Mr. Viviano has served as president and CEO of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles since late 2015, leading an pediatric academic medical center that supports 700,000 patient care encounters and 17,000 surgeries annually. CHLA is the largest pediatric safety-net provider in California, accounting for nearly 40% of pediatric beds in Los Angeles County, where 46% of children requiring complex care come to CHLA and nearly 75% of patients are insured by Medicaid. Under his direction, CHLA became the first pediatric medical institution in California to integrate SNAP/EBT nutrition assistance into the hospital system and launched the Chuck Lorre Pediatric Health Education Institute, a first-of-its-kind program expected to train more than 12,000 health care professionals over the next two decades. CHLA has repeatedly ranked among the top 10 hospitals on U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” honor roll and among the top five children’s hospitals in the world by Newsweek. Mr. Viviano chairs the board of trustees of Loyola Marymount University and the public policy committee of the Children’s Hospital Association.
