Ontai Medical Home

Our Mission

To offer you the highest quality healthcare, when you need it, where you need it.

Sidney C. Ontai, MD, MBA

Past Employment

Chair, Information Services,
USC Care, Inc.
Medical Director,  USC Family Medicine Practice
Vice Chief of Staff, Avalon Municipal Hospital and Clinic
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, USC Department of Family Medicine
Associate Professor of Clinical Family Medicine

Director of Medical Informatics

Associate Program Director, Fontana Family Health Center

Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine

Education

1995 - 1997

University of California, Los Angeles

Master of Business Administration

1985 - 1988
University of California, Irvine
San BernardinoCounty Hospital

Family Medicine Residency (Integrated)

1981 - 1985
University of Hawaii, JohnA.BurnsSchool of Medicine

Medical Doctor

1977 - 1981
Harvard College, Cambridge, MA

Bachelor of Arts

1969 - 1977
Punahou School, Honolulu, HI

Awards

July 2004
Dr. Marion Zetzman Award

Professional Organizations

American Medical Association, 1985-present

American Academy of Family Physicians, 1985-present

Texas Academy of Family Practice, 1999-present

Texas Medical Association, 1999-present

Research Grants

Expansion of a Proven Model for Rural Primary Care Telemedicine Clinics, USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant, Funded 9/2001 for $494,924.

A Sustainable Model for Rural Primary Care Telemedicine Clinics, USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant/Loan, Funded 6/99 for $56,000.

Using an Existing Testbed for Rapid Prototyping and Stimulation of Telehealth and Telemedicine Applications of National Significance, NLM-96-105/MVA; Co-Prinicipal Investigator, National Library of Medicine. Funded

10/1/96

for $2.8 million.

Better Cancer Screening by Computerizing Medical Records, National Cancer Insititute, 1991-1992. Funded

10/1/90

for $50,000

Physician’s Hospital Order Entry System, Shared Medical Systems, Inc. Funded

8/1/89

for $60,000

Pacific Resource Inc. Summer Research Grant, 1981

Publications

Ontai, "Common Foot Problems"
Saunders Manual of Family Practice
1999

Holbrook, J and Ontai, SC
Automated speech recognition, natural language processing, and database managment, Proceedings of the Symposium on Computerized Applications in Medical Care, p. 911, 1993

Ontai, SC,  Computerization of obstetrical patient tracking in a family medicine residency program.
J. Ambulatory Care Management, 15(40): 1-8, 1992

Straehley, C and Ontai, SC, The surgical treatment of well-differentiated carcinoma of the thyroid.
American Surgeon, 51(11): 653-657, 1985

Languages

English, Spanish

Community Service

2001 Board of Directors,

Plainview

United Way

2001 "Life Teen" Religious Education Instructor
Sacred Heart Church

Plainview, Texas

2001 Board of Directors, Plainview Foundation for Rural Health Advancement

2000 Board of Directors, Compassionate Care Crisis Pregnancy Center

1999 - 2008 Religious Education Instructor, Saint Alice's Church, Plainview, Texas

1992 -1995 Medical Director
Loving Options Crisis Pregnancy Center

1987-1992 Religious Education Instructor
Saint Anne’s Church, San Bernardino, California

Demographics

Date of Birth: July 22, 1959

Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Citizenship: USA