About Dr. Ontai

• 1995 - 1998    
  USC Department of Family Medicine Los Angeles, CA

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

• 1988 - 1995 
  San Bernardino County Hospital San Bernardino, CA

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 Bernardino County Hospital

Family Medicine Residency (Integrated)

• Housestaff Scientific Paper Competition, First Place, 1987-1988
• Board Certified by American Board of Family Practice, 1988
• Re-certified by American Board of Family Practice, 1995

1981 - 1985 
University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine

Medical Doctor

• American Medical Student Association Student of the Year, 1982
• University of Hawaii School of Medicine Research Award, First Place, 1982
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, 1984

1977 - 1981 
Harvard College 
Cambridge, MA

Bachelor of Arts

• Magna Cum Laude

1969 - 1977 
Punahou School Honolulu, HI

• National Merit Finalist, UPS Merit Scholarship

 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

California State Physician Licensure, 1986-present (Certificate G-058316)

 

Research Grants

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

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

 

Committee Memberships

1995-1998 Chairman
Information Service Steering Committee
Department of Family Medicine
School of Medicine
University of Southern California

1995-1998 Chairman
Practice Management Committee
Department of Family Medicine
School of Medicine
University of Southern California

1995-1998 Secretary
Executive Council
USC Family Medicine, Inc.
School of Medicine
University of Southern California

1995-1998 Instructor
Introduction to Clinical Medicine
Year I and II Medical Students
University of Southern California
School of Medicine

1995-1998 Instructor
Family Medicine Clerkship
School of Medicine
University of Southern California

1995-1998 Member
Committee on Admissions
School of Medicine
University of Southern California

1995-1998 Member
Primary Care Committee
School of Medicine
University of Southern California

1995-1998 Member
Workers Compensation Advisory Panel
USC Care, Inc.

1990-1995 Chairman
Hospital Bio-ethics Committee
San Bernardino County Medical Center

1990-1995 Member
Institutional Review Board
San Bernardino County Medical Center

 

Languages

English, Spanish

 

Community Service

1992 -1995 Medical Director
Loving Options Crisis Pregnancy Center

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

 

Lectures

August 1997 40^th Annual USC refresher course:
"Medical computing in the age of technology"
Kapalua, Maui

March 1997 "Medical Education on the Internet"
Norris Library Medical Informatics Series
USC School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California

March 1997 "Pharmacologic Management of Obesity"
USC Common Problems in Family Medicine
USC School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California

December 1996 "Telemedicine"
North Hollywood Medical Center
North Hollywood, California

June 1996 "Interpretation of Laboratory Results"
"Hypertension"
USC Family Practice Board Review Course
Universal City, California

March 1996 Moderator
"Electronic Medical Records Systems"
Third USC Family Medicine Quarterly Seminar
USC/Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital
Whittier, California

March 1996 Moderator
"Liver Disease," "Hypertension," "Geriatrics"
USC Common Problems in Family Medicine
USC School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California

November 1994 "Bridging the Clinican/MIS Gap"
National Managed Healthcare Systems Society
San Diego, California

November 1993 Moderator and Speaker
"Practical Experiences with Clinical Voice Recognition"
Symposium on Computer Applications in Medicine
Washington DC

March 1993 Moderator and Speaker
"Integration of Voice Controlled Patient Reporting Systems with Current Hospital Information Systems"
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
San Diego, California

January 1992 Computers in Medicine
California Academy of Family Physicians
San Bernardino, California

April 1990 "How to Get Doctors to Use the Computer"
IBM Electronic Computing Healthcare
Organization. Naples, Florida

 

Demographics

Date of Birth: July 22, 1959

Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Citizenship: USA