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. (Note: these districts are being reviewed and will be updated to mirror the new California Legislative District).
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.
2023-2024 CSA House of Delegates
Officers
Antonio Hernandez Conte, MD, MBA, FASA; President
Philip Levin, MD, FASA; President-Elect
Edward Mariano, MD, MAS; Immediate Past President
Ronald Pearl, MD, PhD, FASA; Past President
Christine Menor MD, FASA; Speaker of the House of Delegates
Robin Seaberg MD, FASA; Vice Speaker of the House of Delegates
Eugenia Ayrian, MD, FASA; Secretary
Rana Movahedi, MD ; Assistant Secretary
John Hsieh MD, FASA; Treasurer
Phillip Richardson MD, MBA, FASA; Assistant Treasurer
James Moore MD; President Emeritus
Paul Yost MD, FASA; ASA Director for California
Jonathan Pregler MD, FASA; ASA Alternate Director for California
Todd Primack DO, FASA; Chair, Legislative and Practice Affairs Division
Richard Applegate MD, FASA; Chair, Educational Programs Division
District 1
Christian Bohringer MBBS; District 1 Director
Kenneth Furukawa MD; District 1 Delegate
Anubhav Kapoor MD; District 1 Delegate
Kelvin C. Mark DO; District 1 Delegate
Catherine Whang MD; District 1 Delegate
Ross Bakhtari MD, MPH; District 1 Delegate
Brian Wagner MD; District 1 Delegate
Charandip Sandhu MD; District 1 Delegate
Catalin Cantemir MD; District 1 Alternate Delegate
Daniel Schweissinger MD; District 1 Alternate Delegate
Justin Teng MD; District 1 Alternate Delegate
Tehani Liyanage MD; District 1 Alternate
District 2
Vanessa Henke MD; District 2 Director
Helge Eilers MD; District 2 Delegate
Lindsey Huddleston MD; District 2 Delegate
John Turnbull MD; District 2 Delegate
Stephanie Lim MD; District 2 Delegate
Ludwig Lin MD; District 2 Delegate
Mark Thoma MD, FASA; District 2 Delegate
Odinakachukwu (Odi) Ehie MD; District 2 Delegate
Matthias Braehler MD, PhD; District 2 Delegate
David Lee MD; District 2 Alternate Delegate
Wei Zhou MD; District 2 Alternate Delegate
Jeremy Juang MD, PhD; District 2 Alternate Delegate
District 3
Sydney Thomson MD, FASA ; District 3 Director
Brendan Carvalho MBBCh, FRCA, MD; District 3 Delegate
Christine Jette MD; District 3 Delegate
Sheela Pai Cole MD, FASE; District 3 Delegate
Anil Panigrahi MD, PhD; District 3 Delegate
Anna Maria Bombardieri MD, PhD; District 3 Delegate
Alimorad Djalali MD, PhD; District 3 Delegate
Genevieve D’souza MD, FASA; District 3 Delegate
Jennifer Basarab-Tung MD; District 3 Delegate
Carole Lin MD; District 3 Delegate
Ellen Wang MD; District 3 Delegate
Edward Baer MD; District 3 Alternate Delegate
Melanie Henry MD, MPH; District 3 Alternate Delegate
Perin Kothari DO; District 3 Alternate Delegate
Vivekanand Kulkarni MD, PhD; District 3 Alternate Delegate
Solmaz Nabipour MD; District 3 Alternate Delegate
Muhammad Shaikh MD, PhD; District 3 Alternate Delegate
Jean-Louis Horn MD; District 3 Alternate Delegate
Elliot Krane MD; District 3 Alternate Delegate
Andrea Murray MD; District 3 Alternate Delegate
District 4
Jeffrey Rusheen MD ; District 4 Director
Puja Trivedi DO; District 4 Delegate
Thomas Schares MD; District 4 Delegate
Bijan Navidi MD; District 4 Delegate
Wayne Kleinman MD; District 4 Alternate Delegate
Reza Borna MD; District 4 Alternate Delegate
Kamran Husain MD; District 4 Alternate Delegate
District 5
Justin Calvert MD; District 5 Director
Caleb Chu MD; District 5 Delegate
Dimiter Arnaudov MD; District 5 Delegate
Pedro Lopez MD; District 5 Delegate
Peter Roffey MD; District 5 Delegate
John Chen MD; District 5 Delegate
Thang Tran MD; District 5 Delegate
Charles Schoepflin MD; District 5 Alternate Delegate
Ashish Sinha MD, PhD, MBA, FASA; District 5 Alternate Delegate
District 6
Rana Movahedi MD; District 6 Director
Tara Humphrey DO, MACM; District 6 Delegate
Calvin Johnson MD; District 6 Delegate
Arash Motamed MD, MBA; District 6 Delegate
Pamela Chia MD, MS; District 6 Delegate
Fiyinfoluwa Ani MD, MBA; District 6 Delegate
John Patton MD, MBA; District 6 Delegate
Koorosh Elihu MD; District 6 Alternate Delegate
Jonathan Hausman MD; District 6 Alternate Delegate
Peter Jin MD; District 6 Alternate Delegate
Ali Salehi MD FASA; District 6 Alternate Delegate
