Pictured from left to right: Dean Hadley (2016 president), Jeannie DeSantis (assoc director), Chris Porter (secretary), Chris Amling (treasurer), Jeffrey Frankel (president), Rob Carlile (2017 president), Joe Presti, Jr. (2018 president), George Kaplan (historian), Chris DeSantis (exec dir)
Western Section AUA
2018 - 2019 Leadership
Officers
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Position
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Name
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Location
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| President | Jeffrey Frankel, M.D. | Seattle, WA |
| President-Elect | Christopher Amling, M.D. | Portland, OR |
| Past President | Joseph C. Presti, Jr., M.D. | Oakland, CA |
| Secretary | Christopher Porter, M.D. | Seattle, WA |
| Treasurer | Christopher Kane, M.D. | San Diego, CA |
| Historian | Martin Dresner, M.D. | Tucson, AZ |
| Executive Director | Chris DeSantis, MBA | Santa Ana, CA |
| Associate Director |
Jeannie DeSantis, MBA | Santa Ana, CA |
| Executive Director - Emeritus |
Frank J. DeSantis, CAE | Santa Ana, CA |
Board of Directors
|
District
|
Regions
|
Members
|
Alt
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| District 1: | Northwest Canadian Provinces, Alaska, Hawaii, and Pacific Island Possessions of the U.S. | Greg O. Lund, M.D. - Palmer, AK |
James Ng, M.D. - Honolulu, HI |
| District 2: | Washington | Kenneth A. Berger, M.D. - Pasco, WA |
Kathleen Kieran, M.D. - Seattle, WA |
| District 3: | Oregon | Brian D. Duty, M.D. - Portland, OR |
Jason C. Hedges, M.D. - Portland, OR |
| District 4: | Northern California including Alameda & Contra Costa Counties | Paul Li, M.D. - Oakland, CA |
Wayland Hsiao, M.D. - Oakland, CA |
| District 5: | San Francisco, San Mateo & Santa Clara Counties and Central California | Craig Comiter, M.D. - Stanford, CA |
Kirsten Greene, M.D. - San Francisco, CA |
| District 6: | Los Angeles County District 7: Southern California | Polina Reyblat, M.D. - Los Angeles, CA |
Anne Schuckman, M.D. - Los Angeles, CA |
| District 7: | Southern California | Herbert Ruckle, M.D. - Loma Linda, CA |
Thomas Jones, M.D. - Escondido, CA |
| District 8: | Arizona | Christian Twiss, M.D. - Tucson, AZ |
Jason Jameson, M.D. - Phoenix, AZ |
| District 9: | Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming | Chris Dechet, M.D. - Salt Lake City, UT |
Sarah Lenher, M.D. - Salt Lake City, UT |
| District 10: | Orange County | Gamal Ghoniem, M.D. - Orange, CA |
Irene McAleer, M.D. - Orange, CA |
Nominations Committee
|
District
|
Members
|
Location
|
| District 1: | Robert Carlile, M.D. | Honolulu, HI |
| District 2: | Jonathan Harper, M.D. | Seattle, WA |
| District 3: | Marc McAllister, M.D. | The Dalles, OR |
| District 4: | Joseph C. Presti, Jr., M.D. | Oakland, CA |
| District 5: | Thomas Chi, M.D. | San Francisco, CA |
| District 6: | Polina Reyblat, M.D. | Sherman Oaks, CA |
| District 7: | Dean Hadley, M.D. | Loma Linda, CA |
| District 8: | Benjamin Lee, M.D. | Tucson, AZ |
| District 9: | Lane Childs, M.D. | Salt Lake City, UT |
| District 10: | John C. Prince, M.D. | Orange, CA |
Health Policy Committee
|
District
|
Members
|
Location
|
| Chair: | Eugene Y. Rhee, M.D., MBA | San Diego, CA |
| Vice-Chair: | Jeffrey M. Frankel, M.D. | Seattle, WA |
| District 1: | Greg O. Lund, M.D. | Palmer, AK |
| District 2: | Kenneth A. Berger, M.D. | Pasco, WA |
| District 3: | Brian O. Duty, M.D. | Portland, OR |
| District 4: | Peter N. Bretan, M.D. | Watsonville, CA |
| District 5: | Joseph R. Kuntze, M.D. | Templeton, CA |
| District 6: | Alan L. Kaplan, M.D. | Compton, CA |
| District 7: | Ed Cohen, M.D. | La Jolla, CA |
| District 8: | Jason Jameson, M.D. | Phoenix, AZ |
| District 9: | Lane C. Childs, M.D. | Salt Lake City, UT |
| District 10: | Aaron Spitz, M.D. | Laguna Hills, CA |
