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2020

Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Daniel MaKieve, MD, FACP,

President , CMA Delegate

Michael Luszczak, DO,

FAAEM,FACEP,Secretary/Treasurer,

CMA District XI Trustee

Irina Korman, MD

President-Elect, CMA Delegate

Glenn Hofer, MD

Immediate Past President

Directors

Troy M. Falck, MD, FACEP, FAAEP, CMA

Delegate

Douglas Brosnan, MD, JD,

District XI Trustee

Robert L. Oldham, MD, MSHA,

CMA Delegate

Jane Teng, DO, CMA Delegate

David Yee, MD, CMA Delegate

Richard Burton, MD, MPH,

Director Emeritus

] Staff

Quinn Gregory

Executive Director

Michele Onatanian

Physician Relations Manager

Office: (916) 630-7030

Fax: (916) 630-7032

Email: Quinn@pncms.org Society Website: pncms.org

CMA Website: cmadocs.org

Gold Sponsor

A component

society of:

ORGANIZED 1889

While current California law allows patients to recoup unlimited damages for medical expenses, lost wages and in cases of gross medical negligence, the law also caps non-economic damages in malpractice cases. The law was put in place to ensure injured patients receive fair compensation while also protecting doctors, hospitals and other health care providers from frivolous, punitive lawsuits that drive up health care costs. This initiative would erase those protections and send taxpayers the bill. According to California’s independent Legislative Analyst, his measure would lead to “annual government costs likely ranging from the low tens of millions of dollars to the high hundreds of millions of dollars,” and will reduce access for those who need it most, including those who use Medi-Cal, county programs, safety net providers and school-based health centers. County and state hospitals have to pay medical malpractice awards out of the budgets they receive from taxpayers. This means that if medical malpractice awards increase, government costs will increase too. Somebody has to pay, and that will be taxpayers through higher taxes and California citizens through higher health care premiums. According to one economic analysis, this measure would increase the average annual cost of health care for a family of four by $1,100. This push to eliminate MICRA is led by a rich trial attorney from Iowa, Nicholas Rowley, who has publicly said that he is willing to spend at least $20 million of his own money in support of the initiative. For Rowley, the investment makes sense. If he is successful, he and his law firm will be unshackled from current limits on attorneys’ fees, and stand to make millions while sending California taxpayers the bill. Physicians take an oath to protect patients – and this dangerous proposal would put patients at risk of losing access to quality medical care (continued on page 2).

We physicians, faced with an epic battle to defeat the Covid-19 pandemic are on the front lines working to save and protect our patients’ lives. We do every day what physicians have always done, sworn to care for the sick however it must be done, regardless of the peril. I have never been prouder of the work we do day in and day out. As if fighting the pandemic were not enough, there is another front in this battle that we must face together. A wealthy trial attorney from another state has chosen this of all times to pledge to spend millions of dollars on a ballot initiative in California this Fall that would drive up health care costs, restrict access to care for low-income patients and decimate the protections afforded to patients across California as part of the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA). This initiative would effectively eliminate the cap on non-medical damage awards in malpractice cases, substantially raising health care costs for all Californians, while allowing attorneys to collect unlimited fees from medical malpractice awards. In short, this measure would provide new incentives for lawyers to file frivolous medical malpractice suits, creating a chilling effect on the practice of medicine and clearing the way for new financial windfalls for California’s trial lawyers at taxpayer expense.

