Medical Review Board Roster
January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012

MRB Chairman
Stanley M. Rosen, MD, FACP, FRCP Medical Director
DaVita—Saddleback
Laguna Hills, CA

PAC Chair
Jeffrey B. Davis, MBA
Baxter International-Renal Division
Upland, CA

Ex-Officio
Scott A. Rasgon, MD, Chief of Nephrology
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Center - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Members
Patricia Alvarez, MSW, Social Worker
(At Large Member Representative)
FMC-Mission Hills
Mission Hills, CA

Carola Becker, Facility Administrator
(Nephrology Nurse Representative)
DaVita - Sunrise Dialysis
Hawthorne, CA

Michael Cervantes, MA, LCSW, Regional Lead Social Worker
(Social Worker Representative)
FMC—Northern California
San Bernardino, CA

Kathryn Collins, RD, CSR
(Dietitians Representative)
DaVita - Dialysis Center of Simi Valley
Simi Valley, CA

Saumil Gandhi, MD, Medical Director
(Nephrologist Representative)
DaVita - Dialysis Center of Ventura
Ventura, CA

Svetlana Kacherova, RN, Clinical Services Specialist
(At Large Member Representative)
DaVita - Wild West Division
Downey, CA

Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics
(At Large Member Representative)
DaVita - Long Beach Harbor-UCLA
Long Beach, CA

Howard Lee, MD, Chief of Service, Nephrology
(Nephrologist Representative)
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Center—Riverside
Riverside, CA

Joseph Lee, MD, Medical Director
(Nephrologist Representative)
FMC - San Gabriel Dialysis Center
Alhambra, CA

Hector Rodriguez, MD, Medical Director
(Nephrologist Representative)
Tower Dialysis
Los Angeles, CA

Jack E. Rubin, MD, Medical Director
(Nephrologist Representative)
DaVita - Los Angeles Dialysis Center
Los Angeles, CA

Phyllis Scutella, RN, Renal Transplant Coordinator
(Transplant Coordinator Representative)
Kaiser Hospital Foundation Medical Center - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Angelita Tichachati, RN, MA, Nurse Manager
(At Large Member Representative)
Cerritos Dialysis Center
Cerritos, CA