Healthcare Champion of the Year

Independent Physician Leadership Award

2018
TONI JOHNSON CHAVIS, MD, MPH, FAAP

Chief Medical Director, Managed Care and Quality Improvement, Omnicare Medical Group
 

2017
DAVID AIZUSS, MD

President-Elect, California Medical Association, Partner, Ophthalmology Associates of the Valley

Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
 

2016
HECTOR FLORES, MD

Family Medicine, White Memorial Medical

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2015
VICKEN SEPILIAN, MD

Past President, Armenian American Medical Society
 

2014
DR. KENNETH T. SIM, MD

Allied Physicians of California

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2013
DR. RICHARD ZAPANTA, MD 

Eastside Orthopedic Medical Associates
 

2012
DR. RALPH R. SALIMPOUR, MD, DCH, FAAP 

Salimpour Pediatrics Medical Group
 

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Hospital Physician Leadership Award

2018
DONALD W. LARSEN, MD, MBA, MHA, FACHE

Chief Medical Officer, Providence Saint John's Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

2017
SHLOMO MELMED, MB, CHB, MACP, FRCP

Executive Vice President, Academic Affairs, Dean of the Medical Faculty, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

2016
DANIEL F. KELLY, MD

Professor of Neuroscience & Neurosurgery, John Wayne Cancer Institute; Director of the Brain Tumor Center & Pituitary Disorders Program, Providence Saint John's Health Center

2015
ALEXANDRA LEVINE, MD, MACP

Chief Medical Officer, City of Hope National Medical Center

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2014
DR. RONALD W. BUSUTTIL, MD

The UCLA Liver Transplant Program

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2013
DR. ERIC SAVITSKY, MD

UCLA Health Systems

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2012
DR. GLENN R. IRANI, MD 

Chief Medical Officer, Providence Tarzana Medical Center

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Innovation Award - Public Education

2017
COPE HEALTH SOLUTIONS

Allen Miller, Chief Executive Officer

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2016
JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICES (JVS)

Alan Levey, CEO

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2015
JOHN G. RAFFOUL

President and CEO, Tu Mundo Hoy, White Memorial Medical Center

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2014
ALTAMED HEALTH SERVICES

Castulo de la Rocha, CEO
 

2013
DR. MATTHEW LIN, MD

Pacific Orthopedic Medical Group

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2012
KAISER PERMANENTE THRIVE CAMPAIGN

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Innovation Award - Healthcare Delivery

2018
THE CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL NETWORK

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Innovation Award - Health Systems

2018
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP-KAISER PERMANENTE

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Innovation Award - Community Service

2018
L.A. CARE HEALTH PLAN

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2017
DANIEL J. WALLACE, MD FACP, MACR

Associate Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program, Professor of Medicine Cedars-Sinai Medical Center David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

2016
CLARENCE L. SHIELDS JR., MD

The Team Heal Foundation

2015
ANNE L. COLEMAN, MD, PHD

Director, UCLA Mobile Eye Clinic - Jules Stein Eye Institute

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2014
DR. JAMES & PATRICIA LONDON

South Central Scholars

2013
UCLA OPERATION MEND

Dr. Christopher Crisera and Dr. Kodi Azari

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2012
LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 

School-Based Health Clinics Program

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Innovation Award - Technology

2016
WOMEN’S GUILD CEDARS-SINAI SIMULATION CENTER FOR ADVANCED CLINICAL SKILLS

Bruce L. Gewertz, MD, Chair, Department of Surgery; Vice-Dean for Academic Affairs; Vice-President, Interventional Services, Cedars-Sinai

Gina Furth, President, Women's Guild Cedars-Sinai

2013

DR. CARMEN A. PULIAFITO, MD, MBA

Keck School of Medicine of USC

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Innovation Award - Physician Leadership in Medical Education

2014
DR. STEPHANIE HALL, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Keck Medical Center of USC

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Innovation Award - Facilities

2017
CALIFORNIA REHABILITATION INSTITUTE

A Cedars-Sinai/UCLA Health Partnership, David N. Alexander, MD, Medical Director
 

2015
WILLIAM SHRANK, MD

Senior VP, Chief Scientific Officer, Chief Medical Officer of Provider Innovation, CVS Health

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2014
CITY OF HOPE

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2013
WESTSIDE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER

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