Western Section AUA / 2024 - 2025 Leadership
Officers
|
Position
|
Name
|
Location
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| President | Eugene Rhee, M.D. |
San Diego, CA |
| President-Elect | Sia Daneshmand, M.D. | Los Angeles, CA |
| Past President | Christopher Kane, M.D. | San Diego, CA |
| Secretary | Daniel Lin, M.D. | Seattle, WA, |
| 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. |