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Medical Staff Officers

Medical Staff Officers

President J.J. Sverha, MD
Vice-President Carey Poropatich, MD
Secretary Robert Mordkin, M.D.
Member-at-Large Benjamin Galper, M.D.
Member-at-Large Richard Murray, M.D.
Member-at-Large Rohit Modak, M.D.
Member-at-Large Mary-Margaret Lewis, M.D.
Member-at-Large Gao Linda Chen, M.D.
Member-at-Large Ji Eun Paik, M.D.

Department Chief/Directors/Division Chiefs

Anesthesia

Chief*  Trevor Myers, M.D.
Vice-Chief Marina Pavlova, M.D.

Cardiac, Thoracic & Vascular Surgery

Chief John Garrett, M.D
Vice-Chief John Rhee, M.D.

Emergency Medicine

Chief Michael Silverman, M.D.
Vice-Chief J. J. Sverha, M.D.

Medicine

Chair Patricia Rodriguez, M.D.
Vice-Chair Kathryn Dreger, M.D.
Secretary Renuka Sothinathan, M.D.
Adult Inpatient Medicine Peter Karacki, M.D. / Jane Lee, M.D. 
Cardiology* R. Preston Perrin, M.D.
Cath Lab Benjamin Galper, M.D.
Edward Howard, M.D.
Cardiac Rehabilitation Eric Thorn, M.D.
Heart Station Hassan Tabandeh, M.D.
IMCCU Brian Glick, M.D.
Electrophysiology Lab TBD
Infectious Disease Jennifer Primeggia, M.D.
Neurology Eric Czander, M.D.
Stroke Center Zurab Nadareishvili, M.D
GI Diego Kuperschmit, M.D.
Nephrology Renuka Sothinathan, M.D.
Oncology Robert Christie, M.D.
Pain Medicine Mehul Desai, M.D.
Palliative Care Jeffrey Kin, M.D.
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Edward Allcock, D.O.
Primary Care - Family Practice Karen Lawson, M.D.
Pulmonary Christopher Wyckoff, M.D.
Medical Education Peter Ouellette, M.D.
MICU Daniel Casey, M.D.

Neonatology

Chief TBD

Neurosurgery

Chief Richard Murray, M.D.
Vice Chief Nikhil Nayak, M.D.

Ob/Gyn

Chief* Amanda Rohn, M.D.
Vice-Chief Anna Childson, M.D.
Secretary/Treasurer TBD
Medical Education Miguel Fernandez, M.D.

Orthopedic Surgery

Chief* Kevin Sumida, M.D.
Vice-Chief Leah Schulte, M.D.
Podiatry Arash Changizi, M.D.

Otolaryngology

Chief Nancy Judd, M.D.
Vice-Chief TBD

Pathology

Chief* Cary Poropatich, M.D.
Vice-Chief Stephanie Soofer, M.D.

Pediatrics

Chief* Alison Pease, M.D.
Vice-Chief Zev Waldman, M.D.
Nurseries TBD
Medical Education Zev Waldman, M.D.
Anuradha Dayal, M.D.

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Chief* Edward Allcock, D.O.

Plastic Surgery

Chief Earl Johnson, M.D.
Vice-Chief TBD

Psychiatry-Behavioral Health

Chief* Sashi Putchakayala, M.D.
Vice-Chief Peggy Lomax, M.D.
Medical Director TBD
Recovery & Wellness TBD

Radiation Oncology

Chief Robert Hong, M.D.
Vice-Chief Nadim Nasr, M.D.

Radiology

Chief* Russell McWey, M.D.
Vice-Chief Ivan Petrovitch, M.D.

Surgery

Chief* Irfan Rizvi, M.D.
Vice-Chief C. Steeve David, M.D.
General Surgery* Irfan Rizvi, M.D.
Ophthalmology Melissa Kern, M.D.
Oral Surgery Dipa Patel, D.D.S.
Medical Education J. R. Salameh, M.D.
C. Steeve David, M.D.
Trauma Surgery Miren Schinco, M.D. (SL)

Urology

Chief Timothy Kim, M.D.
Vice-Chief Andrew Joel, M.D.

Committee Chairpersons

Bylaws Committee J. J. Sverha, M.D.
Cancer Committee Nadim Nasr, M.D.
Clinical Performance Committee Kristin Knight, M.D.
Credentials Committee Peter Ouellette, M.D.
Citizenship Committee Sarah Hesselmann, M.D.
Graduate Medical Education Committee Peter Ouellette, M.D.
Infection Control Committee Rohit Modak, M.D.
Physician Informatics Steering Committee Usman Akhtar, M.D.
Joint Conference Committee Ivan Petrovitch, M.D.
Russell McWey, M.D.
Medical Executive Committee Ivan Petrovitch, M.D.
Medical Records Committee Peter Ouellette, M.D.
Medical Staff Fund Committee Robert Mordkin, M.D.
Device & Therapeutics Committee

Keeran Sampat, M.D.
Gregory Bernstein, M.D.

 

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