surgical fire

in the patient’s airway.

Surgical fires were among the 10 most common sentinel events reported by hospitals to the Joint Commission in 2021. *

If a sentinel event happens and a ProAssurance insured is involved, they have direct access to medical liability claims specialists and risk management consultants with experience navigating these types of malpractice claims.

We’ve seen the worst you can imagine and have the expertise to help reduce risk and ensure a vigorous defense from day one. The principle of fair treatment guides every action we take in defense of our physicians and healthcare providers.

PRESIDENT- Cyrus Buhari, DO PRESIDENT ELECT- Nguyen Vo, MD TREASURER- Neelesh Bangalore, MD

BOARD MEMBERS Stephen Tsang, MD, Maggie Park, MD, Sujeeth Punnam, MD, Alain Flores, MD, Manreet Basra, MD, Sanjeev Goswami, MD, Raghunath Reddy, MD, Kinnari Parikh, MD, Inderpreet Dhillon, MD and Bhagya Nakka, MD

MEDICAL SOCIETY STAFF

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Lisa Richmond

MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR Jessica Peluso

COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS

CMA AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Larry Frank, MD

DECISION MEDICINE Kwabena Adubofour, MD

MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS R. Grant Mellor, MD

PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE Kelly Savage, DO SCHOLARSHIP LOAN FUND Gregg Jongeward, PhD

CMA HOUSE OF DELEGATES REPRESENTATIVES

Robin Wong, MD, Lawrence R. Frank, MD

James R. Halderman, MD, Raissa Hill, DO Richelle Marasigan, DO, Ramin Manshadi, MD

Kwabena Adubofour, MD, Philip Edington, MD Harpreet Singh, MD

SAN JOAQUIN PHYSICIAN MAGAZINE

EDITOR Lisa Richmond

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Lisa Richmond, Raghunath Reddy, MD, Cyrus Buhari, DO

MANAGING EDITOR Lisa Richmond

CREATIVE DIRECTOR Sherry Lavone Design

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Jo Ann Kirby, Cyrus Buhari, DO, Maggie Park, MD, Doreatia Hart, BSN, RN, PHN Barb Alberson, MPH

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