Somjot S. Brar, MD, MPH, FACC
Interventional Cardiologist / Vascular Specialist
Regional Cardiac Cath Lab
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, California

Ryan Broderick, MD
Cardiology
Tacoma Permanente Medical Center (formerly Group Health Care)
Tacoma, Washington

Timothy Dewhurst, MD, FACC
Chief of Cardiology
Washington Permanente Medical Group
Seattle, Washington

James S. Forrester, MD
Burns and Allen Professor of Cardiology Emeritus
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute
Los Angeles, California

Garwood Gee, MD, FACC
Medical Director, KP Oakland Cardiac Cath Lab
The Permanente Medical Group
Governor, Northern California Chapter of the
American College of Cardiology
Oakland, California

Blanding U. Jones, MD
Regional Chief, Cardiac Surgery
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, California

Ameet Keny, MD
Physician in Charge, Cardiac Anesthesiology
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, California

Mingsum Lee, MD, PhD
Cardiology
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, California

Prakash Mansukhani, MD, FSCAI
Director, Regional Cardiac Cath Lab,
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, California

Ali Merchant, MD
Cardiology
Hawaii Permanente Medical Group
Honolulu, Hawaii

Jonathan Neyer, MD
Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure, Transplant and
Mechanical Circulatory Support
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, California

Kelly Richardson, MD
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
The Permanente Medical Group
Santa Clara, California

Srinivas J. Sarma, MD, MHCM, FCCP
Physician-In-Charge,
Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care
Elected Member of the Board of Directors
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, California

Ronald D. Scott, MD
KP National Dyslipidemia Co-Lead
KP Southern California Cardiovascular Co-Lead,
Family Medicine
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, California

Abhimanyu (Manu) Uberoi, MD, MS, FACC
Cardiologist
Interventional Cardiology
Northwest Permanente Medical Group
Clackamas, Oregon

Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD, FACC
Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
Co-director, UCLA Program in Preventive Cardiology
Director,
UCLA Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Health Program
John Mazziotta, MD, PhD, Term Chair in Medicine
Los Angeles, California

Joseph Wu, MD
Cardiology
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, California

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRMEN & PLANNING COMMITTEE

*Albert Yuh-Jer Shen, MS, MD, FACC
Conference Chairman
Chief of Cardiology
Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, CA

*Gary Roach, MD
Conference Co-Chairman
Chief, Cardiac Anesthesiology
Director, Cardiac Surgical Critical Care
The Permanente Medical Group
Sacramento, CA

*Somjot S. Brar, MD, MPH, FACC
Chair, Regional Research Committee
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, CA

Colleen Creamer, RN, MS
Heart Failure Care Manager
The Permanente Medical Group
San Francisco, CA

*Robert Crawford, MD
Cardiology
Northwest Permanente Medical Group
Portland, OR

*Kevin Kwaku, MD, PhD
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Hawaii Permanente Medical Group
Honolulu, HI

*Hon Lee, MD
Chief, Cardiovascular Surgey
The Permanente Medical Group
Santa Clara, CA

*Srinivas Sarma, MD, MHCM, FCCP
Director/Physician-in-Charge
Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, CA

Sarah Shimer
Manager, Kaiser Permanente National CME Program
The Permanente Federation
Oakland, CA

*Moderator

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Yolanda Dorsey, CMP
SCPMG Meetings & Events
(626) 405-4641 (tie-line 8-335-4641)
yolanda.d.dorsey@kp.org

FACULTY AND PLANNING COMMITTEE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

Kaiser Permanente requires that all planners and faculty participating in CME activities disclose any financial relationship with a commercial interest that might pose a potential, apparent, or real conflict of interest with regard to the individual's contribution to the activity. A commercial interest is defined by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) as any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients; the most common examples are pharmaceutical and medical device companies. All potential conflicts of interest are mitigated prior to the start of the conference and in accordance with the policies of the KP National CME Program.