Orange Coast Magazine - Top Doctors 2023

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TO P D O CTO R S Unless otherwise noted, physicians are M.D.s; K designates Kaiser physicians, who accept only Kaiser patients.

ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY Amber M. Burnette K Garden Grove 714-741-3593 Warner Carr Food allergies, asthma, eczema, allergic rhinitis Mission Viejo 949-364-2900 Wan-Yin Chan Immune deficiency Orange 714-633-6363 Sarah S. Field Eosinophilic esophagitis, asthma, food allergy, eczema Orange 714-633-6363 Donald Levy Angioedema, eosinophilic esophagitis, urticaria, asthma, eczema Orange 714-639-7847 Christina Schwindt Food allergies, asthma, nasal allergies, eczema Newport Beach 949-791-3202

ANESTHESIOLOGY Jane Ahn Regional anesthesiology and acute pain management Orange 714-456-5501 Justin Busch Newport Beach 949-764-5438 Melissa Chang Systems-based improvements, patient quality/ safety Orange 714-456-5501

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Clifford A. Char Pediatric, adult, cardiac, obstetrics, regional anesthesia Santa Ana 714-619-5383 Arvind Chitkara K Anaheim 714-644-3452 Katherine Chiu K Pediatric anesthesiology Anaheim 833-574-2273 Daniel S. Choi K Regional anesthesiology, acute pain medicine Irvine 949-932-5147 David Cipolla Newport Beach 949-764-6954 Adam Djurdjulov Newport Beach 949-764-6954 R. Ryan Field Neuroanesthesiology Orange 714-456-5501 Anna L. Harris Perioperative care Orange 714-456-2274 Tsengting John Hsieh Newport Beach 949-764-5438 Eric Huang K Irvine 888-988-2800 George Istaphanous Pediatric anesthesiology, pediatric cardiac anesthesiology Mission Viejo 949-478-2741 Jack Kan Regional anesthesia and information technology Newport Beach 949-424-6422 Joseph Kim Pediatric anesthesiology Santa Ana 714-619-5383 Robert F. Kopel Critical care medicine Newport Beach 949-764-6954 Manoj Kulkarni Pediatric anesthesiology Santa Ana 714-619-5383

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Erin McHale Perioperative medicine, ambulatory anesthesia, women's health Newport Beach 949-764-5438 Debra Morrison Pediatric and neonatal anesthesiology Orange 714-393-9521 Ariana Nelson Pain medicine, aerospace medicine Orange 714-456-5501 Corey Nelson Preoperative optimization, simulation, medical education, NORA Orange 714-456-5501 James Nguyen Outpatient surgery Costa Mesa 949-287-3076 Jon Nguyen Patient safety and practice management Orange 714-619-5383 Kyle Paredes Orange 714-456-5501 Lynnus Peng Web-based medicine, medical legislation Fullerton 714-871-3280 Aaron Przybysz Pain medicine Huntington Beach 714-793-9260 Afshin Shabanie Pain management Santa Ana 714-619-5383 Stephen Skahen Neuroanesthesia Newport Beach 949-764-6954 Kristin Smith Ambulatory anesthesia, women’s health Newport Beach 949-764-6954 Coral Sun Regional anesthesiology and acute pain management Orange 714-456-5501

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO …

BE THE SURGEON GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA Dr. Diana Ramos of Laguna Beach became the state’s second-ever surgeon general in August.

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t first, I thought it was a joke. I had received an email saying, “Are you interested in being nominated for the position?” I ignored it.

Finally, I got a text saying, “Diana, we’ve been trying to contact you and we want to know if you will be considered.” In looking back at my career, hindsight is 20/20. I see that everything I’ve done has prepared me for this moment I have been living in Orange County since 2001, but I was born and raised in Los Angeles in a single-mom household.

My mom would work up to three jobs at a time to afford to send me to the best school she could. She told me, “When I die, I’m not going to leave you rich with money, but I will leave you with something no one can take away from you, and that’s an education.” I would take the bus to my high school in West L.A. even though we lived in South Central.

I studied really hard, and I always wanted to be a doctor. I always wanted to be able to help somebody. I loved to teach.

And helping people and teaching is what a doctor does. I always say, “Try to teach your patient.”

I went to USC for undergrad and USC Medical School. I did my residency in OB-GYN and went on to get a master’s in public health at UCLA. And most recently, I received my MBA from the Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine. Along the way, I got married and ended up in Laguna Beach. I was also formerly president of the Orange County Medical Association. I still live here because COVID-19 demonstrated that we can work remotely, and the governor realizes that Southern California has some of the state’s biggest movers and shakers. It’s wonderful to be able to mostly stay here in person and be a local resource.

My undergrad was in communications. So it’s great that this role allows me to communicate to the public what’s important for health. I’ve been doing a lot of Spanishspeaking media, and I look forward to being that voice for the Hispanic community.

I’ve been in public health for more than 17 years, and I understand what the priorities are. Mental health is the common denominator for many of the challenges Californians are being faced with. Folks are dealing with depression and anxiety. They medicate with food and that can lead to obesity and diabetes. They medicate with substances and that can lead to substance abuse. Negative stressors take a toll on our children especially. And as an OB-GYN, reproductive health is also really important to

TO P D O CTO R S Anil Tiwari K Cardiac anesthesiology Irvine 949-932-2284 Chi Ukishima K Perioperative services, regional Anaheim 714-644-3463 Shermeen Vakharia Cardiovascular anesthesia Orange 949-870-7957 Trung Q. Vu Critical care medicine Orange 714-456-5501 Eric Wellmeyer Pediatric anesthesiology Santa Ana 714-619-5383 Karen Wu K Regional anesthesia Irvine 888-988-2800 Ramin Zolfagari K Pediatric anesthesiology Irvine 949-932-2448

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE Ailin Barseghian El-Farra Interventional cardiology, preventive cardiology Orange 714-456-3868 Jorge Castellanos Newport Beach 949-881-7883 Radhakrishnan (Ray) Gandhi Interventional cardiology; chronic total occlusion Newport Beach 949-515-4515

me. And it’s not just the pregnancy part, but all the way through raising children, family health, menopause. I have an email folks can use to contact me about whatever issues they have, whether it’s accessing healthcare or any health challenges: doctordiana@osg.ca.gov.

Many times, California is a role model for the country. There are only a few other states with surgeons general. That says a lot about the govphotograph by EMILY J. DAVIS

ernor, that he recognizes you need a leader to promote health. My mother, my husband, and my son all flew up to Sacramento when I was appointed, and we stood next to the bear statue right outside the governor’s office. My mom held the California Constitution, and it was a dream come true. Looking back to where I started and where I am now, I tell people I feel like Cinderella.

—As told to Astgik Khatchatryan

Dipti Itchhaporia Interventional cardiology Newport Beach 949-548-6634 Jin Kyung Kim General cardiology, echocardiography, women's heart disease Orange 714-456-3380

2023 Shaista Malik Preventive cardiology, integrative medicine, whole health Irvine 714-456-6699 Fernando Mendoza General cardiology, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology Los Alamitos 562-598-3200 Pranav Patel Interventional cardiology, structural heart disease Orange 714-456-7589 Dennis Sarabi Newport Beach 949-706-1114 Satinder Swaroop Interventional and preventive cardiology Irvine 714-456-6699

CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY Matthew Koury Evidence-based care at community level Newport Beach 949-891-0307 Hoang D. Nguyen Consult liaison, neurodevelopmental, anxiety Orange 714-509-8232 Gayle C. Polsky Newport Beach 949-891-0307

CHILD NEUROLOGY Anjalee Galion Pediatric sleep disorders Orange 714-509-7555 Andrew McIntosh Epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders Laguna Niguel 949-249-3780 Ying Peng Epilepsy Ladera Ranch 949-215-6662

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TO P D O CTO R S Daniel W. Shrey Epilepsy, clinical neurophysiology, intraoperative monitoring, research Orange 714-509-7601 Sharief Taraman Clinical informatics Orange 714-509-7555 Minodora O. Totoiu Down syndrome Orange 714-509-7555

CLINICAL BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS Virginia Kimonis Rare genetic, neuromuscular, neurodegenerative, dysmorphology, lysomal Orange 714-456-7570 Raymond Y. Wang Metabolic disorders, gene therapy, gene editing Orange 714-509-8852

CLINICAL CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY Michael Panutich Atrial fibrillation, cardiac arrhythmias, pacemakers, defibrillators Newport Beach 949-548-0611

DERMATOLOGY Vince Afsahi Skin cancer treatment and laser surgery Tustin 714-508-0754 Bita Bagheri Newport Beach 949-236-7900 Tanya Evans Laguna Niguel 949-707-5734 Zena H. Gabriel Medical and surgical dermatology, Mohs, aesthetics Newport Beach 949-200-8222

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Linda Golkar Medical and pediatric dermatology Yorba Linda 714-577-6666 Matthew Goodman Mohs surgery Newport Beach 949-719-1800 Kristen M. Kelly Laser surgery Irvine 949-824-0606 Marit Kreidel K Irvine 949-262-5600 Patrick Lee Mohs micrographic surgery Irvine 949-824-0606 Natasha Mesinkovska Hair loss, skin aging and diseases Irvine 949-386-5700 Nathalie Nguyen K Medical dermatology Mission Viejo 949-455-4377 Tanya Nino Micrographic dermatologic surgery Orange 714-628-3230

DEVELOPMENTALBEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS Peter Chung Autism and technology Santa Ana 949-267-0400 Thusa Sabapathy Autism, ADHD, anxiety, learning disorders Santa Ana 949-267-0400

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY Arash Anavim Musculoskeletal radiology Orange 714-456-6921 Michael BrantZawadzki Neuroradiology, physician management, health policy, research Newport Beach 949-764-5942 Joseph Burns Musculoskeletal imaging and intervention Orange 714-456-6921

Nissan Pilest Cosmetic Irvine 949-727-3800

Miles Chang Body imaging, ultrasound Newport Beach 949-764-5736

Rana Rofagha K Sajjadian Mohs surgery Irvine 888-988-2800

Mark Chen Optimizing radiology work flow Irvine 949-645 3534

Hege Grande Sarpa K Mission Viejo 888-988-2800

Luke Cheung Ultrasound, CT, MRI Newport Beach 949-764-5736

Brian R. Toy Medical, surgical and cosmetic dermatology Mission Viejo 949-364-6580

Crispina ChongHan K Anaheim 714-644-4104

Aparche Yang K Dermatopathology Irvine 949-262-5625

DERMATOPATHOLOGY Michelle Hure Skin cancer, acne, rosacea San Juan Capistrano 949-359-6400

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Daniel S. Chow Neuroradiology and artificial intelligence Irvine 714-456-6921 Eleanor Chu Neuroradiology Orange 714-456-6921 Freddie Combs, Jr. Breast imaging Costa Mesa 949-515-3544

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO …

BATTLE CANCER WITH A BOXER’S SPIRIT Laurie Paolone of Newport Coast uses her never-give-up mentality and the latest technology to fight pancreatic cancer.

