Radiology Residency Program at Cottage Hospital

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DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY RESIDENCY PROGRAM

FACULTY

James M. Benzian, MD	Kathleen W. Pojunas, MD
Stuart E. Braverman, MD	Hector Rodriguez, MD
Bernard Chow, MD	Sean Snodgress, MD
Kenneth Daughters, MD	Richard Steckel, MD
Thomas C. Daughters, MD	Michael A. Trambert, MD
Pawan Gupta, MD	J. Patrick Wheelock, MD
Steven Hartzman, MD	Cynthia Withers, MD
Monica Micon, MD	John Yoon, MD
Arthur A. Lee, MD

		James M. Benzian, MD Section Chief, Pediatric Radiology Associate Program Director Graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. Completed Radiology Residency at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and fellowship at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in Pediatric Radiology. Board certified American Board of Radiology. CAQ in Pediatric Radiology. Associate Program Director for Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Graduate Medical Education Committee, Medical Executive Committee and Residency Education Advisory Committee member.
		Stuart E. Braverman, MD Staff Radiologist Graduated from University of California San Diego Medical School and completed internship at Pacific Presbyterian Hospital San Francisco. Radiology residency completed at Harbor/UCLA Medical Center and fellowship at University of Pennsylvania, Angiography and Interventional Radiology. CAQ in vascular/interventional radiology. Board Certified in Radiology. Specialty areas: interventional radiology, CT and Ultrasound.
		Bernard Chow, MD Section Chief, Musculoskeletal Program Director Graduated from McGill University School of Medicine in Montreal, Canada and completed Radiology Residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Musculoskeletal Radiology Fellowship specializing in Sports Medicine Imaging at National Orthopedic Imaging Associates, San Francisco, CA. Board certified American Board of Radiology. Current Program Director of Radiology Residency Program at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.
		Kenneth Daughters, MD Staff Radiologist Graduated from University of California Irvine Medical School. Completed Internal Medicine internship at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and radiology residency training at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Completed fellowship at UCLA in Abdominal/Body Imaging. Board Certified American Board of Radiology with specialty areas in CT, Ultrasound, Cross-Sectional Intervention and Tissue Ablation. Author of several peer-reviewed articles.
		Thomas C. Daughters, MD Section Chief, Chest Radiology Graduated University of Minnesota School of Medicine in 1990 and completed Radiology Residency at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in 1995. Fellowship trained in Body Imaging with interest in chest at UCLA-Harbor Hospital and Diagnostic Imaging Center. Board certified American Board of Radiology.
		Pawan Gupta, MD Section Chief, Nuclear Medicine Medical school graduation was from Board of Internal Medicine, University of Delhi, India. Nuclear Medicine Residency completed at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. Certification in American Board of Nuclear Medicine and Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology.
		Steven Hartzman, MD Section Chief, Interventional Radiology Graduated from University of California Los Angeles Medical School. Completed Radiology Residency University of California Los Angeles. Completed Fellowship in Angio/Interventional at University of California Los Angeles. Board certified American Board of Radiology. CAQ Vascular/Interventional. Education Committee member and Quality Assurance Committee member at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.
		Arthur A. Lee, MD Section Chief, Ultrasound Graduated University of California San Diego Medical School, completed Radiology Residency at University of California San Diego and completed fellowship in Ultrasound/CT/Interventional at University of California San Diego. Board certified American Board of Radiology. CAQ Vascular and Interventional Radiology. Examiner for American Board of Radiology certification. Previous Program Director for Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.
		Monica Micon, MD Staff Radiologist Graduated from University of Southern California Medical School and completed internship at LAC+USC Medical Center in Internal Medicine. Completed diagnostic radiology residency training at LAC+USC Medical Center. Fellowship in Body Imaging and Intervention completed at LAC+USC Medical Center. Board certified by the American Board of Radiology. Specialty areas include CT, Ultrasound, Mammography and MRI.
		Kathleen W. Pojunas, MD Section Chief, Neuroradiology Graduated from UCLA School of Medicine and completed Radiology Residency at Medical College of Wisconsin and fellowship Medical College of Wisconsin in Neuroradiology. Board certified American Board of Radiology. CAQ in Neuroradiology, examiner for American Board of Radiology Neuro CAQ and Residency boards. Medical Director Department of Radiology Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Medical Advisory Panel for Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.
		Hector Rodriguez, MD Section Chief, Mammography Graduated from University of Michigan Medical School and completed Radiology Residency at University of Michigan Hospitals. Board certified American Board of Radiology. Prior Assistant Professor of Radiology Residence at University of California San Diego. Staff Radiologist at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and Sansum Medical Clinic. Past President, Board of Directors, Sansum Medical Clinic; Director of Mammography, Sansum Medical Clinic.
		Sean Snodgress, MD Staff Radiologist Graduated from University of California Irvine Medical School and completed internship in Internal Medicine at UCI. Completed Residency Residency fellowship in Neuroradiology at Duke University Medical Center. Board certified by the American Board of Radiology.
		Richard Steckel, MD Staff Radiologist
		Michael A. Trambert, MD Staff Radiologist Graduated medical school from University of California Los Angeles and completed internship at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Completed radiology residency at University of California San Diego. Fellowship in body imaging completed at University of California San Diego. Lead radiologist for PACS reengineering in the Cottage Health System and Sansum Clinic. Medical advisor to several medical technology companies.
		J. Patrick Wheelock, MD Staff Radiologist Graduated from UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and completed internship at Long Beach VA. Radiology residency completed at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and was chief resident. Completed fellowship in body imaging at Harbor UCLA. Board Certified in Radiology. Specialty areas include musculoskeletal, head and neck.
		Cynthia Withers, MD Staff Radiologist Graduated medical school from McGill University, Montreal, and completed internship and radiology residency at Montreal General Hospital. Fellowship in body imaging completed at University of California San Diego. Certified by the American Board of Radiology and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Past Board Member of Sansum Clinic.
		John Yoon, MD Section Head, Neuroradiology Graduated from Ohio State University Medical School and completed internship at St. Joseph Hospital in Chicago. Completed radiology residency training at Cleveland Clinic and fellowship in neuroradiology at University of Southern California. Certified by the Amercian Board of Radiology.