chair
Medical Education - Gary Conrad, MD, Chair
Nominating - Jay Shah, MD, Chair
Pain Management - Sharon Yee, MD, Chair
Peer Review - Alan Fisher, MD, Chair
Pharmacy & Therapeutics - David Ratto, MD, Chair
Radiation Safety - Francis Moorhead, MD, Chair
Utilization Management - Paveljit Bindra, MD, Co-Chair and Scott Liang, MD, Co-Chair
Well Being/Mentoring - Peter Browne, MD, Chair