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: Asok Doraiswamy, MD
- Vice Chief of Staff: Sam Chia, MD
- Secretary/Treasurer: Marcel Pidoux, MD
- Immediate Past Chief of Staff: Stephen Soldo, MD
Departments
Emergency Medicine Department
- Jacob Fakoory, MD, Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
Medicine Department
- Dana Tiganu, MD, Chair
- Hugh Davis, MD, Vice Chair
- Jose Tandoc, MD, Immediate Past Chair
Medicine Section/Specialty Chair/Representatives
- Cardiology Section – Jesus Vazquez, MD, Chair
- Gastroenterology Section – Hanson Lee, MD, Chair
- Critical Care Committee - Rajiv Philip, MD, Co-Chairs
- Radiology - Jose Tandoc, MD, Department Representative
OB/Gyn/Peds Department
- Andrew Yeh, DO, Chair (Ob/Gyn)
- Jasmeet Gill, MD, Vice Chair (Pediatrics)
Surgery Department
- Christopher Tiner, MD, Chair
- Steven Lin, MD, Vice Chair
Surgical Section Specialty Chair/Representatives
- Anesthesia Section - Marcel Pidoux, MD, Chair
- ENT Section - Ted Shen, MD, Chair
- Critical Care Committee - Jon Tyrell, MD, Co-Chair/Surgery Dept.
- General / Vascular & Cardiothoracic – Jon Tyrell, MD, Chair
- Neurosurgery Section - Greg Withers, MD, Chair
- Ophthalmology Section - Elson Lai, MD, Chair
- Oral Surgery Section - W. Frederick Stephens, DDS, Chair
- Orthopaedic Section - Steven D. Lin, MD, Chair
- Pathology - Parakrama Chandrasoma, MD, Department Representative
- Plastic Surgery Section - Christopher Tiner, MD, Chair
- Podiatry Section - Welman Lim, DPM, Chair
- Urology Section - Eric Kau, 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 - Asok Doraiswamy, 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 - Rishi Garg, 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