DECEMBER MEDICAL STAFF NEWSLETTER
Medical Staff Department & Quality Review Committee Meetings
It is required that all members of the Medical Staff are assigned to a Department. As a member of your assigned Department
you are allowed to attend your Department meeting or your Quality Review Committee meeting. Below are the four
Departments and the specialties under each department.
Department Meetings Information: Department meetings are slated to meet 5 times a year. The Agenda consists of quality
metrics, policy and procedure review, order set review, Department Rules & Regulation review, privilege criteria review and
other items as identified by the Chair.
Quality Review Committee (QRC) Information: QRC meetings are slated to meet 5 times a year. The Agenda consists of
primarily case review for Peer Review. Following review by the members present cases are rated either standard of care met or
not met, often times also resulting in opportunities for improvement in both categories.
Medicine
Cardiothoracic
Allergy
Cardiology
Clinical Psychology
Diagnositic
Critical Care
Interventional
Dermatology
Electrophysiology
Endocrinology
Emergency Medicine (Clinical Service) Cardiovascular Surgery
Family Medicine
Gastroenterology
Hematology and Oncology
Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
Nephrology
Neurology
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Psychiatry
Pulmonary Disease
Rheumatology
Radiology (Clinical Service)
Diagnostic
Interventional
Neurointerventional
Radiation Oncology
Surgery
Anesthesiology (Clinical Service)
Interventional Pain
General Dentistry
Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery
General Surgery
Gyn Only
Neurosurgery
Ophthalmology
Orthopedic Surgery
Otolaryngology (ENT)
Pathology (Clinical Service)
Plastic Surgery
Podiatric Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Urologic Surgery
Vascular Surgery
Women & Children’s
Ob/Gyn
Maternal/Fetal
Pediatrics
Neonatology
Cardiology
Neurology
Genetics
As a member of your assigned Department you are allowed and encouraged to attend your Department meeting and Quality Review
Committee Meeting. Attendance at any of these meetings will be counting toward your Points Requirement.
2014 Department/QRC Meeting Dates:
Cardiothoracic Department – bimonthly, Wednesday – 7:30 am EEC
January 8th
March 12th
May 14th
Cardiothoracic QRC – bimonthly, Wednesday – 7:30 am EEC
February 12th
April 9th
June 11th
Medicine Department – bimonthly, Thursday – 12:30 am EEC
January 16th
March 6th
May 1st
Medicine QRC – bimonthly, Thursday - 12:30 am EEC
February 6th
April 3rd
June 5th
Surgery Department – bimonthly, Wednesday – 7:00 am EEC
January 8th
March 5th
May 7th
Surgery QRC – bimonthly, Wednesday – 7:00 am EEC
February 5th
April 2nd
June 4th
Women & Children’s Department – bimonthly, Wednesday – 12:30 am EEC
January 8th
March 12th
May 14th
Women & Children’s QRC – bimonthly, Wednesday – 12:30 am EEC
February 12th
April 9th
June 11th
July 9th
October 8th
September 10th
November 12th
July 10th
October 2nd
September 4th
November 6th
July 2nd
October 1st
September 3rd
November 5th
July 9th
October 8th
September 10th
November 12th
Please visit the website at www.sjmedstaff.org to view a listing of the above meeting schedule.
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Schwartz Round – Physician Feedback – Contact Norman Myers, M.D. at (714) 293-8265
He has great feedback he can provide and is the Physician Champion.
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Physician Recognition
Tim Greco, M.D. Patient:
Eugene Byun, M.D.
Renato Del Carmen, M.D. – Coworker: Dr. Del Carmen stayed very late for a surgeon even though he was not on call. He
put the patient’s wellbeing first and gave great service to the patient, staff and other physicians.
Jeffrey Dell, M.D.
Leslie Doi, M.D.
Timothy Downing, M.D.
Arman Forouzannia, M.D.
Leo Garcia, M.D. – Patient: Dr. Garcia is an excellent Doctor. I am very comfortable with him being my Physician. I feel
confident that my healthcare is in very good hands. I trust him and his intelligence very much! Thank you!
Mathew McKay, M.D.
Shirley Pang, M.D.
Giribala Patel, M.D. – Patient: I would probably not be alive today if it was not for Dr. Patel’s knowledge and the care for her
patients. Despite the many patients she sees daily, she always make sure we are well taken care of and direct us to proper
care. Dr. Patel also makes sure that we are monitored so she can provide treatment asap. She is just a wonderful person
and doctor who really cares about her patients.
Harry Peled, M.D.
Clarence Petrie, M.D.
Ramesh Rathod, M.D.
Stewart Shanfield, M.D.
Jon Sherman, M.D.
Bhanu Sud, M.D.
Tuan Trinh, M.D.
Jesus Vera, M.D.