CSA Committees & Task Forces

[Bylaws 15.01]

Seperate Divison
The Educational Programs Division of the California Society of Anesthesiologists shall act solely in the area of providing continuing instruction and training of the anesthesiologist and allied personnel for the purpose of improving and developing their capabilities and for the instruction of the public on subjects related to anesthesiology beneficial to the public.

[Bylaws 15.02]

Composition
The Educational Programs Division of the California Society of Anesthesiologists shall be composed of a chair and such members as the President may appoint, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors.

[Bylaws 15.05]

General Purpose and Duties
The chair of the Educational Programs Division of the California Society of Anesthesiologists in conjunction with the Chief Executive Officer of the Society shall direct and facilitate educational programs, presentations and publicity designed to accomplish the purposes of the Educational Programs Division.

Chair:
Richard Applegate, MD, FASA

Vice-Chair:
Shalini Shah, MD

Members:

Richard Applegate, MD, FASA

Shalini Shah, MD

Rita Agarwal, MD, FAAP, FASA

Eugenia Ayrian, MD, FASA

Dalia Banks, MD

Brendan Carvalho, MBBCh, FRCA, MD

Jason Cheng, MD

Christine Doyle, MD, FASA

Reihaneh Forghany, MD

Tara Humphrey, DO

Calvin Johnson, MD

Cathy Lammers, MD

Edward Mariano, MD

Christina Menor, MD

Manuel Pardo, MD

Ioana Pasca, MD

Ronald Pearl, MD, PhD, FASA

Carlos Pino, MD, FASA

Phillip Richardson, MD, MBA, FASA, CPE

Engy Said, MD

Pamela Chia, MD

Jennifer Elia, MD

Ludwig Lin, MD

Stephanie Pan, MD

Muhammad Shaikh, MD

Milad Sharifpour, MD

Katharine Stolz, MD

Thang Tran, MD

[Bylaws 15.01]
Separate Division
The Legislative and Practice Affairs Division shall be a separate division of the California Society of Anesthesiologists.

[Bylaws 15.02]

Purpose
The Legislative and Practice Affairs Division shall act in the performance of the following functions:

1. Establish communication with governmental bodies, both legislative and regulatory concerning regulation of the medical profession, and specifically of anesthesiology;
2. Establish communication with other bodies, health delivery systems and third parties that have or will have a substantial impact upon the professional, medical and/or economic day to day practice of anesthesiology, as allowed by federal and state laws concerning such contacts and communications;
3. Through dialogue with the above mentioned parties, establish a voice in the formulation of new laws and the development of regulations enforcing both new and existing laws;
4. Establish information exchanges and guidance as to the impact of such actions taken by governmental agencies and/or third parties upon the economic and day-to-day practice of the members of the Society;
5. Disseminate information to the members of the Society and other anesthesiologists when appropriate concerning the above activities through various publications, educational seminars and meetings, newsletters, bulletins and other forms of communication.

[Bylaws 15.03]

Composition
The Legislative and Practice Affairs Division shall be comprised of a division chair and two standing committees: the Committee on Legislative Affairs, and the Committee on Practice Management. Each committee shall have a chair and members appointed by the President, subject to approval of the Board of Directors.

LPAD Division Chair
Todd Primack, DO, FASA

Chair: 
William Feaster, MD, MBA

Members:

William Feaster, MD, MBA

Zhe Chen, MD

Jeff Kwok, MD

Jeremy Juang, MD

Charles Schoepflin, MD

[Bylaws Section 11.031]

Composition
Three voting members of this Society appointed by the President, at least one of whom was a Bylaws Committee member during the previous year, the Vice Speaker of the House of Delegates who shall chair the committee, and the Speaker of the House of Delegates who shall be an ex-officio member.

Duties
To recommend amendments to the Bylaws to ensure consistency with the actions of the policymaking bodies of this Society; and

To prepare amendments which it considers advisable to facilitate the work and best interests of this Society.

Speaker of the House of Delegates
Christina Menor, MD, FASA

Vice Speaker of the House of Delegates 
Robin Seaberg, MD, FASA

Members:

Christina Menor, MD, FASA

Robin Seaberg, MD, FASA

Christine Doyle, MD, FASA

James Moore, MD

Michele Raney, MD

Periklis Panousis, MD

[Bylaws Section 11.035]

Composition
The five past presidents immediately preceding the immediate past president, insofar as is possible. The junior member of the committee shall be chair.

