The Medical Executive Committee (MEC) is the primary governance committee representing the Medical Staff. The committee is responsible for making decisions about patient care and physician matters, approving policies and annual reports, creating medical staff appointment and reappointment criteria and serves as a liaison between the Medical Staff, Hospital Administration and the Board of Trustees.
2021 Medical Executive Committee Members:
- Rakhi Khanna, DO – President
- Kenji Oyasu, MD – Chairman/Past President
- Nilesh Mehta, MD – Past Chairman
- Lavanya Srinivasan, MD – President Elect
- Ninad Dixit, MD – Chief Medical Officer
- Raymond Chow, MD – Secretary/Treasurer
- Idries Abdur-Rahman, MD – OB Chair
- Vivek Arora, MD – Utilization Review Chair
- Gerald Frank, MD – Peer Review – QA/PI Chair
- Zareena Khan, MD – Anesthesiology Chair
- Rashmikant Patel, MD – Medicine/HIIM Chair
- Ashok Phadke, MD – Pediatric Chair
- Neil Puller, MD – Credentials/Radiology Chair
- Aaron Siegel, MD – Surgery Chair
- Ahmed Hashim, MD – Member at Large
- Amit Kalra, MD – Member at Large