Western Section AUA / 2021 - 2022 Leadership
Officers
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Position
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Name
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Location
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| President | Christopher Porter, M.D. | Seattle, WA |
| President-Elect | Harcharan Gill, M.D. | Stanford, CA |
| Past President | Kathleen Kobashi, M.D. | Seattle, WA |
| Secretary | Sia Daneshmand, M.D. | Los Angeles, CA |
| Treasurer | Christopher Kane, M.D. | San Diego, CA |
| Historian | John Prince, M.D. (interim) | Orange, CA |
| Executive Director | Chris DeSantis, MBA | Santa Ana, CA |
| Associate Director |
Jeannie DeSantis, MBA | Santa Ana, CA |
Board of Directors
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District
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Regions
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Member
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Alternate
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| District 1: | Northwest Canadian Provinces, Alaska, Hawaii, and Pacific Island Possessions of the U.S. | James Ng, M.D. - Honolulu, HI |
Peter Black, M.D. - Vancouver, BC |
| District 2: | Washington | Kathleen Kieran, M.D. - Seattle, WA |
Jeffrey Evans, M.D. - Burien, WA |
| District 3: | Oregon | Jen-Jane Liu, M.D. - Portland, OR |
Sudhir Isherwal, M.D. - Portland, OR |
| District 4: | Northern California including Alameda & Contra Costa Counties | Donna Deng, M.D. - Oakland, CA |
Nadya Cinman, M.D. - Oakland, CA |
| District 5: | San Francisco, San Mateo & Santa Clara Counties and Central California | Benjamin Breyer, M.D. - San Francisco, CA |
Joseph Kuntze, M.D. - San Luis Obispo, CA |
| District 6: | Los Angeles County | Chris Tenggardjaja, M.D. - Los Angeles, CA |
Stacey Carter, M.D. - Los Angeles, CA |
| District 7: | Southern California | Thomas Jones, M.D. - Escondido, CA |
Brian Hu, M.D. - Loma Linda, CA |
| District 8: | Arizona | Ben Lee, M.D. - Tucson, AZ |
Chris Wolter, M.D. - Phoenix, AZ |
| District 9: | Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming | Sara Lenherr, M.D. - Salt Lake City, UT |
Richard Matern, M.D. - Salt Lake City, UT |
| District 10: | Orange County | Irene McAleer, M.D. - Newport Beach, CA |
Lamia Gabal, M.D. - Santa Ana, CA |
Nominations Committee
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District
|
Members
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Location
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| District 1: | Lynn Stothers, M.D. | Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| District 2: | Jeffrey Frankel, M.D. | Seattle, WA |
| District 3: | Christopher Amling, M.D. | Portland, OR |
| District 4: | TBD | TBD |
| District 5: | Joseph Kuntze, M.D. | San Luis Obispo, CA |
| District 6: | Chris Tenggardjaja, M.D. | Los Angeles, CA |
| District 7: | Eugene Rhee, M.D. | San Diego, CA |
| District 8: | Jason Jameson, M.D. | Phoenix, AZ |
| District 9: | M. Chad Wallis, M.D. | Salt Lake City, UT |
| District 10: | Irene McAleer, M.D. | Newport Beach, CA |
Health Policy Committee
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District
|
Members
|
Location
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| Chair: | Eugene Y. Rhee, M.D., MBA | San Diego, CA |
| Vice-Chair: | Jason Jameson, M.D. | Phoenix, AZ |
| District 1 - Alaska | Greg O. Lund, M.D. | Palmer, AK |
| District 2 - Washington |
Kenneth A. Berger, M.D. | Pasco, WA |
| District 3 - Oregon | Brian O. Duty, M.D. | Portland, OR |
| District 4 - NorCal+Alameda & Contra Costa Counties | Peter N. Bretan, M.D. | Watsonville, CA |
