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Healthcare Champion of the Year
2022
Pfizer
Biopharmaceutical Company
2019
Mike A.
Gipson
Assemblymember
64th District
2016
Paul S.
Viviano
President & CEO
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
2013
Patrick
Soon-Shiong, MD
President & CEO
Nantwoks
2021
Rafer
Johnson
Founder of the Special Olympics Southern California
2018
Barbara Ferrer,
PhD, MPH, MED
Public Health Director
LACDPH
2015
Mitchell H.
Katz, MD
Director, Los Angeles County Department of Healthcare Services
2012
The Honorable
Mark Ridley-Thomas
Los Angeles County
Board of Supervisors
2021
Community Organized Relief Effort
Disaster Relief and Community Rebuilding Organization
2017
Richard
Merkin, MD
President & CEO
Heritage Provider Network
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2014
Richard J.
Riordan
39th Mayor
City of Los Angeles
Independent Physician Leadership Award
2022
DIANA LONDONO, MD
Physician, Not a Provider
2021
JERRY ABRAHAM, MD, MPH, CMQ
Director, Kedren Vaccines
2019
EDGAR CHAVEZ, MD
Chief Executive Officer, Universal Community Health Center
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
KENNETH T. SIM, MD
Allied Physicians of California
2013
RICHARD ZAPANTA, MD
Eastside Orthopedic Medical Associates
2012
RALPH R. SALIMPOUR, MD, DCH, FAAP
Salimpour Pediatrics Medical Group
Hospital Physician Leadership Award
2021
ERIKA FLORES URIBE, MD, MPH
Director, Language Access and Inclusion, Director, COVID-19 Testing Equity Collaborative, LAC + USC Medical Center
2018
DONALD W. LARSEN, MD, MBA, MHA, FACHE
Chief Medical Officer, Providence Saint John's Health 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
RONALD W. BUSUTTIL, MD
The UCLA Liver Transplant Program
2013
ERIC SAVITSKY, MD
UCLA Health Systems
2012
GLENN R. IRANI, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Providence Tarzana Medical Center
Innovation Award - Public Education
2022
ALI GHOLAMREZANEZHAD, MD
Director of Clinical Research, Dept of Radiology
Keck School of Medicine of USC
2019
TONY KUO, MD, MSHS
Director, Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention
LA County Department of Public Health
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
2022
THE WALL LAS MEMORIAS
2021
MUNTU DAVIS, MD, MPH
County Health Officer
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
2019
EFRAIN TALAMANTES, MD
Co-Founder, Mi Mentor
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
2022
HEAL.LA INITIATIVE (POWERED BY LARTA INSTITUTE)
2019
THE CEDARS-SINAI ACCELERATOR
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
CARMEN A. PULIAFITO, MD, MBA
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Innovation Award - Physician Leadership in Medical Education
2014
STEPHANIE HALL, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Keck Medical Center of USC
Innovation Award - Facilities
2022
HOPE STREET MARGOLIS FAMILY CENTER, A PROGRAM OF DIGNITY HEALTH - CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UCLA
2019
VENICE FAMILY CLINIC
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
Shine The Light Media Award
2022
MARK GOULSTON, MD, FAPA
Author, "Just Listen"
2021
MIGUEL ALMAGUER
National Correspondent NBC News
2019
CHRIS ERSKINE
Columnist, Los Angeles Times
2017
NEAL BAER, MD
Writer and Producer, ER, Law & Order: SVU, A Gifter Man, and Under the Dome
2016
KATHY MAGLIATO, MD
Co-Executive Producer, Heartbeat
2015
RYAN MCGARRY, MD
Director and Writer, Code Black Documentary
2014
DAVID PRYOR, MD
BlackWomensHealth.Com
Docs4LA Award
2019
LOS ANGELES RAMS
SKID ROW HOUSING TRUST
Heart of Courage Award
2022
JOHN CHENG, MD (POSTHUMOUS HONOREE)
STEVE KERR
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