Very Large Group Practice Forum

The Very Large Group Practice Forum represents the special concerns of physicians who practice in professional medical corporations or partnerships with over 1,000 shareholders, partners, or and/or physician employees.


Officers

Michelle Caughey, M.D.
Delegation Chair
Oakland

Kirk Hahn, M.D.
Delegation Vice Chair
Walnut Creek

Catherine Gutfreund, M.D.
Trustee
Santa Rosa


Representatives

Evan Bass, M.D.
Alternate
Harbor City

Maria Carrasco, M.D.
Delegate
Montebello

Dean Chang, M.D.
Delegate
Downey

Daniel Chyu, M.D.
Alternate
San Jose

Ameeta Ganju, M.D.
Alternate
Los Angeles

Reza Goharderakhshan, M.D.
Alternate
Harbor City

Zoey Goore, M.D.
Delegate
Roseville

Russ Granich, M.D.
Alternate
South San Francisco

Naren Gurbani, M.D.
Delegate
Downey

Bonnie Hamilton, M.D.
Delegate
Fairfield

Kenneth Hempstead, M.D.
Delegate
Roseville

Richard Isaacs, M.D.
Delegate
Sacramento

Roman Kownacki, M.D.
Alternate
Richmond

Eric Lipsitt, M.D.
Delegate
Oakland

Michael Luszczak, D.O.
Delegate
Roseville

Rajiv Misquitta, M.D.
Alternate
Sacramento

Jason Nau, M.D.
Alternate
San Rafael

David H. Ng, M.D.
Alternate
Sacramento

Elaine Ong, M.D.
Alternate
Hayward

Yvonne Otani, M.D.
Delegate
Davis

Rahul Parikh, M.D.
Alternate
Walnut Creek

Stephen Parodi, M.D.
Delegate
Vallejo

Pankaj Patel, M.D.
Alternate
Roseville

Scott Pinner, M.D.
Alternate
San Rafael

Vivian Reyes, M.D.
Alternate
San Francisco

Jake Rofman, M.D.
Delegate
Torrance

James Ruben, M.D.
Delegate
Roseville

Katrina Saba, M.D.
Alternate
Oakland

Kimberly Schrage, M.D.
Delegate
San Rafael

Humberto Temporini, M.D.
Delegate
Sacramento

Albert C. Umphrey, M.D.
Alternate
San Jose

Steven Woods, M.D.
Delegate
Los Angeles


About CMA
CMA is a professional organization representing the physicians of the state of California.

The association was founded in 1856 by a small group of physicians who knew it was their duty to fight for their patients and for their profession. Confronted with the challenges of rampant quackery, epidemics of contagious disease, and a desperate need to establish standards for the profession, physician leaders of the time called upon their colleagues to help them form the Medical Society of the State of California (as it was called back then) “to develop, in the highest possible degree, the scientific truths embodied in the profession