COVID-19 Experts
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Infection Prevention and Epidemiology
Neha Nanda, MD, medical director of infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship, Keck Medicine of USC
Edward Jones-Lopez, MD, MS, infectious disease specialist, Keck Medicine of USC
Mary Virgallito, RN, MSN, associate administrator of quality and patient safety, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
Hospital Surge Planning
Rodney Hanners, interim chief executive officer, Keck Medicine of USC
Stephanie Hall, MD, MHA, chief medical officer, Keck Medical Center of USC
Keith Hobbs, MBA, FACHE, chief executive officer, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
Armand Dorian, MD, MMM, chief medical officer, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
Hospital staff reassignment
Brooke Baldwin, DNP, RN, NE-BC, associate chief nursing officer, Keck Hospital of USC
Health care worker support
Tammy Capretta, RN, MPH, chief transformation and risk officer, Keck Medicine of USC
Steven Siegel, MD, PhD, psychiatrist, Keck Medicine of USC
Telemedicine
Michael Hochman, MD, MPH, internal medicine physician, Keck Medicine of USC
Anjali Mahoney, MD, MPH, family medicine physician, Keck Medicine of USC
Emergency Medicine
Carl Richard Chudnofsky, MD, emergency room physician, Keck Medicine of USC
Armand Dorian, MD, MMM, chief medical officer, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
David Tashman, MD, emergency department medical director, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
ICU
Peter Marshall, MD, pulmonary critical care physician, Keck Medicine of USC
John Anderson-Dam, MD, critical care physician, Keck Medicine of USC
Radiology
Ali Gholamrezanezhad, MD, diagnostic radiologist, Keck Medicine of USC
Testing
Jane Emerson, MD, PhD, pathologist, Keck Medicine of USC
Michael Selsted, MD, PhD, pathologist, Keck Medicine of USC
Stress and Well-Being
Carolyn Kaloostian, MD, MPH, family medicine physician, Keck Medicine of USC
Steven Siegel, MD, PhD, psychiatrist, Keck Medicine of USC
Surgical Resident ICU Training
Kenji Inaba, MD, director of general surgery program, Keck Medicine of USC
Meghan Lewis, MD, surgical critical care physician, Keck Medicine of USC
Palliative Care
Sunita Puri, MD, medical director for palliative care, Keck Medical Center of USC