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 — Jacob C. Hoffmann, 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
  • Pediatrics — Maureen E. Ahmann, DO
  • Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences — Michel F. Farivar, MD
  • Radiology — Daniel J. Gorman, MD
  • Surgery — Ali F. Mallat, 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 — Weiquan Lu, MD
  • 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 — Hussein A. Hussein, 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 — Melissa I. March, MD
  • Obstetrics — Trina M. Pagano, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

  • Adult Reconstruction — Paul M. Wilkie, MD
  • Hand Surgery — William D. Lanzinger, MD
  • Orthopaedic Spine — Jacob C. Hoffmann, MD
  • Podiatry — Lauren L. Kishman, 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

Pediatrics

  • Newborn — Timur A. Azhibekov, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

  • Chemical Dependency & Addiction — Tanathun B. Kajornsakchai, MD
  • Psychology — Beena Persaud, PsyD

Radiology

  • Interventional Radiology — Matthew C. Rainey, MD
  • Radiation Oncology — Ashok Ramalingam, 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

  • Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery — Melinda Knight, MD 
  • Urology — Todd F. Breaux, MD