In our department, we strive to create a culture that supports our people and fosters a sense of belonging. We believe that diversity, equity, inclusion, and well-being efforts must be aligned as part of a comprehensive strategy - one that promotes a culture that values each individual and provides opportunities that meet their needs. We also prioritize the health of the planet and the impacts that climate change has on our patients.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Departmental committees
Mission | To review and appraise annually the merit increase and promotion actions of anesthesia faculty eligible for such actions. |
Term Limit | Usually 3 years, executive members can stay longer |
Qualifications | Associate Professor or above |
Frequency of Meetings | September - January, every other week for 3 hours |
Chair/Co-Chairs | Pedram Aleshi (Chair), Vincent Lew (Vice Chair) |
Members | Pedram Aleshi (Chair) Vincent Lew (Vice Chair) Jeanie Bhuller Kristine Breyer Irfan Kathiriya Stephanie Lim Bin Liu Jeffrey Sall Ann Shah No current VA representative |
Record Keeping | Minutes/notes taken but not distributed to the committee or outside. The note taking is to keep track of decisions made by the committee. All discussions are confidential. |
Administrative Support | Annamie Reclusado |
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Term Limit | 3 years (may re-apply after serving term) |
Qualifications | Experience in research, research methodology, statistics |
Frequency of Meetings | Generally every other month |
Chair/Co-Chairs | Romain Pirrachio |
Members | Matthias Behrends Philip Bickler Andrew Bishara Michael Bokoch Catherine Chen John Feiner Michael Gropper Judith Hellman Helen Kim Kerstin Kolodzie Philip Kurien Chanhung Lee Matthieu Legrand Jacqueline Leung Jeremy Lieberman Rachel McKay Romain Pirracchio Arun Prakash Steven Takemoto Elizabeth Whitlock Arthur Wallace Kate Alfieri (Staff) Adam Jacobson Julie Leong (Staff) |
Record Keeping | Note taken by Kate Alfieri. Distributed to members only. |
Administrative Support | Kate Alfieri / Julie Leong |
Additional Information | Reach out to Romain Pirrachio and/or Kate Alfieri for more information. |
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Term Limit | There are no term limits for this committee |
Qualifications | This committee is appointed at the discretion of the Program Director with rules set forth by the ACGME. Please contact Kristina Sullivan or Wendy Smith for more information. |
Frequency of Meetings | Biannually + ad-hoc |
Chair/Co-Chairs | Wendy Smith |
Members | Pedram Aleshi Jordan Brand Kaveh Hemati Vincent Lew Oana Maties Manuel Pardo Wendy Smith Krisitina Sullivan John Turnbull Peter Yeh |
Record Keeping | Notes taken by Residency Administrative Staff and Chair. Due to the confidential nature of committee conversations, notes are not shared beyond the members of the committee. |
Administrative Support | Sara Murphy, Janine Roberts, Jannot Ross |
Mission | The compensation committee meets approximately quarterly or ad hoc as needed to review and/or make needed changes to the department's compensation structure. The committee is represented by members from every subspecialty of the department which includes the general OR pool. Committee membership rotates approximately every 3 years. |
Term Limit | 3 years |
Qualifications | Representatives from each division, general OR representation, and one ZSFG representative. |
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Chair/Co-Chairs | Christy Inglis-Arkell, Oana Maties |
Members | Odmara Barreto Chang Lundy Campbell Helge Eilers Jenny Woodbury Christy Inglis-Arkell Oana Maties Mark Schumacher James Brandes Jina Sinskey Stephen Weston Carroll Schreibman Kevin Thornton Nandini Palaniappa |
Mission | The UCSF Department of Anesthesia DEI Committee is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where all individuals—regardless of background—feel valued and supported. Our mission is to advance health equity, promote diversity in the workforce, and create a culture of inclusion through education, advocacy, and community engagement. We strive to address disparities in healthcare, enhance cultural competency, and ensure that our practices reflect the values of equity and inclusion in both patient care and medical education. |
