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Institutional Committees – List of Resident Members

Committee Housestaff Member Department
Blood Utilization Committee Rotating Resident Pathology
Clinical Laboratory Committee Grace Nam Internal Medicine
Clinical Laboratory Committee Rotating Resident Pathology
Clinical Radiology Committee Stuart Berry Radiology
Clinical Radiology Committee Gustavo Casillas Family Medicine
Clinical Radiology Committee Manoj Kesarwani Internal Medicine
Clinical Radiology Committee Benjamin Plotkin Radiology
CPR Committee Grace Nam Internal Medicine
Graduate Medical Education Committee Rotating Housestaff CIR Rep
Graduate Medical Education Committee Rotating Housestaff CIR Rep
Graduate Medical Education Committee Rotating Housestaff CIR Rep
Health Care Information Committee Grace Nam Internal Medicine
Health Care Information Committee Linda Sharp Internal Medicine
Library Committee TBN TBN
Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee Grace Nam Internal Medicine
Surgical Case Review Committee Donny Dumani Pathology
Surgical Case Review Committee Jason Tovar Pathology
Surgical Case Review Committee Xin Qing Pathology
Transitional Year Education Committee Negean Afifi Transitional Year
Transitional Year Education Committee Simon Bababeygy Transitional Year
Transitional Year Education Committee Rita Krane Transitional Year
Utilization Review Committee Munish Bakshi Family Medicine
Well Being of Practitioners Committee Dawn Mautner Family Medicine
Well Being of Practitioners Committee Linda Sharp Internal Medicine
Well Being of Practitioners Committee Kristen Ochoa Psychiatry



Council of Interns and Residents (CIR)
The Council of Interns and Residents, an affiliate of SEIU, AFL-CIO, represents county employed housestaff. The organization’s purpose is to represent its doctor-members and the interest of the patients and communities they serve through the use of collective bargaining and resident advocacy. The CIR provides disability insurance to county paid housestaff.

All county-paid residents are required to pay union dues. Residents have the choice of being "agency fee" members who pay the required 1.35% in dues or "active" (full dues-paying) members who pay 1.5%. Active members are allowed to cast votes on contract settlements, delegate elections, etc. all members of the bargaining unit whether they are "agency" or "active," receive every benefit that the CIR negotiates. CIR Southern California Office: 310-632-0111

Click here to download the current Memorandum of Understanding

* Delegates take office on May 1st.

Your CIR Delegates at Harbor for 2009-2010* are:

Linda Sharp, M.D., Internal Medicine

Mark Song, M.D., Family Medicine

Sergio Hernandez, M.D., Emergency Medicine

Krishi Chanduri, M.D., Internal Medicine

Nicholas Drakos, M.D., Emergency Medicine

Michael Core, M.D., Family Medicine

Hossein Samadi, M.D., Psychiatry

Your CIR Delegates at Harbor for 2010-2011* are:

Sergio Hernandez, Emergency Medicine

Cesar Barba, Family Medicine

Michael Core, Family Medicine

Nicholas Drakos, Emergency Medicine

Leslie Klein, Internal Medicine

Stephanie Y. Donald, Emergency Medicine

Paula Shulman, OB/Gyn

Department Representatives:

Emil Avanes, Internal Medicine

Anup Panduranga, Neurology

Nicolas Cuttris, Pediatrics

Sanjay Menon, Ortho Surgery

Alen Zehnaly, Anesthesia