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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

  • Elizabeth Lee, MD, Chief of Staff
  • Kenneth Wogensen, MD, Vice Chief of Staff
  • Jose Tandoc, MD, Secretary/Treasurer
  • Marcel Pidoux, MD, Immediate Past Chief of Staff

Departments

Emergency Medicine Department

  • Phong Ngo, MD, Chair

Medicine Department

  • Grace Huang, MD, Chair

  • Raymond Gritton, MD, Vice Chair

  • Atia Shah, MD, Third Department Representative / Past Chair

Medicine Section/Specialty Chair/Representatives

  • Cardiology Stephen Soldo, MD, Chair

  • Gastroenterology Samuel Mourani, MD, Chair

  • Critical Care Committee Rajan Garg, MD, Co-Chair/Medicine Department

  • Radiology Jose Tandoc, MD, Department Representative

OB/Gyn/Peds Department

  • Anya Rose, MD, Department Chair (Ob/Gyn Section Chair)

  • Nirupama Madduri, MD, Department Chair (Pediatrics Section Chair)

Surgery Department

  • Steven Lin, MD, Chair

  • Gregory Withers, MD, Vice Chair

Surgical Section Specialty Chair/Representatives

  • Anesthesia Marcel Pidoux, MD, Chair

  • ENT Ted Shen, MD, Chair

  • Critical Care Committee Karan (Kris) Manchandia, MD, Co-Chair/Surgery Dept.

  • Gen/Vas. & Cardiothoracic Magdi Alexander, MD, Chair

  • Neurosurgery Gregory Withers, MD, Chair

  • Ophthalmology Elson Lai, MD, Chair

  • Oral Surgery W. Frederick Stephens, DDS, Chair

  • Orthopedic Gregory Heinen, MD, Chair

  • Pathology Parakrama Chandrasoma, MD, Department Representative

  • Plastic Surgery Christopher Tiner, MD, Chair

  • Podiatry Wendy Wu, DPM, Chair

  • Urology Eric Kau, MD

Committees

  • Bioethics Alan Fisher, MD, Chair

  • Bylaws Dana Mudric-Tiganu, MD, Chair

  • Cancer Henry Wang, MD, Chair

  • CPOE Standardization David Ratto, MD, Chair

  • CQIS Kenneth Wogensen, MD, Chair (Vice Chief of Staff)

  • Credentials & IDP Sam Chia, MD, Chair

  • Critical Care Rajan Garg, MD, Medicine Co-Chair

  • Karan (Kris) Manchandia, MD, Surgery Co-Chair

  • Health Information & Technology David Ratto, MD, Chair

  • Infection Control Hua Jiang, MD, Chair

  • Institutional Review Board Samuel Chung, MD (Representative)

  • Medical Education Jose Tandoc, MD, Chair

  • Nominating Marcel Pidoux, MD, Chair (Immediate Past COS)

  • Peer Review Stephen Soldo, MD, Chair

  • Pharmacy & Therapeutics David Ratto, MD, Chair

  • Radiation Safety Brian Lee, MD, Chair

  • Utilization Management & T&T Review Jossalyn Emslie, MD, Chair

  • Well Being/Mentoring Jay Shah, MD, Chair

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