Committee Overview
Budget and Finance
Prepare an annual budget and monitor the results of Chapter operations. Prepare and present monthly reports of the financial condition of the Chapter.
Cardio Oncology
To advance the science and clinical care of the evolving field of cardio-oncology through education, collaboration, and communication.
Certifications and Licensure
This committee is responsible for advocating for sensible state and Federal regulations and educating CA ACC members about the regulations and changes as they occur.
CMA Relations
Communications
The Public Relations Committee is charged with getting CA members involved, engaged and proud to be FACC. Get patients and public to realize the import and need for FACC.
CV Chapter Representatives
Provide a forum for interaction and education for Clinical Nurse Specialists, Nurse Practitioners, Physican Assistants, Registered Nurses, PharmD’s, and other support team members.
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion Committee
- Build a robust pipeline of medical students and internal medicine residents interested in cardiology
- Ensure diversity and inclusion in our training programs
- Provide leadership development opportunities
Early Career
Exercise Health & Sports Cardiology
- To add value to our membership by educating our members in diagnosis and treatment of athletes.
- To raise the awareness of Exercise Health to the Californians thereby reducing and preventing Cardiovascular related morbidity and mortality.
FIT (Fellows In Training)
Provide quality education on topics not included in their training programs. Continue communicating with Program Directors throughout the state.
Foundation
To assist & support CA ACC in providing quality education to members & CA residents.
Geriatric
Government Relations
Innovation
Israeli
- To add value to our membership by educating our members in diagnosis and treatment of athletes.
- To raise the awareness of Exercise Health to the Californians thereby reducing and preventing Cardiovascular related morbidity and mortality.
Nominations
Pediatric/ACHD Committees
The Pediatric Cardiology Committee provides input from pediatric cardiology to the Chapter’s Committees and Council. Issues of recent concern for the Chapter have included the epidemic of childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes in children.
Prevention Committee
Political Action (PAC)
Contribute to the election of candidates whose political philosophies and values reflect those of cardiovascular specialists and who are in a position to further our goals of optimizing cardiovascular care for our patients. Encourage members to donate to allow CA ACC to represent cardiovascular interests in Sacramento. Membership in the PAC is voluntary.
Quality Committee
The Quality Committee/Initiatives shall focus on new standards for health system reform that is patient focused, value-based and fosters continuous quality and outcomes improvement. It shall also encourage and assist chapter-wide integration and completion of all National Quality Initiatives, as well as any additional initiatives that local leadership select, such as STEMI, D2B, Hospital to Home, & Mission Lifeline.
Third Party Payers/CAC (Interventional & General Cardiology)
Wellness
Women In Cardiology
Provide mentors, targeted education and support for Women in Cardiology in the various phases of their careers. Encourage new women in Cardiology and those in the field to remain in the field.
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Exercise Health & Sports Cardiology/Israeli
- To add value to our membership by educating our members in diagnosis and treatment of athletes.
- To raise the awareness of Exercise Health to the Californians thereby reducing and preventing Cardiovascular related morbidity and mortality.

Dipti Itchhaporia, MD, MACC - Nominations; Cardio PAC
Cardiologist, Newport Coast Cardiology, Inc.

Norman Lepor, MD, FACC - Cardio PAC Chair; Chapter Exchange & Israeli
Interventional Cardiology, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center

Jonathan M. Wong, MD, FACC - Exercise Health & Sports Cardiology Chair
Sutter West Bay Medical Group
Cardio Oncology
To advance the science and clinical care of the evolving field of cardio-oncology through education, collaboration, and communication.

Brenton Bauer, MD, FACC - Cardio-Oncology Chair
General Cardiology, Cardio-Oncology & Advanced Cardiac Imaging COR Healthcare Associates
Certifications and Licensure
This committee is responsible for advocating for sensible state and Federal regulations and educating CA ACC members about the regulations and changes as they occur.

Paul Teirstein, MD, FACC - Certification and Licensure Chair
Interventional Cardiologist, Scripps Clinic
(858) 554-9905 | Profile
Communications Committee
The Public Relations Committee is charged with getting CA members involved, engaged and proud to be FACC. Get patients and public to realize the import and need for FACC.

Purvi Parwani, MD, FACC - Communications Chair
CV Chapter Representatives
Provide a forum for interaction and education for Clinical Nurse Specialists, Nurse Practitioners, Physican Assistants, Registered Nurses, PharmD’s, and other support team members.

