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2010 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:

  • Jay Shah, M.D., Chief of Staff
  • Gregory Withers, M.D., Vice Chief of Staff
  • Elton Katagihara, M.D., Secretary/Treasurer       
  • Bala Chandrasekhar, M.D., Immediate Past Chief of Staff

DEPARTMENT CHAIRS:

EMERGENCY MEDICINE DEPARTMENT    

  • Jacob Fakoory, M.D., Chair

MEDICINE DEPARTMENT                  

  • Theodore Moon, M.D., Chair
  • Peter Chi, M.D., Vice Chair

Cardiology Section……………Jaime Henriquez, M.D., Chair
Gastroenterology Section……Jacob Korula, M.D., Chair
Endovascular Committee……Rajesh Chawla, M.D., Chair
Critical Care Committee……..Pratap Saraf, M.D., Medicine Representative/Co-Chair
Radiation Oncology…………..Francis Moorhead, M.D., Department Representative
Radiology………………………Jose Tandoc, M.D., Department Representative          

SURGERY DEPARTMENT

  • Kurt Neubauer, M.D., Chair
  • Alan Yamada, M.D., Vice Chair

Anesthesia Section…………..Kurt Neubauer, M.D., Chair
Cardiothoracic Section………Robert Gottner, M.D., Chair
Critical Care Committee……..Ashok Doraiswamy, M.D., Surgery Representative/Co-Chair
ENT Section…………………..Lucy Shih, M.D., Chair
General / Vascular Section….Ashok Doraiswamy, M.D., Chair
Neurosurgery Section………..Greg Withers, M.D., Chair
Ophthalmology Section………Lori Moore, M.D., Chair
Oral Surgery Section…………W. Frederick Stephens, D.D.S., Chair
Orthopedic Section…………..Richard Vanis, M.D., Chair
Pathology………………….…..Kenneth Saeger, M.D., Department Representative
Plastic Surgery Section………Harold Rosenfeld, M.D., Chair
Podiatry Section………………Welman Lim, D.P.M., Chair
Urology Section……………….Alan Yamada, M.D., Chair

OB/GYN/PEDS DEPARTMENT

  • Della Fong, M.D., Chair
  • Vaijayanti Koldhekar, M.D., Vice Chair / Pediatrics Chair

COMMITTEE CHAIRS:

  • Bioethics…………………………….…Robert Posen, D.O., Chair
  • Bylaws………………………………….John Quigley, M.D., Chair
  • Cancer…………………......................Benjamin Stafford, M.D., Chair
  • Computer Technology……………….., M.D., Chair
  • CQIS.…………………………………..Gregory Withers, M.D., Chair
  • Credentials & IDP…………………….Andrew Lee, M.D., Chair
  • Critical Care…………………………...A. Doraiswamy, M.D., and P. Saraf, M.D., Co-Chairs
  • Hospital Information Management….Durdana Gilani, M.D., Chair
  • Infection Control……………………...Joel Streng, M.D., Chair
  • Institutional Review Board…………..Jacob Korula, M.D., Chair
  • Medical Education……………………Gary Conrad, M.D., Chair
  • Nominating…………………………….Bala Chandrasekhar, M.D., Chair
  • Pain Management…………………….Sharon Yee, M.D., Chair
  • Peer Review……………..…………….Alan Fisher, M.D., Chair
  • Pharmacy & Therapeutics…………...David Ratto, M.D., Chair
  • Radiation Safety………………………Francis Moorhead, M.D., Chair
  • Tissue and Transfusion………………Roger Andrews, M.D., Chair
  • Utilization Management………………James Lin, M.D., Chair
  • Well Being/Mentoring…………………Peter Browne, M.D., Chair
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