Western Section AUA / 2022 - 2023 Leadership

Officers

Position
Name
Location
President Harcharan Gill, M.D. Stanford, CA
President-Elect Christopher Kane, M.D. San Diego, CA
Past President Christopher Porter, M.D. Seattle, WA
Secretary Sia Daneshmand, M.D. Los Angeles, CA
Treasurer Blake Hamilton, M.D. Salt Lake City, UT
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 2022-2024
District 2: Washington Jeffrey Evans, MD - Burien, WA Jonathan Wright, MD 2022-2024
District 3: Oregon Jen-Jane Liu, M.D.
- Portland, OR
Sudhir Isherwal, M.D.
- Portland, OR
2021-2023
District 4: Northern California including Alameda & Contra Costa Counties Donna Deng, MD
- Oakland, CA
Nadya Cinman, MD            2021-2023
District 5: San Francisco, San Mateo & Santa Clara Counties and Central California Joseph Kuntze, M.D.
- San Luis Obispo, CA
Ekene Enemchukwu, MD 2022-2024 
District 6: Los Angeles County Chris Tenggardjaja, M.D.
- Los Angeles, CA
Stacey Carter, M.D.
- Los Angeles, CA
2021-2023 
District 7: Southern California Brian Hu, M.D.
- Loma Linda, CA
Eric Biewenga, MD
- San Diego, CA
2022-2024  
District 8: Arizona Ben Lee, M.D.
- Tucson, AZ
Chris Wolter, M.D.
- Phoenix, AZ
2021-2023  
District 9: Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming Sara Lenherr, M.D.
- Salt Lake City, UT
Stephen Summers, MD 2022-2024  
District 10: Orange County Irene McAleer, M.D.
- Newport Beach, CA
Lamia Gabal, M.D.
- Santa Ana, CA
2021-2023  

Nominations Committee

District
Members
Location
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: Jaclyn Chen, MD Oakland, CA
District 5: Joseph Presti, Jr, MD Oakland, CA
District 6: Stacey Carter, MD Los Angeles, CA
District 7: Justin DeGrado, MD San Diego, CA
District 8: Al Borhan, 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
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 Lisa Bland, M.D. Billings, MT
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

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