Resident participation on medical staff committees is strongly encouraged. Membership is open to residents on the following George Washington University Hospital medical staff committees: Cancer Committee, Credentials Committee, Critical Care Committee, Disaster Committee, Ethics Committee, Executive Committee, Hospital Quality Council, Infection Control Committee, Medical Records Committee, Operating Room Committee, Perinatal Committee, and Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. Residents are chosen in April to serve for the academic year. Contact your representative on the Residents' Committee if you would like to serve on a medical staff committee.
Residents also serve on the Graduate Medical Education Committee and the Faculty Senate Committee.
| Cancer Committee |
Joseph Goodman, M.D.- Otolaryngology Roya Setarehshenas, M.D. - Pathology |
| Critical Care Committee |
Carrie Valdez, M.D. - General Surgery Arshan Beyzaei Arani, M.D. - Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine |
| Breast Care | Karen Soika, M.D. - General Surgery |
| Ethics Committee |
Colleen Borelli, M.D. - Obstetrics and Gynecology Liza McClellan, M.D. - Internal Medicine Swathi Namburi, M.D. - Internal Medicine Eugene Simopoulous, M.D. - Psychiatry Elizabeth Phillips, M.D. - Emergency Medicine |
| Infection Control Committee |
Brenda Ormesher, M.D. - Infectious Disease Sean Peden, M.D. - Orthopaedic Surgery |
| Medical Records Committee | Nishaki Mehta, M.D. - Internal Medicine |
| Operating Room Committee |
Daniel Asay, M.D. - Anesthesiology Kate Hindle, M.D. - Anesthesiology |
| Patient Education Committee | Paige Armstrong, M.D. - Emergency Medicine |
| Peer Review Committee |
Meghan Magley, M.D. - Psychiatry Aditya Sharma, M.D. - Internal Medicine (Chief Resident) |
| Perinatal Committee |
Rachel Overcash, M.D. - Obstetrics and Gynecology Chidimma Eto, M.D. - Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee | Maryann Mazer, M.D. - Medical Toxicology |
| Transfusion Medicine Committee |
Elizabeth Martinez, M.D. - Pathology Mairo Diolombi, M.D. - Pathology Sarah Doaty, M.D. - Internal Medicine |
| Emergency Management Committee |
Garrett Luettgen, M.D. - Emergency Medicine Benjamin Bregman, M.D. - Psychiatry |
| Hospital Quality Council |
Hanna Mariani, M.D. - Internal Medicine Veeral Oza, M.D. - Internal Medicine |
| Medical Executive | Mary Tanski, M.D., Emergency Medicine |
| Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) |
Mary Tanski, M.D., Emergency Medicine, Committee Co-Chair Veeral Oza, M.D., Internal Medicine, Committee Co-Chair Nisha Nathan, M.D., Internal Medicine, Committee Vice Co-Chair Victoria Mui, M.D., Obstetrics and Gynecology, Committee Vice Co-Chair |
| Medical Center Faculty Senate | Diana Desai, M.D., Pathology |
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