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Smitha Ravipudi

CEO of USC Care Medical Group and Ambulatory Care Services

Keck Medicine of USC

Los Angeles, CA

Ms. Ravipudi is CEO of USC Care Medical Group, Keck Medicine of USC’s network of nearly 1,400 physicians who provide outpatient services and procedures. She also serves as CEO of Keck Medicine’s ambulatory care services. In these roles she is responsible for operations across more than 100 regional outpatient locations, as well as hospital-based clinics, department clinics and joint-venture partnerships. In fall 2025, she oversaw the opening of a 100,000-square-foot medical office building in Pasadena, Calif., the largest standalone clinic in the health system, offering more than 15 service lines along with an outpatient surgery center and imaging center. She also opened a new radiation oncology and imaging center in Newport Beach, Calif. in spring 2025, as well as a Las Vegas location that became the first in Nevada to offer in-state heart transplant services. Under her leadership, ambulatory care achieved record patient experience performance, reaching the top decile as measured by the Clinician & Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey. The ambulatory care service also deployed a digital intake solution across 76 clinic locations. Before joining Keck Medicine, Ms. Ravipudi was vice president of access and ambulatory operations at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

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