Mark Your Calendar
Spine and the Search for Truth: Will Big Data Provide Answers?
May 31
Urologic Cancer Update
June 10
Feminist Approaches to Advance Directives (Ethics Noon Conference)
June 21
Surgery Grand Rounds
Grand Rounds
Education Schedule
Surgery Scheduling
In This Issue:
- Cedars-Sinai, Torrance Memorial Plan Affiliation
- Graft Selection for ACL Knee Reconstruction
- Cedars-Sinai Creates Pulmonary Embolism Team
- Two Minutes With …
- Bones Rebuilt by Gene, Stem Cell Therapies
- Healthcare Leaders Share Lessons from Choosing Wisely
- Hybrid PET-MRI Scanner Now Available for Clinical Studies
- WannaCry Malware Prompts Call for Vigilance
- FDA Issues Warnings Against Extended Use of General Anesthetic in Young Children
- FDA Issues Warning Against Canagliflozin
- FDA Eliminates Risk Evaluations for ESA Agents
- Circle of Friends Honorees for April
- Policy and Procedure Manager Upgrades May 31
- CS-Link Tip: Creating SmartPhrases
Surgery Scheduling
Hours of operation:
- Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed on observed legal holidays
Please contact Jojo Bernido for a copy of the complete Scheduling Guidelines document.
Contact information:
- Central Scheduling staff: Irwin Alexander, Lilian De Los Angeles, Alexandra Halaby, Renee Gladstone, Stella Kvryan, Demetrius Dennis, Gabriel Arcega, Karen Ford, Esmenia Rivera-Jimenez, Lara Swartz, Christian Salva Cruz, Nancy Smith
Schedulers can be reached via the general office contact information below:
- Phone: 310-423-3786
- Email: centralschedulers@cshs.org
- For immediate attention — scheduling supervisor: Ferdinand "Jojo" Bernido
- You can reach Jojo for any issues related to scheduling that require immediate attention.
You can contact Jojo for questions regarding the scheduling processes. - Phone: 310-423-1629
- Cell: 310-272-6979
- Email: bernidof@cshs.org
- To learn how to search, request and book procedures — clinical liaison: Mary-Carmen Adams, RN
- Assists clinical and admin staff as well as MD office schedulers on how to correctly request and book procedures in ORSched and CS-Link™. Responsible for training new MD office staff with ORSCHED requests, troubleshooting issues with scheduling, running daily audits to ensure accuracy of cases scheduled.
- Phone: 310-423-3796
- Cell: 310-721-0194
- Email: adamsm@cshs.org
- For communication involving your Block Time and Utilization: Brian Gutierrez
- Phone: 310-423-1627
- Cell: 310-498-6962
- Email: brian.gutierrez@cshs.org
- Administrative director: Shab Nicks
- Phone: 310-423-6698
- Cell: 310-739-7175
- Email: nickss@cshs.org
- Service line vice president: Bryan Croft
- Phone: 310-248-7500
- Cell: 310-435-8042
- Email: croftb@cshs.org