Duties
To receive recommendations for the Distinguished Service Award of the California Society of Anesthesiologists.

Letters of recommendation are to be submitted directly to the chair of this committee by the district or forum directors of the CSA at least ninety (90) days prior to the Annual Meeting of this Society. If no recommendation(s) by district directors are received by 90 days prior to the next Annual Meeting, the committee members may then, and only then, submit nomination(s) for consideration by the committee.

The Committee shall review the recommendations submitted, paying particular attention to members who have demonstrated outstanding and meritorious service to Anesthesiology and the CSA.

Selection of a candidate shall require a 4/5 vote of the full committee. The Committee need not make a selection each year. The Committee shall be limited to one nomination at each Annual Meeting. It shall make its nomination for the Distinguished Service Award directly to the House of Delegates at the Annual Meeting.

Two-thirds secret ballot of the seated members in the House of Delegates shall be required for approval of the Committee nomination.

In the event of the death or resignation of a member of this Committee, the president shall appoint a replacement to fill the unexpired term. If possible, a past president shall be appointed.

Chair:
Ronald Pearl, MD, PhD, FASA

Members:

Christine Doyle, MD, FASA

Jeff Poage, MD

Samuel Wald, MD

James Moore, MD, FASA

[Bylaws Section 11.036]

Composition
The Assistant Treasurer shall serve as the Chair. Members will include the Immediate Past President, Treasurer, Speaker and/or Vice Speaker of the House, Bulletin Editor, and six additional active members of the society appointed by the President who are knowledgeable about finance and administrative affairs.

The President may appoint additional members for a one-year term.

Duties

1. Review the annual budget submitted by the CSA Treasurer; forward the annual budget to the Board of Directors with a recommendation regarding approval.
2. Review quarterly financial statements and year-end audit results.
3. Review all contracts of the CSA that are longer than one year and/or obligate the organization to an expense greater than $5,000 per year.
4. Develop and revise the investment strategy for the CSA consistent with the goals and responsibilities of the society, recommend the strategy to the Board of Directors and oversee the investment activities of the CSA.
5. Review personnel policies, administrative procedures and any changes to employee benefits; develop and refine employee compensation strategies and benefit packages.
6. Report to the Executive Committee regarding all financial and administrative matters on a regular basis and whenever any irregularities are identified.

Chair:
Phillip Richardson, MD, MBA, FASA, CPE

Members:

John Hsieh, MD

Edward Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA

Christina Menor, MD, FASA

Robin Seaberg, MD, FASA

Mark Gjolaj, MD

Linda Hertzberg, MD, FASA

Jeff Kwok, MD

Philip Levin, MD, FASA

Art Levine, MD

James Moore, MD, FASA

Christopher Sauer, MD

Marc Steurer, MD

Christopher Viale, MD

Dziuy Vu, MD

Rajvinder Dhamrait, MD

Alimorad Djalali, MD

Ioana Pasca, MD

Antonio Hernandez Conte, MD, MBA, FASA

Chair;
Jane Moon, MD

Vice Chair: 
Mark Singleton, MD, FASA

Members:

Anuj Aggarwal, MD

Jane Ahn, MD

Jay Brodsky, MD

Seetal Preet Cheema, MD

Lee-lynn Chen, MD

Harrison Chow, MD

Gerard Dang, MD

Ryan Field, MD

Merlin Larson, MD

John Monks, MD

Victor Ng, MD

Mark Singleton, MD

Mark Burbridge, MD

R. Scott Kriss, MD

Govind Rajan, MD

Todsaporn Rodbumrung, MD

[Bylaws Section 11.034]

Composition
The Committee will be composed of seven members. The CSA Immediate Past President shall serve as Chair. The remaining six members will be appointed to staggered terms. Each year two new members will be appointed to terms of three years, one will be a member of the Board of Directors and the other will be a CSA member of five years who is not serving on the Board. A committee member may only serve two consecutive full or partial terms.

