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