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
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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
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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 |
Western Section Representatives to AUA Committees
JU Editorial BoardPeter Black, M.D.
Craig Comiter, M.D.
William Lowrance, M.D.
Jaime Landman, M.D.
Maxwell V. Meng, M.D.
Jaime Landman, M.D.
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Title
|
Name
|
| AUA Advanced Practice Nurses/PAs | Kevin A. Wayne, PA-C Timothy Brand, 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. Chad Wallis, M.D. |
| AUA Coding / Reimb. Committee | Christopher Porter, M.D. Lane C. Childs, M.D. Micheal Darson, M.D. Carleen Bensen, M.D. |
| AUA Core Curriculum Committee | Benjamin N. Breyer, M.D. Karen Stern, M.D. Laura Leddy, M.D. H. Albin Gritsch, M.D. |
| AUA Data Committee | Jennifer Anger, M.D. Matthew Cooperberg, M.D. Benjamin N. Breyer, M.D. Chris Saigal, M.D. Ithaar Derweesh, M.D. |
| AUA Educational Council | Timothy Brand, M.D. Peter Carroll, M.D. Mark Jordan, M.D. Inderbir Gill, M.D. John Lam, M.D. Christopher Porter, M.D. |
| AUA Finance Committee | Scott Swanson, M.D. |
| AUA History Committee | George Kaplan, M.D. Lawrence Jones, M.D. |
| AUA Judicial & Ethics Council | John Corman, M.D. 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 | Mitch Humphreys, M.D. Jason Jameson, M.D. Eugene Rhee, M.D. Jeremy Shelton, M.D. |
| AUA Nat'l Medical Student Curriculum | Seth A. Cohen, M.D. |
| AUA Nominating Committee | Rep: Patrick Cartwright, M.D. |
| AUA Awards Committee | William Bohnert, M.D. |
| AUA Practice Guidelines | Micheal Darson, M.D. David Ginsberg, M.D. Blake Hamilton, M.D. |
| AUA Public Policy Council | Peter Bretan, M.D. Micheal F. Darson, M.D. Eric Zeidman, 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. John Gore, M.D. |
| AUA Research Council | Robert Reiter, M.D. Larissa Rodriguez, M.D. J. Kellogg Parsons, M.D. |
| AUA Research Grants | Peter Black, M.D. Daniel W. Lin, M.D. Larissa Rodriguez, M.D. J. Kellogg Parsons, 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 - Prostate/Public Education Council | Paul Lange, M.D. |
| AUA Update Series Advisory Committee | Peter R. Carroll, M.D. Eila Skinner, 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. |