Duties
To identify and develop future CSA leaders through individualized, annual education and mentoring.

To meet at least three times per year in order to identify, interview and guide potential and current society leaders.

To produce a document listing potential candidates for elected leadership positions that looks forward at least five years.

To consider the maximum period of time that any incumbent should serve in an elected position as part of its mission to optimize the leadership of the Society.

To contact prospective nominees and obtain their consent to serve if elected.

To prepare a list of candidates for all offices becoming vacant at the close of the Annual Meeting, for delegate and alternate delegate positions to the ASA House of Delegates and for delegate and alternate delegate positions to the California Medical Association if the term of those positions will expire prior to the next Annual Meeting. This list will be submitted to the Board of Directors at its last meeting prior to the Annual Meeting for approval and then will be distributed to all members of the House of Delegates prior to the Annual Meeting.

Chair:
Ronald Pearl, MD, PhD, FASA

Members:

Edward Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA (Non Voting

Christina Menor, MD, FASA

Lee-lyn Chen, MD, FASA

Jenni Bartlotti Telesza, MD, FASA

Sydney Thomson, MD, FASA

Linda Hertzberg, MD, FASA

Mark Zakowski, MD, FASA

Robin Seaberg, MD, FASA

[Bylaws 10.038]

Composition
A chair appointed by the President, a CSA staff liaison, and at least seven other members, two of whom shall be members of the CSA Board of Directors. The President shall attempt to achieve some geographic balance within the membership of this committee.

Duties
To develop and maintain effective contact with legislators at the state and district levels to work toward the defined advocacy goals of the Society.

To educate and update CSA members on events related to legislation that affect, or may affect in the future, the practice of anesthesiology within the state.

To maintain contact with advocacy efforts within ASA, and coordinate state and national advocacy work as appropriate.

To foster grassroots advocacy on the district level within this Society.

To advocate for CSA with other professional societies.

To work with the CPPC to communicate CSA’s advocacy positions to the public.

LPAD Division Chair:
Todd Primack, DO, FASA

Chair:
Jenni Barlotti Telesz, MD

Vice-Chair:
Brian Wagner, MD

Members:

Fifinfoluwa Ani

Christian Bohringer

Vanessa Henke

Rana Movahedi

Lynnus Peng

Sunny Jha

Jeffrey Rusheen

Robin Seaberg

Stephen Skahen

Sydney Thomson

Abigail Smith

Fiyinfoluwa Ani

Sharon Ashley

Eugenia Ayrian

Justin Calvert

Mark Carlisle

Lynn Cintron

Gerard Dang

Sunny Jha

Philip Levin

Art Levine

Justin Libaw

James Moore

Lawrence Ong

John Patton

Johnathan Pregler

Michele Raney

Christopher Sauer

Forrest Kip Sawyer

Ellen Wang

Minh Tran

Bi Mo

Paul Padova

Jacqueline Chen

Ross Bakhtari

Maria De Castro

Mark Thoma

Elizabeth Behringer

Siyun Xie

Paul Yost

Mick Wasson

Erik Smith

Charles Schoepflin

[Bylaws Section 11.032]

Composition
All district directors and the Assistant Secretary who shall chair the committee.

Duties
To conduct investigations of all applicants for active membership in this Society when the need requires and submit recommendations on such applicants to the Board of Directors;

To encourage qualified persons to apply for membership in this Society and to develop membership recruitment activities.

