Department Chairs

For more information about Optum’s department chairs, view their full profiles.

Allergy/Immunology: 

Chair – Paula Brown, MD FAAAAI

Chair – David Lewis Wertheim, MD, Vice Chair – Steven Jay Weiss, MD

Anesthesiology:

Chair – Robert Rauch, MD

Chair – Cory Baker, MD, Vice Chair –  Sharyn Sokol, MD

Cardiology: 

Chair – A Garvey Rene, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Chair – Jaffar Raza, MD

Dermatology:

Chair – Laurie J. Levine, MD

Chair –  Mark Lichtenberg, MD

Chair – Ross S. Levy, MD FAAD

Ear, Nose & Throat (Otolaryngology) 

Chair – Shari Reitzen-Bastidas, MD

Chair – Kenneth Anthony Scioscia, MD

Ear, Nose & Throat (Otolaryngology)/Plastic Surgery 

Chair – Jeffrey Keller, MD FACS FAAP

Medical Subspecialties (Endocrinology, Nephrology & Rheumatology)

Chair – Eric A. Rudin, MD 

Family Medicine

Regional Medical Director – Elizabeth August, MD

Chair – Marc Schechter, MD

Gastroenterology

Chair – Varun Kumar, MD

Chair – Gagan  Beri, MD

Hospitalists

Chair – Rostislav Tabak, MD

Chair – Wellington Veras, MD 

Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology, Sleep Medicine and Pulmonology)

Internal Medicine 

Steven M. Goldberg, MD

Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases 

Chair – Nader Moaven, MD

Adult Primary Care (Internal Medicine/Family Medicine, Infectious Disease & Pulmonology)

Chair – Ingrid Van Hollebeke, DO, Vice Chair – Jeffrey D. Gross, MD

Rheumatology

Chair – Michael Guma, MD

Neurology

Chair – Rina Caprarella, MD 

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Chair – Christine Herde, MD FACOG, Vice Chair – Jennifer Gannon, MD FACOG

Chair – Nicholas J. Tarricone, MD

Oncology

Chair – Francisco Antonio Garcia-Moreno, MD

Chair – Jeffrey L. Halaas, MD PhD 

Ophthalmology

Chair – Michael L. Cohen, MD FAAO

Vice Chair – Adam J. Flug, MD

Orthopedics

Chair – Bryan Char-Hoa Ding, MD

Chair –Evan H. Karas, MD FAAOS

Chair –  Paul Rothenberg, MD

Pathology

Chair – Lawrence Tsao, MD

Pediatrics 

Regional Medical Director – Bruno Basil, MD

Chair – Jay Berger, MD, Vice Chair – Lisa A. Forgione, MD and Carl A. Soranno, MD 

Pediatrics/Pediatric Gastroenterology, Peds Endocrine, and Peds Neurology

Chair –Olamide Odubogun, MD, Vice Chair – Amy Amin-Patil , MD

Phychiatry

Chair – Bahar Hadjiesmaeiloo, MD 

Podiatry

Chair – Eric J. Abrams, MD

Chair – Duyet Bui,  DPM

Chair – Joseph A. Larsen, MD 

Radiology

Chair – Isamettin A. Aral, MD

Chair – Jennifer H. Menell, MD

Surgery

Chair – Dan Reiner, MD

Surgical Specialties  (ENT,  General Surgery, Breast Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Urology)  

Chair – Lyda E. Rojas Carroll, MD FACS

Urgent Care

Chair – Daniel M. Rothberg, MD

Urology

Chair – Jeffrey Howard Lumerman, MD, Vice Chair –  Gary Scott Oshinsky, MD