Western Section AUA / 2023 - 2024 Leadership

Officers

Position
Name
Location
President Christopher Kane, M.D. San Diego, CA
President-Elect Eugene Rhee, M.D. San Diego, CA
Past President Harcharan Gill, M.D. Stanford, CA
Secretary Sia Daneshmand, M.D. Los Angeles, CA
Treasurer Blake Hamilton, M.D. Salt Lake City, UT
Secretary-Elect Daniel Lin, M.D. Seattle, WA
Historian Scott Swanson, M.D. Scottsdale, AZ
Executive Director Chris DeSantis, MBA Santa Ana, CA
Associate Director
Jeannie DeSantis, MBA Santa Ana, CA

Board of Directors

District
Regions
Member
Alternate
Term
District 1: Northwest Canadian Provinces, Alaska, Hawaii, and Pacific Island Possessions of the U.S. Peter Black, MD
-  Vancouver, BC
Jennifer Locke, MD
- Kelowna, BC
2022-2024
District 2: Washington Jeffrey Evans, MD -
Seattle, WA
Jonathan Wright, MD - Seattle, WA
2022-2024
District 3: Oregon Sudhir Isharwal, MD
- Portland, OR
Sarah Hecht, MD
- Portland, OR
2023-2025
District 4: Northern California including Alameda & Contra Costa Counties Selma Masic, MD -
Oakland, CA
Nadya Cinman, MD
- Oakland, CA          
2023-2025
District 5: San Francisco, San Mateo & Santa Clara Counties and Central California Joseph Kuntze, MD
- San Luis Obispo, CA
Ekene Enemchukwu, MD
Palo Alto, CA
2022-2024 
District 6: Los Angeles County Stacey Carter, MD
- Los Angeles, CA
Gene Huang, MD
- Los Angeles, CA
2023-2025
District 7: Southern California Brian Hu, M.D.
- Loma Linda, CA
Roger Sur, MD
- San Diego, CA
2022-2024  
District 8: Arizona Chris Wolter, M.D.
- Phoenix, AZ
Joel Funk, M.D.
- Tucson, AZ
2023-2025
District 9: Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming Richard Matern, MD
- Salt Lake City, UT
Stephen Summers, MD
- Salt Lake City, UT
2022-2024  
District 10: Orange County Lamia Gabal, MD
-Santa Ana, CA
Heidi Stephany, MD
- Orange, CA
2023-2025

Nominations Committee

District
Members
Location
District 1: Robert Carlile, MD
Honolulu, HI
District 2: Christopher Porter, MD Seattle, WA
District 3: Sudhir Isharwal, MD
Portland, OR
District 4: Krishna Ramaswamy, MD Oakland, CA
District 5: Harcharan Gill, MD Stanford, CA
District 6: John Lam, MD Los Angeles, CA
District 7: Justin DeGrado, MD San Diego, CA
District 8: Mark Tyson, MD 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

District
Members
Location
Chair: Eugene Y. Rhee, M.D., MBA San Diego, CA
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 Roger Sur, M.D. San Diego, CA
District 8 - Arizona Karen Stern, M.D. Phoenix, AZ
District 9 - Idaho, Montana, WY Lisa Bland, M.D. Billings, MT
District 10 - Orange County Seth Cohen, 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: Juan Andino M.D. Los Angeles, CA
Imm. Past Chair Jeffrey Frankel, M.D. Seattle, WA
Advocacy/Practice Mgmt Advisor
Jason Jameson, MD Scottsdale, AZ
Industry Advisor: Amani Abou Zam-zam, MBA Santa Monica, CA
Legislative Advisor: Robert Lurvey, M.D. Sacramento, CA

Western Section Representatives to AUA Committees

Title
Name
AUA Past-Presidents Scott Swanson, MD
John Barry, MD
William Bohnert, MD
AUA Board of Directors Rep: Christopher Porter, M.D.
Alt: Eric Zeidman, 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 Daniel Lin, M.D.
Mitzi Barmatz, M.D.
Jonathan Bergman, MD
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
Aditya Bagrodia, MD

Gwen Grimsby, MD

Kathleen Kieran, MD

John Leppert, MD

WSAUA Leadership Mentors Larry Goldenberg, MD

Kathleen Kobashi, MD, MBA

Linda Shortliffe, MD

AUA Legislative Affairs Committee 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 Young Urologists Committee Humberto Villarreal, MD (City of Hope)
AUA Science & Quality Council Eugene Y. Rhee, M.D., MBA
Thomas Chi, M.D.
AUA State Advocacy Committee
Jason Jameson, 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 Urology Practice Editorial Committee Associate Editor: Kathleen C. Kobashi, MD, MBA, FACS

Juan F. Javier-DesLoges, MD, MS

Casey A. Seideman, MD

Maria Uloko, MD

Jonathan Bergman, MD, MPH

Jason Jameson, M.D.

Jill C. Buckley, MD, FACS

Jyoti D. Chouhan, DO, PharmD, FACS

AUA Video Education Committee Daniel D. Dugi III, M.D.
James Porter, M.D.
Jennifer Hsueh-Lin Yang, M.D.