Welcome to Pacific Hospitalist Associates

Pacific Hospitalist Associates (PHA) has been a leader in the Southern California hospitalist movement since 1997. We specialize in the care of the hospitalized patient.

This is our core business and we continue to focus on this specialty. PHA recruits the best physicians largely from California’s elite training programs and maintains a very low physician turnover rate of less than 5% per year. We offer a 2 year path to physician ownership and partnership in Pacific Hospitalist Associates.

We are able to implement and maintain hospitalist programs of the highest quality without the considerable expense of a large multistate company. PHA hospitalists have repeatedly demonstrated improvements in quality of care and utilization in our partner hospitals. PHA builds sustainable hospitalist programs that are tailored to specific requirements and exceed expectations.

Our Providers

Weston Chandler, MD, FACP

“PHA has a proven record of success. We have demonstrated improvements in the quality of care while simultaneously reducing resource utilization. Our excellent physicians combined with our very low physician turnover leads to high quality and stable hospitalist programs.”

Weston Chandler, MD, FACP, SFHM

President, PHA

“I am truly proud to be a member of PHA. My colleagues are worthy of great respect for their skillful and compassionate patient-centered care, their meticulous attention to detail, and their interest in continuously improving care at Orange County’s finest hospitals. I would comfortably choose any of them to look after my own family members.”

Michael Eilbert, MD, FHM

Vice President, PHA

Michael Eilbert, MD
Derrick Hong, MD

“Being a part of PHA’s growth and expansion has been a very rewarding experience. The success of the group stems from the collegiality among our partners and the positive work environment that this engenders.”

Derrick Hong, MD