Chair
Rana Movahedi, MD

Members

Chair, Membership – Rana Movahedi, MD

Director, Academic Practice Forum – Manuel Pardo, MD, FASA

Director, Small & Solo Practice Forum – Jenni Bartlotti Telesz, MD

Director, Geographic District 1 – Christian Bohringer, MBBS

Director, Large Practice Forum – Stephen Skahen, MD

Director, Medium Practice Forum – TBD

Director, Geographic District 5 – Justin Calvert, MD

Director, Early Career Practice Forum – Mariam Sarwary, MD

Director, Geographic District 2 – Vanessa Henke, MD

Director, Geographic District 6 – TBD

Director, Geographic District 7 – Lynnus Peng, MD

Director, Geographic District 4 – Jeffrey Rusheen, MD

Director, In-Training Practice Forum – Jacueline Chen, MD

Director, Geographic District 8 – Minh Tran, MD

Director, Geographic District 3 – Sydney Thomson, MD, FASA

Chair
Rakhi Dayal

Chair
Carlos Pino

Members

Seetal Preet Cheema

Pamela Chia

Lynn Cintron

Jason Daughety

Genevieve D’souza

Jean-Louis Horn

Eric Hsu

Peter Jin

Michael Jung

Edward Mariano

Benjamin Maslin

Mohammas Rasouli

Ann Shah

Shalini Shah

Amber Borucki

Sakura Kinjo

Bi Mo

George Pasvankas

Chinar Sanghvi

[Bylaws 10.039]

Composition
A chair appointed by the President, a CSA staff liaison, and at least seven other members, two of whom shall be members of the CSA Board of Directors. The President shall attempt to achieve some geographic balance within the membership of this committee.

Duties
To develop and maintain Practice Management information for the CSA website, and to assist members who have issues and questions related to practice management.

To work with the Educational Program Division to develop educational resources, program content, and other information concerning Practice Management as appropriate.

To communicate with CSA members regarding any developments at the state and national level that may affect practice management and policy.

To develop and maintain effective contact with regulators on the state and federal level, and with other professional societies (including the ASA) in order to stay current with regulatory activity that affects the practice of anesthesiology in the state of California.

Chair: 
Puja Trivedi, MD

Vice Chair:
Jason Cheng, DO

Members:

Todd Primack

Kathy Cazares

Justin Calvert

Gerard Dang

Antonio Hernandez Conte

Junichi Naganuma

Sakura Kinjo

Michele Raney

Mohammas Rasouli

Phillip Richardson

Matthew Vanneman

Christopher Viale

Manuel Pardo

Stephen Skahen

Jenni Bartlotti Telesz

Lynnus Peng

Forrest Kip Sawyer

Nick Wasson

Mark Thoma

Jacueline Chen

Amir Shbeeb

Thang Tran

Mishan Rambukwella

[Bylaws Section 11.033]

Composition
A chair appointed by the President, the Editorial Board Chair, the Chair of Electronic Media, a CSA staff liaison, and at least eight other members, three of whom shall be members of the CSA Board of Directors. The President shall attempt to achieve some geographic balance within the membership of this committee.

Duties

1. To develop and maintain effective communication with the membership, with other medical specialties, the media (print, radio, television and electronic), with patients, and with the public to promote the medical specialty of anesthesiology and to educate the public on issues of importance to the CSA.
2. To establish and maintain effective electronic communications including the CSA electronic mailing list and the CSA website and appropriate linkages as well as other electronic media.
3. To provide media spokesperson training opportunities to officers, to elected and appointed CSA representatives, and to members, including the maintenance and updating of a media spokesperson list.
4. To facilitate the communications objectives of the CSA/ASA.

Chair:
Emily Methangkool, MD, MPH

[Bylaws Section 11.0321]

Composition
District 15 Director and Delegates, CSA President-Elect, and one member appointed by the President. Said appointee shall be a Delegate to both the CSA and ASA, with an interest in Resident and Medical student affairs. The Director of District 15 shall chair this committee.

Duties
To facilitate communications between and among the CSA and the residents in Anesthesia training programs in California; and

To enhance the participation of residents in CSA activities.

Chair:
Jacqueline Chen, MD

Member/President Emeritus
James Moore, MD

The California Society of Anesthesiologists does hereby declare racism as a public health crisis and denounces racism, both individual racist actions and systemic racism.

The California Society of Anesthesiologists created an ad hoc task force to begin the development of a new Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Commission
The CSA directs the committee on Bylaws to develop language to define the  composition of the new committee which shall consist of a chair appointed by the President, a CSA staff liaison, and a minimum of six additional members appointed by the President, one of whom shall be a member of the CSA Board of Directors;

Duties
The duties of the committee are to evaluate, educate, and address to the CSA President issues of racism and bias within the organization.

The duties of the committee are to identify, create, and pro-vide resources to the CSA membership on issues such as, but not limited to: racism, unconscious bias, micro-aggression, discrimination, stereotype threat, imposter syndrome, marginalization, and mistreatment; and

The duties of the Committee on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion are to provide resources to the CSA membership on issues such as, but not limited to: how to foster equitable work environments, and how to recruit, retain, promote, and hire diversity within our physician workforce.