Jonathan David, MSN, RN, EBP-C, CCRP, NE-BC - Northern Representative
Nurse Coordinator, Cardiovascular Health, Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, CA

Mary Huntsinger, NP-C, Medicine - Southern Representative
Cardiovascular Disease, Nurse Practitioner, USC Keck School of Medicine
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion Committee
2. Ensure diversity and inclusion in our training programs
3. Provide leadership development opportunities
Early Career

Aditya Satish Bharadwaj, MBBS, FACC - Early Career, Southern Chair
Cardiology, Loma Linda University

Celina Yong, MD, FACC - Early Career, Northern Chair
Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University
FIT (Fellows In Training)
Provide quality education on topics not included in their training programs. Continue communicating with Program Directors throughout the state.

Paul Marano, MD - Southern FIT Chair
Cardiology Critical Care Fellow, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Allison Kratka, MD - Northern FIT Chair
Clinical Cardiology Fellow, University of California San Francisco
Foundation
To assist & support CA ACC in providing quality education to members & CA residents.

Garwood Gee, MD, FACC - Foundation Chair
Geriatric

Ashok Krishnaswami, MBBS, FACC - Geriatric Chair
Cardiologist, Kaiser Permanente
Government Relations
Innovation

OPEN - Innovation Chair
Nominations
Pediatric / ACHD Committees
The Pediatric Cardiology Committee provides input from pediatric cardiology to the Chapter’s Committees and Council. Issues of recent concern for the Chapter have included the epidemic of childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes in children.

Ahmed Kheiwa, MBBCH, FACC
Pediatric / ACHD Chair
Prevention Committee

John D. Baker MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI: Delegate to CMA Specialty Society; Prevention Co-Chair; Councilor for District 11
Invasive/Interventional Cardiologist, Pacific Cardiovascular Associates
(714) 956-9788 | Profile

Nathan Wong, PhD, FACC - Prevention Co-Chair
Professor and Director, UCI Heart Disease Prevention Program University of California, Irvine
(949) 824-5433 | Profile
Quality Committee
The Quality Committee/Initiatives shall focus on new standards for health system reform that is patient focused, value-based and fosters continuous quality and outcomes improvement. It shall also encourage and assist chapter-wide integration and completion of all National Quality Initiatives, as well as any additional initiatives that local leadership select, such as STEMI, D2B, Hospital to Home, & Mission Lifeline.

Matt Solomon, MD, FACC - Quality Chair
Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiology, Kaiser Permanente
(510) 752-6474
Third Party Payers/CAC (Interventional & General Cardiology)

Brijesh Bhambi, MBBS, FACC - Interventional (CAC)
Cardiologist, Central Cardiology Medical Clinic
(661) 323-8384 | Profile

Richard F. Wright, MD, FACC - Third Party Reimbursement/Carrier Advisory Committee (CAC)
Research Director and Director of the Heart Failure Center, Pacific Heart Institute
(310) 829-7678 | Profile | Alternate: Open
Wellness

Sheila Kar, MD, FACC - Wellness Chair
Clinical Chief of Cardiology, Cedars Sinai Heart Institute; Sheila Kar Health Foundation
(310) 657-8500 | Profile
Women In Cardiology
Provide mentors, targeted education and support for Women in Cardiology in the various phases of their careers. Encourage new women in Cardiology and those in the field to remain in the field.

Janet Wei, MD, FACC - Women in Cardiology Chair & Treasurer
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center
CARDIO PAC Board
Contribute to the election of candidates whose political philosophies and values reflect those of cardiovascular specialists and who are in a position to further our goals of optimizing cardiovascular care for our patients.
Norman Lepor, MD, FACC
Daniel Jurewitz, MD, FACC
Ramin Manshadi, MD, FACC
Dipti Itchhaporia, MD, FACC
Anthony Hilliard, MD, FACC
Lianna Collinge, CAE
Tim Madden
Pranav Patal, MD, FACC
Foundation Board
To assist & support CA ACC in providing quality education to members & CA residents.
Officers:
Chairman: Garwood Gee, MD, FACC
President/CEO: Lianna Collinge, CAE
Secretary/Treasurer: Sheila Kar, MBBS, FACC
Noel Boyle, MD, FACC
Matthew Budoff, MD, FACC
John Gordon, MD, FACC