1st Quarter—2020

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Protect Access to Quality Health Care –Oppose the Costly MICRA Measure

by Dr. Daniel Makieve, MD,FACP PNCMS, Board President

Thank you to our Gold Sponsor

1st Quarter—2020 PNCMS Newsletter

2020 Calendar of Events

Physician Spring Social

Home of Dr. Jane Teng, Rocklin

Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 6 pm

Please RSVP to Michele—(916) 743-7101 or michele@pncms.org

CANCELLED

Physician Peer Group—Newcastle

Home of Dr. Irina Korman

2nd Wednesday of Every month

Please RSVP to Mei Lin— (916) 452-2671 or mjackson@ssvms.org

Will be held on a virtual platform until further notice

CMA Legislative Advocacy Day - CANCELLED

Physician Peer Group– Rocklin

Home of Dr. Jane Teng

Last Tuesday of Every Month

Please RSVP to Michele—(916) 743-7101 or michele@pncms.org

Will be held on a virtual platform until further notice

National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

Saturday, April 25h, 2020, CANCELLED

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In Memory

P. Haines Ely, MD

With sharp wit and an unparalleled sense of humor, P. Haines Ely, MD (known fondly as Haines) passed away in his home on March 9, 2020.

In his company were his beloved wife, Jennifer, his four children (Sims, Rebecca, Meredith, and

Tess), and his (spirit) animals, Connor and Abigail.

Haines was a foundational character in each of his communities. An expert in dermatopathology, Dr. Ely was an accomplished practitioner, medical board member, convention keynote speaker, and award-winning professor (UC Davis Medical School). Since 1986, Haines was “the dermatologist who loves the blues” at our local radio station, KVMR. He filled our homes with moving tunes in his monthly blues show and hosted “The Earth Mysteries Show,” during which he assisted his listeners in “pulling the wool over their own eyes.”

Born in Washington D.C. on September 19, 1945 to Marica McCann Ely and Northcutt Ely, Haines learned the art of (facetious) social engagement from his older identical twin brothers, Michael and Craig. He developed a unique work ethic from his father who was an active lawyer well into his 90s, having argued before the Supreme Court seven times and held various presidential appointments. Haines attended St. Alban’s School for boys before heading out west to play soccer and lead the Alpha Delta Phi as fraternity president at Stanford University (1967). After graduating from Keck School of Medicine of USC with a Medical Doctorate (1971, 1972-75 residency in Dermatology), Dr. Ely discovered the Bowel Bypass Syndrome in 1975, winning accolades for his innovative clinical research. He was also a savvy and highly ethical businessman, owning private dermatology practices in Roseville, CA then Grass Valley, CA. Seeing upwards of 60 patients per day, he felt a personal responsibility to make medical skin care affordable, preaching “Fast nickels are better than slow dimes!” He was proud to be an active attending physician at VA Mather in Sacramento and a telemedicine practitioner through his final days.

Haines’s unmatched charisma and generous spirit made him life-long friends everywhere he went. His passions included fishing, collecting and tumbling rocks, golfing, gardening, (im)practical joking, appreciating music, exaggerating his children’s accomplishments, and glimpsing the metaphysical. Within each of these spheres, Haines developed a community and built lasting relationships with the people around him.

We will celebrate Haines with live music and friends this summer in

Nevada City, CA. Please visit hainesely.com to learn more about the one

and only Haines Ely, to share your fondest memories, and for event

details as they develop..

The Placer-Nevada County Medical Society would like to send our

condolences to the family and recognize Dr Ely as a long standing

member and previous 12 year board member of our society.

(Continued from previous page) In 2014, voters were clear when they rejected Prop. 46 and changes to MICRA that would have quadrupled the cap on non-economic damages because of the negative effects that it would have on their quality of care and pocketbooks at large. This measure goes well beyond what Prop. 46 would have done, and the cost to taxpayers would be far greater. The Placer Nevada County Medical Society and the California Medical Association have joined Californians to Protect Patients and Contain Health Care Costs, a broad coalition of physicians, dentists, nurses, hospitals, safety net clinics, and other health care providers, to oppose this initiative. Together, we are vigorously fighting this initiative in order to protect access to quality health care for Californians across the state.

