Dr. Padmini Bhadriraju serves as regional chief medical officer for three community hospitals in South Texas. Every day, Dr. Bhadriraju helps save lives in these hospitals, both in her role of providing administrative oversight as chief medical officer — and as a hospitalist and primary care physician providing direct patient care. Maintaining the highest national standards for patient safety and quality of care is something that Dr. Bhadriraju strives for — and this is reflected in the fact that the three hospitals that Dr. Bhadriraju oversees are the only three hospitals in the Rio Grande Valley to earn an “A” for patient safety in the national Leapfrog ratings. In addition to overseeing three hospitals, she serves as director of the Catalyst Medical Group, which offers primary care in two clinics in southern Texas.
