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Meeting Schedule 2018-2019

Chief Residents Council Dinner
When: 2nd Thursday of the month, 6:00PM - 7:00PM (see dates below)
Where: H3210 SHC Administration
Dinner will be served.

July 9, 2020
August 13, 2020
September 10, 2020
October 8, 2020
November 12, 2020
December 10, 2020

January 14, 2021
February 11, 2021
March 11, 2021
April 8, 2021
May 13, 2021
June 10, 2021

Join the Council's Project as non-Chief!

If you a non-Chief Resident, you are still welcome to participate in the Chief Residents projects. Please contact the Chief co-chairs for more information.

Last Revised 7/1/2020

Welcome

All residency and fellowship Chief Residents are part of the Chief Residents Council (CRC). The CRC is charged with planning and implementing a quality or patient safety initiative across all residencies and fellowships by the end of the council in June.

Meetings are on 2nd Thursday of the month, 6:00PM – 7:00PM, H3210 SHC Administration, dinner will be served.

The first CRC Meeting for 2019-2020 will be on Wednesday 7/24 from 6-7pm in H3210.

Attendance & Bonus

All attending CRC members must sign in the physical attendance sheet to receive attendance. In order to receive the attendance bonus, at least 8 out of 12 meetings must have 1 resident representative from the program attend the meeting. The attendance bonus is evenly rewarded to all residents of the program.

Bonus

Chiefs are eligible to receive a 1% bonus if CRC completes their QI project by the end of the academic year in June 2020. Each department is eligible to receive $2,400 attendance bonus (split evenly amongst chiefs) if the total CRC attendance of the department is 8 out of 12 meetings for AY 2019-2020. CRC Co-Chairs will each receive an additional $1,000

Chief Residents are given an end-of-the-year bonus in their June paychecks for participation in the council’s project and attendance at the council meetings.

*Pediatrics Chief Residents are not eligible for bonuses

Members & Projects

2020-2021 Chief Residents Council

Project(s)

Pending

Co-chairs

Anesthesia

Alixandra Baycroft, MD
Michael Tien, MD
Justin Ward, MD

Dermatology

Peter Barnes, MD
Jasmine Rana, MD
Caely Hambro, MD

Emergency Medicine

Jeffrey Sakamoto, MD
Bryn Eisfelder, MD
Collin Michels, MD
Robert Conner Dixon, MD

Family Medicine

Kristen Zwicky, MD
Emmeline Ha, MD

Internal Medicine

Adrian Robert Castillo, MD
Andrew Reese Moore, MD
Mita Hoppenfeld, MD

Medical Genetics

Christy Tise, MD

Neurology - Adult

Gaurav Chattree, MD
Sam Spiegel, MD

Neurology - Child

Thuy Nguyen, MD

Neurosurgery

Arjun Pendharkar, MD
Allen Ho, MD
Eric Sussman, MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Paige Bates, MD
Hayley Miller, MD
Brad St. Martin, MD
Jasmyn Johal, MD
Alisha Tolani, MD
Anne Waldrop, MD

Ophthalmology

Jose Davila, MD
Jong Park, MD
Giancarlo Garcia, MD
Malini Veerappan, MD

Orthopedic Surgery

Abiram Bala, MD
Michael Chen, MD
Sahitya Denduluri, MD
Lawrence Enweze, MD
Neel Gupta, MD
Blake Montgomery, MD
Allison Roe, MD

Orthopedic Surgery - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Anita Lowe, MD
Anne Kuwabara, MD
Gary Vargas, MD

Otolaryngology

Michael Chang, MD
Brian Nuyen, MD
Jared Shenson, MD

Pathology

Atif Saleem, MD
Kelly Mooney, MD
Kevin Kolahi, MD
Bernadette DeRussy, MD
Alex Dussaq, MD
Rebecca Rojansky, MD

Pediatrics

Bradford Nguyen, MD
July Lee, MD
Samantha Scanlon, MD

Psychiatry - Adult

Timothy Ando, MD
Matthew Edwards, MD
Dexter Louie, MD
Jackie Wang, MD
Diana Willard, MD

Psychiatry - Child

Sabrina Ali Leger, MD
Philip Cawkwell, MD
Cheri Wu, MD

Radiation Oncology

Jason Ross, MD
Quaovi Sodji, MD
Michael Binkley, MD
Nima Harandi, MD

Radiology

Mary Ellen Koran, MD
Alex Khalaf, MD
Sarah Cheng, MD
Lynne Martin, MD

Surgery - Plastic Surgery

Gloria Sue, MD
Danielle Rochlin, MD
Shawn Moshrefi, MD

Surgery (General)

Ioana Baiu, MD
Kathryn Blevins, MD
Jared Forrester, MD
Joshua Jaramillo, MD
Miquell Miller, MD
Kimberly Kopecky, MD
Graeme Rosenberg, MD