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started boxing when I was 21. I always wanted to be able to protect myself. I loved to box, I loved the skills, I loved being calm in the ring when someone is throwing a punch at you. Little did I know I would need it for cancer—everything I learned from boxing, I used for my cancer journey.

I was diagnosed in 2019. I started getting symptoms about two months before. It started out with throwing up, and I thought I had food poisoning. Eventually I ended up in the hospital, and they did an endoscopy with an ultrasound. When I woke up, the doctor was holding my hand and my parents were at the foot of my bed. I was told that I had pancreatic cancer and that I was going to get a Whipple procedure (to remove parts of the gastrointestinal tract).

When they did the surgery, I got really lucky because they got all the cancer out. The cancer had spread to my lymph nodes, but they were able to get it out of my lymph nodes. I was very grateful.

After my surgery, I had to do six months of five different chemos. It was intense. Jason Parillo, my boxing coach, would come and visit me every week when I went (for) chemo. He helped me get mentally prepared. He’s like, “Keep your head up, roll with the punches, you know how to do this, Laurie.” It was like a boxing match: Sometimes you win a round and sometimes you lose a round, but you can pick yourself up and push through, which I did.

I came through the chemo, and I was cancer free. I was like “Woo-hoo!” And then exactly a year later, my tumor markers were going up. It ended up I had cancer in my stomach again and in my liver. Luckily, when I was diagnosed, Hoag had gotten this new radiation machine. It’s the (ViewRay) MRIdian, an MRI with a laser in it. Usually when you have cancer in the stomach where I had it, radiation wouldn’t be able to go there. But with this radiation machine, it would. And instead of getting 30 zaps of radiation like the old one, you’d only get five.

As soon as I was cancer-free for the second time, two weeks later I was on a plane to Italy. I spent my summer there. My parents were born in Italy, and my dad rebuilt the house that he was born in and we’d go every year.

I came back and my tumor markers went up again. I was like, “Oh, no; not again.” My oncologist (Dr. Tara Seery) is a superstar. I call her my five-star general. I put it in her hands and say, “OK, tell me the game plan.” And she lets me make adjustments. She said, “You know, Laurie, we can

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do that radiation again.” With the old kind of radiation, I wouldn’t be able to get radiation in my liver because it goes to the whole liver. But because this is laser-directed, it only affects just that spot, so I was able to get radiation again.

Six months later, I got another test and I was cancer-free. Again. The third time. I was so excited, and two weeks later, I was in Italy. Luckily, I was able photograph by EMILY J. DAVIS

to get my cancer treatment while I was there. I came back, and I’m still cancer-free.

I attribute the fact that I’m still here with what I did in boxing. It prepares you mentally and physically. And spiritually, too, because you never give up. I got that all from boxing. It’s that fighting spirit, and the will to win, the will to survive.

—As told to Valerie Takahama

Kenneth Meng Breast imaging Orange 714-771-8360 Kirk Ohanian Neuroradiology Orange 714-997-4762 Elizabeth Pusey Women's imaging Newport Beach 949-645-2321

2023 Hieu Truong Nuclear medicine, PET-CT, musculoskeletal imaging Orange 714-771-8171 Irene Tsai Breast imaging Orange 714-456-6921 Marisa Tseng Orange 714-456-6921 Nicolas von dem Bussche Breast imaging and interventional procedures Irvine 949-645-3534 Dan Vu Thoracic and cardiac imaging Orange 714-997-4762 Scott Williams Cardiovascular imaging, body imaging Irvine 949-645-3534 Nina Woldenberg Breast imaging Irvine 949-645-3534 Humberto Wong Irvine 949-645-3534 Melissa Yu Neuroradiology Newport Beach 949-764-5736

EMERGENCY MEDICINE Patrick Aguilera Fountain Valley 714-966-8105 Eric Alcouloumre Newport Beach 949-764-5686 Jesse A. Borke K Patient safety, performance improvement, patient experience Irvine 888-988-2800 Carrie Chandwani Orange 714-456-5705 William Dodge Cardiovascular, addiction medicine Laguna Beach 949-499-1311 Ahmed Elrefaie Irvine 949-764-4624

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Darrin Fryer Newport Beach 949-764-5689

Melissa Rudolph Orange 714-543-8911

Claudia Gold Quality assurance Orange 714-543-8911

Chien Sun K Irvine 949-932-2800

Daniel Gromis Critical care, pointof-care ultrasound Orange 714-543-8911

Warren Wiechmann Education, mobile technology, social media Orange 949-824-3837

Theodore Heyming Orange 714-543-8911

Alisa Wray Orange 714-456-8934

Albert Jin K Anaheim 714-644-2800

Christepher Yao Orange 714-543-8911

Pascal Juang Newport Beach 949-764-8376

ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES, AND METABOLISM

Matthew Kaplan Mission Viejo 949-365-2202 Robert Katzer Emergency medical services, air medical transport Orange 714-456-5239 Timothy Korber COVID Fountain Valley 714-966-8105 Richard J. Kozak Mission Viejo 949-365-1400, x 7476 Shadi Lahham K Anaheim 714-644-2800 Mark I. Langdorf Medical education Orange 714-456-5239

Bogi Andersen Metabolism and epithelial stem cells Irvine 714-456-3874 Nairi Berner Irvine 888-333-4673 Andrew Reikes Thyroid issues, osteoporosis, diabetes, pituitary diseases Irvine 949-824-8600 Priya Shah Thyroid, thyroid cancer, PCOS, diabetes, osteoporosis Orange 714-771-5700

Brian Lee Physician leadership; clinical informatics Orange 714-543-8911

Samar Singh Irvine 888-333-4673

Matthew Mullarky Orange 714-543-8911

FACIAL PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

Todd R. Newton K Anaheim 714-644-4103 Megan Boysen Osborn Medical education Orange 714-456-8934 Karin Reed Newport Beach 949-764 5689 Michael Ritter Toxicology Mission Viejo 949-365-2202

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Rami K. Batniji Newport Beach 949-650-8882 Steven M. Daines Face/neck lift, facial rejuvenation, rhinoplasty Newport Beach 949-209-1622

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Alexis Furze Sinus, rhinoplasty and nasal surgery Newport Beach 949-389-6673 Simon Madorsky Nasal reconstruction and rhinoplasty Newport Beach 949-719-1800 Sunny Park Rhinoplasty, nasal reconstruction, otoplasty, facial rejuvenation Newport Beach 949-873-5089 Brian J.F. Wong Rhinoplasty, revision rhinoplasty, nasal reconstruction Irvine 949-824-7997

FAMILY MEDICINE Fred Alamshaw, DO K Volunteering Yorba Linda 888-988-2800 James Ashizawa San Juan Capistrano 949-661-9600 Thomas Badin Preventive health care, annual physical exams Santa Ana 714-835-9441 Rhett Bartolome, DO K Post hospital transition of care Anaheim 833-574-2273 Mariam Behbehani, DO Preventive medicine; integrative medicine; leadership Irvine 949-899-8309 Howard Bland Seal Beach 562-799-7071 Lance C. Brunner K Geriatrics, patient safety, quality, infection control Brea 714-672-5106 Melissa Cardeno, DO K Anaheim 888-988-2800

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO …

WRITE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH BLIND SPOTS UC Irvine English professor Jonathan Alexander survived an eye stroke that led him to look deeply at his health history as a gay man and write “Stroke Book: The Diary of a Blindspot.”

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n the summer of 2019, I was on vacation in Colorado with my husband when I woke up in the morning and realized I couldn’t see clearly out of my right eye. Part of the vision was grayed out or blurred out. I thought at first I was having a detached retina.

We found an ophthalmologist who did a series of examinations and realized that I was not having a detached retina. He could actually see a little globule of cholesterol that had lodged itself in a branch artery of my retina. And there’s nothing they can do for that. There are no instruments small enough to go in and remove that. He was very concerned, given my blood pressure was very, very high at that time, that this was the beginning of what he called “a cerebral event.” The retina is part of the nervous system.

That’s why they consider this a stroke.

I was immediately admitted to the hospital for observation and put on medication for my blood pressure. I was lying in that hospital bed away from home—at the time I was 52—and thinking, “OK, I’m not going to get that vision back. It’s not treatable. What they can do is try to prevent other events from happening.” I was thinking, “How did I get to this point?” So I started this journal that eventually became “Stroke Book.”

I’ve always been a pretty high-strung individual. I would say my pulse rate and blood pressure have always been a little higher than the norm. I was under the assumption that we had been treating that and controlling it. But sometimes you don’t always know about what’s going on in your body.

So that question, “How did I get to this point?” led me to start journaling. I guess as a writer, it’s your bad habit. I thought, “OK, where did this come from? Can I trace this?”

