Institutional Committees

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.

Resident Representatives on GW Hospital Committees

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

Resident Representatives on University Medical Center Committees

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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