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Medical Staff Leadership

Each year members of the Medical Staff of USC Arcadia 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

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

Departments

Emergency Medicine Department

  • Phong Ngo, MD,

Medicine Department

  • Raymond Gritton, MD,
  • Sevag Balikian, MD Vice Chair
  • Grace Huang, MD, Third Department Representative / Past Chair

Medicine Section/Specialty Chair/Representatives

  • Cardiology Taqui Ali, 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

  • Nirupama Madduri, MD, Department Chair (Pediatrics Section Chair)
  • Anya Rose, MD, Department Vice Chair (Ob/Gyn Section Chair)

Surgery Department

  • Gregory Withers, MD, Chair
  • Magdi Alexander, 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 Karan Manchandia, Chair
  • Neurosurgery Gregory Withers, MD, Chair
  • Ob/Gyn Michelle Yu, MD, Department Representative
  • Ophthalmology Elson Lai, MD, Chair
  • Oral Surgery W. Frederick Stephens, DDS, Chair
  • Orthopedic Gregory Heinen, MD, Chair
  • Pathology Roger Der, MD, Department Representative
  • Plastic Surgery Christopher Tiner, MD, Chair
  • Podiatry Shelley Gath, DPM, Chair
  • Urology Eric Kau, MD

Committees

  • Bioethics Alan Fisher, MD, Chair
  • Bylaws Grace Huang, MD, Chair
  • Cancer Henry Wang, MD, Chair
  • CPOE Standardization David Ratto, MD, Chair
  • CQIS Jose Tandoc, MD, Chair (Vice Chief of Staff)
  • Credentials & IDP Marcel Pidoux, 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 Position Vacant (Representative)
  • Medical Education Jose Tandoc, MD, Chair
  • Nominating Elizabeth Lee, 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 Roger Der, MD, Chair
  • Well Being/Mentoring Jay Shah, MD, Chair
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