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Medical Staff Executive Committee

Department, Section and Committee Chairs

2024-2025

Executive Committee Members
PresidentWufaa Alrashid, MD
President ElectAmal Obaid-Schmid, MD
Secretary / TreasurerJamie Powers, MD
Chair, Credentials CommitteeLeonard Petrus, MDChair-Elect: Wally Bugg, MD
Chair, Quality ManagementArmen Dikranian, MDChair-Elect: Roger Yang, MD
Immediate Past President, 2024Peter Rosenberg, MD

DepartmentChair Elect 2025 Vice Chair
Department of MedicineGregory Giesler, MD (appt. 01/2024)Ann Moore, MD
Department of OB/GYNVanessa Isiaka, MD (appt. 07/01/2024)Melissa Grier, MD
Department of PediatricsPamela Lee, MD (appt. 07/01/2023)Talia Glasberg, MD
Department of SurgeryDaniel Laster, MD (appt. 11/2024)TBD

DepartmentSection Chairs 2025Vice Chair
AnesthesiaAakash Agarwala, MDPablo Guzman, MD
CardiologyAndreas Mauer, MD
Critical CareAyman Saad, MDDaryl Banta, MD
Emergency MedicineMaureen Dunn, MDTimothy Lin, DO
GastroenterologyWaleed Shindy, MD
General SurgeryAaron Lewis, MDEdward Kwon, MD
Hematology/OncologyDaniel Kim, MD
Hospital MedicineTalar Kavafyan, MDTBD
NephrologySyeda Ali, MD
NeurologyTyler Cheung, MD
NeurosurgeryIan Ross, MD
OphthalmologyArbi Khemichian, MD
Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryRobert Lytle, DDS
OrthopedicsAmir Mostofi, MD
Otolaryngology (ENT)Ted Shen, MDKay Durairaj, MD
Plastic SurgeryAdam O’Toole, MDNayiri Doudikian-Scaff, MD
PsychiatryClifford Feldman, MD
PulmonaryAshish Patel, MDHooman Sazegar, MD
Radiology/Nuclear MedicineChristopher Hedley, MDJon Foran, MD
Thoracic SurgeryRobin Cohen, MD
TraumaAmal Obaid Schmid, MD
UrologyRoger Satterthwaite, MDMichael Bishai, MD

DepartmentCommittee Chairs 2025Vice-Chairs
BioethicsJamie Powers, MDWendy Kohlase, PhD
BylawsGlenn Littenberg, MD
CancerHoward Kaufman, MD
Continuing Medical EductionMichael Linsey, MD
EndovascularBabak Yaghmai, MD
Gaduate Medical EducationGraduate Medical Education
Inection ControlInfection Control
Interdisciplinary PracticeBrennan Katz, DOO
Metabolic & Bariatric SurgeryAsok Doraiswamy, MD
Pharmacy, Therapetics and DietRoger Yang, MD
RoboticArmen Dikranian, MD
SpineWilliam Costigan, MD (Orthopedics)Ian Ross, MD (Neurosurgery)
TransfusionLinan Wang, MD
Well-BeingDavid Ulick, MD

DepartmentMedical Directors 2025Associate Medical Directors
AnesthesiologyPhillip Lau, MD
Anticoagulant ClinicDonald Kroe, MD
BioethicsJaime Powers, MDWendy Kohlase, PhD (Ethicist)
Cancer CenterHoward Kaufman, MD
Cardiology – InterventionalAzhil Durairaj, MD
DialysisAnn Moore, MD
ElectrophysiologyMayer Rashtian, MD
Emergency MedicineBrandon Lew, MDRobert Goldweber, MD
Employee HealthDavid Brown, MD
EndocrinologyMahtab Sohrevardi, MD
GastroenterologyRichard Nicowitz, MD
Hematology/OncologyTina Wang, MD
Hospital MedicineMadhu Anvekar, MD – HAMGMagdalena Arenas, MD – Optum
Infection PreventionKimberly Shriner, MD
Intensive Care Unit (ICU)/ DOU/RespiratoryDaryl Banta, MD
Internal MedicineGregory Giesler, MD
Joint ReplacementTodd Dietrick, MD
Maternal WellnessCliff Feldman, MD
Neonatology/Perinatal MedicineBimal Agrawal, MD
Neurology – NeurodiagnosticsYafa Minazad, MD
Neurology – Vascular/StrokeArby Ohanian, MD
Neurology – NeurohospitalistYafa Minazad, MD
Neurology – Epilepsy/Brain MappingVACANT
Obstetrics & GynecologyJennifer McNulty, MD
Palliative CareChandra Jain, MD
PediatricsBrittany Middleton, MD
Peri-OpJonathan Maskin, MD
Physical Medicine & RehabilitationSteven Hsu, MD
Physician WellnessDavid Ulick, MD
Plastic SurgeryDavid O’Toole, MD
Psychiatry – InpatientClifford Feldman, MD
RadiologyChristopher Hedley, MD
Radiology – InterventionalBabak Yaghmai, MD
SepsisTimothy Lin, MD
Surgery – PediatricsChristine Chen, MD
Surgery – RoboticsArmen Dikranian, MD
Surgery – ThoracicAmirhossein Mahfoozi, MD
Surgical GrowthHoward Kaufman, MD
TraumaAmal Obaid-Schmid, MDEdward Kwon, MD