Chair:
Odinakachukwu Ehi, MD

Vice Chair: 
Cesar Padilla, MD

Members:

Fiyinfoluwa Ani

Sharon Ashley

Odmara Barreto Chang

Christina Menor

Felipe Perez

Naileshni Singh

Stewart Smith

Justin Libaw

Stephanie Lim

Kate McCartney

John Patton

Carlos Pino

Catherine Whang

Travis Reece-Nguyen

Antonio Hernandez Conte

Siyun Xie

Elizabeth Tsai

Sohyum Kim

Betelehem Asnake

Natacha Telusca

Naileshni Singh

11.043 Committee on Global Health

Composition:

A chair appointed by the President and other members of this Society as determined by the President. The President shall attempt to achieve balance within the membership of this committee in terms of practice type, geography, diversity, and inclusion.

Duties:

• To explore opportunities for positive impact, inform CSA members, and coordinate efforts with other organizations regarding issues related to global health and access to safe anesthesia care;
• To facilitate CSA members’ participation in global health programs;
• To highlight CSA members’ volunteerism and philanthropy; and
• To serve as a resource for CSA members who seek opportunities to promote the goals of equity in global health and safe anesthesia care.

Chair: 

Ana Crawford, MD, MSc, FASA

Members:

Genevieve D’souza

Odinakachukwu Ehie

Cynthia Khoo

Radhamangalam Ramamurthi

Mark Singleton

Ashish Sinha

Natacha Telusca

Veronica Zoghbi

Betelehem Asnake

Rajvinder Dhamrait

Jeremy Juang

Sohyun Kim

R. Scott Kriss

Bi Mo

Periklis Panousis

Milad Sharifpour

Thang Tran

Nick Wasson

Chair:

Sydney Thomson, MD, FASA

Members:

Rita Agarwal

Dalia Banks

Anna Maria Bombardieri

Genevieve D’souza

Linda Hertzberg

Cathy Lammers

Iona Pasca

Engy Said

Sara Strowd

Ellen Wang

Amber Borucki

Judi Cain

Samantha Cheng

Raina Khan

Sohyun Kim

Allison Overmon

Stephanie Pan

Marwa Sidani

Stephanie Lim

Elizabeth Tsai

Siyun Xie

Romy Yun

Mission Statement: Committed to educate, support , and empower CSA members to improve, protect, and maintain their well-being through development of individual and organizational initiatives to help members thrive clinically, personally, and professionally.

Chair
Jennifer Noerenberg, MD

Members

Jennifer Basarab-Tung

Zhe Chen

Lee-lynn Chen

Jason Cheng

Lynn Cintron

Cathy Lammers

Clarity Coffman

Justin Libaw

Ludwig Lin

Christina Menor

Radhamangalam Ramamurthi

Alexandra Ruan

Ali Salehi

Ann Shah

Natacha Telusca

Sydney Thomson

Ross Bakhtari

Jessica Chan

Samantha Cheng

Allison Overmon

Engy Said

Marwa Sidani

Mark Anthony Sy

Elliot Higgins

Clarity Coffman

Commission
The California Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA) hereby authorizes the creation of a task force on Environmental Sustainability to evaluate current sustainability efforts in the state; and shall make recommendations to its members to adopt evidence-based best practices for environmental protection and sustainability

Duties
The Task Force shall identify and advance legislative, educational, and other opportunities to promote “green anesthesia” and other methods by which ORs may reduce their environmental footprint.

Chair 
Carol Lin, MD

Members

Victoria Fahrenbach

Ryan Field

Seema Gandhi

Leila Hebshi

Raina Khan

Lawrence Ong

Nina Schloemerkemper

Mark Singleton

Anil Riwari

Ellen Wang

Veronica Zoghbi

Katharine Stolz

Chair 
Christina Jette

Members

Mark Singleton

Rita Agarwal

Carole Lin

Ludwig Lin

Michele Raney

John Hsieh

Ed Mariano

Christy Menor

Christian Bohringer

Justin Calvert

Carlos Pino