2012 Medical Staff Leadership

Each year members of the Medical Staff of Methodist Hospital 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:

Elton Katagihara, MD, Chief of Staff
James Lin, MD, Vice Chief of Staff
Kurt Neubauer, MD, Secretary/Treasurer 
Gregory Withers, MD, Immediate Past Chief of Staff

Departments:

Emergency Medicine Department
Jacob Fakoory, MD, Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine

Medicine Department
Stephen Soldo, MD, Chair, Department of Medicine
Pai Chen, MD, Vice Chair, Department of Medicine

Cardiology Section - Babak Tashakkor, MD, Chair
Gastroenterology Section - Chester Zahn, 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
Rodney Barnhart, MD, Chair, Department of Surgery
Asok Doraiswamy, MD, Vice Chair, Department of Surgery

Anesthesia Section - Kurt Neubauer, MD, Chair
Cardiothoracic Section
Critical Care Committee - Robert Papadopoulos, MD, Surgery Representative/Co-Chair
ENT Section - Jen Chow, MD, Chair
General / Vascular Section - Robert Papadopoulos, MD, Chair
Neurosurgery Section - Greg Withers, MD, Chair
Ophthalmology Section - Kenneth Lu, MD, Chair
Oral Surgery Section - W. Frederick Stephens, DDS, Chair
Orthopedic Section - Rishi Garg, MD, Chair
Pathology - Kenneth Saeger, MD, Department Representative
Plastic Surgery Section - Harold Rosenfeld, MD, Chair
Podiatry Section - Chugo Rinoie, DPM, Chair
Urology Section - Armen Dikranian, MD, Chair

OB/GYN/PEDS Department
Shaun Grady, Chair, Department of Ob/Gyn/Peds
Shital Arya, MD, Vice Chair, Department of Ob/Gyn/Peds / Pediatrics Chair,

Committees
Bioethics - Pratap Saraf, MD, Chair
Bylaws - John Quigley, MD, Chair
Cancer - Benjamin Stafford, MD, Chair
Computer Technology - Sam Chia, MD, Chair
CQIS - James Lin, MD, Chair
Credentials & IDP - Gary Conrad, MD, Chair
Critical Care - R. Papadopoulos, MD, and P. Saraf, M.D., 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 - Gregory Withers, MD, Chair
Peer Review - Alan Fisher, MD, Chair
Pharmacy & Therapeutics - David Ratto, MD, Chair
Radiation Safety - Francis Moorhead, MD, Chair
Utilization Management - Scott Liang, MD, Chair
Well Being/Mentoring - Jay Shah, MD, Chair