The House of Delegates is the primary legislative and governing body of this Society.
The House of Delegates is charged and entrusted with:
- Transaction of all business of this Society not specifically otherwise provided.
- The duty to make annual appropriations for the expenditures of this Society.
- Power to transfer all or any part of monies accumulated to any fund.
The House of Delegates is the primary legislative and governing body of this Society. It shall exercise final authority over all matters except where final authority is specifically delegated elsewhere in these bylaws.
Structure of the House of Delegates
In June 2018, the House of Delegates approved a restructuring of the House to improve the representations of our members. Since this time the House of Delegates has been made up of three groups: CSA Officers, Geographic Districts, and Mode of Practice Forums.
Each CSA member belongs to both a Geographic District (assigned by home address) and a Mode of Practice Forum (selected by the members).
Geographic Districts: The CSA’s geographic districts are based on California State Senate districts, each containing 5 senate districts and 10 assembly districts. Districts are assigned to members by their home addresses to increase the ability to impact grassroots advocacy on state legislative issues. Each of these districts includes at least one major metropolitan center and at least one academic center. The focus for the Geographic District Directors, Delegates, and Alternate Delegates is grassroots advocacy.
Find the current CSA Geographic District here.
Mode-of-practice forums: With a focus on supporting our members in practice and practice management issues, the CSA developed six mode-of-practice forums, where CSA members can engage with members in similar practice settings. Members will select the mode-of-practice forum they feel best fits their practice and may update it at any time. The six forums and the suggested criteria defining them are listed below:
| Forum | Suggested criteria |
| In-training | Currently in training. However, if a fellow wants to convert to active in order to join another forum, they may do so (they meet the criteria for active), and then can select another forum |
| Early Career | ≤ 5 years in practice |
| Academic | University-affiliated practice |
| Small & Solo | 1-20 people; typically wearing all of the hats of the practice (insurance & hospital/facility contracting/billing & finance/hiring/partnership decisions) |
| Medium | 15-60 people; typically with some division of labor and central/professional management but local decision making |
| Large | 40+ people; Kaiser or other multi-specialty groups, professional management, centralized decision making |
Annual Election of the House
Each year, the CSA holds an election for the House of Delegates. This election includes any open Director, Delegate, or Alternate Delegate positions. As terms are three years not all positions are open each year.
Nominations for the House of Delegates open in late January each year, with the election taking place in early March. If you are interested in serving on the House of Delegates we encourage you to reach out to your current district director to learn more and keep an eye out for the nominations announcement.
2025-2026 CSA House of Delegates
Officers
Christina Menor, MD, FASA; President
Todd Primack, DO, FASA; President-Elect
Philip Levin, MD, FASA; Immediate Past President
Antonio Hernandez-Conte, MD, MBA, FASA; Past President
Robin Seaberg, MD, FASA; Speaker of the House of Delegates
Sydney Thomson, MD, FASA; Vice Speaker of the House of Delegates
Eugenia Ayrian, MD, FASA; Secretary
Rana Movahedi, MD; Assistant Secretary
John Hsieh MD, FASA; Treasurer
Jeff Kwok, MD; Assistant Treasurer
James Moore MD; President Emeritus
Christine Doyle, MD, FASA; ASA Director for California
Mark Zakowski, MD, FASA; ASA Alternate Director for California
Mark Thoma, MD; Chair, Legislative and Practice Affairs Division
Richard Applegate MD, FASA; Chair, Educational Programs Division
Emily Methangkool, MD, MPH; Chair, Communications Division
District 1
Christian Bohringer MBBS; District 1 Director
Kenneth Furukawa, Delegate
Michael Jung, Delegate
Catherine Whang, Delegate
Ross Bakhtari, Delegate
Naileshni Singh, Delegate
Antonio Wong, Delegate
Charandip Sandhu, Delegate
Christopher Ortiz, Delegate
Tehani Liyanage, Alternate Delegate
Amy Chen, Alternate Delegate
Artin Yeranossian, Alternate Delegate
