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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

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

Departments

Emergency Medicine Department

  • Phong Ngo, MD, Chair

Medicine Department

  • Atia Shah, MD, Chair
  • Grace Huang, MD, Vice Chair
  • Dana Mudric-Tiganu, MD, Department Representative / Past Chair

Medicine Section/Specialty Chair/Representatives

  • Cardiology Stephen Soldo, MD, Chair
  • Gastroenterology James Kao, MD, Chair
  • Critical Care Committee Rajan Garg, MD, Co-Chair/Medicine Dept.
  • Radiology Jose Tandoc, MD, Department Representative

OB/Gyn/Peds Department

  • Joseph Cuento, MD, Department Chair (Pediatrics Section Chair)
  • Anya Rose, MD, Department Vice-Chair (Ob/Gyn Section Chair)

Surgery Department

  • Christian Ochoa, MD, Chair
  • Steven Lin, 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 - Pamela Luk, MD, Chair
  • Pathology - Parakrama Chandrasoma, MD, Department Representative
  • Plastic Surgery - Christopher Tiner, MD, Chair
  • Podiatry - Welman Lim, DPM, Chair
  • Urology - Alan Yamada, MD, Chair

Committees

  • Bioethics - Alan Fisher, MD, Chair
  • Bylaws - Dana Mudric-Tiganu, MD, Chair
  • Cancer - Henry Wang, MD, Chair
  • CPOE - Standardization David Ratto, MD, Chair
  • CQIS - Elizabeth Lee, MD, Chair (Vice Chief of Staff)
  • Credentials & IDP - Jose Tandoc, 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 - Henry Wang, MD (Representative)
  • Medical Education - Jose Tandoc, MD, Chair
  • Nominating - Sam Chia, MD, Chair (Immediate Past COS)
  • Peer Review - Stephen Soldo, MD, Chair
  • Pharmacy & Therapeutics - David Ratto, MD, Chair
  • Radiation Safety - Leon Lis, MD, Chair
  • Utilization Management & T&T Review - Jossalyn Emslie, MD, Chair
  • Well Being/Mentoring - Jay Shah, MD, Chair
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