2019 National Surgical Symposium
 
Symposium Faculty and Planning Committee
Faculty

Elliott Brill, MD

General Surgery
The Permanente Medical Group
Santa Clara, CA

Priya Balasubramanian, MD, MPH
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
The Permanente Medical Group
Roseville, CA

Kim Bayliss, MD
Regional Director Physician Assistants
The Permanente Medical Group
Oakland, CA

Erica Boettcher, MD

Gastroenterology
Colorado Permanente Medical Group
Denver, CO

Howard Chang, MD
Gastroenterology
The Permanente Medical Group
Oakland, CA

Robert Chang, MD
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
The Permanente Medical Group
San Francisco, CA

Nyen Chong, MD
Thoracic Surgery
Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group
Kensington, MD

John Chuck, MD
Chairperson, Physician Health & Wellness Leaders Group
The Permanente Medical Group
Oakland, CA

Sameer Damle, MD

Surgical Oncology
Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group
Clinical Assistant Professor George Washington University
Washington, DC

Farhad Farzanegan, MD

Chief, Interventional Radiology
The Permanente Medical Group
Sacramento, CA

Emily Finlayson, MD, MS

Professor of Surgery, Medicine and Health Policy
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Philip Goodney, MD, MS

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH

Homayon Hajarizadeh, MD

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Northwest Permanente Medical group
Portland, OR

Jeffrey Hsu, MD, FACS

Regional Chief of Vascular Surgery
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Fontana, CA

Gordon Hunt, MD, FASGE

Physician Director, Internal Medicine Specialties
Division of Gastroenterology
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
San Diego, CA

Stephen Kikolski, MD

Interventional Radiology
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
San Diego, CA

David Le, MD

General Surgery
The Permanente Medical Group
San Francisco, CA

Jeffrey Leftwich, MD

North Area Specialty Chief – General Surgery
Colorado Permanente Medical Group
Lafayette, CO

Maud Morshedi, MD, PhD

Interventional Radiology
The Permanente Medical Group
Sacramento, CA

David Nguyen, MD

General Surgery
The Permanente Medical Group
Oakland, CA

Brant Oelschlager, MD

Byers Endowed Professor of Esophageal Research
Chief, Division of General Surgery
Vice Chair, Department of Surgery
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Thomas Rehring, MD

Vice President, Chief Experience Officer
Kaiser Permanente Colorado Region 
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Colorado Permanente Medical Group
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO 

Sharon Shiraga, MD, FACS

Advanced Minimally Invasive Gastroenterology Surgery
The Permanente Medical Group
Sacramento, CA

Vishal Sidhar, MD

Interventional Radiology
The Permanente Medical Group
San Francisco, CA

Matthew Sweet, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Swee Teh, MD, FACS, FRSCI
Oncologic Surgery 
The Permanente Medical Group
San Francisco, CA
 
Lydia Vaias, MD
General Surgery
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Anaheim, CA

Liz Walton-Paxton
Senior Manager, National Implant Registries
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
San Diego, CA

Stephen Wang, MD

Vascular Interventional Radiology
The Permanente Medical Group
Santa Clara, CA

Danny Wang, MD, MPH

Chief, Interventional Radiology
The Permanente Medical Group, Greater Southern Alameda Area
San Leandro, Union City & Fremont, CA

Carrie Wong, MD

Esophageal Motility/Gastroenterology
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
San Diego, CA

Ronald Yeh, MD

Chief of Gastroenterology
Washington Permanente Medical Group
Seattle, WA

FACULTY DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

Kaiser Permanente requires that all planners and faculty participating in CME activities disclose any financial relationship with a commercial interest that might pose a potential, apparent, or real conflict of interest with regard to the individual's contribution to the activity. A commercial interest is defined by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients; the most common examples are pharmaceutical and medical device companies. All potential conflicts of interest are mitigated prior to the start of the conference and in accordance with the policies of the KP National CME Program.
Symposium Chairman and Planning Committee

Jeffrey Leftwich, MD
Symposium Co-Chair
North Area Specialty Chief – General Surgery
Colorado Permanente Medical Group
Lafayette, CO

Lydia Vaias, MD
Symposium Co-Chair
General Surgery
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Irvine, CA

Robert Chang, MD
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
The Permanente Medical Group
San Francisco, CA

Chenoa Diehm, PA-C, MPAS
General Surgery
Hawaii Permanente Medical Group
Honolulu, HI

Farhad Farzanegan, MD
Interventional Radiology Section Chief
The Permanente Medical Group
Sacramento, CA

Gordon Hunt, MD
Physician Director, Internal Medicine Specialties
Division of Gastroenterology
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
San Diego, CA

Daniel Klaristenfeld, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Colorectal and General Surgery
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
San Diego, CA

Craig Munroe, MD
Therapeutic Endoscopy
The Permanente Medical Group
San Francisco, CA

Violeta Rabrenovich, MHA, CHIE
Director – Medical Group Performance Improvement
The Permanente Federation, LLC
Oakland, CA 

Vishal Sidhar, MD
Interventional Radiology
The Permanente Medical Group
San Francisco, CA

Rahul Tevar, MD
Chief of Surgery
Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group
Largo, MD

PLANNING, SUPPORT AND ACCREDITATION

Yolanda Dorsey, CMP 
(contact for further information)
Events Supervisor – SCPMG Meetings & Events
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Pasadena, CA

Carol O’Neal
Senior Learning Consultant – Regional Physician Education
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Pasadena, CA

Sean Powell, MD
Director of Medical Education
The Permanente Federation
Oakland, California

Sarah Shimer

Manager, National CME Program
The Permanente Federation
Oakland, California