| Young Urologist Rep: | Robert Lurvey, M.D. | Sacramento, CA |
| Advisor: | Jeffrey E. Kaufman, M.D. | Irvine, CA |
| Advisor: | Amani Abou Zam-zam, MBA | Santa Monica, CA |
Western Section Representatives to AUA Committees
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Title
|
Name
|
| AUA Advanced Practice Nurses/PAs | Kevin A. Wayne, PA-C Timothy Brand, M.D. |
| AUA Advocacy Representatives | Jeffrey Frankel, M.D. Chris Amling, M.D. Eric Zeidman, M.D. |
| AUA Awards Committee | William Bohnert, M.D. |
| AUA Board of Directors | Rep: Eric Zeidman, M.D. Alt: Patrick Cartwright, M.D. |
| AUA By-Laws Committee | Jason Jameson, M.D. Daniel Lin, M.D. Mitzi Barmatz, M.D. |
| AUA Coding / Reimb. Committee | Lane C. Childs, M.D. Micheal Darson, M.D. Carleen Bensen, M.D. |
| AUA Core Curriculum Committee | Benjamin N. Breyer, M.D. |
| AUA Data Committee | Jennifer Anger, M.D. Matthew Cooperberg, M.D. Benjamin N. Breyer, M.D. Thomas Chi, M.D. John Gore, M.D. Jeremy Shelton, M.D. |
| AUA Educational Council | Timothy Brand, M.D. |
| AUA Finance Committee | Scott Swanson, M.D. |
| AUA History Committee | Martin Dresner, M.D. |
| AUA JU Editorial Board | Siamak Daneshmand, M.D. Ithaar H. Derweesh, M.D. Kathleen Kobashi, M.D. Duane Baldwin, M.D. Jason C. Hedges, M.D., PhD |
| AUA Judicial & Ethics Council | Chris Twiss, M.D. Jeffrey Kaufman, M.D. Jennifer Anger, M.D. |
| AUA Laparoscopic, Robotic & New Surgical Technology | Timothy Brand, M.D. Arnold Chin, M.D. James Porter, M.D. Thomas Lendvay, M.D |
| AUA Leadership Awardees |
Sean Stroup, M.D. Hillary Copp, M.D. Jonathan Bergman, M.D. |
| AUA Legislative Affairs Committee | Jason Jameson, M.D. Eugene Rhee, M.D. Jeremy Shelton, M.D. |
| AUA Nat'l Medical Student Curriculum | Seth A. Cohen, M.D. |
| AUA New Technologies & Imaging Committee | Timothy Brand, M.D. Arnold Chin, M.D. Thomas S. Lendvay, M.D. Hao Nguyen, M.D., PhD Christopher Porter, M.D. |
| AUA Nominating Committee | Rep: Patrick Cartwright, M.D. |
| AUA Past President | William Bohnert, M.D. |
| AUA Practice Guidelines | Micheal Darson, M.D. David Ginsberg, M.D. Blake Hamilton, M.D. |
| AUA Practice Management Committee | Micheal Darson, M.D. |
| AUA President-Elect | Scott Swanson, M.D. |
| AUA Public Policy Council | Peter Bretan, M.D. Micheal F. Darson, M.D. Aaron Spitz, M.D. Jason Jameson, M.D. Jeff Evans, M.D. |
| AUA Publications Committee | Peter R. Carroll, M.D. Inderbir S. Gill, M.D. |
| AUA Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Committee | Micheal F. Darson, M.D. Sean Stroup, M.D. John Lam, M.D. |
| AUA Research Education, Conferences, & Communications |
Robert Reiter, M.D. |
| AUA Research Grants & Investigator Support | Larissa Rodriguez, M.D. |
| AUA Residents/Fellows Committee | Alexandria "Ally" Hertz, M.D. - Chair Tyler Kern, M.D. Nima Nassiri, M.D. David Barham, M.D. |
| AUA Science & Quality Council | Eila Skinner, M.D. |
| AUA UCF - Bladder Health |
Suzette Sutherland, M.D. |
| AUA Update Series Advisory Committee | Eila Skinner, M.D. J. Kellogg Parsons, M.D. |
| AUA Urologic Diagnostic & Therapeutic Imaging | Hao Gia Nguyen, M.D. Chris Porter, M.D. |
| AUA Video Education Committee | Daniel D. Dugi III, M.D. James Porter, M.D. Jennifer Hsueh-Lin Yang, M.D. |
| AUA Young Urologists Committee | John Lam, M.D. Matthew Christman, M.D. Forrest Jellison, M.D. Karen Stern, M.D. |
| BPH Panel | J. Kellogg Parsons, M.D. |
| Incontinence After Prostate Treatment | Benjamin Breyer, M.D. Craig Comiter, M.D. Alvaro Lucioni, M.D. |
| Male Infertility | Michael Eisenberg, M.D. |
| Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Panel | David A. Ginsberg, M.D. Claire Chen Yang, M.D. |
| Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection | Lenore Ackerman, M.D. Jennifer Anger, M.D. Una Lee, M.D. Lynn Stothers, M.D |
| Testicular Cancer Panel | Siamak Daneshmand, M.D. |