To join the campaign, please visit cmadocs.org/micra

Sutter Medical Group:

Attia Minhas Abbashi, MD Auburn, CA

Abhishek Agarwal. MD Roseville, CA

Syed Affan Ahmed, MD Roseville, CA

Carolina Raveau Alvayay,MD Roseville, CA

Ivan Beyer Anderson, MD Auburn, CA

Roger Ang, MD Roseville, CA

Joel Racasa Angel, MD Auburn, CA

Kristin Nicole Arreo;a, MD Roseville, CA

Kenneth Dwayne Ashely, MD Auburn, CA

Kristin Deubel Ashley, MD Auburn, CA

Dileep Kumar Atluri, MD Auburn, CA

Afsheen Azmat, MD Roseville, CA

Apar Bains, MD Rocklin, CA

Catherine Marie Baker, DO Roseville, CA

Julie Kathlleen Baur, DO Rocklin, CA

Neda Bayat, DO Auburn, CA

Reza Bayati, MD Roseville, CA

Christoph K. Beisenherz , MD Roseville, CA

Ryan Everett Bennett, MD Roseville, CA

Karrie Nanette Berg, DO Roseville, CA

Jeffrey Bergeson, DO Auburn, CA

Napoleon Tagle Bernando, Jr., MD Roseville, CA

James Robert Bixler, MD Auburn, CA

Kristie A Bobolis, MD Roseville, CA

Joyce Gallagher Bradshaw, MD Auburn, CA

Anne Sarah Braustein, MD Roseville, CA

David Russel Brazzwe, MD Roseville, CA

Ted Ian Brindle, MD Roseville, CA

Wendy En-lok Brown, MD Roseville, CA

Erica Ayami Sato Byrd, MD Roseville, CA

Roxanna Elena Calmac, MD Auburn, CA

Benjamin Roy Campbell, DO Roseville, CA

Aaron Anthony Centric , DO Roseville, CA

Gurpreet Singh Chahal, MD Roseville, CA

Helen Chan, Md Roseville, CA

Christopher Almo Chang, MD Roseville, CA

Rajeswari G. Chellappah, MD Roseville, CA

Irene Chen, MD Roseville, CA

Yolanda Kong Cheng, MD Roseville, CA

Michael G.Chez, MD Roseville, CA

Rose Chepkoech Chumo, MD Roseville, CA

Michael Wayne Cohen, MD Roseville, CA

Randall Scott Cohen, MD Auburn, CA

Craig Charles Corp. MD Roseville, CA

Christine Cox, DO Roseville,

Christopher David Cox, MD Roseville, CA

Neha Dang, MD Roseville, CA

Aleska De Souza, MD Roseville, CA

Schonze Frances Del Pozo, MD Roseville, CA

Patricia Lyn Des Pois, MD Auburn, CA

Kanta Dhanda, DO Roseville, CA

Jaspreet Kaur Dhillon, MD Roseville, CA

Rahul Singh Dhillon, MD Roseville, CA

John King Doolittle, MD Roseville, CA

Kay Else Drengler, DO Grass Valley, CA

Sharon Cupps Dutton, MD Auburn, CA

Theodor Feinstat. MD Roseville, CA

Leslie Jeanne Fitzgibbons, MD Roseville, CA

Patricia Dense Fone, MD Roseville, CA

Sandra Kay Force-Obrowski, MD Roseville, CA

Charles Eric Gage, MD Roseville, CA

Jonathan Allen Hant , MD Roseville, CA

Dmitri Vladimir Gelfand, MD Roseville, CA

Jeffrey Lee Genzlinger, MD Roseville, CA

Van Flexei Geslani, MD, FACP Roseville, CA

Karanbir Singh Gill, MD Roseville, CA

Nicholas Reyes Gopez, MD Roseville, CA

Umamaheswararappa Halappa Gowda, MD Roseville, CA

David William Grattendick, MD Roseville, CA

Kanwardeep Singh, Grewal, MD Auburn, CA

Sharnjit Singh Grewal, MD Rocklin, CA

Jennifer anne Griffin, MD Roseville, CA

