Healthcare Champion of the Year
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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
2015
VICKEN SEPILIAN, MD
Past President, Armenian American Medical Society
2014
DR. KENNETH T. SIM, MD
Allied Physicians of California
2013
DR. RICHARD ZAPANTA, MD
Eastside Orthopedic Medical Associates
2012
DR. RALPH R. SALIMPOUR, MD, DCH, FAAP
Salimpour Pediatrics Medical Group
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
2014
DR. RONALD W. BUSUTTIL, MD
The UCLA Liver Transplant Program
2013
DR. ERIC SAVITSKY, MD
UCLA Health Systems
2012
DR. GLENN R. IRANI, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Providence Tarzana Medical Center
Innovation Award - Public Education
2017
COPE HEALTH SOLUTIONS
Allen Miller, Chief Executive Officer
2016
JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICES (JVS)
Alan Levey, CEO
2015
JOHN G. RAFFOUL
President and CEO, Tu Mundo Hoy, White Memorial Medical Center
2014
ALTAMED HEALTH SERVICES
Castulo de la Rocha, CEO
2013
DR. MATTHEW LIN, MD
Pacific Orthopedic Medical Group
2012
KAISER PERMANENTE THRIVE CAMPAIGN
Innovation Award - Healthcare Delivery
2018
THE CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL NETWORK
Innovation Award - Health Systems
2018
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP-KAISER PERMANENTE
Innovation Award - Community Service
2018
L.A. CARE HEALTH PLAN
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
2014
DR. JAMES & PATRICIA LONDON
South Central Scholars
2013
UCLA OPERATION MEND
Dr. Christopher Crisera and Dr. Kodi Azari
2012
LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
School-Based Health Clinics Program
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
Innovation Award - Physician Leadership in Medical Education
2014
DR. STEPHANIE HALL, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Keck Medical Center of USC
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
2014
CITY OF HOPE
2013
WESTSIDE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER