In Good Company - A publication of Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Centers
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Medical Executive Committees The Medical Executive Committee (MEC) is the primar y governance committee for the independent medical staff. They make key leadership decisions related to medical staff policies, procedures, and rules, with an emphasis on credentialing, quality control, and quality improvement initiatives. They are also responsible for adopting and implementing medical staff policies and procedures, and creating medical staff appointment and reappointment criteria. sAN PEDrO Officers Miles Shaw, MD CHIEF OF STAFF Sameer Mistry, MD CHIEF OF STAFF ELECT B an Ghatan, MD SECRETARY/TREASURER Moshe Faynsod, MD PAST CHIEF OF STAFF Department Chairs Midhat Qidwai, MD ANESTHESIA Knef Lizaso, MD EMERGENCY Erik Von Hagen, MD MEDICINE Mehdi Hemmat, MD OBGYN Allan Delman, MD ORTHOPEDICS Nathash Kallichanda, MD PATHOLOGY Andrew Novom, MD PEDIATRICS James Brust, MD PSYCHIATRY Michael Stein, MD RADIOLOGY Melanie Friedlander, MD SURGERY Committee Chairs Miles Shaw, MD BYLAWS Miles Shaw, MD CREDENTIALS James Ding, MD INFECTION CONTROL & TRANSFUSION Brian Fong, MD INTERDISCIPLINARY PRACTICES Elham Ghadishah, MD MEDICAL EDUCATION James Brust, MD MEDICAL STAFF AID Miles Shaw, MD PHYSICIAN PERFORMANCE Nathaniel Leong, MD P & T Erik Von Hagen, MD UR/MEDICAL RECORDS Medical Directors Sean Chung, MD HCP Erik Von Hagen, MD PMA Anh Long, MD REHAB Majid Molaie, MD STROKE Azam Riyaz, MD GI B an Ghatan, MD SACC Antonio Beltran, MD and Maged Tanios, MD ICU tOrrANCE Officers Tonny Lee, MD* PRESIDENT Sherry Sonka-Maarek, MD* PRESIDENT-ELECT Luis Abrishamian, MD* SECRETARY/TREASURER William Conrad, MD* IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Department Chairs John Nguyen, MD* ANESTHESIA E. Bradford Baldridge, MD* EMERGENCY MEDICINE Jennifer Chan, MD* FAMILY PRACTICE Hebert Claude, DO* MEDICINE Michael Friedman, MD* OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY Diane Tam Singer, MD* PATHOLOGY Elaine Shoji, MD* PEDIATRICS Anand Patel, MD* RADIOLOGY James Camel, MD* SURGERY Members-at-Large Melanie Friedlander, MD* Rishi Kaushal, MD* Walavan Sivakumar, MD* Committee Chairs Jorge Vournas, MD* BYLAWS Luis Abrishamian, MD* CREDENTIALS Antonio Bonet, MD* CRITICAL CARE Ronald Ruby, MD* HEALTH EDUCATION Eric Yang, MD* INFECTION PREVENTION Brian Gee, MD* INTERDISCIPLINARY PRACTICE Andrew Louie, MD* PHARMACY & THERAPEUTICS Sherry Sonka-Maarek, MD* PHYSICIAN EXCELLENCE COUNCIL Bruce Jackson, MD* PHYSICIAN WELL BEING Samina Khani, MD* POST-ACUTE CARE MEC Ex-Officio Invitees Midhat Qidwai, MD DIRECTOR, PERIOP SERVICES / CHAIR, SURGICAL EXECUTIVE Madhu Shokeen, MD DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION/LEADERSHIP (DEI) E. Bradford Baldridge, MD EMERGENCY DISASTER Roman Litwinski, MD ENDOVASCULAR Jorge Vournas, MD EPIC REP Glen Komatsu, MD ETHICS COMMITTEE Nabil Soliman, MD OPTUM REP Allison Arch, MD NEUROSCIENCES REP John Armato, MD MENTORSHIP Lubna Naqi, MD UTILIZATION REVIEW REP *Member of the MEC 2021-2022 Medical Executive Committee/Medical Staff Leadership 13 MEEt yOur LEADErsHiP tEAM