LEADERS OF INFLUENCE: LA’s TOP DOCTORS

HARRY MARSHAK PLASTIC/RECONSTRUCTIVE Director, Barlow Respiratory Hospital Center for Wound Restoration Barlow Respiratory Hospital

Harry Marshak, MD, FACS, directs Barlow Respiratory Hospital’s Center for Wound Restoration. He is a board-certified plastic surgeon specializing in reconstructive surgery and has 30 years of wound care experience, including reconstructive surgery for complex wounds. Under his supervision, the hospital’s Center for Wound Restoration is an award-winning specialized program, and features an expert interdisciplinary clinical team including Board-Certified Physicians and Wound Care Certified (WCC) Registered Nurses who apply state-of-the-art treatment and healing interventions with a full range of therapies to heal wounds and maximize function.

DAVID R. NELSON PULMONOLOGY Medical Director Barlow Respiratory Hospital

Dr. David R. Nelson is medical director of Barlow Respiratory Hospital. He has served on the hospital medical staff since 1991. A board-certified pulmonologist, he provides clinical management oversight for critically ill patients and the staff caring for them. Dr. Nelson’s expertise in critical care and pulmonary medicine includes the diagnosis and treatment of lung diseases of many types and severity. As a hospital leader, Dr. Nelson serves on the Medical Executive Committee, and the Research, Quality Forum, Credentials and Critical Care Committees. Beyond his service to the hospital, he serves as an educator, preparing the next generation of physicians as an associate professor of clinical medicine at UCLA.

DR. MOIEZ KHANKHANIAN PSYCHOLOGY / BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Chief of Psychiatry LA Downtown Medical Center

Dr. Moiez Khankhanian is considered a pillar in the community both in his role as a doctor of psychiatry and in his willingness to teach, mentor and serve those around him. He constantly sets up educational programs for current and aspiring healthcare workers and nurses, teaching them how to better care for patients with severe mental illnesses. In his leadership role as chief of psychiatry at LA Downtown Medical Center, Dr. Khankhanian ensures the hospital, and its staff, are constantly trying to provide the best care and support for patients and family members alike.

PARYUS PATEL PULMONOLOGY Corporate Chief Medical Officer Prime Healthcare

Paryus Patel, MD, is the chief medical officer for Prime Healthcare’s Region III, IV, V, and VI and corporate chief medical officer for Prime Healthcare. Prime Healthcare’s Region III-VI, which includes 18 acute care community hospitals located in Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Michigan, Florida, Indiana, and Ohio. Dr. Patel is a member of Prime Healthcare’s senior executive team. In addition to serving as chief medical officer for Prime Healthcare, Dr. Patel is currently chief medical officer for Centinela Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Patel also serves as a member of the Board of both Prime Healthcare and the Prime Healthcare Foundation.

TAMAS DOLINAY PULMONOLOGY Respiratory Director Barlow Respiratory Hospital

Dr. Tamas Dolinay, MD PhD, respiratory director at Barlow Respiratory Hospital, is a native of Hungary and has been a practicing physician for over 20 years working at various hospitals in many countries. He is an international award-winning scholar, researcher and physician who joined the staff at Barlow Respiratory Hospital in 2019. He also serves as assistant clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Geffen School of Medicine and previously served as attending physician in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine.

DAVID SAYAH PULMONOLOGY Medical Director, UCLA Health’s Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Programs UCLA Health

Dr. David Sayah is an assistant professor at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a pulmonary medicine physician specializing in lung transplant. He is the medical director of the UCLA Health lung and heart-lung transplant programs. Dr. Sayah and the UCLA Health transplant team receive patient referrals from other programs that don’t have the capability to manage complex cases. Patients might be rejected from other centers because of the complexity of their conditions or underlying medical problems that contribute to high surgical risks. Some patients who receive transplants at UCLA Health require concurrent cardiac surgery, suffer from scleroderma or need extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment before transplantation.

MAY M. LEE PULMONOLOGY Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine; Program Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Keck Medicine of USC

Dr. May Lee MD is a dedicated leader, active administrator, influential educator, and collaborative team member who is committed to the tripartite mission of education, patient care, and research. She is currently the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) Fellowship program director, but she has held various other administrative positions throughout her career. Administratively, she has led various organizations, committees, and departments and has been a change leader. She is also an accomplished educator who has developed curricula, led programs, is nationally recognized, and published research in medical education. On a national level, she currently serves as the chair of the Training Committee of the American Thoracic Society.

LINH CHEN RADIOLOGY Diagnostic Radiology Adventist Health Glendale

With a specialty focus on diagnostic radiology, Dr. Linh Chen MD is a fellowship trained mammographer from Harvard University. Dr. Chen is extremely committed to advancing Adventist Health Glendale’s imaging program and has been a loyal partner to all Adventist’s physicians and service lines. She has been in practice for more than 20 years.