Becker’s Healthcare is pleased to announce the 25 recipients of the Becker’s Healthcare 2014 Leadership Awards.
The awards recognize men and women who have made remarkable contributions and will leave lasting legacies to their respective health systems, hospitals and communities.
These leaders work at organizations of various sizes throughout the country, but all have demonstrated a noteworthy range of talent, skill and passion in their work. Awardees have extended their leadership and vision beyond the confines of their organizations to improve the well-being of their local communities, as well. We are delighted to honor them for their achievements. We hope they serve as an inspiration to others in the healthcare industry.
Awardees will each receive a token of appreciation for their hard work and service, along with recognition at the 5th Annual Becker’s Hospital Review May Conference, which will take place May 15-17 in Chicago.
Editor’s note: Becker’s Healthcare received numerous nominations for the Leadership Awards. We appreciate the time and thought that went into each nomination, all of which were considered by a panel of editorial team members and healthcare industry experts. The 2014 awardee decisions are final. Becker’s Healthcare looks forward to highlighting exemplary careers in healthcare with annual Leadership Awards in years to come.
Barry S. Arbuckle, PhD. President and CEO of MemorialCare Health System (Long Beach, Calif.). As president and CEO of MemorialCare Health System, Dr. Arbuckle leads a nonprofit integrated healthcare delivery system with $2 billion in annual revenues. The six-hospital system includes Long Beach Memorial, Miller Children’s Hospital Long Beach, Community Hospital Long Beach, Orange Coast Memorial in Fountain Valley and Saddleback Memorial in Laguna Hills and San Clemente. It has ties to 13,000 physicians, nurses and clinical support staff, along with an active graduate medical education program, clinical training, research, numerous outpatient and satellite services, retail health facilities, a medical foundation and philanthropic foundations.
Along with his role in the C-suite, Dr. Arbuckle serves on many boards, including March of Dimes in California and Integrated Healthcare Association. He is the past chair of VHA West Coast and member of the Healthcare Leadership Council in Washington, D.C. Dr. Arbuckle was previously chair of the California Hospital Association, representing 450 hospitals and health systems. He also speaks frequently nationally and internationally on a variety of topics in healthcare.
MemorialCare Health System has received many accolades with Dr. Arbuckle at the helm. He has led the system to earn consecutive Gallup Great Workplace awards along with its recognition as one of the Best Governed Hospital Systems in the U.S. by The Governance Institute, among other honors. In 2013, the Partners in Care Foundation named Dr. Arbuckle the recipient of its Mathies Award, which is presented each year in recognition of an innovative and creative leader or healthcare organization whose vision and accomplishments are changing the shape of the industry.
Dr. Arbuckle is a graduate of Missouri State University in Springfield. He earned his master’s degree from Arizona State University in Phoenix and a PhD from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He served on the adjunct faculty for the departments of psychology and sociology at California State University Long Beach. He currently serves on the adjunct faculty at the Graduate School of Nursing.
Bryan Becker, MD. Associate Vice President of Hospital Operations at University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System and CEO of University of Illinois Hospital (Chicago). Dr. Becker came to the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2010 as senior associate dean for clinical affairs and has moved through several positions to his present role in the hospital structure and as a professor in the department of medicine at UIC.
Before his work with UIC and UI Health, Dr. Becker led the nephrology division at the University of Wisconsin department of medicine beginning in 2002, serving
as fellowship program director for five years. He was previously vice-chair for clinical affairs in UW’s department of medicine, a role in which he oversaw 14 community-based and academic practice sites and developed new mechanisms for incentive compensation, among other initiatives. Dr. Becker previously served as president of the National Kidney Foundation, which is based in New York City and is the world’s largest organization dedicated to nephrology. Dr. Becker also served on National Institutes of Health review panels for more than 10 years.
Date: April 22, 2014