Our Expert Team
Cedars-Sinai's commitment to continuing medical education can be seen in its dedication of staff and resources to this effort. In addition to dedicated continuing medical education staff, the Medical Center has defined staff with continuing medical education responsibilities in most of its departments.
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Shlomo Melmed, MD
Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs
Richard Katzman
Vice President, Academic Affairs
Mark Noah, MD
Medical Director, Graduate Medical Education and
Continuing Medical Education, Chair of Continuing
Medical Education
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
Ellen Wilson Green, MS
Director of Medical Education
Marta Betancourt
CME Manager
(310) 423-1921
Odet Ter-Martirosyan
Educational Planning & Outcomes
(310) 423-3974
Barbara Stokes
CME Program Specialist
(310) 423-2935
Megan K. Swartz
CME Program Specialist
(310) 423-2937
Leticia Martinez
Administrative Support
(310) 423-7681
CME DEPARTMENTAL CONTACTS
Bioethics
Center for Healthcare Ethics
Susanne Tiffer
(310) 423-9636
Emergency Medicine Department
Emergency Grand Rounds
Randy Ayala
(310) 423-3723
Imaging
Imaging Grand Rounds
Debbie Kenneybrew
(310) 423-3095
Leadership Development
Lecture Series
Elizabeth Carungcong
(310) 423-8558
Medical Critical Care
Multi-Disciplinary Critical Care Case Conference
Debbie Craig
(310) 423-1835
Medicine (Cardiology)
Arrhythmia Conference, Heart Institute Grand Rounds, Cardiac Noninvasive Lab Conference
Carol Nati
(310) 423-4876
Cardiac Cath Conference
Frankie Taylor
(310) 423-3977
Cardiovascular Intervention Center M&M Conference, EP M&M Conference
Effie Pappas-Block
(310) 423-2606
Medicine (Endocrinology)
CNET- Carcinoid Neuroendocrine Tumor Conference
Edmund Martinez
(310) 423-2641
Endocrinology/Metabolism Grand Rounds
Shawn Hoffman (backup – Brenda Gilmore)
(310) 423-1019
Interdisciplinary Pituitary Case Conference
William Gellepis
(310) 423-2617
Medicine (Gastroenterology)
Gastroenterology Grand Rounds, GI Hepatobiliary
Pancreatic Case Conference
Polly Chang
(310) 423-8056
Medicine (Grand Rounds)
Medicine Grand Rounds
Cassie Evans
(310) 423-2924
Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)
General Oncology/Multidisciplinary Tumor Board
Tyrah Bissoondial
(310) 423-3058
Hematology/Oncology Grand Rounds
Kim Douglas
(310) 423-3157
Prostate Cancer Center Clinical Trials/Tumor Board
Kim Choe
(310) 423-7600
Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds
Beth Avecilla
(310) 423-3896
Medicine (Nephrology)
Renal Grand Rounds
Diana Halim
(310) 423-2420
Medicine (Neurology)
Epilepsy Conference, Neurology Grand Rounds
Tooba Farooq
(310) 423-6752
Medicine (Pulmonary)
Pulmonary Grand Rounds
Debby Craig
(310) 423-1835
Thoracic Surgery/Oncology Tumor Board
Donato Kusuanco
(310) 423-1850
Medicine (Rheumatology)
Rheumatology Grand Rounds
Gwendolyn Weissberg
(310) 423-2693
Obstetrics/Gynecology
CMIGS-Center for Minimally Invasive Gynecologic
Series, CWCPH Quarterly Lecture Series
Gayana Kisiyan
(310) 423-4749
Obstetrics/Gynecology Grand Rounds
Georgia Rochester
(310) 423-1283
Pathology
Pathology Grand Rounds
Carol Moeller
(310) 423-0916
Pediatrics
Neonatal/Maternal-Fetal Conference
Kathy Temple
(310) 423-4434
Pediatric Cardiac Cath and Cardiac Surgery Conference
Sabriya Hughes
(310) 423-0222
Pediatrics Clinical Case Conference
Esther Tolentino
(310) 423-4780
Pediatrics Grand Rounds
Silvia Guzman
(310) 423-4471
Physical Medicine Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation Grand Rounds
Maria Cecilia Alpasan
(310) 423-5243
Psychiatry Grand Rounds
Sheila Everline
(310) 423-3628
Surgery (Colorectal Cancer)
Colorectal Cancer Tumor Board
Cynthia Broze, RN
(310) 423-3800
Surgery (Grand Rounds)
Surgery Grand Rounds
Rebecca Bernstein (Karla Hernandez, back-up)
(310) 423-6637
Surgery (Interventional Services)
Interdisciplinary Vascular Case Conference
Johnny Thomas
(310) 423-4657
Surgery (Matrix Conference)
Surgery Matrix Conference
Rebecca Bernstein (Karla Hernandez, back-up)
(310) 423-6637
Surgery (Neurosurgery)
Brain Tumor Board
Claudia Orr
(310) 423-8614
Neurosurgery Grand Rounds
Samantha Phu
(310) 423-9522
Neurovascular Conference
Asa Grogan
(310) 423-8949
Surgery (Orthopedics)
Ortho Matrix Case Conference,
Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
Carol Sussman
(310) 423-9884
Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Cedars-Sinai Sinus Center, Head & Neck Tumor Board
Cynthia Broze, RN
(310) 423-3800
Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Otolaryngology M&M Conference
Rebecca Bernstein
(310) 423-6637
Surgery (Plastic Surgery)
Plastic Surgery M & M Conference, Plastic Surgery
Grand Rounds
Lisa Morales
(310) 659-8771
Surgery (Spine Center)
Spine Conference
Caroline Boyd
(310) 423-5883
Surgery (Urology)
Urology - Minimally Invasive Urology GU Tumor Board
Kimberly Choe
(310) 423-4744