Thoracic Surgery - Integrated

Sumanth Kidambi, MD

Urology

Ericka Sohlberg, MD
Leo Chen, MD
Eugene Shkolyar, MD

2019-2020 Chief Residents Council

Project(s)

Pending

Co-chairs

Varun Vendra, MD, Otolaryngology department
Sharlene Su, MD, PM&R department

Anesthesia

Gregory (Greg) Atkinson, MD
Alexandra (Alex) Ruan, MD
Ashley Black, MD

Dermatology

Gordon Bae, MD
Hayley Leatham, MD
Gefei (Alex) Zhu, MD

Emergency Medicine

Erica Chimelski, MD
Haley Manella, MD
Kimberly Moulton, MD
Christopher Winstead-Derlega, MD

Internal Medicine

Surbhi Singhal, MD
Amy Rogers, MD
Rebecca (Becca) Tisdale, MD

Neurology - Adult

Shefali Dujari, MD

Neurology - Child

Sara Pavitt, MD

Neurosurgery

Aditya Iyer, MD
Derek Yecies, MD
Kwong-Hon (Kevin) Chow, MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Jaclyn Estes, MD
Henkel Henkel, MD
Michele Torosis, MD

Ophthalmology

Cassie Ludwig, MD
Arthika Chandramohan, MD
Angelica Ortiz, MD
Luo Luo Zheng, MD

Orthopedic Surgery

Malcolm DeBaun, MD
Lawrence Goodnough, MD
Kimberly Hall, MD
Brian Karamian, MD
Lauren Shapiro, MD
Steven Swinford, MD
Edward Wu, MD

Orthopedic Surgery - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Christina Giacomazzi, MD
Sharlene Su, MD
Emily Miller, MD

Otolaryngology

Cristen Olds, MD
Yohan Song, MD
Varun Vendra, MD

Pathology

Atif Salem, MD - Anatomic Pathology
Jonathan Lavezo, MD - Anatomic Pathology
Kelly Mooney, MD - Clinical Pathology
Mona Wood, MD - Pathology Informatics
Gregory (Greg) Scott, MD - Pathology Informatics

Pediatrics

Minnie Dasgupta, MD
Danielle Kirkey, MD
Jake Weatherly, MD

Psychiatry - Adult

Jessica (Jess) Bentzley, MD
Meenakshi (Meena) Denduluri, MD
Nathaniel (Ned) Morris, MD
Shervin (Dina) Wang-Kraus, MD
Diane Wu, MD

Psychiatry - Child

Katherine Ort, MD
Andrew Connor, MD
Mandeep Kapur, MD

Radiation Oncology

Margaret Kozak, MD
Michael Xiang, MD
Everett Moding, MD
Katy Balazy, MD

Radiology

Alexander Sheu , MD - Interventional and diagnostic radiology (IR/DR)
Jason Pai, MD - Radiology
Kip Guja, MD - Nuclear Medicine
Pranay Kothari, MD - Radiology

Surgery - Plastic Surgery

Grace (Chiou) Graw, MD
Clifford Sheckter, MD
Paul Mittermiller, MD

Surgery (General)

Christopher Javadi, MD
Jeffery Jopling, MD
Clement Marshall, MD
Jenny Pan, MD
Adam Sang, MD
Tiffany Sinclair, MD
Rachel Yang, MD

Thoracic Surgery - Integrated

Peter Chiu, MD

Urology

Andrew Sun, MD
William Brubaker, MD
Nancy Wang, MD

2018-2019 Chief Residents Council

Project(s)

Communications Assessment & Call Burden
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Led by: Adrienne Moraff, MD & Laura Prolo, MD

Co-chairs

Adrienne Moraff, MD, Neurosurgery
Laura Prolo, MD, Neurosurgery

Anesthesia

James McAvoy, MD
Pandora Chua, MD
Lynn Ngai, MD

Dermatology

Christina Danial, MD
Jennifer Wang, MD
Justin Besen, MD

Emergency Medicine

Andrew Bellino, MD
Andrew Lai, MD
David Kim, MD
Hanna Linstadt, MD

Internal Medicine

Kai Swenson, MD
Linda Geng, MD
Xiao Yan (Samantha) Wang, MD

Neurology - Adult

Qian-Zhou "JoJo" Yang, MD

Neurology - Child

Collins Culbertson, MD

Neurosurgery

Adrienne Moraff, MD
Laura Prolo, MD
Yi-Ren Chen, MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Brindha Bavan, MD
Elena Bryce, MD
Lauren Harrington, MD
Nichole Young-Lin, MD
Nicole Marjon, MD

Ophthalmology

Laura Huang, MD
Ryan Shields, MD
Ryan Smith, MD

Orthopedic Surgery

Adam Johannsen, MD
Alexander Arzeno, MD
Chason Ziino, MD
Eric Sarkissian, MD
Jacob Gire, MD
Jeremy Chan, MD
Sean Campbell, MD

Orthopedic Surgery - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Kevin Barrette, MD
Ryan Fraiser, MD
Shara Yurkiewicz, MD

