Western Section AUA / 2025 - 2026 Leadership
Officers
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Position
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Name
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Location
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| President | Siamak Daneshmand, MD | Los Angeles, CA |
| President-Elect | Anne Schuckman, MD | Los Angeles, CA |
| Imm. Past President | Eugene Rhee, MD, MBA | San Diego, CA |
| Secretary | Daniel Lin, MD | Seattle, WA, |
| Treasurer | Blake Hamilton, MD | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Secretary-Elect | TBD | |
| Historian | Scott Swanson, MD | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Executive Director | Chris DeSantis, MBA | Santa Ana, CA |
| Associate Director |
Jeannie DeSantis, MBA | Santa Ana, CA |
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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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Term
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| District 1: | Northwest Canadian Provinces, Alaska, Hawaii, and Pacific Island Possessions of the U.S. | Jennifer Locke, MD - Kelowna, BC |
Zachary Posey, MD - Anchorage, AK |
2024-2026 |
| District 2: | Washington | Jonathan Wright, MD - Seattle, WA | Beth Andersen, MD - Seattle, WA |
2024-2026 |
| District 3: | Oregon | Sarah Heht, MD - Portland, OR |
Jasper Bash, MD - Beverton, OR |
2025-2027 |
| District 4: | Northern California including Alameda & Contra Costa Counties | Nadya Cinman, MD - Oakland, CA |
Jaclyn Chen, MD - Oakland, CA |
2025-2027 |
| District 5: | San Francisco, San Mateo & Santa Clara Counties and Central California | Ekene Enemchukwu, MD Palo Alto, CA |
Mathew Cooperberg, MD - San Franscisco, CA |
2024-2026 |
| District 6: | Los Angeles County | Gene Huang, MD - Los Angeles, CA |
Jeremy Blumberg, MD - Los Angeles, CA |
2025-2027 |
| District 7: | Southern California | Roger Sur, MD - La Jolla, CA |
Josh Chamberlin, MD - Loma Linda, CA |
2024-2026 |
| District 8: | Arizona | Juan Chipollini, MD - Tucson, AZ |
Nahid Punjani, MD - Phoenix, AZ |
2025-2027 |
| District 9: | Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming | Stephen Summers, MD - Salt Lake City, UT |
Blake Johnson, MD - Salt Lake City, UT |
2024-2026 |
| District 10: | Orange County | Heidi Stephany, MD -Orange, CA |
Ramy Yaacoub, MD - Orange, CA |
2025-2027 |
Nominations Committee
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District
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Members
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Location
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| District 1: | Christopher Porter, MD |
Honolulu, HI |
| District 2: | Jonathan Wright, MD | Seattle, WA |
| District 3: | Jen-Jane Liu, MD |
Portland, OR |
| District 4: | Selma Masic, MD | Oakland, CA |
| District 5: | Harcharan Gill, MD | Stanford, CA |
| District 6: | Gary Chien, MD | Los Angeles, CA |
| District 7: | Christopher Kane, MD & Eugene Rhee, MD, MBA | San Diego, CA |
| District 8: | Christopher Wolter, MD | Phoenix, AZ |
| District 9: | Deborah Jacobson, MD | Salt Lake City, UT |
| District 10: | Michael Daneshvar, MD | Irvine, CA |
Health Policy Committee
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District
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Members
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Location
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| Chair: | Brian Duty, MD | Portland, OR |
| District 1 - Alaska | Greg Lund, MD | Palmer, AK |
| District 2 - Washington |
Kenneth Berger, MD | Pasco, WA |
| District 3 - Oregon | Daniel Furlong, MD | Portland, OR |
| District 4 - NorCal+Alameda & Contra Costa Counties | Peter Bretan, MD | Watsonville, CA |
| District 5 - San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, & Central Cal | Joseph Kuntze, MD | San Luis Obispo, CA |
| District 6 - Los Angeles+Ventura Counties | John Lam, MD | Los Angeles, CA |
| District 7 - San Diego | Roger Sur, MD | San Diego, CA |
| District 8 - Arizona | Karen Stern, MD | Phoenix, AZ |