David Leon, Alternate Delegate
District 2
Vanessa Henke MD; District 2 Director
Mark Carlisle, Delegate
Mark Gjolaj, Delegate
Kevin Ng, Delegate
Ana Crawford, Delegate
Stephanie Lim, Delegate
Ludwig Lin, Delegate
Kristen Kiroff, Delegate
Odinakachukwu (Odi) Ehie, Delegate
Matthias Braehler, Delegate
“Jeremy ” Juang, Alternate Delegate
District 3
Sheela Pai Cole; District 3 Director
Brian Wagner, Delegate
Lynn Cintron, Delegate
Christine Jette, Delegate
Lawrence Ong, Delegate
Chul-Kyun Park, Delegate
Genevieve D’souza, Delegate
Jennifer Basarab-Tung, Delegate
Carole Lin, Delegate
Ellen Wang, Delegate
Jean-Louis Horn Alternate, Delegate
Elliot Krane, Alternate Delegate
Andrea Murray, Alternate Delegate
Muhammad Shaikh, Alternate Delegate
James Xie, Alternate Delegate
Jessica Brodt, Alternate Delegate
District 4
Justin Calvert; District 4 Director
Allison Moriarty, Delegate
Dimiter Arnaudov, Delegate
Thang Tran, Delegate
Jessica Lee, Delegate
Caleb Chu, Delegate
District 5
Jeffrey Rusheen; District 5 Director
Tara Humphrey, Delegate
Robert Wong, Delegate
Steven Tham, Delegate
Arash Motamed, Delegate
Thomas Schares, Delegate
John Patton, Delegate
Jonathan Pregler, Delegate
Bijan Navidi, Delegate
Neil Shaw, Delegate
Erik Smith, Delegate
Peter Jin, Delegate
Jonathan Hausman, Alternate Delegate
Christopher Lim, Alternate Delegate
Peter Jin, Alternate Delegate
Ali Salehi, Alternate Delegate
Reza Borna, Alternate Delegate
Daniel Abraham, Alternate Delegate
District 6
Jason Cheng; District 6 Director
Pedro Lopez, Delegate
Ioana Pasca, Delegate
Nitin Dhamija, Delegate
Charles Schoepflin, Alternate Delegate
Ashish Sinha, Alternate Delegate
District 7
Lynnus Peng MD; District 7 Director
Fiyinfoluwa Ani, Delegate
Steven Maler, Delegate
Paul J Padova, Delegate
Kristine Paik, Delegate
Steven Gin, Delegate
Shalini Shah, Delegate
Bobby Bahadorani, Delegate
Melissa Chang, Delegate
Anil Tiwari Alternate, Delegate
Tony Hu, Alternate Delegate
Siddharth Singh, Alternate Delegate
Kelvin Nguyen, Alternate Delegate
Eli Luong, Alternate Delegate
District 8
Minh H Tran MBBS; District 8 Director
Chien-Hsiang Chow, Delegate
Nicholas Wasson, Delegate
Alyssa Brzenski, Delegate
Ryan Field, Delegate
Junichi Naganuma, Delegate
Carlos Pino, Alternate Delegate
Mukesh Gupta, Alternate Delegate
Tanmay Shivananda, Alternate Delegate
Dustin Coyle, Alternate Delegate
Lynn Sterni, Alternate Delegate
Academic Practice Forum
Manuel Pardo MD, FASA; Academic Practice Forum Director
Rita Agarwal, Delegate
Rakhi Dayal, Delegate
Pamela Chia, Delegate
Sharon Ashley, Delegate
Patrick Farmer, Delegate
Cristina Chandler, Delegate
Lee-Lynn Chen, Delegate
Siamak Rahman, Alternate Delegate
Nutan Winston, Alternate Delegate
Sakura Kinjo, Alternate Delegate
Govind Rajan, Alternate Delegate
Sean Coeckelenbergh, Alternate Delegate
Jack Berger, Alternate Delegate
Early Career Practice Forum
Mariam Sarwary M.D; Early Career Practice Forum Director
Stephanie Pan, Delegate
Chris Rishel, Delegate
Dane Saksa, Delegate
Kenneth Higgins, Delegate
Cornel Chiu, Delegate
Rebecca Morris, Delegate
Danny Newhide, Delegate
Forrest Sawyer, Delegate
Shikha Sharma, Delegate
Tan Mai, Delegate
Patricia Narciso, Delegate
Anthony Sawyer, Delegate
Natacha Telusca, Delegate
Bi Mo, Alternate Delegate
Jay Rajan, Alternate Delegate
Lauren Emery Smith, Alternate Delegate
Yamah Amiri, Alternate Delegate
Garret Chan, Alternate Delegate
Alexander Chen, Alternate Delegate
Porus Mistry, Alternate Delegate
Small & Solo Practice Forum
Jenni Bartlotti Telesz MD, MBA, FASA; Small & Solo Practice Forum Director
Michele Raney, Delegate
Pavandeep Bagga, Delegate
Puja Trivedi, Delegate
Sunny Jha, Delegate
Stephen Skahen, Alternate Delegate
Forouzan Sabzevar, Alternate Delegate
Medium Size Practice Forum
Michael Bigelow, MD; Medium Size Practice Forum Director (Interim)
Gerard Dang, Delegate
Richard Chou, Delegate
Catherine M Roby, Delegate
Tiffany Chamberlain, Delegate
Jon Nguyen, Delegate
Large Practice Forum
Vacant; Large Practice Forum Director
Bradley R Cohn, Delegate
Mark Thoma, Delegate
Joyce C. Lo, Delegate
John Brock Utne, Delegate
Brian Jones, Delegate
Andrew Ray, Delegate
Megan Friedman, Delegate
Tony Nguyen, Delegate
Amir Shbeeb, Alternate Delegate
Leadership & Staff
The California Society of Anesthesiology is lead by it’s Board of Directors, House of Delegates, and Committees.
Staff assists the leadership in the management of the organization.
Meet your leadership and staff here.