Sunny Bhatia, MD, MMM, FACHE, FACC, FSCAI
CEO, Region I & Corporate Chief Medical Officer
Sunny Bhatia, MD is the CEO of Prime Healthcare's Region I and the
Corporate Chief Medical Officer for Prime Healthcare. Region I includes
Prime Healthcare's 17 hospitals located in California and Nevada.
Dr. Bhatia also 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 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 45 acute-care
hospitals and more than 300 outpatient locations providing nearly 50,000
jobs in 14 states. Fourteen of the Prime hospitals are members of the
Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity.
Prime Healthcare and its hospitals have been recognized 58 times among
the "100 Top Hospitals" in the nation by IBM Watson Health.
Prime Healthcare and Prime Healthcare Foundation, with over 2.6 million
patient visits annually, have provided more than $9 billion in charity
and uncompensated care since 2010 and more than $1.7 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.
Dr. Bhatia 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" 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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