William Raymond Griffits, MD Auburn, CA

Alan Victor Gruenefeldt, MD Auburn, CA

Ronald Ray Sarmiento Guzaman, MD Roseville, CA

Lynne Anne Hackert, MD Roseville, CA

Stephen Michael Hankins, MD Roseville, CA

Joshua David Hantman, MD Auburn, CA

Bianca Harabor, MD Roseville, CA

Charlene Alma Hauser, MD Grass Valley, CA

Lorre Timothy Henderson, MD Roseville, CA

Sarah Elizabeth Henshaw, DO Roseville, CA

Brandon Keith Hobel, MD Auburn, CA

Glenn Allen Hofer, MD Auburn, CA

Sterling Lee Humphrey, MD Roseville, CA

Anthony Vu Huynh, DO Roseville, CA

Samreen Jamshed , MD Roseville, CA

Neha Janakiraman, MD Roseville, CA

Matthew Andrew Janiga, MD Auburn, CA

Prasad Jogu, MD Roseville, CA

Melissa Ann Johnson, MD Roseville, CA

Suzanne E Johnson, DO Roseville, CA

Christopher Uwe Jones, MD Roseville, CA

Kit Brittingham Joos, DO Auburn, CA

Gurinderjit Singh Kanwar, MD Roseville, CA

Sharon Anne Katuin, DO Roseville, CA

Lakhvir Kaur, MD Roseville, CA

Lauren Page Keller, DO Roseville, CA

Pegah Khairolomour, MD Auburn, CA

Brian Kap-Soo Kim, MD Auburn, CA

Ina Wu Kim, MD Roseville, CA

Matthew Michael Kimball, MD Roseville, CA

Mark Edward Knoble, MD Auburn, CA

Bomi Koch, MD Roseville, CA

Shirley Sandy Koon, DO Roseville, CA

Tatiana Korshunova , MD Auburn, CA

Nishitha Rao Kotla, MD Auburn, CA

Charolette Dai Kubicky , MD Roseville, CA

Anna Marie Labaro, MD Roseville, CA

Mark Hau Yat Lam, MD Roseville, CA

Richard Keith Lapin, MD Roseville, CA

Shelena Dawn Laws, MD Roseville, CA

Gerry Michael Lee, MD Auburn, CA

Eric B Levy, MD Roseville, CA

Vincent Daniel Licata. MD Auburn, CA

Gregory Thomas Lichtman, DO Auburn, CA

Shilpa Lingla, MD Roseville, CA

David Edward Linstadt, MD Auburn, CA

Richard Berkeley Lommis, Jr., MD Auburn, CA

Nicole Aimee Lopez-Seminario, MD Roseville, CA

Myo Thet Lwin, MD Roseville, CA

James Louis Maher, MD Roseville, CA

Michael Scott Mahoney, MD Auburn, CA

Umer Feroze Malik, MD Roseville, CA

James Young Mamone, MD Roseville, CA

Lemuel Titus Velasco Manalo, MD Roseville, CA

Jagmeet Mangat, MD Roseville, CA

Seema Singh Maple, MD Grass Valley, CA

David Elijah Massil, MD Roseville, CA

Nitin Mathur, MD Auburn, CA

Stephen Daniel Maxwell, MD Roseville, CA

Jeffrey Earl Mcgee, MD Roseville, CA

Jason Mcmanigal, DO Roseville, CA

Karl DeanMetzger, MD Auburn, CA

Jose Paras Miranda, MD Auburn, CA

Neeladri Misra, MD Roseville, CA

Yahya Mohammadian, MD Roseville, CA

Ali Mokhlesi, MD Roseville, CA

Rachel Elizabeth Morrissey, MD Auburn, CA

Michael Patrick Mulligan, MD Lincoln, CA

Paul Vincent Murphy, MD Auburn, CA

Qazi Muhammad Muzaffar Mohsin, MD Roseville, CA

Sadaf Najmbadi, MD Auburn, CA

Aisha Nasir, MD Roseville, CA

Welcome New 2020 Members

Nava Nasr, MD Roseville, CA

Karen Yumi Nishimura, MD Roseville, CA

Abdul Wali Nuristani, MD Roseville, CA

Patrick David Ogilvie, MD Auburn, CA