| District 9 - Idaho, Montana, WY | Lisa Bland, MD | Billings, MT |
| District 10 - Orange County | Seth Cohen, MD | Irvine, CA |
| District 11 - Inland Empire |
Forrest Jellison, MD | Loma Linda, CA |
| District 12 - Nevada | Joseph Candela, MD | Las Vegas, NV |
| District 13 - Utah |
Lane Childs, MD | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Young Urologist Rep: | Juan Andino MD | Los Angeles, CA |
| Imm. Past-Chair | Eugene Rhee, MD, MBA | San Diego, CA |
| Advocacy/Practice Mgmt. Advisor |
Jeffrey Frankel, MD | Seattle, WA |
| Industry Advisor: | Amani Abou Zam-Zam, MBA | Santa Monica, CA |
| Legislative Advisor: | Robert Lurvey, MD | Sacramento, CA |
Western Section Representatives to AUA Committees
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Title
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Name
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| AUA Past-Presidents | Jack McAninch, MD
Scott Swanson, MD |
| AUA Board of Directors | Rep: Christopher Porter, MD (May 2025-May 2027) Alt: Christopher Kane, MD (May 2025-May 2027) |
| AUA Summit Representatives | Siamak Daneshmand, MD Brian Duty, MD Christopher Porter, MD |
| AUA Delegation to the AMA | Jason Jameson, MD, Delegate |
| AUA By-Laws Committee | Jonathan Bergman, MD
Thomas Fuller, MD |
| AUA Coding & Reimbursement Committee | Kenneth Berger, MD
Seth Cohen, MD |
| AUA Core Curriculum Committee | Sarah Psutka, MD, MS
Alan Shindel, MD |
| AUA Data Committee | Max Bowman, MD
Gary Chien, MD David Ginsberg, MD Michelle Van Kuiken, MD |
| AUA Education Council | Alan Schindel, MD |
| AUA History Committee | Scott Swanson, MD |
| AUA JU Editorial Board | Andre Luis De Castro Abreu, MD
Aditya Bagrodia, MD Giovanni Cacciamani, MD Nicholas Chakiryan, MD Gary Chien, MD Ekene Enemchukwu, MD Kathleen Kieran, MD Nathan Lawrentschuk, MD John Thomas Leppert, MD Rena Malik, MD Brock O'Neil, MD Bogdana Schmidt, MD Casey Seideman, MD Anne Suskind, MD |
| AUA Judicial & Ethics Committee | Kenneth Berger, MD
Reuben Hudson, MD |
| AUA Leadership Class, 2025-26 | Sarah Psutka, MD
Sudhir Isharwal, MD Una Lee, MD Brock O'Neil, MD |
| WSAUA Leadership Mentors | Larry Goldenberg, MD
Kathleen Kobashi, MD, MBA Linda Shortliffe, MD |
| AUA Federal Advocacy Committee | Aditya Bagrodia, MD
Daniel Frendl, MD Karen Stern, MD Christine Van Horn, MD |
| AUA New Technologies & Imaging Committee | Seth Bechis, MD
Andrew Hung, MD Adam Kinnaird, MD Joseph Liao, MD Geoffrey Sonn, MD |
| AUA Practice Guidelines Committee | Max Bowman, MD
Benjamin Breyer, MD David Ginsberg, MD Ahmed Kotb, MD Sarah Psutka, MD |
| AUA Public Policy Council | Kenneth Berger, MD
Seth Cohen, MD Brian Duty, MD Jason Jameson, MD Yahir Santiago-Lastra, MD Karen Stern, MD Joshua Stern, MD James Stinson, MD Christine Van Horn, MD |
| AUA Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Committee | Max Bowman, MD
John Robert Gannon, MD David Alan Ginsberg, MD |
| AUA Research Education, Conferences, & Communications |
Joshua Stern, MD |
| AUA Research Grants & Investigator Support | Isla Garraway, MD
Andrew Hung, MD Eric Kim, MD |
| AUA Residents/Fellows Committee | Devon Langston, MD |
| AUA Young Urologists Committee | Juan Andino, MD
Jonathan Berger, MD Jyoti Chouhan, MD |
| AUA Science & Quality Council | Max Bowman, MD
David Ginsberg, MD John Gore, MD Sima Porten, MD |
| AUA State Advocacy Committee |
Brian Duty, MD
Brian Grady, MD Jason Jameson, MD Kathleen Kieran, MD John Lam, MD Kelly Swords, MD |
| AUA UCF |
Ekene Enemchukwu, MD
Daniel Lin, MD Alexander Skokan, MD Nathan Osbun, MD Christine Van Horn, MD Eric Kurzrock, MD Glen Lau, MD Kelly Swords, MD Nicholas Fernandez, MD Nahid Punjani, MD |
| AUA Update Series Editorial Committee | Benjamin Breyer, MD
David Ginsberg, MD Christopher Saigal, MD |
| AUA Urology Practice Editorial Board | Editor-in-Chief: Kathleen C. Kobashi, MD, MBA, FACS
Jonathan Bergman, MD, MPH Jason Jameson, M.D. Jill Buckley, MD, FACS Jyoti Chouhan, DO, PharmD, FACS Polina Reyblat, MD Bogdana Schmidt, MD Anne Schuckman, MD Anne Suskind, MD |
| AUA Urologic Video Education Committee | David Bayne, MD
Casey Seideman, MD Lynn Stothers, MD |