Things that kept coming to me had a lot to do with having grown up in the ’70s and early ’80s in the Deep South and encountering quite a bit of homophobia. From a fairly young age, I was readily identifiable as a gay kid, a queer kid. At the time, the South was a tough place to live as a queer kid. I was subject to quite a bit of bullying. Also entering into late puberty and early adulthood and going off to college at the time of the AIDS crisis in the ’80s, when everyone was telling me that AIDS was God’s punishment for homosexuality. That was a toxic environment to grow up in as a queer kid, and it gave me a set of anxieties, even a kind of self-hatred that took decades to undo.

What I tried to suggest in “Stroke Book” is that it’s

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José Mayorga Santa Ana 714-480-2443

Kara Cummins K Graduate medical education Santa Ana 714-967-4766

Jagdeep Mehrok K Irvine 949-246-1347

Alec V. Does K Hypertension Yorba Linda 888-988-2800 Everard Tesoro Esteban K Lifestyle medicine, plant-based nutrition Anaheim 714-254-2897 Cindy Evans K Autism, intellectual disabilities Tustin 833-574-2273 Fred Galluccio Sports medicine, indigent, peace/ social justice Newport Beach 949-646-4865 Alia Khalil, DO K Brea 888-988-2800 Brian Y. Kim Sports medicine Irvine 949-824-8600 Heather Kranitz, DO K Mission Viejo 833-574-2273

hard for me not to think about this later-life health crisis as at least connected to this five-decade experience of growing up at a time when the cultural environment, the social environment, and even the political environment was extremely toxic. I think that has consequences, even if I can’t piece it together as A plus B results in eye stroke, there’s this larger sense that living for prolonged periods of time in an environment that says “We don’t value your life” can create the kinds of anxieties, bad habits, and ways of living that can manifest in ill health.

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the health of gay people. We do know that gay men have lower life expectancy than non-gay men, and not just (because of) things like HIV. I’ve been really pleased when physicians have commented on the book and said they’ve wanted to teach it in medical schools. That’s gratifying because it lets young doctors-intraining know about the health needs and sensitives of LGBT people. In my life, I’ve only ever had one gay doctor.

So the vast majority of us LGBT people are not going to have physicians who have lived experience of our lives, and we have particular health needs and challenges that I think are important for the medical establishment to know and pay attention to.

—As told to Valerie Takahama

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Quynh-Hoa Le, DO K Santa Ana 888-988-2800 Michael Y. Lee Leadership and burnout coaching Irvine 949-899-8309 Jo Lieberman-Pan Women's health, preventive medicine Fountain Valley 714-549-1300 Lucio Loza K Diabetes, community medicine Santa Ana 714-967-4693 Ajay Mathur K Brea 833-574-2273

Andreea McIver K Disease prevention Irvine 833-574-2273

Sofia Meraz K Women's health, community medicine, behavioral medicine Santa Ana 714-967-4777 Timothy Munzing K Residency education, appropriate pain management Santa Ana 714-967-4766 Carrie NelsonVasquez K Hospice and palliative care Santa Ana 714-967-4719 Tan Nguyen Medical humanities, medical education Anaheim 714-456-7002 Hiroki Noda K Diabetes, lifestyle medicine La Habra 888-988-2800 Gwendolyn Obedencio K Santa Ana 714-830-6634 Andrew M. Park K Lake Forest 888-988-2800 Hemesh Patel, DO K Obesity medicine, virtual medicine, regulatory medicine Huntington Beach 714-642-9969 Diane Pham K La Palma 833-574-2273 Doreen Rioux, DO Yorba Linda 714-528-4211 Jason Shen K High quality primary care Tustin 883-574-2273 Hal Shimazu Lipids, geriatrics Orange 714-997-2899

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FAMILY MEDICINE SPORTS MEDICINE James Hwang K Ultrasound guided minimally invasive procedures Irvine 888-988-2800 James Ting Sports medicine Irvine 949-722-7038

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Jennifer K. Lee K Urogynecology Anaheim 714-644-2380 Emily Whitcomb K Urogynecology Irvine 888-988-2800

GASTROENTEROLOGY Alaa Abousaif Endoscopy, obesity, functional GI disorders Orange 714-835-7700 Donald Abrahm Hepatology Newport Beach 949-631-2670 Shahrooz Bemanian Colonoscopy, cancer prevention, fecal incontinence Irvine 949-612-9090 Kenneth Chang Orange 714-456-6187 Philip T. Chen Cap-assisted underwater colonoscopy Irvine 949-502-5572 Andrew Q. Giap K Advanced endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound, biliary endoscopy Anaheim 888-988-2800 John G. Lee Endoscopy Orange 714-456-6745 Paul Lee Colorectal cancer prevention Irvine 949-612-9090 Matthew Oman Irvine 949-612-9090 Nimisha K. Parekh Inflammatory bowel disease, medical education Orange 888-717-4463 Abhay Parikh Newport Beach 949-548-6652

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Sandra (Sunhee) Park Inflammatory bowel disease Orange 714-456-3874 Jason Samarasena Orange 714-456-3874 David B. Stanton Inflammatory bowel disease Orange 714-835-5100 Victor Yu Irvine 949-612-9090

GERIATRIC MEDICINE Lisa Gibbs Complex geriatric care, dementia, frailty Orange 714-456-5530 Sonia Sehgal Healthy aging Orange 714-456-7007 Steven Tam Orange 714-456-3874

GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY Lisa Abaid Robotic surgery Newport Beach 949-642-1361 John V. Brown Robotic surgery, ovarian cancer surgery, chemotherapy Newport Beach 949-642-1361 Noah Rodriguez K Minimally invasive and robotic surgery Irvine 888-988-2800 Jay P. Shah K Minimally invasive surgery Irvine 888-988-2800 Krishnansu Tewari Orange 714-456-8020

GYNECOLOGY Patricia Korber Contraception, menorraghia, menopausal symptoms Newport Beach 949-423-7384

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO …

DISCUSS MENTAL HEALTH AT THE WHITE HOUSE UC Irvine Ph.D. student Justine Bautista was invited to present her ideas at a youth mental health forum at the nation’s capital.

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work with a mental health nonprofit, Asian Mental Health Collective, which matches therapists to patients based on cultural compatibility and also houses an online support community. The group was one of the partners for the first-ever Youth Mental Health Action Forum hosted by the White House and MTV Entertainment, and they asked if any volunteers were interested in applying. They were looking for 30 young adults from really diverse backgrounds. I was in shock when I was chosen. I was the only one selected from Orange County, and I was one of two doctoral students who were there. So that really speaks to the fact that there were people from so many different backgrounds.

I was born and raised in Orange County, and I studied psychology and integrated educational studies at Chapman University. After graduating in three years, I wanted to stay in O.C. because I have a huge family here. I ended up joining UCI’s social ecology program and figured out over the last two years here where my passion in research lies, which is digital mental health and, in particular, looking at digital mental health through a cultural lens.

There is a cultural stigma around mental health and seeking help, especially in the Asian community. A lot of young people are unable to seek help because of the family dynamics and cultures they’re in, which may not be supportive. So digital mental health—online peer support communities, social media, streaming services—is a supplement to in-person therapy.

For the forum, they flew us to Washington, D.C., in May and we had a full weekend of events, including forming groups and giving presentations about groundbreaking mental health action ideas. My group had an idea for a podcast by Gen Z and for Gen Z with a call to action, which would allow people to create their own digital mental health toolkit. And that has since been picked up

by Spotify.

We got to meet Selena Gomez, who talked about her Rare Beauty Initiative. And we also got to meet members of the Biden administration. I had an in-depth conversation with Dr. Jill Biden about the importance of young people being mentored by people in power, especially women. She told me about a college mentorship program she started at the community college where she teaches

TO P D O CTO R S Heather Macdonald Breast surgery Irvine 949-557-0186

Jessica A. Eng Hospitalist Newport Beach 949-764-4624

Marc Winter Minimally invasive gynecologic surgery Laguna Hills 949-433-5491

David M. Garcia K Hospital medicine Irvine 949-932-5000

HEMATOLOGY Richard Van Etten Leukemia and myeloproliferative neoplasms Orange 714-456-8031

HEMATOLOGY AND MEDICAL ONCOLOGY Danny Nguyen Clinical trials, healthcare policy Irvine 714-252-9415 George Semeniuk Integrative oncology Newport Beach 949-999-1400 Nishan Tchekmedyian Clinical research, lung cancer, prostate cancer Huntington Beach 714-252-9415

HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE Shiho Ito Whole person care, spiritual care Orange 714-456-7890

INFECTIOUS DISEASE Miki Watanabe Orange 714-456-5726

INTERNAL MEDICINE Hany Bashandy Hospitalist Newport Beach 877-742-4624

and encouraged me to do so as well.

Then the president surprised us.

He just walked in very casually and spoke to everyone. That was really incredible. He was exactly how you’d think. He told a lot of stories and he talked about having a friend with PTSD and about his first exposures to mental health issues. He was there photograph by EMILY J. DAVIS

talking to us for a long time, to the point that his staff members were trying to pull him away. I was able to shake his hand and thank him for his commitment to increasing access to mental healthcare. It was a very surreal moment.