| District 5 - San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, & Central Cal | Joseph R. Kuntze, M.D. | Templeton, CA |
| District 6 - Los Angeles+Ventura Counties | John S. Lam, M.D. | Woodland Hills, CA |
| District 7 - San Diego | Eric Biewenga, M.D. | San Diego, CA |
| District 8 - Arizona | Karen Stern, M.D. | Phoenix, AZ |
| District 9 - Idaho, Montana, WY | Lane C. Childs, M.D. | Salt Lake City, UT |
| District 10 - Orange County | Aaron Spitz, M.D. | Laguna Hills, CA |
| District 11 - Inland Empire |
Forrest Jellison M.D. | Loma Linda, CA |
| District 12 - Nevada | Joseph Candela, M.D. | Las Vegas, NV |
| District 13 - Utah |
Lane Childs, M.D. | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Young Urologist Rep: | Seth Cohen, M.D. | Los Angeles, CA |
| Advisor: | Jeffrey Frankel, M.D. | Seattle, WA |
| Advisor: | Amani Abou Zam-zam, MBA | Santa Monica, CA |
| Advisor: | Robert Lurvey, M.D. | Sacramento, CA |
Western Section Representatives to AUA Committees
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Title
|
Name
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| AUA President | Raju Thomas, M.D., FACS |
| AUA Board of Directors | Rep: Eric Zeidman, M.D. Alt: Patrick Cartwright, M.D. |
| AUA Advanced Practice Providers | Timothy Brand, M.D. |
| AUA Advocacy Representatives | Jeffrey Frankel, M.D. Chris Amling, M.D. Eric Zeidman, M.D. |
| AUA delegation to the AMA
|
Jason Jameson, MD, Alternate Delegate |
| 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. Eugene Y. Rhee, M.D., MBA |
| AUA Core Curriculum Committee | Benjamin N. Breyer, M.D. Alan Shindel, M.D. |
| AUA Data Committee | Benjamin N. Breyer, M.D. Matthew Cooperberg, M.D. Hung-Jui Tan, M.D. Jeremy Shelton, M.D. |
| AUA Educational Council | Seth A. Cohen, M.D. Jennifer Singer, M.D. |
| AUA History Committee | Martin L. Dresner, M.D. Benjamin Chung, M.D. Unwanaobong Nseyo, M.D. Irwin Goldstein, M.D. (Curator) |
| AUA JU Editorial Board | Peter Black, M.D. Duane Baldwin, M.D. Karim Chamie, M.D. Siamak Daneshmand, M.D. Ithaar H. Derweesh, M.D. Jason C. Hedges, M.D., PhD Jaime Landman, M.D. Mark Tyson, M.D. |
| AUA Judicial & Ethics Council | Chris Twiss, M.D. Jeffrey Kaufman, M.D. Jennifer Anger, M.D. Una Lee, M.D. |
| AUA Leadership Awardees |
Ben Chung, M.D. Matthew Gretzer, M.D. Kirstin Greene, M.D. |
| AUA Legislative Affairs Committee | Jason Jameson, M.D. Eugene Y. Rhee, M.D., MBA Jeremy Shelton, M.D. Karen Stern, M.D. |
| AUA New Technologies & Imaging Committee | Timothy Brand, M.D. Hao Nguyen, M.D., PhD |
| AUA Past President | John H. Lynch, M.D. |
| AUA Practice Guidelines | David Ginsberg, M.D. Blake Hamilton, M.D. Micheal Darson, M.D. Ken Berger, M.D. |
| AUA Public Policy Council | Eugene Y. Rhee, M.D., MBA Peter Bretan, M.D. Micheal F. Darson, M.D. Brian D. Duty, M.D. Jeff Evans, M.D. |
| AUA Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Committee | Micheal F. Darson, M.D. John Lam, M.D. |
| AUA Research Education, Conferences, & Communications |
Robert Reiter, M.D. John Gore, M.D |
| AUA Research Grants & Investigator Support | John T. Leppert, M.D., M.S. Peter Black, M.D. |
| AUA Residents/Fellows Committee | Karan Arora, M.D. |
| AUA Science & Quality Council | Eugene Y. Rhee, M.D., MBA Thomas Chi, M.D. |
| AUA UCF |
Sima Porten, M.D., MPH Suzette E. Sutherland, M.D. Landon Trost, M.D. Daniel Lin, M.D. |
| AUA Update Series Advisory Committee | Eila Skinner, M.D. J. Kellogg Parsons, M.D. Benjamin Breyer, M.D. |
| AUA Video Education Committee | Daniel D. Dugi III, M.D. James Porter, M.D. Jennifer Hsueh-Lin Yang, M.D. |
