Medical Staff Officers, Department Chairs and Chiefs of Service

Medical Staff Officers

  • Chief of Staff — Kavitha N. Subramanian, MD.
  • Vice Chief of Staff — Matthew C. Rainey, MD.
  • Secretary-Treasurer of Staff — Loren L. Masterson, MD.

Department Chairs

  • Anesthesiology — Stephen P. Miller, DO. 
  • Emergency Medicine — Steven E. Brooks, MD.
  • Family Medicine — Deborah S. Plate, DO.
  • Heart, Vascular & Thoracic — Joseph A. Lahorra, MD.
  • Medical Education & Research — Titus G. Sheers, MD.
  • Medicine — Laurie B. Matt-Amaral, MD.
  • Neuroscience Institute — Sarah I. Woodrow, MD.
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology — Jennifer L. Savitski, MD.
  • Orthopaedic Surgery — William J. Kurtz, MD.
  • Pathology & Clinical Labs — Eric D. Speakman, MD.
  • Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences — Michel F. Farivar, MD.
  • Radiology — Daniel J. Gorman, MD.
  • Surgery — Mark C. Horattas, MD.
  • Urology — Todd F. Breaux, MD.

Chiefs of Service

Heart, Vascular & Thoracic

  • Cardiac Surgery — Joseph A. Lahorra, MD.
  • Cardiovascular Research — Indiresha R. Iyer, MD.
  • Electrophysiology — Robert A. Schweikert, MD.
  • General Cardiology — David A. Cutler, MD.
  • Interventional Cardiology — David P. Hedrick, MD.
  • Thoracic Surgery — Patrick J. Stocker, MD.
  • Vascular Surgery — Loren L. Masterson, MD.

Medicine

  • Allergy — Bela B. Faltay, MD.
  • Bariatric Medicine — Shweta Diwakar, MD.
  • Critical Care — Lokesh K. Venkateshaiah, MD.
  • Dermatology — Eliot N. Mostow, MD.
  • Endocrinology — Michael D. Morocco, MD.
  • Gastroenterology — Jeffrey R. Neher, MD.
  • Geriatrics — Fangfei Xiao, DO.
  • Hematology/Medical Oncology — Laurie Matt-Amaral, MD (Interim).
  • Hospital Medicine — Kavitha N. Subramanian, MD.
  • Infectious Disease — Ken Koon Wong, MD.
  • Internal Medicine — Tala M. dela Paz, MD.
  • Nephrology — Natthavat Tanphaichitr, MD.
  • Palliative Medicine — Molly K. Scantling, MD.
  • Pulmonary Medicine — Anthony R. Cucci, MD.
  • Rheumatology — Nikita Hegde, MD.

Neuroscience Institute

  • Neuro Interventional Radiology — Jenny Peih-Chir Tsai, MD.
  • Neurology — Ahmed Itrat, MD.
  • Neurosurgery — Ghassan F. Khayyat, MD.
  • Pain Management — Tony G. Lababidi, DO.

Obstetrics & Gynecology

  • Gynecology — Philip J. Smelcer, MD.
  • Maternal Fetal Medicine— Stephen J. Bacak, DO.
  • Newborn — Anand D. Kantak, MD.
  • Obstetrics — J. Kenneth Davis, MD.
  • Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility— Stephen B. Mooney, MD.

Orthopaedic Surgery

  • Adult Reconstruction — Paul M. Wilkie, MD.
  • Hand Surgery — William D. Lanzinger, MD.
  • Orthopaedic Spine — Jacob C. Hoffmann, MD.
  • Podiatry — Jordan P. Grossman, DPM.
  • Shoulder/Elbow — Jonathan J. Streit, MD.
  • Sports Medicine — John L. Pinkowski, MD.
  • Trauma — William J. Kurtz, MD.
  • Tumor — Timothy M. Marks, MD.

Pathology & Clinical Labs

  • Anatomic Pathology — Angela T. Powell, MD.
  • Clinical Pathology — Eric D. Speakman, MD.

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

  • Chemical Dependency & Addiction — Michel F. Farivar, MD.

Radiology

  • Body Imaging — Mark A. Richards, MD.
  • Breast Imaging — Kimberly S. Monteith, MD.
  • Interventional Radiology — Matthew C. Rainey, MD.
  • Musculoskeletal — Douglas M. Foltz, MD.
  • Neuroradiology — Tanmay Patel, MD.
  • Radiography — Rafik M. Khalil, MD.
  • Ultrasound — Thomas E. Herbener, MD.
  • Vein Center — Carl R. Martino, MD.

Surgery

  • Acute Care Surgery — Ali F. Mallat, MD.
  • Bariatric Surgery — Marita D. Bauman, MD.
  • General Surgery — Mark C. Horattas, MD.
  • Ophthalmology — Donald C. Stephens, III, MD.
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery — Edward T. Marshall, Jr., DDS.
  • Otolaryngology — Bruce M. Sterman, MD.
  • Plastic Surgery — Donald J. Harvey, MD.
  • Surgical Critical Care — Daniel E. Vazquez, MD.
  • Surgical Oncology — Andrew H. Fenton, MD.
  • Trauma Surgery — Farid F. Muakkassa, MD.

Urology

  • Urology — Todd F. Breaux, MD.