Sunny Bhatia, MD, is the President of Prime Healthcare. He also serves as CEO of Prime Healthcare Region I and Chief Medical Officer for Prime Healthcare. Region I includes Prime Healthcare’s 16 hospitals and affiliated entities located in California and Nevada. In addition, Dr. Bhatia serves as the Chief Medical Officer at Sherman Oaks Hospital and Encino Hospital Medical Center, two of Prime Healthcare’s acute care located in Los Angeles County. Under Dr. Bhatia’s leadership, Sherman Oaks has been recognized multiple times as a “100 Top Hospital” in the nation by PINC AI™ (formerly IBM Watson Health). Sherman Oaks and Encino Hospitals, combined, have received numerous clinical awards and five-star achievements from Healthgrades, including the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™ for both facilities.

Prime Healthcare is an award-winning national hospital system with 44 acute-care hospitals and more than 300 outpatient locations with nearly 40,000 employees and affiliated physicians in 14 states. Fourteen of the Prime hospitals are members of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a not-for-profit public charity. Prime Healthcare and its hospitals have been recognized 68 times among the “100 Top Hospitals” in the nation by PINC AI™. Prime Healthcare and Prime Healthcare Foundation, with over 2.6 million patient visits annually, have provided over $12 billion in charity and uncompensated care since 2010 and more than $1.9 billion to modernize hospitals across the country.

Dr. Bhatia is an interventional cardiologist quadruple board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Nuclear Cardiology, and Interventional Cardiology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology as well as the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions. Dr. Bhatia is also a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He has authored numerous publications and presented his research at national and international conferences. Dr. Bhatia is also involved in charitable causes including the World Children’s Initiative and the Uganda Heart Project, which provides cardiac care for children with congenital heart disease. Additionally, Dr. Bhatia established the Bhatia Family Scholarship for Future Community-Based Physicians at his alma mater, the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Recently, Dr. Bhatia received recognition as a 2023 CEO Visionary by LA Times and has been recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review as among the “100 CMOs to Know” for several years. In addition, he received recognition as the 2019 Healthcare Innovator of the Year by The Millennium Alliance and as a “Top Doctor” and “Executive of the Year” in the LA Business Journal for multiple years. Dr. Bhatia has also led Prime Healthcare through the COVID-19 pandemic as Chair of the National COVID-19 Committee and COVID 24/7 Command Center.

Dr. Bhatia received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School and completed an Internal Medicine Residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota where he received the Internal Medicine Outstanding Achievement Award. After completing a Cardiology fellowship at the University of Southern California, Dr. Bhatia pursued further specialty training in Interventional Cardiology. Dr. Bhatia also earned a Master of Medical Management from the USC Marshall School of Business, holds a Certificate in Healthcare Strategy from Harvard Business School, and serves as Associate Professor of Medical Education at the California University of Science and Medicine, School of Medicine.

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