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
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
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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