David Allen Padilla, MD Roseville, CA

Tobias A Paiva, DO Auburn, CA

Keerti Priyanka Pakala, MD Roseville, CA

Varshita Pande, MD Roseville, CA

Jack Alan Pearson, MD Auburn, CA

Christopher Ryan Flood Pease, MD Roseville, CA

Dorothy L Pitman, MD Roseville, CA

Mary Margaret Bernadette Planta, MD Roseville, CA

Thomas Michael Polidore, MD, FACS Roseville, CA

David J Pompa, MD Roseville, CA

John Phillip Posten, DO Lincoln, CA

Maninder Kaur Powar, MD Roseville, CA

Eswari Prakasam, MD Roseville, CA

Miki Tanaka Purnell, MD Roseville, CA

Benjamin Angelo Deriada Quiamaco, MD Roseville, CA

Nelson William Raitt, MD Roseville, CA

Sivakumar Yeddula V Reddy, MD Roseville, CA

Swathi Reddy, MD Roseville, CA

Amy Reddig Riley, MD Roseville, CA

Kismet Thompson Roberts, MD Rocklin, CA

Ruheena Tasmeen Sadi, MD Roseville, CA

Barry S Schneidewind, DO Lincoln, CA

David Sholem Seminar, MD Roseville, CA

Benjamin Dean Shadle, MD Roseville, CA

Erin Jacks Shaw, MD Lincoln, CA

Samir Jayraj Sheth, MD Roseville, CA

Linda J Sheu, MD Roseville, CA

Mohammed Fazil Siddiqi, MD Roseville, CA

Yasmin Siddiqi, MD Roseville, CA

Kashmir Kaur Singh, MD Roseville, CA

Tarnveer Singh, MD Roseville, CA

Baljit Singh Sivia, MD Roseville, CA

Gurjit Singh Sivia, MD Roseville, CA

Alison Christine Slack, MD Roseville, CA

Anissa Louise Slifer, MD Roseville, CA

Steven Lynn Sobel, MD Auburn, CA

Laura L Sorgea, MD Roseville, CA

Barbara Ann Spinelli, MD Roseville, CA

Brian Arnold Steber, MD Auburn, CA

Erin Senozan Steiner, MD Roseville, CA

Vijay Vikram Singh Suhag, MD Roseville, CA

Genevieve Helena Sweet , MD Roseville, CA

Daniel Norman Switlick, MD Roseville, CA

Shumaila Syed, MD Roseville, CA

Jayanth Talluri, MD Roseville, CA

Ashish Tandon, MD Roseville, CA

Qing Tang– Oxley, MD Auburn, CA

Seema Tayal, MD Lincoln, CA

Jay Harshadbhai Thakkar, MD Roseville, CA

Sandra Kay Tice-Raskin, MD Auburn, CA

Harrison H Tong, DO Roseville, CA

Kevin Trude, MD Roseville, CA

William Nathaniel Tucker, MD Auburn, CA

Claire Marie Unis, MD Auburn, CA

Elaine Therese Van Gundy, MD Roseville, CA

Kevin Anhquoc Vu, MD Roseville, CA

Wahidullah Wahidullah, MD Roseville, CA

William Robert Warden, MD Roseville, CA

Frederick Leo Weiland, MD Roseville. CA

Benjamin Alexander William, II, MD Auburn, CA

Lee Anne Wong, MD Roseville, CA

Lenbert Marn Wong, MD Roseville, CA

Stephanie A Wood, MD Roseville, CA

Duane Allen Worley, MD Lincoln, CA

Chill Chew Yee, MD Roseville, CA

David Scott Yee, MD, MPH Roseville, CA

Kyi Zin, MD R oseville, CA

John C Zingheim, MD Roseville, CA

UC Davis

Marcy Lora Ahrons, MD Auburn, CA

Guadalupe Avila-Kirwan, MD Auburn, CA

Michael David Boyd, MD Auburn, CA

Apeet Kaur Hundal, MD Auburn, CA

Katherine Bo Lee, MD Auburn, CA

Tennyson G-Choi Lee, MD Auburn, CA

Dan Thomas Merck, MD Auburn, CA

