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From the desk of Melinda Muller, M.D., interim Chief Medical Officer, Legacy Health
New physician leaders
Every January we install new medical staff leaders who are charged with representing the voice of providers. Meet the newest presidents and learn about why they take on additional responsibility to represent their colleagues and find solutions to the issues impacting providers.
For 2021, several our medical staffs have new Officers and Medical Executive Committee Members that we’d like to share.
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center (which includes Randall Children’s Hospital and Unity Center for Behavioral Health)
2021 Medical Staff Officers are as follows:
- Arman Faroghi, MD – Medical staff president
- Opher Nadler, MD – President Elect
- Gordon Johnson, DO – Past president
- Jim McCord, MD – RCH Chairman
- Carolyn Shelak, MD – RCH Past Chair
New Medical Executive Committee members:
- Wendy Smith, MD – Adult Quality Council Chair
- Lauren Rose, MD – Pediatric Quality Council Chair
New Medical Executive Committee members:
- Emily Coombes, DO – Member-at-Large
-
Derek Taylor, MD – Member-at-Large
2021 Medical Staff Officers are as follows:
- Aaron Kabb, MD – Medical staff president
- Greg Starley, DO – President Elect
- Brian Artman, DO – Past president
- Nick Beach, DO – Medicine Chair
- Steven Schaefer, MD – Surgery Chair
-
Lia Withington, MD – Member at Large, Wellness representative
2021 Medical Staff Officers are as follows:
- Brian Mahon, MD – Medical staff president
- Jay Douglass, MD – President Elect
- Anne Rader, MD – Past president
- Andrew Cramer, MD – Credentials Committee Chair
- Gwen Grewe, MD – Member-at-Large
- Stephanie Go, MD – Member-at-Large
- Brian Pavic, MD – Medicine Department Chair
- Heather Zarour, MD – Surgery Department Chair
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center
No changes for 2021
2021 Medical Staff Officers are as follows:
- John Gilliam, MD – Medical staff president
- Jeff Hemstreet, MD – Vice President/President Elect
- Julian Uselman, DO – Past president
New Medical Executive Committee members:
- James Jensen, MD – Medicine Chief
- Sabine Volchok, MD – Newborn Chief
Medical Staff Office Contacts
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center
- Liz Brandon, CPCS, Medical Staff Coordinator, email: lbrandon@lhs.org
Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center
- Brandon Mahoney, MHA, Medical Staff Coordinator, email: bmahoney@lhs.org
Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center
- Autumn Trimm, Medical Staff Coordinator, email:atrimm@lhs.org
Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center
- Ann Moesche, CPMSM, CPCS, Medical Staff Coordinator, email: amoesche@lhs.org
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center
- Bobbie Oxford, CPCS, Medical Staff Coordinator, email: boxford@lhs.org
Legacy Silverton Medical Center
- Joanna Van Son, CPCS, Medical Staff Coordinator, email: jvanson@lhs.org
