Claudia Emami, MD FACS

Section Chief of General Surgery at Huntington Memorial 4 years, leading 40+ private practice physicians, 544-bed teaching hospital in San Gabriel Valley, managed Peer-review/FPPE/OPPE, contracting/ER coverage, GME leadership for General surgery residency ● Medical staff engagement, Committee roles at Credentialing, By-Laws/Privileging, Physician Wellness, Code of Conduct, QIPS (Quality Improvement/Patient Safety) ● Physician lead for QI projects in Operating room flow improvement, post-operative SSI reduction, decreasing surgical LOS & surgeon wellness ● Spearheaded Huntington Memorial’s 18-month-long EHR transition to Epic from planning to implementation to post-transition auditing successful changeover of 30,000+ patient records spanning 10 years ● 20+ years of medical experience as a pediatric surgeon, staff physician, and CEO & Founder of Claudia N. Emami MD Inc. driving physician engagement and clinical quality in private practice and teaching hospital settings ● Staff Physician at Huntington hospital, Cedars-Sinai, and Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana.

Pediatric Surgery

• abdominal pain
• bile duct surgery
• feeding tubes
• hepatobiliary surgery
• inguinal hernia
• intestinal failure management
• intussusception
• pyloric stenosis
• umbilical hernia

Huntington Memorial

Pasadena, CA

Attending

07/2016—Present

City of Hope

Duarte, CA

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

10/2016—09/2021

Cedar Sinai medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

03/2019—Present

Providence Tarzana Medical Center

Tarzana, CA

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

03/2019—Present

Providence Tarzana Medical Center

Tarzana, CA

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

03/2019—Present

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

Attending

03/2019—Present

University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine

Reno, NV

Assistant Professor

08/2015—07/2017