—As told to Astgik Khatchatryan

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Emilie Chow Orange 714-456-7016 Jane D. Curtis Patient centered diagnosis and management Santa Ana 714-288-3230

Susan Hodes K Lifestyle medicine, nutrition, women's health Anaheim 888-988-2800 Ke-Qin Hu Liver diseases Orange 714-456-6926 Sonali Iyer Hospital medicine Orange 714-456-5726 Joel Katz Hospitalist, quality improvement Newport Beach 877-742 4624 Meenu Kwatra K Quality review and medical ethics Irvine 888-988-2800 Khoa Lam K Hospital medicine, patient-centered care Irvine 888-988-2800 Anh Le Lactation education Irvine 949-899-8309 Duy Minh Le K Irvine 833-574-2273 David Liao Hospitalist Irvine 877-742 4624 Melanie Lin Preventive care, coding Anaheim 888-449-9303 Michael Liu K Anaheim 714-644-2000 Priya Bhatia Monahan K Hospital medicine; mind-body medicine Irvine 833-574-2273 Bavani Nadeswaran Bariatric medicine Orange 714-456-8773

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TO P D O CTO R S Dinesh Patel K Peer review and quality improvement Irvine 888-988-2800 Maryam Rahimi Orange 714-456-7016 Bobby Sasson Primary care, medical education, underserved care Irvine 949-824-8600 Tanmai Saxena K Hospitalist medicine Anaheim 714-644-2000 Bahar Sedarati Value-based care, value-based leadership Irvine 310-980-1781 Martha SosaJohnson Diabetes care, women's health, community service Orange 714-456-3874 Amy Teresi Endocrinology Newport Beach 949-644-3568 Tuan Trinh Fullerton 714-992-3969 Samy Younis Geriatric medicine, women's health, chemical dependency Irvine 949-451-9292

INTERNAL MEDICINE WITH A FOCUSED PRACTICE IN HOSPITAL MEDICINE Alpesh N. Amin Orange 714-456-3785 Weston Chandler Hospital medicine Newport Beach 949-524-3162 Patty Huang Newport Beach 877-742-4624 Alex Leung Fullerton 714-447-5027

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INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

Ihab Alomari Structural heart disease Cypress 714-656-2140

Samina Ahmed K Anaheim 833-574-2273

Michael Y. Chan Complex coronary interventions, chronic total occlusions Orange 714-543-5555 Brett M. Wertman Ladera Ranch 949-929-4332

INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY Nadine AbiJaoudeh Interventional oncology Orange 714-456-2389 Dayantha Fernando Orange 714-456-7237

INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY AND DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY Christopher Baker Stroke, brain aneurysm, vascular malformations Newport Beach 949-645-3534

MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE Judith Chung Diabetes in pregnancy Orange 714-456-5967 Anna M. Galyean K Prenatal diagnosis, preterm labor, cervical insufficiency Irvine 949-932-5652 Jennifer Jolley Prenatal diagnosis, fetal therapy Orange 714-456-5967 James Kurtzman Preterm birth prevention, twins, cervical insufficiency Irvine 949-336-7337

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Greg Angstreich Hematology and urologic oncology Newport Beach 949-646-6441 Farshid Dayyani Gastrointestinal cancers, clinical trials Orange 714-456-8000 Diana L. Hanna Gastrointestinal cancers; early phase clinical trials Newport Beach 949-764-6130 Haresh S. Jhangiani Clinical research, teaching, new/advance therapeutics Fountain Valley 714-698-0300 Nataliya Mar Genitourinary cancers - prostate, bladder, kidney, penile Orange 714-456-8000 Edward Nelson Tumor immunology and lymphomas Irvine 714-456-5153 An Nguyen GI malignancies, breast Irvine 949-474-5730 Minh D. Nguyen Newport Beach 949-646-6441 Wade Smith Breast cancer Newport Beach 949-763-2204 Nerses Simon Tchekmedyian Solid and hematologic malignancies Irvine 949-333-7580 Louis A. Vandermolen Breast cancer Newport Beach 949-646-6441 Jason Zell, DO Colorectal cancer, cancer prevention Orange 714-456-5153

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO …

SPREAD AWARENESS FOR A RARE DISEASE Kaitlin Jones, who grew up in Irvine, is living with VEDS, a rare genetic disease that claimed the life of her brother at age 34.

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y brother, Trevor, was 17 when he woke up one morning in 2004 with a ton of chest pain and went to urgent care. They thought maybe he had a collapsed lung, but he got sent to a hospital and they found that it was an aortic dissection. He ended up having two major surgeries to replace his aorta.

They were questioning why this 17-year-old had an aortic dissection. It’s not a normal thing. So they flew him to the Mayo Clinic. They were able to find VEDS (vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome) through genetic testing.

We had never heard of VEDS, even though my family had already suffered complications. At the time, there was no one to guide us on what to do, how to monitor. Eventually, we got our whole family tested, and we traced it up the family line that my mom and both of her sisters had it, and that it came from my grandmother. Then I have two cousins who have it and one of the children.

I got diagnosed in 2014 officially. My mother died of breast cancer. She just had so much guilt about passing this gene onto my brother. I assumed that I had it, so I waited until she passed to get tested.

About one in 50,000 (in the U.S.) have this disease. It’s a connective tissue disease that stems from a mutation in the gene that makes type III collagen, which is important for the elasticity of connective tissue. If your vessels don’t have this proper collagen, then they’re more prone to tear and dissect and rupture. You can have bowel separation, uterine ruptures during pregnancy—all of these can be lifethreatening emergencies, and so the life expectancy for people with VEDS is 51 years.

My brother had his second surgery in 2010 and was fine. He was living a good life. He chose to go through IVF with his wife, so they had a daughter who did not have the disease. She was born on March 26, 2021, and then in October, we were on a family vacation in Alabama. My brother and his wife were in an Uber, on their way to do some sightseeing, and out of nowhere an artery ruptured in his lungs. They had to pull over and call an ambulance.

By the time they arrived at the hospital, they were unable to save him.

I try to focus on the positive. He wasn’t driving when it happened, so he didn’t put my sister-in-law in danger. He wasn’t with the baby when it happened. I’m grateful that

TO P D O CTO R S NEONATAL MEDICINE Fayez BanyMohammed Orange 714-456-6933 Rebecca Coleman Resuscitation/ simulation, palliative care, breastfeeding, nutrition Orange 714-456-6933 Sudeep Kukreja Medical volunteerism Orange 714-509-4373

Lavonne Sheng Infection prevention, antibiotic stewardship Orange 714-509-4373

Monica Sondhi Orange 714-509-8882

Jack Sills Orange 714-509-3096

Katarzyna J. Tesmer Aesthetic medicine Orange 714-509-3096

John S. Tran Neuro-critical NICU Orange 714-509-3096

Cherry Uy Orange 714-456-6933

NEPHROLOGY

Irfan Ahmad Surgical NICU, quality improvement Orange 714-509-8632

photograph by EMILY J. DAVIS

Marielle Nguyen K Developmental care premature infant, quality improvements Anaheim 888-988-2800

Yona Nicolau Orange 714-456-6933

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to the community working with cancer patients. I’m engaged to an incredible man.

Living with a rare disease is tough because there’s not enough awareness or support. I have been through more tragedy than most people know in a lifetime, and I’m only 32. It’s scary to know that my life may be cut short, but I do try to live with the motto that my mother passed on to my brother and me: Choose joy.

At the end of the day, I want to stay hopeful that we can get that awareness out there, get more interest in our rare disease, and get more fundraising and donors to help fund the research that could really save lives.

—As told to Valerie Takahama

John P. Cleary Cardiac and mechanical support for neonates Orange 714-509-3096

Sandra ShortBartlett K Life support, respiratory syncytial virus Anaheim 949-763-1366

Jina J. Lim Orange 714-509-4373

my dad and I were in the area, so we were able to at least say goodbye to his body.

After my diagnosis, I was spearheading the search to find a specialist who knew more about VEDS who could guide us. Ultimately, thankfully, we were able to find Dr. (David H.) Liang. I was searching for five years until Dr. Liang opened the (Hoag Marfan Syndrome and Related Conditions Program) clinic. Now my whole family is being treated by him.

In this moment, I am alive and well and I have so many people in my life whom I love and who love me.

My niece is now almost 2, and she is the biggest joy in our lives. I have an amazing job as a physician assistant where I feel like I’m able to give back

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Muhammad Aslam Stem cells, neonatal chronic lung disease Orange 714-456-6933 Daryoush Bassiri Neonatal educational outreach, electronic medical records Orange 714-509-4373 Kushal Bhakta Care of low birthweight infant Orange 714-509-3096 Christine E. Bixby Breastmilk medicine Orange 714-509-4373

Stephanie Cheung K Peritoneal dialysis, and apheresis Anaheim 888-988-2800 Tam Pham K Irvine 888-988-2800 John Sy Orange 714-456-5142

NEUROLOGY

Yama Akbari Neurocritical care, coma, consciousness, cardiac arrest Irvine 949-824-1888 Sirichai Chayasirisobhon K Epilepsy Anaheim 714-644-2325 Cyrus Dastur Neurocritical care Orange 714-456-7210 Mark Fisher Stroke neurology Orange 714-456-6856

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TO P D O CTO R S Joey Gee, DO Headache medicine Mission Viejo 949-542-8002 Namita A. Goyal Neuromuscular disease Orange 714-456-2332 Xiao-Tang Kong Neuro-oncology Orange 714-456-8000 Lilit Mnatsakanyan Epilepsy, clinical neurophysiology Orange 714-456-6203 Tahseen Mozaffar Neuromuscular disorders Orange 714-456-2238 Mona Sazgar Epilepsy Orange 714-456-6510 Gaby Thai Orange 714-456-6806

NUCLEAR MEDICINE Tatiana Kain Molecular imaging, oncology, dementia Orange 714-456-6132

OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY Morris Ahdoot Infertility, highrisk pregnancy, menopausal symptoms Irvine 949-453-1173 N. Elizabeth Arovas K Santa Ana 888-988-2800 Monica Aszterbaum Minimally invasive gynecological surgeries, robotic procedures Newport Beach 949-763-3106 Leon Baginski Laparoscopic/ robotic surgery; endometriosis; obstetrics, gynecology Mission Viejo 949-276-6266