Jocelyn Carrière MD, MS; District 6 Alternate Delegate
District 7
Lynnus Peng MD; District 7 Director
Steven Maler MD; District 7 Delegate
Paul J Padova DO; District 7 Delegate
Kristine Paik MD; District 7 Delegate
Sapna Satyanarayan-Victor MD, MPH; District 7 Delegate
Dzuy Vu MD; District 7 Delegate
Shalini Shah MD; District 7 Delegate
Steven Gin MD; District 7 Delegate
Farys Chowdhury MD; District 7 Alternate Delegate
Anil Tiwari MD; District 7 Alternate Delegate
Mukesh Gupta MD; District 7 Alternate Delegate
Christopher Lim MD; District 7 Alternate Delegate
Tony Hu MD; District 7 Alternate Delegate
Siddharth Singh DO; District 7 Alternate Delegate
Kelvin Nguyen MD; District 7 Alternate Delegate
District 8
Minh H Tran MBBS; District 8 Director
Chien-Hsiang Chow MD; District 8 Delegate
Nicholas Wasson MD; District 8 Delegate
Benjamin Beal MD; District 8 Delegate
Alyssa Brzenski MD; District 8 Delegate
Ryan Field MD, FASA; District 8 Delegate
Junichi Naganuma MD, MPA, MBA, MPH; District 8 Delegate
Anna Bowling MD; District 8 Alternate Delegate
Engy Said MD; District 8 Alternate Delegate
Ryan Field MD; District 8 Alternate Delegate
Carlos Pino MD, FASA; District 8 Alternate Delegate
Liora Yehushua MD; District 8 Alternate Delegate
Tanmay Shivananda MD; District 8 Alternate Delegate
Academic Practice Forum
Manuel Pardo MD, FASA; Academic Practice Forum Director
Rita Agarwal MD, FASA; Academic Practice Forum Delegate
Oana Maties MD, MRCP, FRCA; Academic Practice Forum Delegate
Sharon Ashley MD, MPH, MBA, FASA; Academic Practice Forum Delegate
Govind Rajan MBBS, FAACD, FASA; Academic Practice Forum Delegate
Lee-Lynn Chen MD, FASA; Academic Practice Forum Delegate
Cristina Chandler MD; Academic Practice Forum Delegate
Joyce Chang MD; Academic Practice Forum Alternate Delegate
Melvin La MD; Academic Practice Forum Alternate Delegate
Nutan Winston MD; Academic Practice Forum Alternate Delegate
Siamak Rahman MD; Academic Practice Forum Alternate Delegate
Sakura Kinjo MD; Academic Practice Forum; Alternate Delegate
Early Career Practice Forum
Mariam Sarwary M.D; Early Career Practice Forum Director
Allison Moriarty MD; Early Career Practice Forum Delegate
Justin Pollock MD; Early Career Practice Forum Delegate
Christopher Walsh MD; Early Career Practice Forum Delegate
Stephanie Pan MD, FAAP; Early Career Practice Forum Delegate
Chris Rishel MD, PhD; Early Career Practice Forum Delegate
Dane Saksa MD, MBA; Early Career Practice Forum Delegate
Kenneth Higgins MD; Early Career Practice Forum Delegate
Sanjay Belani MD; Early Career Practice Forum Alternate Delegate
Justin Libaw MD; Early Career Practice Forum Alternate Delegate
Jay Rajan MD; Early Career Practice Forum Alternate Delegate
Jocelyn Kerpelman MD; Early Career Practice Forum Alternate Delegate
Bi Mo MD, MPH; Early Career Practice Forum Alternate Delegate
Lauren Emery Smith MD, MPH ; Early Career Practice Forum Alternate Delegate
Small & Solo Practice Forum
Jenni Bartlotti Telesz MD, MBA, FASA; Small & Solo Practice Forum Director
Michele Raney MD; Small & Solo Practice Forum Delegate
Pavandeep Bagga MD, MBA, MS; Small & Solo Practice Forum Delegate
Sunny Jha MD, FASA; Small & Solo Practice Forum Alternate Delegate
Medium Size Practice Forum
Gerard Dang MD, FASA; Medium Size Practice Forum Director (Interim)
Jan Hirsch MD; Medium Size Practice Forum Delegate
Tiffany Chamberlain DO; Medium Size Practice Forum Delegate
Catherine M Roby DO; Medium Size Practice Forum Delegate
Michael Bigelow MD; Medium Size Practice Forum Delegate
Large Practice Forum
Stephen Skahen MD; Large Practice Forum Director
Bradley R Cohn MD, FASA; Large Practice Forum Delegate
Jon T. Nguyen MD; Large Practice Forum Delegate
Mark Singleton MD. FASA; Large Practice Forum Delegate
Becky Wong MD; Large Practice Forum Delegate
Tom Caruso MD; Large Practice Forum Delegate
Jason Cheng DO; Large Practice Forum Delegate
Alan Zneimer MD; Large Practice Forum Delegate
Joyce C. Lo MD; Large Practice Forum Delegate
Brita Mittal MD; Large Practice Forum Alternate Delegate
Romy Yun MD; Large Practice Forum Alternate Delegate
Amir Shbeeb MD; Large Practice Forum 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.