Who We Are

Continuing Legacy

Our core team continues to be guided by the experience of the former QA Chair, Steve Mercer, MD and the former QA NP, Mary Clark, FNP.  

Quality Executive Council

Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia: Stephen Lorenzen, MD

Adult General Anesthesia (& Regional/ Orthopedic, Neuro, and Transplant): Cynthia Oben, MD

Critical Care Medicine: Lauren Sutherland, MD

Obstetric Anesthesia: Laurence Ring, MD

Pain Management: Leena Mathew, MD

Pediatric Anesthesia: Manon Hache, MD

PACU: Caroline Jensen, MD

APEX/Preop Clinic: Federico Ciardi, MD

Allen Hospital: Cortessa Russell, MD

The One: Anis Dizdarevic, MD

CRNAs: Natalie John, DNP, MBA

Ad-hoc Representation: Chief Residents, Technicians, Others

Quality Assurance Committee 

Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia: Jessica Spellman, MD (Division Chief), Allan Migirov, MD, Allen Friedman, MD, Andrea Miltiades, MD, Anthony Schramm, MD, Bessie Kachulis, MD, Brody Wiles, MD, Jonathan Hastie, MD (Medical Director, CTICU), Lydia Miller, MD, Naralys Batista, MD, Nick Nishanian, MD, Taylor Johnston, MD (QA Chair), Teresa Mulaikal, MD (Residency Program Director), Vikram Saxena, MD

Adult General Anesthesia (& Regional / Orthopedic, Neuro, and Transplant): Tricia Brentjens, MD (Executive Vice Chair), Cynthia Oben, MD (Director, Milstein OR), Brian Egan, MD (Patient Safety Rotation Director), Alex Rusanov, MD, Anjan Saha, MD, Gebhard Wagener, MD, Gene Yocum, MD, Jennifer Danielsson, MD, Joseph Rumley, MD, Paul Garcia, MD (Neuro-anesthesia Division Chief), Samrat Worah, MD

Critical Care Medicine: Vivek Moitra, MD (Division Chief), Caroline Jensen, MD (Medical Director, PACU), Cortessa Russell, MD (Medical Director, Allen), Jonathan Paul, DO (QI Director, Associate Medical Director, SICU), Lauren Sutherland, MD (Associate Medical Director, CTICU), Stephen Lorenzen, MD

Obstetric Anesthesia: Ruth Landau, MD (Division Chief), Laurence Ring, MD, Rich Smiley, MD, Stephanie Goodman, MD, James Conwell, MD

Pediatric Anesthesia: Albert Lin, MD, Amy Mesa-Jonassen, MD (Medical Director, CHONY ORs), Manon Hache, MD (Clinical Director, CHONY), Riva Ko, MD (Director, CHONY Orthopedics), Rob Kazim, MD

Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine: Anis Dizdarevic, MD (Medical Director, The One), Carolyn Thai, DO

Quality and Patient Safety Champions

Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia: Stephen Lorenzen, MD*, Taylor Johnston, MD (QA Chair), Jessica Spellman, MD (Division Chief), Bessie Kachulis, MD, Brody Wiles, MD, Jin Min Han, MD, Nara Batista, MD, Mandisa Jones, MD

Adult General Anesthesia (& Regional / Orthopedic, Neuro, and Transplant): Cynthia Oben, MD* (Milstein OR Director), Steve Mercer, MD (Past QA Chair), Paul Garcia, MD (Neuro-anesthesia Division Chief), Anis Dizdarevic, MD (Regional Division Chief), Brian Egan, MD (Patient Safety Rotation Director), Carolyn Thai, DO, Kris Shin, MD, Anna Maria Nuti, MD, Christy He, MD, Anjan Saha, MD, Samantha Parsons, MD

Critical Care Medicine: Lauren Sutherland, MD (Associate Medical Director, CTICU), Jonathan Hastie, MD (Medical Director, CTICU), Vivek Moitra, MD (Division Chief, Medical Director, SICU), Jonathan Paul, DO (QI Director, Associate Medical Director, SICU), Steve Lorenzen, MD, Mustafa Rasheed, MD, Caroline Jensen, MD, Kris Shin, MD, James Conwell, MD

Obstetric Anesthesia: Laurence Ring, MD, Ruthi Landau, MD (Division Chief), James Conwell, MD

Pain Management: Leena Mathew, MD (Division Chief), Mohammad Bawany, MD

Pediatric Anesthesia: Manon Hache, MD (CHONY Clinical Director), Caleb Ing, MD (Division Chief), Albert Lin, MD (Oversees CHONY QA database), Daniel Victorio, MD, Lisa Eisler, MD, Teeda Pinyavat, MD, Jerri Price, MD

PACU: Caroline Jensen, MD (PACU Medical Director)

APEX / Preop Clinic: Parwane Pagano, MD (APEX Director), Federico Ciardi, MBBS

Allen Hospital: Cortessa Russell, MD, Chris Bourgeois, CRNA

The One: Anis Dizdarevic, MD

CRNAs: Natalie John, CRNA, Arif Mohammed, CRNA, Elaine Riano, CRNA, Chris Bourgeois, CRNA

Ad-hoc representation: Chief Residents, Technicians, Others