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Donna Gin Baick Vaginal hysterectomy, menopause, and pelvic pain Tustin 714-838-8408 Christina Borsari Global medical missions for underserved populations Fullerton 714-446-5100 Julisa Bravo K Teaching and mentoring Santa Ana 714-796-4812 Dennis Buchanan Fullerton 714-992-5350 Jennifer Butler Hospitalist Orange 714-456-7733 Christopher Donnelly K Minimally invasive surgery Anaheim 888-988-2800 Janis D. Fee Maternity, robotic surgery, adolescent gynecology Orange 714-282-1892 Felice L. Gersh Women's health, integrative lifestyle medicine, menopause Irvine 949-753-7475 Afshan Hameed Maternal-fetal medicine Orange 714-456-5967 Tabetha Harken Family planning Orange 714-456-5967 Tamera Hatfield Maternal-fetal medicine Orange 714-456-5967 Christina Hong K Minimally invasive gyn surgery, cervical dysplasia Irvine 949-573-5847

Candace Howe Chronic pelvic pain Newport Beach 949-646-2800 Janet Jacobson Complex family planning Anaheim 714-633-6373, x 213 Christine Kim OBG hospitalist, medical education, patient safety Orange 714-456-7733 Michael Krychman Sexual medicine, survivorship care, menopausal health Orange 949-764-9300 Phong Q. Lai, DO K Resident education and medical missions Irvine 888-988-2800 Neal Lonky K Women's health, public health, colposcopy Anaheim 888-988-2800 Carol Major Maternal-fetal medicine Orange 714-456-5967 Cecilia A. Perez K Minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, lifestyle medicine San Juan Capistrano 949-573-2044 Rachel Perry Family planning Orange 714-456-6853 Manuel Porto Maternal-fetal medicine Orange 714-456-5967 Diana E. Ramos K Irvine 888-988-2800 Lauren Rubal Reproductive endocrinology and infertility, integrative medicine Newport Beach 949-415-6704

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WHAT IT’S LIKE TO …

CURATE ART FOR CITY OF HOPE Orange County artist and educator Nancy Harrell selects pieces for City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center’s rotating art gallery.

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was asked by City of Hope Orange County President Annette Walker if I would be interested in curating the rotating gallery of Orange County artists. The concept was for living, breathing artists with living, breathing work that could keep the space alive in an area that could be scary for people to be within during a scary time in their life.

I had just lost my younger sister to brain cancer, which was a shock to me. She was as healthy as anybody in our family and had just spent the summer months out here.

She left in August to get her family back to school at home in Dallas. One morning, she woke up and her speech was garbled. She was not able to put a sentence together, and they thought she had a stroke. After multiple tests, they realized she had a glioblastoma tumor that was inoperable. Within a year, she was dead. It was just so shocking to all of us. So when this opportunity arose, I said yes immediately because I understand how cancer can impact lives.

The rotating gallery really keeps the facility alive and doesn’t make it feel like a hospital. The art had to be from artists who live or work in Orange County, and it had to be about familiarity and about comfort so that people felt like they were walking into their living room. It’s meant to remind patients of places they love, to make them go, “Oh, I know that place! That reminds me of Crystal Cove,” or “That reminds me of when I was a teenager!” or whatever their connection to the art might be.

My background in the art world goes back to the ’80s when I had to find a way to provide for my three children by myself. I wanted to stay in the art world, so I got another degree in secondary art education. I went to work as an art teacher and then the opportunity came up for me to be one of the founding directors for the visual arts department at Orange County School of the Arts. My career was 18 years long there. I eventually taught elsewhere, founded an art conservatory along the way, and I still do some consulting work at Santa Margarita Catholic High School today. I also said yes because I love the arts, and because it’s my personality to say yes. That sometimes gets me in trouble because I get overloaded, but I also think it makes life exciting. You can say yes sometimes and think, “That was one of the best things I ever did.”

When I got answers back from my call to artists, people were so excited and would say, “I’d love to be a part of this project.” I believe every artist had been touched by cancer,

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To be selected for the 2023 Physicians of Excellence, applicants were required to meet the following baseline criteria: ¼ Be certified by a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties, a member board of the American Board of Osteopathic Medical Specialties, or an equivalency board recognized by the Medical Board of California or Osteopathic Medical Board of California ¼ Be in good standing with Medical Board of California or Osteopathic Medical Board of California

¼ Maintain primary practice in O.C. for the past five years (post-residency, fellowship training)

¼ Be in practice within specialty field for the past five years (post-residency, fellowship training)

Applicants were required to meet at least two of these four criteria, as determined by the Selection Committee. Discretion was used.

Physician Leadership ¼ Recent (within past three years) positions as an elected or appointed member of a medical organization. Excludes full-time paid administrative positions, though a paid position as a medical director is acceptable. ¼ Recent (within past three years) elected/appointed positions as a member of a peer-review organization/journal.

Teaching/Mentoring/Medical Research/Scientific Advances ¼ Recent (within past three years, with at least one in past year) medical school or university faculty appointment and/or involvement in teaching of other physicians, medical students, and pre-med students, or other healthcare professionals on an ongoing basis. ¼ Delivering medical education (within past three years, with at least one in past year) ¼ Currently (within three years) active in peer-reviewed clinical research activities, have unique skills within field of nomination.

Pharmaceutical clinical trials do not qualify.

Humanitarian Service Current (within past three years, with at least one in past year) activities and names of affiliated organizations while serving as a volunteer physician outside applicant’s regular practice, not receiving compensation, or philanthropic activities supporting medicine. This does not include providing care as part of applicant’s regular practice for which applicant was not compensated.

Unique Contributions and Community Service ¼ Current (within one year) significant community leadership positions such as PTA president, district school board member, youth coach, scout leader, etc. ¼ Community service outside medicine, or other unique contributions

Orange County Medical Association Executive Committee, 2022-23 Vijay Dhar, M.D., president William O. Woo, M.D., president-elect Shalini Shah, M.D., secretary-treasurer Christopher Celio, M.D., immediate past president

Physicians of Excellence Selection Committee Members of the OCMA Executive Committee and the Physicians of Excellence SelectionCommittee are not eligible to be selected as a Physician of Excellence.

whether it was a family member, themselves, or a loved one. They all immediately said yes when they were chosen to be a part of the initial show we put together.

They were so proud to be part of the gallery, and they each said it several times at our opening in August: “I’m so proud to be a part of this project that is impacting lives daily.”

photograph by EMILY J. DAVIS

The feedback from doctors and nurses has been positive.

They all have favorite walls and favorite pieces, and when we told them this art would be (rotated), they were excited. It will all be constantly changing, living, and breathing with the patients who come through here.

—As told to McKenna Sulick

William Woo, M.D., chair, physician recognition committee; OCMA president-elect; assistant chief of Family Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Orange County; volunteer clinical faculty, UC Irvine School of Medicine; volunteer clinical faculty, UC Riverside School of Medicine; past president, California Academy of Family Physicians Orange County Chapter, co-lead Kaiser Permanente Asian Pacific Islander Association Southern California Whitney Ayers, MPA, regional vice president, Hospital Association of Southern California Vivien Chan, M.D., DFAPA, DFAACAP; chief of psychiatry and mental health services,, student health center, UCI; professor, department of psychiatry and human behavior, volunteer clinical faculty UCI Health Dona Constantine, R.N., B.S., senior risk management and patient safety specialist, Cooperative of American Physicians Inc. Jason Cord, M.D., OCMA physician recognition committee member; regional chair breast imaging, Southern California Permanente Medical Group; chief of radiology

and interventional radiology, Orange County radiology, SCPMG; government relations lead, Orange County, SCPMG Nicholas J. Dolle, CFP® associate vice president, financial advisor, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Katrina Foley, Orange County Supervisor for the Second District; serves on the Airport Ad Hoc Committee & Fly Friendly working group, the Sober Living Home Ad Hoc Committee, and boards of the Orange County Transportation Authority, CalOptima, Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council, Law Library, Newport Bay & South Orange County Watershed Management Area Executive Committees & the Santa Ana River Flood Control Protection Darla S. Holland, M.D., past president OCMA; delegate, CMA house of delegates, vice chair CMA Council on medical services, partner emeritus, SCPMG Joanna Tan, M.D., past president, OCMA; chair, physician wellness, Providence St. Joseph OCHD James Peterson, executive director, OCMA

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TO P D O CTO R S CONTINUED FROM PAGE 80 Rebecca Sauer Yorba Linda 714-790-8600 Debora Sedaghat, DO Fountain Valley 714-966-2112 Mary C. Washburn K Minimally invasive gynecologic surgery Anaheim 714-795-1055 Carla Wells High-risk obstetrics, robotic surgery Irvine 949-559-1911 Lawrence B. Werlin Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis Irvine 949-726-0697

OPHTHALMOLOGY Sean Adrean Retina, macula, vitreous diseases Fullerton 714-738-4620

Melanie Ho Erb Cosmetic eyelid surgery, fillers, neurotoxins, lasers Irvine 949-727-0102 Marjan Farid Irvine 949-824-2020 Sumit (Sam) Garg Irvine 949-824-2020 Ronald N. Gaster Cornea, cataract, refractive, crosslinking surgery Fountain Valley 855-393-3622 Carl T. Hartman Cataract surgery, expert testimony, clinical trials Los Alamitos 562-598-7728 John C. Hwang Retinal surgery and diseases Laguna Hills 949-707-5125

Anand Bhatt Cataract and glaucoma surgery Santa Ana 714-541-4185

Jeffrey Joseph Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery Newport Beach 949-424-3524

Rahul Bhola Pediatric ophthalmology Orange 714-509-4490

Peter Joson Glaucoma and cataract surgery San Clemente 949-489-2218

David Chia Comprehensive ophthalmology; cataract, glaucoma, eyelid surgery Irvine 949-753-1163

Sanjay Kedhar Cornea, cataract, external disease and uveitis Irvine 949-824-2020

R. Wade Crow Giant cell arteritis, temporal arteritis Irvine 949-824-7944 K. Alex Dastgheib Cataract surgery Newport Beach 949-652-6966 Rishi Doshi K Medical retina, cataract surgery Tustin 888-988-2800 Charles W.G. Eifrig Retina Laguna Hills 949-891-1843

