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
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