Otolaryngology

Michelle Chen, MD
Pedrom Sioshansi, MD
Reza Vaezeafshar, MD
Shannon Rudy, MD

Pathology

Hubert Lau, MD - Anatomic Pathology
Julianna Weiel, MD - Clinical Pathology
Mona Wood, MD - Pathology Informatics
Shyam Raghavan, MD - Anatomic Pathology

Pediatrics

Jessica Moriarty, MD
Lee Trope, MD
Srisindu Vellanki, MD

Psychiatry - Adult

David Spelber, MD
Grace Lee, MD
Jennifer Papac, MD
Ruth Hsu, MD

Psychiatry - Child

Cosmina Ciobanu, MD
Michelle Liu, MD
Natalie Ramirez, MD

Radiation Oncology

Alexander Chin, MD
Chika Nwachukwu, MD
Jeremy Harris, MD
Nicolas Prionas, MD

Radiology

Jody Shen, MD
Karin Kuhn, MD

Surgery - Plastic Surgery

Brian Pridgen, MD
Kristine Rustad, MD
Sarah Sorice, MD

Surgery (General)

Aleah Brubaker, MD
Joy Chen, MD
Micaela Esquivel, MD
Peter Than, MD
Rachel Yang, MD
Shushmita Ahmed, MD
William Kethman, MD

Thoracic Surgery - Integrated

Christina Greene, MD
Elizabeth Colwell, MD

Thoracic Surgery - Traditional

Jeffrey Cohen, MD
Sean Wightman, MD

Urology

Kai Dallas, MD
Rustin Massoudi, MD
Timothy Chang, MD

2016-2017 Chief Residents Council

Projects

Sharps Injury Report
WikiConsult led by Saurabh Gombar, MD, PhD; Ron Li, MD; Robert Rope, MD; and Kai Swenson, MD

Co-Chairs

Saurabh Gombar, MD, PhD, Co-Chair of the Chief Residents Council, Pathology Resident
Lindsay Wheeler, MD, Co-Chair of the Chief Residents Council, Obstetrics & Gynecology Resident

Members

Chief Residents Council 2016-2017
Department	Program	Name of Chief Residents
Anesthesia	Anesthesia	Anna Harter, MD Austin Schwab, MD Meghana Yajnik, MD
Dermatology	Dermatology	Albert Chiou, MD Gillian Heinecke, MD
Medicine	Medicine	Andrew Chang, MD Andre Kumar, MD Mala Mandyam, MD
Neurology	Neurology	Katherine Leaver, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology	Obstetrics & Gynecology	Samantha Do, MD Zena Kharsa, MD Gaya Murugappan, MD Sanaa Suharwardy, MD Lindsay Wheeler, MD
Ophthalmology	Ophthalmology	Zachery Elkin, MD Wen-Shin Lee, MD Kaidi Wang, MD Edward Wood, MD
Orthopedic Surgery	Orthopedic Surgery	Chase Bennett, MD Ian Corcoran-Schwartz, MD Jonathan-James Eno, MD Paul Lichstein, MD Jessica Ryu, MD Nikhil Tendulkar, MD
Orthopedic Surgery	Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation	Ryan Mattie, MD Melissa Pun, MD David Suarez, MD
Pathology	Anatomic Pathology	Ryanne Brown, MD Mike Ozawa, MD
Pathology	Clinical Pathology	Mara Broadhurst, MD
Pathology	Pathology Informatics	Saurabh Gombar, MD
Pediatrics	Pediatrics	Whitney Chadwick, MD Carmin Powell, MD Walter Wickremasinghe, MD
Psychiatry	Child Psychiatry	Melissa Silverman, MD Paula Tran, MD
Psychiatry	Psychiatry	Agnieszka Kalinowski, MD Yedida Rissman, MD Monica Sinha-Evenson, MD
Radiation Oncology	Radiation Oncology	Sara Dudley, MD Kiran Kumar, MD Erqi Pollom, MD Yushen Qian, MD Jenny Shaffer, MD
Radiology	Radiology	Zlatko Devcic, MD Mark Sun, MD
Radiology	Nuclear Medicine	Caitlyn Harrison, MD
Surgery (General)	Emergency Medicine	Kiersten Carter, MD Katie Doering, MD Joe Einhorn, MD Ryan Ribeira, MD
Surgery (General)	Plastic Surgery	Michael Galvez, MD Cedric Hunter, MD Hubert Shih, MD
Surgery (General)	Surgery (General)	Jeong Hyun, MD Zachary Kastenberg, MD Hadiza Kazaure, MD Geoff Krampitz, MD Blake Read, MD David Worhunsky, MD
Thoracic Surgery Integrated	Thoracic Surgery Integrated	Zachary Brewer, MD Sanford Zeigler, MD
Urology	Urology	David Guo, MD Remy Lamberts, MD Dimitar Zlatev, MD