Diana H. Kersten Cataract and refractive surgery Laguna Hills 949-951-2020 Brian T. Kim Retina, cataracts Laguna Hills 949-951-2020 Edward W. Kim Cataract surgery Laguna Hills 949-951-2020 Kenneth B Krantz K Oculoplastic surgery Santa Ana 888-988-2800 Baruch Kuppermann Retina Irvine 949-824-8089

Ken Lin Cataract and glaucoma surgery Irvine 949-824-7944 Wenjing Liu Oculofacial plastic surgery Newport Beach 949-200-6838

Matthew Wade Cornea, refractive surgery, Lasik, cataract Irvine 949-824-4122 Alison Wong K Cataract surgery La Palma 888-988-2800

Stephanie Lu Retina and vitreous Irvine 949-824-2020

Timothy You Retina Santa Ana 714-972-8432

Desmond McGuire Retina surgery Santa Ana 714-543-6020

Jared R. Younger Laser cataract surgery Fountain Valley 714-546-2020

Ashish Manilal Mehta K Pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus Yorba Linda 714-864-9501 Mitul Mehta Vitreous retina Irvine 949-824-2020 Sameh Mosaed Cataract and glaucoma surgery Irvine 949-824-2020 Nika Omid Laser cataract surgery, cosmetic eyelid surgery Irvine 949-652-2020 Rajiv Rathod Retina Santa Ana 714-972-8432 Samir A. Shah Custom laser cataract surgery Huntington Beach 714-965-9596 Shaival Shah K Pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus Tustin 714-430-2702 Aisha Simjee Orange 714-771-2022 Audrey Tai, DO Cataract, refractive surgery, cornea Mission Viejo 949-889-2020 Jeremiah Tao Irvine 949-824-2020

Kevin Yuhan K Cornea, refractive, external diseases, ocular surface tumors Mission Viejo 888-988-2800

OTOLARYNGOLOGY FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY William C. Cohen, DO Orange 714-628-1313

OTOLARYNGOLOGY HEAD-NECK SURGERY Syed Ahsan K Otology/ neurotology skull base surgery Anaheim 714-644-2084 Gurpreet S. Ahuja Pediatric airway; ear, nose, throat disorders Orange 714-633-4020 William B. Armstrong Thyroid/ parathyroid surgery Orange 714-456-5750 Ashley Balaker Hearing loss and balance disorders Irvine 949-364-4361 Roberto Barretto K Pediatric otolaryngology Anaheim 714-644-2070

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Naveen Bhandarkar Rhinology, sinus and skull base surgery Orange 714-456-5753

Harrison Lin Neurotology and skull base surgery Orange 714-456-5753

James Bredenkamp Head and neck oncology, endocrine surgery Mission Viejo 949-364-4361

Jagmeet Mundi Sinus surgery/head and neck cancer Mission Viejo 949-364-4361

Felizardo Camilon, Jr. Pediatric otolaryngology Orange 714-836-6607 Theodore Chen K Rhinoplasty, skin cancer reconstruction, thyroid surgery Irvine 888-988-2800 Michael Cho Sinus disorders, hearing and balance disorders Mission Viejo 949-364-4361 Dennis Crockett Pediatric otolaryngology Mission Viejo 949-364-4361 Hamid Djalilian Ear skullbase surgery; hearing, balance disorders Orange 714-456-7017 Steven Feinberg Laryngology and swallowing disorders Newport Beach 949-364-4361 Rohit Garg K Rhinology and skull base surgery Anaheim 714-644-2093 Kevin Huoh Pediatric thyroid surgery, vascular malformations Orange 714-633-4020 Avrum A. Kaufman, DO Sinus, thyroid Ladera Ranch 949-218-5200 David Keschner K Rhinology Irvine 949-233-0281

Nguyen S. Pham Pediatric cochlear implants, cleft surgery Orange 714-633-4020 Terry Shibuya K Skull base surgery, H&N oncology surgery Anaheim 888-988-2800 Jack Shohet Hearing loss, ear/ skull base surgery Newport Beach 949-631-4327 Christopher Thompson Sinus disease Mission Viejo 949-364-4361 Tjoson Tjoa Head and neck surgery and reconstruction Orange 714-456-5753 Sunil Verma Laryngology Orange 714-456-7017 Phillip R. Wells Rhinology, pediatric ENT, head/neck surgery San Clemente 949-496-2307

PAIN MEDICINE William Ko Interventional pain medicine Fullerton 714-446-5527 David W. Lee Fullerton 714-879-0050 Arthur Zepeda Neuromodulation Fullerton 714-446-5537

PATHOLOGY Sherif Rezk Hematopathology Orange 714-456-5009

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TO P D O CTO R S PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY Anjan Batra Pediatric electrophysiology Orange 714-509-3939 Nita Doshi Pediatric and fetal cardiology Orange 714-509-7576 Nafiz Kiciman Newborns with congenital heart disease Orange 714-509-3939 Anthony McCanta Cardiac electrophysiology, adult congenital cardiology Orange 714-509-3939 Uthara Mohan Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, athletic cardiac screening Newport Beach 949-646-1495 Pierangelo Renella Advanced cardiovascular imaging Orange 714-509-3939

PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Michele Domico Orange 714-509-8616 Gary Goodman Pediatric trauma Orange 714-509-8620 Juliette Hunt Pediatric cardiac critical care Orange 714-509-8658 Jason Knight Telemedicine Orange 714-509-8620 Patricia P. Liao International health, community outreach Orange 714-509-8620

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Paul Lubinsky Respiratory and neurologic failure Orange 714-509-8658 Adam J. Schwarz Multicenter pediatric critical care research trials Orange 714-509-8620

PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE Seth L. Brindis Orange 714-543-8911

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY

Ashish S. Chogle Functional GI disorders, GI motility disorders Orange 714-509-4099 Jeffrey Ho, DO Intestinal rehabilitation, cardiac-gastronutrition, hepatology Orange 714-509-4099 Mitchell H. Katz Complex feeding problems, nutrition in children Orange 714-509-4099

Amrit Bhangoo Orange 714-509-8634

Anup J. Patel Eosinophilic esophagitis Orange 714-509-4099

Alan B. Cortez K Pediatric diabetes, transgender medicine, lipidology, growth Tustin 833-KP4-CARE

Barry A. Steinmetz Inflammatory bowel disease, hepatology, eosinophilic esophagitis Costa Mesa 949-646-6224

Mark W. Daniels Diabetes technology, pubertal disorders Orange 714-509-8793

PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY/ ONCOLOGY

Nikta Forghani Diabetes, puberty, Turner syndrome, osteogenesis imperfecta Orange 714-509-8634 Sejal N. Kadakia Orange 714-509-8634 Himala Kashmiri, DO Thyroid cancer, growth, ambiguous genitalia Orange 714-509-8634 Christina S. Reh Diabetes, CFRD, thyroid, turners syndrome, hypopituitarism Orange 714-509-8634

PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY Phyllis F. Agran K Childhood injury prevention Tustin 714-329-2180

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Geetha Puthenveetil Hemoglobinopathies, vascular anomalies, hemostasis/thrombosis Orange 714-509-8459 Naveen Qureshi K Anaheim 714-644-4824 Amit Soni Hemostasis/ thrombosis, stem cell transplant Orange 714-509-8459

PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL MEDICINE Jennifer Linzmeyer, DO K Simulation Anaheim 714-644-2000

PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE Antonio Arrieta Immunocompromised hosts and antifungals Orange 714-509-8403 Negar Ashouri Kawasaki disease, antimicrobial stewardship Orange 714-509-8403 Delma J. Nieves Pertussis, pneumococcus Orange 714-509-8403 Jasjit Singh Vaccines Orange 714-509-8403

PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY Shoba Narayan Chronic nephritis, chronic kidney disease, hypertension Orange 714-509-8324

PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY Van T. Huynh Acute leukemia, immunotherapy, CAR T cell Orange 714-509-4348 Carol H. Lin Leukemia/ lymphoma, cancer survivorship Orange 714-509-4348 Elyssa Rubin Orange 714-509-4348 Leonard Sender Orange 714-509-4348

PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY

Jennifer G. Lusk Orange 714-509-8826

Amy Harrison Asthma, chronic lung disease, chronic cough Newport Beach 949-220-0510

Sameer S. Pathare Orange 714-509-8826

Sunil P. Kamath Orange 714-509-8079

Neal Nakra Pediatric sleep medicine Orange 714-509-8622

Maryam Gholizadeh Pediatric surgical oncology Orange 714-364-4050

Pornchai Tirakitsoontorn Cystic fibrosis, asthma, bronchoscopy, chronic cough Orange 714-509-7679

David Gibbs Orange 714-914-1940

PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY AND SLEEP MEDICINE

Vinh Lam Minimally invasive surgery, neonatal congenital anomalies Orange 714-361-4480

Chana I. Chin Orange 714-509-8622

Mustafa H. Kabeer Pectus excavatum, hernia, neonatal Orange 714-364-4050

John Saito Fountain Valley 714-537-7718

Peter T. Yu Fetal surgery, health disparities Orange 714-364-4050

PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY

PEDIATRIC UROLOGY

Tuan V. Dao Orange 714-509-9160

Kai-wen Chuang Orange 714-509-3914

Azam Eghbal Orange 714-509-9160

Heidi Stephany Orange 714-509-3914

Liliane Gibbs Pediatric teleradiology Anaheim 714-458-8992

PEDIATRICS

William Nathanael Holmes Orange 714-509-9160 Hollie A. Lai Orange 714-509-9160

PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY Andrew I. Shulman Orange 714-509-8617

PEDIATRIC SPORTS MEDICINE Kelly F. Davis Orange 714-633-2111 Chris G. Koutures Anaheim Hills 714-974-2220

PEDIATRIC SURGERY John German Infant surgery, pilonidal cysts Orange 714-361-4480