Term Limit | Term limit is 3 years but this can be extended for committee members that are heavily engaged and interested in remaining on the committee. |
Qualifications | Qualifications for participation on the UCSF Department of Anesthesia DEI Committee may include: 1) Commitment to DEI Values: Demonstrated passion and commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in healthcare, education, and the workplace. 2) Experience with DEI Initiatives: Previous involvement in DEI-related activities, such as advocacy, policy development, education, or research, is highly valued. 3) Collaborative Mindset: Ability to work collaboratively with individuals from diverse backgrounds, including faculty, staff, and students. 4) Willingness to Engage in Ongoing Learning: Openness to engage in ongoing DEI training, learning, and discussions to stay current with best practices and emerging issues in diversity and inclusion. |
Frequency of Meetings | Meets every 6 weeks |
Chair/Co-Chairs | Odinakachukwu Ehie |
Members | Odi Ehie (Chair) Irum Khan Odmara Barreto Chang Charlene Blake Catherine Chen Julien Cobert Karen Fleming Rondall Lane Erica Langnas Mervyn Maze Leah Pimentel Rachel Schwartz Feven Tesfalidet Morgen Ahearn (staff) Dani Cambier (staff) Sarah Cortez (staff) Adam Jacobson (staff) Anna Landau (staff) Steven Otsuki (staff) Carroll Schreibman (staff) |
Record Keeping | Meeting minutes are taken by Bryanna Stitt and distributed along with video recording to anesthesia diversity listserve within 48hrs of each meeting. |
Administrative Support | Bryanna Stitt |
Additional Information | The DEI Steering Committee differs from the DEI Community in its role and responsibilities. The Steering Committee consists of members who lead task forces and champion DEI initiatives, which are then reported at the DEI Community meetings. While the Community meetings are open to all anesthesia members interested in learning about the department’s DEI efforts or sharing input on future initiatives, the Steering Committee is expected to attend these meetings regularly. Additionally, the DEI Steering Committee holds its own quarterly meetings and meets every six weeks when incorporating the DEI Community meetings into their schedule. |
Mission | The Executive Committee meets monthly to review all aspects of the department’s activities, including clinical, research, education, wellbeing, DEI, compensation, etc. It is comprised of Vice and Associate Chairs, and has one member chosen by the faculty. |
Term Limit | No formal term limits; participation is associated with chair, vice chair, and associate chair roles. |
Qualifications | Department vice chairs and associate chairs |
Frequency of Meetings | Once a month on Wednesdays |
Chair/Co-Chairs | Michael Gropper |
Members | Pedram Aleshi Lee-lynn Chen Tyler Chernin Odi Ehie Helge Eilers Marla Ferschl Michael Gropper Judith Hellman Lindsey Huddleston Christina Inglis-Arkell Linda Liu Oana Maties Manuel Pardo Romain Pirracchio Taran Sangari Carroll Schreibman Mark Schumacher Jina Sinskey Kristina Sullivan Marc Steurer Kevin Thornton Arthur Wallace |
Record Keeping | Meeting minutes are maintained in a private Box folder. |
Administrative Support | Susan Fernandez |
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Term Limit | 3 years |
Qualifications | Evaluation of candidate applications, partipation in interviews with interested faculty candidates, and completion of candidate evaluations in a timely fashion. We seek out a diverse group of faculty committee members who can represent the different divisions of the department. |
Frequency of Meetings | Second Wednesday of every month the committee leads meet with HR representatives. Other committee members are welcome to join, but not required. |
Chair/Co-Chairs | Christy Inglis-Arkell Manuel Pardo |
Members | Helge Eilers Michael Gropper Christy Inglis-Arkell Manuel Pardo Sarah Cortez Vanessa Cheng Leticia Licea Lily Chao |
Record Keeping | No minutes taken |
Administrative Support | Lily Chao |
Mission |
The main objective for the Joint Committee is to monitor and improve patient care and safety as well as well as operational efficiency.
