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Cedars-Sinai has promoted four leaders to senior vice president, reflecting their expanded scopes of responsibility for improving patient care and access as the organization continues to grow.The promotions of Jennifer Blaha, MBA; Clare Lee, MBA; …

Beach volleyball athletes throughout California will continue to have access to expert orthopedic care, sports medicine expertise and injury prevention resources through a renewed partnership between Cedars-Sinai Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine and …

The Pulmonary Hypertension Association has named Cedars-Sinai a Center of Comprehensive Care.The designation from the condition’s oldest patient organization is awarded to programs with the infrastructure and experience needed to provide …

Cedars-Sinai has again been designated as a “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” and as a “Healthcare Equality Index Leader,” reflecting the organization's ongoing commitment to fostering an inclusive environment for employees, patients and …

Ravi Thadhani, MD, MPH, a distinguished leader in academic medicine and a widely respected physician, scientist and educator, has been appointed to the inaugural role of executive vice president, chief physician executive and dean of the Medical …

The Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai has selected Michael M. Shehata, MD, as director of the Division of Cardiac Electrophysiology, a program that provides care to people with abnormal heart rhythms. Shehata is a cardiac electrophysiologist, a …

Cedars-Sinai has selected Mia E. Miller, MD, to lead the Division of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery in the Jim and Eleanor Randall Department of Surgery.An accomplished neurotologist and skull base surgeon, Miller joined Cedars-Sinai in 2021 …

Reflecting its expanding international reach, Cedars-Sinai is building clinical, scientific and education partnerships with healthcare institutions in Israel. Now, during Jewish American Heritage Month, the organization is recognizing ongoing …

Cedars-Sinai clinicians now have enterprise access to an AI-enabled clinical reference tool designed to support diagnosis and treatment decisions by combining medical evidence with relevant information from a patient’s electronic health record.The …

When emergencies happen in sports, experts agree that the difference between life and death often comes down to seconds—and preparation.Preparation was at the center of the 2026 Emergency Care in Sport (ECS) Conference in Woodland Hills, where …

Cedars-Sinai Health System hospitals earned top quality ratings for 2026 in data released today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).The federal agency annually rates more than 2,000 hospitals nationwide on a one-to-five-star …

Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University investigators are bringing their stem cell expertise to a collaboration with two other academic medical centers with the goal of clarifying the connection between pesticide exposure and Parkinson’s …

Cedars-Sinai President and CEO Emeritus Thomas M. Priselac has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his extensive record of leadership with a nonprofit organization.Priselac led Cedars-Sinai for more than 30 years as …

Cedars-Sinai experts and prominent scholars of religion, Jewish law and ethics are coming together on May 3 for a free public discussion focusing on the ethical, moral and theological questions that can result from medical breakthroughs.The May 3 …

To view a striking new piece of public art in Los Angeles, you’ll need to go to a hospital.Cedars-Sinai has unveiled the largest artwork in its extensive collection, and it’s located on the façade of the new Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital, now under …

The Cedars-Sinai animal care and use program has been reaccredited for the maximum of three years by AAALAC International, a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving animal welfare in science and education. Cedars-Sinai has …

Ravi Thadhani, MD, MPH, executive vice president of Clinical Affairs and chief medical officer for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Cedars-Sinai Health System, has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science …

Susan Cheng, MD, MMSc, MPH, a clinician-scientist who has made seminal contributions to cardiovascular research and clinical care, has been appointed chair of the Department of Cardiology in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai.Throughout …

David Kruse, MD, a sports medicine specialist in the Department of Orthopaedics at Cedars-Sinai, will serve as Head Team Physician for the Team USA Milan Village Sports Medicine Clinic at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games.In this role, …

Bryan Croft, Cedars-Sinai’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, Hospital Operations, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and CEO of Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital, has been selected to join the American Hospital Association (AHA) …

For 46 years, Shlomo Melmed, MB, ChB, has helped guide Cedars-Sinai’s rise from a respected community hospital to a global leader in academic medicine. That evolution dramatically accelerated during Dr. Melmed’s 28 years as dean of the Medical …

For the sixth consecutive year, Cedars-Sinai patients who receive donor stem cell transplants for blood cancers like leukemia have significantly better survival outcomes than patients treated at most other institutions.These outcomes place the …

Huntington Health, a Cedars-Sinai affiliate, is proud to announce John M. Corman, MD, as its new president, effective immediately. This appointment follows an extensive national search that attracted highly accomplished healthcare …

Cedars-Sinai and Canada’s largest research hospital, University Health Network (UHN), brought together more than 200 international leaders in applied artificial intelligence, medicine and surgery for the second annual Artificial Intelligence in …

Cedars-Sinai experts are presenting leading-edge research about the latest advances in breast cancer treatment at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in San Antonio Dec. 9-12.As a highlight of the symposium, Armando E. Giuliano, MD, division …

The American Heart Association has selected Cedars-Sinai heart scientists to receive notable honors.Eduardo Marbán, MD, PhD, executive director of the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, will give the George E. Brown Memorial Lecture at the …

The Sarcoma Program at Cedars-Sinai Cancer has added to its growing roster of specialists with the recruitment of associate director James Hu, MD.  The Sarcoma Program—designed to support patients from infancy through adulthood—offers expertise …

Cedars-Sinai earned the highest score on the “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” list by the 2025 Disability Index. This is the second time the medical center has been recognized for its ongoing commitment to accessibility and belonging …

Eytan Ruppin, MD, PhD, who pioneers artificial intelligence-based methods for predicting individual patients’ response to cancer therapies, has joined Cedars-Sinai Cancer as deputy director of the Translational Research Institute. He will also serve …

A new state bill containing an important patient safety amendment aimed at reducing medication errors becomes California law at the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1, thanks largely to the advocacy efforts of Cedars-Sinai’s pharmacy leader.“This is a …