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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

  • Chief of Staff: Rishi Garg, MD
  • Vice Chief of Staff: Stephen Soldo, MD
  • Secretary/Treasurer: Asok Doraiswamy, MD
  • Immediate Past Chief of Staff: Elias Tarakji, MD

Departments

Emergency Medicine Department

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

Medicine Department

  • Peter Ma, MD, MD, Chair
  • Jose Tandoc, Vice Chair
  • Henry Wang, MD, Immediate Past Chair

Medicine Section/Specialty Chair/Representatives

  • Cardiology Section – Christakis Christodoulos, MD, Chair
  • Gastroenterology Section – Samuel Mourani, MD, Chair
  • Critical Care Committee - Elton Katagihara, MD, & Jon Tyrell, MD, Co-Chairs
  • Radiology - Jose Tandoc, MD, Department Representative

OB/Gyn/Peds Department

  • Jasmeet Gill, MD, Chair
  • Andrew Yeh, DO, Vice Chair / Pediatrics Chair

Surgery Department

  • Ted Shen, MD, Chair
  • Magdi Alexander, MD, Vice Chair

Surgical Section Specialty Chair/Representatives

  • Anesthesia Section - Marcel Pidoux, MD, Chair
  • ENT Section – Ted Shen, MD, Chair
  • General / Vascular & Cardiothoracic – Magdi Alexander, MD, Chair
  • Neurosurgery Section - Greg Withers, MD, Chair
  • Ophthalmology Section - Kenneth Lu, MD, Chair
  • Oral Surgery Section - W. Frederick Stephens, DDS, Chair
  • Orthopedic Section – Stephen Lin, MD, Chair
  • Pathology - Parakrama Chandrasoma, MD, Department Representative
  • Plastic Surgery Section - Christopher Tiner, MD, Chair
  • Podiatry Section – Chugo Rinoie, DPM, Chair
  • Urology Section - Phillip Pearson, MD, Chair

Committees

  • Bioethics - Alan Fisher, MD, Chair
  • Bylaws - John Quigley, MD, Chair
  • Cancer - Monty Polonsky, MD, Chair
  • CPOE Standardization – David Ratto, MD, Chair
  • CQIS – Stephen Soldo, MD, Chair
  • Credentials & IDP – Jaime Henriquez, MD, Chair
  • Health Information& Technology - David Ratto, MD, Chair
  • Infection Control - Hua Jiang, MD, Chair
  • Institutional Review Board - Jacob Korula, MD, Chair
  • Medical Education - Jose Tandoc, MD, Chair
  • Nominating – Elias Tarakji, MD, Chair (Immediate Past COS)
  • Peer Review – Marcel Pidoux, MD, Chair
  • Pharmacy & Therapeutics - David Ratto, MD, Chair
  • Radiation Safety - Leon Lis, MD, Chair
  • Utilization Management & T&T Review - Scott Liang, MD, Chair
  • Well Being/Mentoring - Jay Shah, MD, Chair
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