James William Nichol, MD Auburn, CA

Karen Marie Panek, MD Auburn, CA

Narges Shariati Varnosfaderani, MD Auburn, CA

John Arthur Youngblood , MD Auburn, CA

Ethelwoldo P Guerrero, MD Rocklin, CA

Sanyutka Sanjay Pawar, MD Rocklin, CA

Lily A Chaput, MD Roseville, CA

Afshine Ghaemi, MD Roseville, CA

Veeraparn Kanchananakhin, MD Roseville, CA

Karin Cathleen Kordas, MD Roseville, CA

David Mach, DO Roseville, CA

Mohammed Anoosh Malaekeh, MD Roseville, CA

Thomas Wade Maney, MD Roseville, CA

Nesser Queja Ramirez, MD Roseville, CA

Mushfreka Sharif, MD Roseville, CA

Yunil Zheng, MD Roseville, CA

The Permanente Medical Group

Megan Anderson, MD

Richard Auerbach MD

George Bruque, MD

John Buchanan, MD

James Bui, MD

Jessica Cadogon, MD

Douglas Canlas, MD

Samuel Chan, MD

Vishal Doctor, MD

Michael Durant, MD

Zoey Goore, MD

Andrew Griffin, MD

Hamid Kazerouni-Zadeh, MD

Sunhwa Kim, MD

Janis Koh, MD

Derrick Koo, MD

Wendy Lee, MD

Allen Lue, MD

Michael Luszczak, MD

Lawrence Manhart, MD

Roger Mar-Tang, MD

Kristina Milan, MD

Ro minder M0mi, MD

Lynn Nakamura, MD

Luu Nguyen, MD

Mylapore Niranjankumar, MD

Hiral Patel, MD

Vu Pham, MD

Laura Poggel, MD

Antoine Sayegh, MD

Steven Schorer, MD

Ling Shi-Bertsch, MD

Lisa Sundberg, MD

Nelson Tun, MD

Mark Tyburski, MD

I-Ting Yu, MD

1st Quarter—2020 PNCMS Newsletter

If you are interested in being a huge part of the Placer-Nevada County Medical

THANK YOU!!!

PHYSICIANS, NURSES

AND

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU

ARE DOING DURING THIS

DIFFICULT TIME

Welcome Michele Onatanian

Placer-Nevada County Medical Society, Yuba-Sutter-Colusa Medical Society

Physician Relations Manager

We would like to Welcome Michele Onatanian as the new Physician Relations Manager for PNCMS & YSCMS in the Physicians Relations Manager position.

Michele is excited to join the Placer-Nevada and Yuba-Sutter-Colusa County Medical Societies as our new Physician Relations Manager. She has spent the last 17 years working as an Orthopedic Technologist with a private practice Orthopedic Surgeons office. For 15 of those years, she specialized in General Orthopedics with a large emphasis on Joint Replacements. The past two years she worked with a Foot and Ankle Specialist. Michele has extensive knowledge in multiple insurance plans, and she has built great Physician and Patient relationships.

Michele graduated from California State University, Chico with a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies and a Minor in Physiological Studies. She has led an active lifestyle, playing in organized sports, coaching, and most recently becoming a fitness coach. She is excited to bring her skills and knowledge to both of our medical societies .Please feel free to Contact her at 916-743-7101 or michele @pncms.org with any questions.