Steven Abelowitz ADHD, development, anxiety, depression Newport Beach 949-759-1720 Behnoosh Afghani Infectious diseases, medical education, outreach Orange 714-509-2562 Angela Allevato Preventive care Orange 714-639-0662 Sinda W. Althoen Santa Ana 714-288-3230 Katherine M. Andreeff Hospitalist medicine Orange 714-509-8826 Yvonne Bach K Virtual medicine Garden Grove 833-574-2273 Eric H. Ball Ladera Ranch 949-388-1798 Alyse Baron Newport Beach 949-759-1720

TO P D O CTO R S Connie Bartlett, DO Adolescent health Santa Ana 714-288-3230 Jennifer Birkhauser Well checks, newborns, sick care Huntington Beach 714-477-8001 Bette Carlson Newborns, nutrition, adolescents Costa Mesa 714-668-2525 Melitza CobhamBrowne Advocacy for underserved community Santa Ana 714-200-4622 Shanna R. Cox Newborns, allergy, asthma, ADHD, school achievement Costa Mesa 949-515-7337 Angela Dangvu Breast feeding support Tustin 714-565-7960 Nancy Daisy Dodd K Infectious diseases Anaheim 888-988-2800 Kimberly Douglas Orange 714-509-4316 Afif El-Hasan K Asthma San Juan Capistrano 888-988-2800 Elsie Rosso Hidalgo Environmental health, asthma, dermatology, obesity, nutrition Santa Ana 657-282-6355 Jennifer C. Ho Pediatric hospital medicine Orange 714-509-8826 Lisa Hoang Newborns, asthma, teens, sleep, mental health Mission Viejo 949-269-2622 Irene O. Kan K Anaheim 888-988-2800 Daniel Kang Hospital medicine, medical education Orange 714-456-5631

Renuka R. Kar Hospital medicine, newborn care, neonatal-perinatal Orange 714-509-3096 Romit Kar Obesity prevention; teaching Newport Beach 949-662-0152 Altaf Kazi K Community medicine Tustin 714-430-2616 Rachael Krause Tustin 714-477-8310 Connie Lin K Injury prevention, trauma informed care Santa Ana 714-427-7901 Jonathan S. Lin K La Palma 888-988-2800 Candice Taylor Lucas Maternal-child wellbeing, active play Santa Ana 714-456-5631 Penny Murata Medical education Santa Ana 714-456-7011 Maria Nguyen K Garden Grove 833-574-2273 Hanh-Uyen Nguyen-Tang Orange 714-509-8826 Sarah J. O’Loughlin Newborns Orange 714-628-3230 Leticia Oliveros Health disparities in the latino community Anaheim 657-282-6356 Dilipkumar C. Patel Growth/ development of high-risk neonates Orange 714-509-8632 Harry Pellman Vaccine development, infectious diseases, nutrition, breastfeeding Fountain Valley 714-509-4600

Zacharia Reda Pediatric pulmonary and critical care Newport Beach 949-644-0970 Varalakshmi Reddy Pediatric obesity, atopic dermatitis Orange 714-456-8470 Johanna RodriguezToledo Breastfeeding Mission Viejo 949-364-8700 Praful (Paul) Sarode Pediatric pulmonology, hyperbaric oxygen therapy Santa Ana 714-547-5444 Farrokh Shadab Kids with delayed development Fountain Valley 714-549-1200 Annu Sharma Comprehensive pediatric care, focus growth/ development Irvine 949-753-0901 Valerie Sheppard Newport Beach 949-644-0970 Michelle Solomon K Breastfeeding, food insecurity, EHR, workflow Garden Grove 714-741-3408 Barbara Stefanides K Chronic pain Mission Viejo 949-455-4327 Stephen Tang Ladera Ranch 949-858-1100 Taylor Tran Santa Ana 714-288-3230 Eric Troyan K Nutrition and asthma Mission Viejo 833-574-2273 Trung Tristan Truong Infants, children, adolescents Rancho Mission Viejo 949-542-7700 Vincent Valenzuela K Santa Ana 888-988-2800

Roopa Viraraghavan K Infectious disease, public health, hospital medicine Anaheim 714-423-0485 Tommy Wang Medical education Orange 714-456-5631 Katherine Williamson Healthy active living Ladera Ranch 949-388-1798 Rachel N. Zabaneh Pediatric research Foothill Ranch 949-557-0760

PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION Edmund Evangelista Spine, sports, and pain medicine Mission Viejo 949-348-4000 Tiva Hanjan Spine, sports, orthopedic and regenerative medicine Mission Viejo 949-348-4000 Danielle Perret Karimi Pain medicine Orange 714-456-6984 Bi-Ying Yeh Brain injury and amputee medicine Orange 714-456-7720

PLASTIC SURGERY Michael Bain Newport Beach 949-720-0270 Semira Bayati Aesthetic surgery, reconstruction surgery, skin rejuvenation Newport Beach 949-756-0400 Gregory R.D. Evans Aesthetic surgery, cancer reconstruction Orange 714-456-5253 Jon M. Grazer Aesthetic surgery Newport Beach 949-644-1240

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Sanjay Grover Aesthetic surgery of the face, body Newport Beach 949-759-9551

Garrett Wirth Aesthetic cosmetic surgery Newport Beach 949-706-9988

Michael K. Lee Mission Viejo 949-364-1010

PSYCHIATRY

Henry (Hengli) Lin Aesthetic and reconstructive surgery Fullerton 714-446-5180 Michael McConnell Fullerton 714-446-5180 Dong Jun (John) Park Aesthetic and oculoplastic surgery Newport Beach 949-777-6883 Keyian Paydar Aesthetic breast, mommy makeover, body contouring Newport Beach 949-755-0575 Ali Sajjadian Rhinoplasty Newport Beach 949-515-0550 Nirav Savalia Aesthetic and reconstructive surgery Newport Beach 949-759-0980 Hisham Seify Cosmetic surgery Newport Beach 949-251-1502 Michael J. Sundine Facelift, rhinoplasty, cosmetic surgery Newport Beach 949-706-3100 Goretti Taghva Minimally invasive aesthetic surgery Newport Beach 949-945-2168 Robert Tuchler K Irvine 949-932-5048 Raj M. Vyas Facial aesthetic, pediatric cleft/ craniofacial surgery Orange 714-456-5282 Robert M. Wald, Jr. Cosmetic surgery Fullerton 714-738-4282

Gustavo Alva Neuropsychiatry, Alzheimer's disease, major depressive disorder Costa Mesa 833-487-2582 Rimal Bera Adult psychiatry Orange 714-456-6898 Shilpa Diwan Geriatric psychiatry Irvine 949-304-6727 Neel Doshi, DO K Child and adolescent psychiatry Santa Ana 714-644-6480 Anju Hurria Child and adolescent psychiatry, wellness, autism Orange 714-456-5902 Kevin Kinback Transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression Ladera Ranch 949-768-2988 Robert McCarron, DO Integrative health, integrated behavioral health care Orange 714-456-7209 Sonya Rasminsky Women's mental health, reproductive psychiatry Newport Beach 949-734-4912 Pranav Shah K Wellness, mindfulness education, chronic pain Santa Ana 714-644-6480 Felicia Wong K Emergency and consultation-liaison psychiatry Irvine 833-574-2273

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TO P D O CTO R S PULMONARY DISEASE Hoang Le COPD, asthma, lung cancer, sleep apnea Fountain Valley 714-964-9060 Richard Anthony Lee Orange 714-456-3874 Devang Savani Sleep apnea Placentia 714-836-6800

PULMONARY DISEASE AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE George M. Girgis Sleep medicine Tustin 714-836-6800 Robert Goldberg Mission Viejo 949-364-3330 Tauseef Qureshi Respiratory failure, pulmonary hypertension, lung cancer Mission Viejo 949-364-3330 Usman Shah Post critical care recovery/PICS Newport Beach 949-764-6875 Andy D. Tran Pulmonary hypertension Fullerton 714-992-3000 Bassam Yaghmour Pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure Orange 714-456-6870

RADIATION ONCOLOGY Robert B. Ash Orange 714-734-6255 Venita L. Williams Pediatric, breast, gynecologic, brain, thoracic oncology Orange 714-734-6250

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REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY AND INFERTILITY Jane L. Frederick Assisted reproductive technologies Newport Beach 949-287-5600 Mark T. Kan IVF Newport Beach 949-222-1290 Sharon E. Moayeri IVF, PGT, egg freezing, surrogacy, LGBTQ+ Newport Beach 949-706-2229

Colleen Coleman Breast cancer and endocrine surgery Newport Beach 949-791-6767

Jeffry Nahmias Trauma and acute care surgery Orange 714-456-5890

Hang T. Dang, DO Breast surgical oncology Newport Beach 949-763-2204

Ninh T. Nguyen Bariatric surgery, GI surgery Orange 714-456-8598

Nora Evans Colorectal and breast surgery Laguna Hills 949-457-7900

Mohd Raashid Sheikh Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery Newport Beach 949-764-6665

Lisa E. Guerra Breast surgical oncology Newport Beach 657-241-9805

Daniel A. Potter Preimplantation genetic testing, egg/embryo donation Newport Beach 949-287-5600

Todd S. Harris Hernia surgery, fibroid surgery, endovascular surgery Newport Beach 949-221-0136

Marcus Rosencrantz Infertility, IVF, egg freezing Laguna Hills 949-516-0606

Marcelo W. Hinojosa Bariatrics, gastroesophageal surgery, complex hernia, robotics Orange 714-456-8598

RHEUMATOLOGY

Brian Smith Reflux, gastroesophageal cancers, bariatric surgery, hernias Orange 714-456-8160

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Anne Luhan Phlebology Mission Viejo 949-388-4800

Alexander Taghva Neurostimulation, cervical disc replacement Mission Viejo 949-388-7190

SURGERY, ORTHOPEDIC

SURGERY, COLON AND RECTAL

Michele Carpenter Breast cancer surgery Orange 714-565-0166

Christopher Duma Newport Beach 949-642-6787

Frank P.K. Hsu Skull base/ cerebrovascular, functional neurosurgery Orange 714-456-6966