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Term Limit | Because membership is determined by roles that people have (E1am, service chief, site leader, etc), there are no term limits for committee membership. |
Qualifications | Membership determined by role |
Frequency of Meetings | Monthly, on the third Wednesday of the month |
Chair/Co-Chairs | Helge Eilers and Christina Inglis-Arkell |
Members | Subspecialty chiefs/directors, site leaders and ML E1am group, representation from wellbeing, education, scheduling, IT, HR, and administrative leadership: Bryanna Stitt (Administrative Support) Michael Gropper Carroll Schreibman Chris Abrecht Pedram Aleshi Atsuko Baba Matthias Behrends Phil Bickler Matthias Braehler Marc Buren Daniel Burkhardt Alex Butwick Dani Cambier Lundy Campbell Judith Chan Lee-lynn Chen Tyler Chernin Sarah Cortez Helge Eilers Rachel Eshima Marla Ferschl Amanda Fulton Seema Gandhi Lindsey Huddleston Christina Inglis-Arkell Adam Jacobson Sakura Kinjo Kate Kronish Chanhung Lee Linda Liu Oana Maties Nicholas Mendez Steven Otsuki Manuel Pardo Nichlesh Patel Jannot Ross Taran Sangari Andrew Schober Mark Schumacher Anshuman Sharma Kristina Sullivan Kevin Thornton John Turnbull |
Record Keeping | The minutes are circulated among the committee members. |
Administrative Support | Support for scheduling, agenda and minutes is provided by Bryanna Stitt. |
Additional Information | In it’s current state, the Joint Committee was formed by combining two committees, the E1 Committee and the Clinical Services Committee. It was felt that there was redundancy of the discussions at these individual committees, and we could reduce the number of meetings that everyone had to attend and reduce redundant discussions. Given its recent expansion, it may be time to re-evaluate the number and scope of standing committees supporting our clinical work. It may be indicated to separate the committees again or have a different section such as peds have their own committee. However, there is benefit to having all subspecialties come together allowing better alignment of the approach we take to issues across the system. |
Mission | Review and address key items at the MB campus |
Term Limit | None |
Qualifications | Chief of each service at MB |
Frequency of Meetings | Monthly, 2nd Thursday each month |
Chair/Co-Chairs | Lee-lynn Chen |
Members | Alex Butwick Lee-lynn Chen Helge Eilers Marla Ferschl Lindsey Huddleston Anshuman Sharma |
Record Keeping | No meeting minutes. Information is only shared with the committee. |
Administrative Support | If available, administrative support may be helpful. |
Mission | The goal of this Program Evaluation Committee (PEC) is to oversee curriculum development and program evaluations for the UCSF Anesthesia Residency Program. |
Term Limit | NA |
Qualifications | Involvement in the residency program (i.e. rotation director, site director, chief resident, class representative). |
Frequency of Meetings | Bimonthly |
Chair/Co-Chairs | John Turnbull |
Members | Pedram Aleshi Matthias Behrends Emily Boyd Matthias Braehler Dan Burkhardt Tyler Chernin Greg Chinn Julia Collins Wilson Cui Matt Dudley Francie Goodstein Kaveh Hemati Irum Khan Rachel Kirsch Chanhung Lee Vincent Lew Justin Libaw Maytinee Lilaonitkul Jennifer Luong Genevieve Manahan Clea Marsh Marissa Martinez Dylan Masters Oana Maties Marilyn Michelow Paul Pantapalangkoor Amreen Rahman Jannot Ross Claas Siegmueller Wendy Smith Kristina Sullivan MichaelTan Feven Tesfalidet Nick Thompson John Turnbull Linsey Wilson Jennifer Woodbury Albert Yen Xiaobing Yu |
Record Keeping | Minutes are kept by PEC admin support and uploaded to a Box folder accessible to the entire committee. |
Administrative Support | Janine Roberts |
Mission | Review cases submitted into the QI database for the department. |
Term Limit | none |
Qualifications | none - full time faculty |
Frequency of Meetings | 1/month on the first Wednesday |
Chair/Co-Chairs | Linda Liu |
Members | Christopher Abrecht Matthias Braehler Heather Brosnan Daniel Burkhardt Denise Chang Joyce Chang Lee-lynn Chen Hemra Cil Helge Eilers Marla Ferschl Karen Fleming Michael Gropper Vanessa Henke Christina Inglis-Arkell Sakura Kinjo Kate Kronish David Lee Stephanie Lim Linda Liu Solmaz Manuel Rachel McKay Nichlesh Patel David Robinowitz Claas Siegmueller Stephen Weston David Wong Jocelyn Wong Jenny Woodbury Karen Yee (QI Analyst) Jon Flores (CRNA) |
Record Keeping | No meeting minutes |
Administrative Support | Karen Yee |
Mission |
The Research Operations Committee (ROC) provides administrative support for the Anesthesia Research Program goals of:
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Term Limit | N/A – appointed by Department Chair and Vice Chair for Research |
