Meet Our Ohana
Our Mission
Ohana One cultivates surgical training programs in developing areas around the world and we do so in collaboration with like-minded organizations. Our work is not limited to single mission trips, but to establishing long-term sustainable surgical training programs utilizing mentor relationships and advanced technology. In doing so, we work alongside surgical providers to help them take on increasingly more complex cases with the goal of elevating and expanding safe surgical care.
Each of our members have unique skills and passion for advancing surgical care in developing countries and working together and with others to advance training and bring mentors and mentees closer than ever. Ohana means “family” and we bring everyone into our Ohana to feel supported, inspired and connected.
Board of Directors
Michele Dee, MD
Immediate Past President
Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
David Kulber, MD
President
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Adrian Ashkenazy
Vice President
Co-Owner
L’Ermitage Hotels
Kylie Tanabe, PA-C
Secretary
Physician’s Assistant
Cedars Sinai Medical Network
Susan K. Laffer
Treasurer
Attorney
Aaron Bregman
Attorney
Bregman Law Group
Gracie Fermelia
Chief Operating Officer
Causeway Capitol
Marshall Geller
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
St. Cloud Capital, LLC
Tom Gordon
Chairman at DSL Construction
Co-Trustee, Don Levin Trust
Harry Levitt
Managing Director
Mack Financial Group
Karissa Sharifian
Plastic Surgery Physician’s Assistant
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Garry Pearson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Private Investor
Jay Roach
Director-writer-producer
Delirious Media
Sandra Rodriguez, RN
Registered Nurse
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Robert Uhlaner
Senior Partner
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Larry Taylor
Founder & CEO
Christina
Jennifer Bepple, MD
Digital Health Consultant, Urologist
Sharon Oreck
Writer/Producer
Bill Pope
Director of Photography
Ohana Team
Marchelle Sellers, MBA
Executive Director
Nasim Hafiz
Compliance Coordinator
Marvee Turk, MD
Surgical Consultant
Eva Williams, MD
Surgical Consultant
Megan McCullough, MD
Surgical Consultant
Megan Demijohn
Physician Relations
Scott Moe
Digital Training and Video
Maggie Bohlman
Marketing and Media
Tarek Elshayal
Biomedical & Logistics Coordinator
Jeanne Bray
Partnerships
Edward Ray, MD
Ohana App Developer
Rachel Buigas-Lopez
Graphic Designer
Sidra Bugsch
Office Administrator
Flávia Cavicchioli
Ohana One Intern
Kamala Pillai
Data Analysis Intern
Nikitha Garapaty
Research Intern
Advisors to the Board
Joyce Brandman
Philanthropist
Andrew Freedman, MD
Vice Chair Pediatric Urology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Mark Urata, DDS, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
2021-2022 Ohana Surgical Team Liaisons
Jonathan Browne
Neurosurgical Liaison
California University of Science and Medicine
Gracie Baum
Orthopedic Surgery Liaison
UCLA 2021 – B.S. in Physiological Science + Global Health Minor
Christian Lingamen
Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery Liaison
California State University Northridge 2020 – B.S. in Kinesiology
Jaxon Baum
Urological Liaison
TTUHSC School of Medicine 2024
MD/MPH
Isa Rosenzweig
General Surgery Liaison
UCLA 2022 – B.S. in Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology + Global Health Minor