James Jakowatz Surgical oncology Orange 714-456-8000

Karen Lane Breast surgery Orange 714-456-8505

Sooho Choi K Anaheim 888-988-2800

Peter C. Wang Complex abdominal hernia repair and reconstruction Newport Beach 949-791-6767

Dan Mandel Vasculitis Orange 714-456-7720

Nikolai Bildzukewicz Minimally invasive and foregut surgery Fullerton 714-446-5830

Vikas Y. Rao Cerebrovascular/ endovascular neurosurgery; brain tumor surgery Mission Viejo 949-388-7190

Daniel S. Yanni Minimally invasive and complex spine surgery Newport Beach 949-515-0051

Anthony D. Caffarelli Adult cardiac surgery Newport Beach 949-650-3350

Elvira Klause Breast, hernia and robotic surgery San Clemente 949-276-8050

Jefferson Chen Neurotrauma Orange 714-456-6966

Hector W. Ho Brain tumors, spinal disorders, cerebrovascular Fullerton 714-734-3120

SURGERY, CARDIAC

Steven R. Beanes Minimally invasive hernia repair Newport Beach 949-791-6767

Burak Ozgur Spine surgery Irvine 949-383-4190

William C. Wallace Advanced laparoscopic and robotic surgery Laguna Hills 949-457-7900

David Imagawa Pancreas, liver, bile duct, gallbladder cancers Orange 714-456-3884

SURGERY

Robert S. Bray, Jr. Spinal surgery Newport Beach 949-988-7800

Lincoln Snyder Breast surgery Newport Beach 949-764-8281

Sheetal Desai Lupus, APS, scleroderma, myositis Orange 714-456-7720

Sadia Khan, DO Breast surgical oncology Newport Beach 949-764-8281

Devin K. Binder Fountain Valley 949-829-2378

Joffre E. Olaya Pediatric, epilepsy/ functional, brain/ spine tumors Orange 714-509-7070

Kiarash Golshani Endovascular, neurointerventional radiology Orange 714-456-6966

Michael B. Hurwitz Robotic/ laparoscopic surgery Newport Beach 949-791-6767

Alan Schenk Musculoskeletal ultrasound, osteoporosis/DEXA Laguna Hills 949-238-4100

SURGERY, NEUROLOGICAL

Joseph Carmichael Orange 714-456-7862 Steven D. Mills Orange 714-456-8511 Babak (Bobby) Rad Newport Beach 949-791-6767 Michael Stamos Rectal cancer, minimally invasive surgery Orange 714-456-5456

Robert J. Jackson Cervical spine surgery Laguna Hills 949-588-5800 Keun-young (Anthony) Kim Complex spine and deformity Mission Viejo 949-388-7190 Mark Linskey Brain tumor, trigeminal neuralgia, Gamma Knife Orange 714-456-6966

Sumeet Vadera Epilepsy surgery Orange 714-456-6966

Gerald J. Alexander Spine surgery Orange 714-634-4567 Raed Ali Spine, neck, back, scoliosis, compression fractures Irvine 949-340-9622 David M. Ashkenaze Laguna Beach 949-499-8226 Steven Lawrence Barnett Adult reconstruction Irvine 949-255-9890

Robert Louis Newport Beach 949-383-4185

Alan H. Beyer Sports medicine Newport Beach 949-722-7038

Farzad Massoudi Brain and spine Laguna Hills 949-588-5800

Nitin Bhatia Spine surgery Orange 714-456-1699

Ali Mesiwala Spine, brain, and peripheral nerve surgery Newport Beach 949-988-7800

Donald E. Bittner Orthopedic hand surgery Fullerton 714-732-7767

TO P D O CTO R S Michael Burdi Spine surgery Mission Viejo 949-348-4000

Bradley Greenbaum Sports medicine Laguna Hills 949-451-1454

K. Lauchlan Chambers Sports medicine/ shoulder surgery Fountain Valley 714-850-7300

Robert Grumet Sports medicine Orange 714-634-4567

Rick Csintalan K Knee, sports medicine Irvine 888-988-2800 Brent R. Davis K Sports medicine Irvine 888-988-2800 Emil Dionysian K Hand surgery Anaheim 714-644-2327 David J. Downs Fullerton 714-879-0050 Daniel Duggan, DO Mission Viejo 949-393-3193 Herbert Eidt Sports medicine, complex traumatic injuries Mission Viejo 949-364-2154 Mark Elzik Hand surgery Mission Viejo 949-364-2154 Payam Farjoodi Minimally invasive spine surgery Fountain Valley 714-850-7300 Michael J. Fitzpatrick Sports medicine; shoulder reconstruction; arthroscopy Mission Viejo 949-355-3542 Tad Funahashi K Sports medicine Irvine 833-574-2273 Michael Gillman Custom joint replacement, AI, 3D printing Orange 714-598-1745 Scott M. Graham Sports medicine, arthroscopic surgery Laguna Woods 949-586-3200

Ranjan Gupta Arthroscopic shoulder surgery and shoulder replacements Orange 714-456-1699 Andrew R. Hsu Foot and ankle surgery Orange 714-456-7012 Nimish Kadakia Sports medicine Irvine 949-586-3200 Kiarash (Kevin) Khajavi Knee and shoulder surgery Fullerton 714-626-8642 Francois D. Lalonde Pediatric hip reconstructive surgery Orange 714-633-2111 Arthur T. Lee K Hand surgery Irvine 949-932-5140 Eric W. Lee Knee/shoulder, sports, PRP, stem cells Orange 714-538-8549 Yu-Po Lee Orthopedic spine surgery Orange 714-701-2672 Abraham Lin K Irvine 888-988-2800 Michael Marandola Orthopedic sports medicine, joint reconstruction/ replacement Mission Viejo 949-348-4000 Rojeh Melikian Spine surgery Newport Beach 949-432-6153

Steve Mora Knee, shoulder, mixed martial arts injuries Orange 714-598-1745 Mohamed Moussa K Total joint replacement, hip and knee Irvine 888-988-2800 Andrew Y. Park K Sports medicine, arthroscopy Anaheim 888-988-2800 Samuel Park Hip and knee replacements Mission Viejo 949-364-2154 Gregory Rafijah Hand Orange 714-456-1699 Nicholas E. Rose Hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder surgery Newport Beach 949-759-3600 John A. Schlechter, DO Pediatric sports medicine Orange 714-633-2111 John Scolaro Orthopedic trauma Orange 714-456-7012 Stewart Shanfield Fullerton 714-626-8630 Michael Shepard Sports medicine Orange 714-634-4567 Grant Shifflett Spine surgery Newport Beach 949-988-7800 Roger Sohn Shoulder surgery San Juan Capistrano 949-691-3131 Shahram (Shawn) Solhpour Shoulder and knee surgery, cartilage preservation Fullerton 714-626-8630 Stephen Tocci Foot and ankle surgery Mission Viejo 949-348-4000

William Wang Foot and ankle surgery Mission Viejo 949-364-2154 Edward Yian K Shoulder surgery Anaheim 714-644-6600

SURGERY, THORACIC John Maurice Thoracic oncology, minimally invasive/ robotic surgery Orange 714-835-1800 Ledford L. Powell Lung cancer and chest wall reconstruction Laguna Hills 949-716-2400

SURGERY, THORACIC AND CARDIAC Richard Gates Pediatric cardiac surgery Orange 714-509-4641 Brian A. Palafox Heart lung chest wall pathology Orange 714-997-2224 Joanne P. Starr Congenital and pediatric cardiothoracic surgery Orange 714-509-4641

Nii-Kabu Kabutey Endovascular management of abdominal aortic aneurysms Orange 714-456-5453 Isabella Kuo Orange 714-456-5453 Russell Montgomery Aneurysm, carotid and peripheral vascular disease Orange 714-532-0793 Steven Posner Minimally invasive vascular and endovascular surgery Orange 714-532-0793 Mark Smith Venous disease Orange 714-456-5453

SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE Sebastian Schubl Trauma and acute care surgery Orange 714-456-6262

SURGICAL ONCOLOGY Maki Yamamoto Orange 714-456-6847

TRANSFUSION MEDICINE

SURGERY, VASCULAR

Minh-Ha Tran, DO Orange 714-456-8925

Jeffrey Ballard TOS, aortic aneurysms, carotid artery disease Orange 714-532-0793

UROLOGY

D. Daniel Dearing Carotid, aneurysmal, arterial, venous, lymphatic disease Laguna Hills 949-457-7900 Roy M. Fujitani Aneurysms, peripheral arterial disease, hemodialysis access Orange 714-456-5453

Ralph V. Clayman Kidney and ureteral stones Orange 714-456-6849

2023 Gamal Ghoniem Female urology/ urogynecology Orange 714-456-7005 Greg Gin Urologic oncology Orange 714-456-6717 Cory Hugen Urologic oncology Orange 714-456-5378 Mark L. Jordan Urologic oncology Orange 714-456-5371 Jaime Landman Endourology and urologic oncology Orange 714-456-3330 Ross Moskowitz Orange 714-456-6047 Roshan Patel Robotics, kidney stones and cancer Orange 714-456-7126 M. Leon Seard, II Urologic disease, particularly prostate cancer Orange 714-456-7005 Karan J. Singh Vasectomies, Urolift, kidney stones, BPH treatment Laguna Hills 949-855-1101 Aaron Spitz Male reproductive and sexual medicine Laguna Hills 949-855-1101 Neyssan Tebyani Robotic surgery, incontinence, prostate disease Laguna Hills 949-855-1101 Edward Uchio Urologic oncology Orange 714-456-6717

Lamia Gabal Female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery Santa Ana 949-825-7650

Elias Wehbi Pediatric urology Orange 714-509-3914

Joel Gelman Penile and urethral reconstructive surgery Orange 714-456-2951

Faysal Yafi Men's health & reconstructive urology Orange 714-456-7005

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