Qualifications | Space management, finance and grant management, research and research education, curriculum development, calendar management, events scheduling, grant writing, administrative and faculty experience. |
Frequency of Meetings | Weekly |
Chair/Co-Chairs | Judith Hellman |
Members | Judith Hellman Helen Kim Kate Alfieri (Staff) Nancy Ha (Staff) Julie Leong (Staff) Alexandra Romero (Staff) Carroll Schreibman (Staff) |
Record Keeping | The meeting minutes are recorded and transcribed and are available to the ROC members and departmental chair. They are not shared beyond the members of the committee and department chair. |
Mission | The purpose of this committee is to promote resident engagement in scholarly activities that include basic science research, clinical research, patient safety, education, quality improvement and systems-based initiatives. The committee is charged with promoting appropriate project mentorship, allocation of funding for resident presentation, distribution of protected resident project time in conjunction with the Director of Anesthesia Education, and recognition of outstanding resident scholarly accomplishment. |
Term Limit | none |
Qualifications | Interest/involvement in resident scholarly projects |
Frequency of Meetings | Once a year |
Chair/Co-Chairs | Greg Chinn |
Members | Pedram Aleshi Michael Bokoch Catherine Chen Gregory Chinn Joyce Chang Marla Ferschl Judith Hellman Michael Lipnick Maytinee Lilaonitkul Solmaz Manuel Jina Sinskey Elizabeth Whitlock |
Record Keeping | No record keeping besides email |
Additional Information | Committee gave input for selecting the award for graduation for outstanding research. There may be occasional need for this committee to meet as a group, and how the expertise of the group's members can be used will be considered. |
Mission | Our mission is to select outstanding applicants for our anesthesiology resident program. Through a holistic and thoughtful process, we aim to select residents who will be expert leaders and clinicians in the field of anesthesia and perioperative care while laying the foundation for life-long professional development that incorporates inquiry, advocacy, and well-being. |
Term Limit | There are no term limits. |
Qualifications | Members of the Residency Selection and Recruitment Committee are chosen by the Program Director based on their commitment to advancing the mission and active teaching participation in the Anesthesiology Residency Program. |
Frequency of Meetings | This committee meets in the fall and winter each year, We have 12-14 interviews day each year. Committee members also participate in application review meetings which happen in October for around 5 days. |
Chair/Co-Chairs | Kristina Sullivan |
Members | Greg Chinn Anne Donovan Odi Ehie Kaveh Hemati Vincent Lew Justin Libaw Sherry Liou Genevieve Manahan Dylan Masters Oana Maties Alex Perez Amreen Raman Wendy Smith Kristina Sullivan Feven Tesfalidet John Turnbull Liz Whitlock Jenny Woodbury |
Record Keeping | Meeting minutes and notes are recorded in a specialized system and are not distributed to ensure the confidentiality of the applicants and the integrity of the selection process. |
Administrative Support | Jannot Ross, Sara Murphy |
Mission | The goal of the committee is to review nominations and to advise the Chair and Vice Chair of Research of potential visiting speakers. |
Term Limit | None |
Qualifications | Faculty from different sites, divisions, ranks and series are selected by the Chair. |
Frequency of Meetings | The committee meets at least once per year in a meeting to present, discuss, score, and rank each submitted nomination for consideration. |
Chair/Co-Chairs | Irfan Kathiriya |
Members | Catherine Chen Greg Chinn Andrew Infosino Irfan Kathiriya Phil Kurien Jina Sinskey |
Record Keeping | Catherine Chen Greg Chinn Andrew Infosino Irfan Kathiriya Phil Kurien Jina Sinskey |
Administrative Support | Alexandra Romero supports the committee meeting, Alexandra Romero and Julie Leong support the logistics of the visits. |
Additional Information | The role of the Chair of the committee is to represent the faculty with the Chair and Vice Chair for Research, and to help organize logistics for each visit. This includes selection and support of each host, and to help organize the agendas of each visit. |
Mission | To create a culture and work environment supporting the well-being of anesthesia faculty, trainees, staff, and CRNAs. |
Term Limit | No |
Qualifications | Appointed by Vice Chair of Well-Being / Have an appointed well-being leadership role. |
Frequency of Meetings | 3 years |
Chair/Co-Chairs | Jina Sinskey |
Members | Joyce Chang Amreen Rahman Megha Parekh Karin Sinavsky Jina Sinskey |
Record Keeping | Notes taken during meeting and distributed by e-mail to well-being community (open to all). |