Meet the Staff
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Other than the Program Manager, every staff member of the Care Extender program are volunteers who give their time on a weekly basis to not only help patients in their assigned departments, but also ensure that the Care Extender program functions smoothly. From Department Coordinators who oversee 20-30 Care Extender volunteers every rotation to the Special Projects Coordinators who each have their own unique responsibilities, our staff members work hard to uphold the program's integrity and prestige. These staff members are the ones who lead orientation, Multiple Mini Interview sessions, and a full Training Day every quarter to recruit and train new Care Extender volunteers. |
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Care Extender Manager - Silva Thomas |
Care Extenders Staff Listing
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Program Manager Office: (424) 259-8166 |
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Associate Manager |
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| DC Supervisor SMH Barsegh Barseghian ce.smdcsupervisor.a@gmail.com |
DC Supervisor SMH Catalina Pereira ce.smdcsupervisor.b@gmail.com |
DC Supervisor WW Jesse Li ce.rrdcsupervisor@gmail.com |
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| Santa Monica Department Coordinators | ||||
| LKC/CCL Michael Nedjat-Haiem dc.lkc.ccl@gmail.com |
Critical Care Unit Sophie Zhao dc.critcareunit@gmail.com |
Orthopaedics Shanelle Shahery dc.orthopaedics@gmail.com |
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NICU |
Emergency Room |
Post Partum |
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| Medical Surgical Poyi Wu dc.medicalsurgical@gmail.com |
Emergency Room Group B Greg Kojayan dc.emergencyroomb@gmail.com |
SMH Pediatrics Katarzyna Banas dc.smhpeds@gmail.com |
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Radiology |
Greeters Group A |
Labor & Delivery Group A |
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| Oncology Jennifer Strunck dc.oncology@gmail.com |
Greeters Group B Rujuta Nandgaonkar dc.greetersb@gmail.com |
Labor & Delivery Group B Christine Chiu dc.labordeliveryb@gmail.com |
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| OR-Escorts Kevin Kaminyar dc.orescort@gmail.com |
Greeters Group C Rachel Resop dc.greetersc@gmail.com |
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| Ronald Reagan Medical Center Department Coordinators | ||||
| 8 North Samvel Gyurdzhyan dc.rrh8north@gmail.com |
7-ICU Laura Banashek dc.rrh7icu@gmail.com |
RRH-PEDS Yosephine Lumintang dc.rrhpeds@gmail.com |
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| 7W-CTU Paulina Tran dc.rrh7wctu@gmail.com |
WW-ICU Katherine Chua dc.rrhwwicu@gmail.com |
MICU Bryan Leong dc.rrhmicu@gmail.com |
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| 8 East West Tuyet Tran dc.rrh8ew@gmail.com |
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| Special Program Coordinators | ||||
| Admissions Coordinator Tinh Nguyen / Cynthia Wang ce.admissions@gmail.com |
Training Coordinator Andrew Paquin ce.training.coordinator@gmail.com |
LOA Coordinator Alyssa Linkenheil ce.leaveofabsence@gmail.com |
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| Office Assistant Coordinator Chelsea Jones ce.extension@gmail.com |
Administrative Coordinator Jessica Kim ce.adcoordinator@gmail.com |
Newsletter Coordinator Katherine Diep cenewslettercoordinator@gmail.com |
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| Quality Control Coordinator Susan Arasheben ce.qualitycontrol@gmail.com |
Special Projects Coordinator Ann Yufa ce.specialprojects@gmail.com |
Public Relations Coordinator Tracy Pope ce.publicrelations@gmail.com |
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| Alumni Coordinator Carleen Sarksian ce.alumnicoordinator@gmail.com |
Data Manager Philip Syed ce.data.manager@gmail.com |
Webmaster Philip Syed ce.webcoordinator@gmail.com |
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| Special Projects Coordinator Elizabeth Watson |
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