Cedars
Sinai President/CEO Elected
to
Charles R. Drew University
Board of Trustees
Los Angeles, California,
June 27, 2005—Charles
R. Drew University of Medicine
and Science announced today
the election of Thomas M. Priselac,
MPH, to its Board of Trustees. “As
a healthcare professional,
I value Drew’s commitment
to quality patient care and
to increasing the pool of
high caliber minority healthcare
professionals,” said
Priselac. “I look forward
to working with the board,
the faculty and the rest of
the Drew community to further
its mission of service to the
underserved.”
Mr. Priselac has been the
President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Cedars-Sinai
Health System since January
1994, where he has assisted
in guiding Cedars-Sinai Health
System in becoming one if the
nation's leading providers
of health services, graduate
and continuing medical education
services and medical research.
Prior to joining Cedars-Sinai,
Mr. Priselac was on the executive
staff of Montefiore Hospital
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Priselac holds Bachelors
in Biology from Washington
and Jefferson College in
Pennsylvania and a Masters
in Public Health from the University
of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Priselac is the Chair-Elect
of the Association of American
Medical Colleges (AAMC) Executive
Council and past chair of the
AAMC’s Council of Teaching
Hospitals. A past Chair of
both the California Healthcare
Association and the Hospital
Association of Southern California,
Mr. Priselac has also served
on the Board of Directors of
the American Hospital Association,
the California Healthcare Foundation,
Blue Cross of California and
VHA Inc. He lectures extensively
at professional meetings and
universities on varied aspects
of healthcare delivery and
leadership and serves as an
adjunct faculty member of the
University of California, Los
Angeles School of Public Health.
"We are delighted to have
Tom as a Trustee," said
Bart H. Williams, Esq., Chairman
of the Drew University Board
of Trustees. "He is respected
nation-wide and brings a wealth
of experience that will prove
to be invaluable as we make important
decisions that will impact the
future of Drew University. His
addition is the latest in a series
of renovations to our Board that
we have undertaken in the last
year. We couldn’t be more
excited."
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