Center for Elders' Independence competitors

Kaushal Challa is the Chief Executive Officer at CBWCHC. He previous worked at the NYC Health + Hospitals as a Chief Operating Officer and Senior Assistant Vice President, Ambulatory Care. Mr. Challa received his MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management, his MA, Statistics and BA, Economics from Harvard University.

Managing Principal Kumkum M. Dilwali has extensive leadership experience in developing and implementing high-performance compliance programs for health care facilities, campus environments, government and commercial buildings. Trained at world-class institutions: Chemical engineering at MIT, and Environmental Health Management at Harvard University School of Public Health, she uses a systems approach for solving problems, creating tools and strategies to reduce institutional risk. Her current work with US Department of Health and Human Services involves successful implementation of sustainability compliance programs, development of the first environmental compliance audit program for the FDA, and groundbreaking development and implementation of a Substances of Concern (SoC) Reduction initiative for the National Institutes of Health.

Kazue Shibata is a Chief Executive Officer at Asian Pacific Health Care Venture Inc.

Stephen Gordon is a board-certified geriatrician with a lifelong passion for improving the care of the elderly. He founded Edenbridge Health in 2016 after spending two years working as a primary care geriatrician at the Program for All- Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) at Upham’s Corner Health Center in Dorchester, Massachusetts, as well as director of the Iora Health Fellowship in Primary Care Innovation, where he specialized in clinical systems design, care planning, and provider development. He continues to practice on a limited basis at Upham’s Corner PACE. He is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and holds clinical appointments at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Medical Center, and Hebrew SeniorLife, where he teaches in the Harvard Multi-Campus Fellowship in Geriatrics. He is a supervising physician for United Community Health Plan, where he oversees more than 30 nurse practitioners caring for nursing home patients across the Boston area. Stephen’s career has spanned the worlds of medicine and business. After graduating from Harvard College, he spent four years as a consultant for the Advisory Board Company, where he worked on issues relating to hospital strategy and operations, including service line growth, facility design, primary care strategy, and physician-hospital relations. After a year at the Harvard Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement, focusing on issues of healthcare leadership, he earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he double-majored in health care systems and operations. Subsequently, he attended the Yale School of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, followed by a two-year fellowship in geriatrics at Harvard Medical School. Stephen has consulted for the Leapfrog Group, the Clinton Foundation, the Governments of Ukraine and Nigeria, the City of Cape Town Clinics in South Africa, Renaissance Health, as well as hospitals and health systems across the U.S. He lives near Boston, Massachusetts with his wife and three children. He is the only person in the house who does not speak Cantonese.

The Board of Directors of Watts Healthcare Corporation in Los Angeles, California is pleased to announce that on April 20, 2021, Michael J. Johnson, Esq. has been named Chief Executive Officer of the organization effective May 24, 2021. Mr. Johnson is originally from Redding, California but has been a resident of Los Angeles County for more than 35 years. He holds a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration from Biola University, La Mirada, California, a Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California and a Certificate in Corporate Governance from Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana. Mr. Johnson comes to Watts Healthcare with more than 20 years of experience in managed care, health center operations and leadership in community-based health systems. UHC Solutions of Lake Oswego, Oregon acted as the Executive Search firm facilitating the placement. Mr. Johnson most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer of JWCH Institute/Wesley Health Centers, the third-largest federally qualified health center in Los Angeles County. In accepting the position, Mr. Johnson stated to the Board, “I am honored to be joining Watts Healthcare and am looking forward to working closely with the Board and the greater Watts Healthcare team to ensure we continue to provide access to the very best in compassionate, high quality, culturally-sensitive preventive and primary health care services to the community.” Mr. Johnson devoted his career to community-based health systems after witnessing first-hand the impact of laws, regulations and policy on underserved and under-represented communities. He has a strong belief that for the community to be served effectively, the community must be heard and understood and that providers and care teams must be supported to provide the best possible care. He is committed to improving the total health and wellness of the communities served by Watts Healthcare. Further, Mr. Johnson says his role as the new CEO is to support each team member to live out Watts Healthcare’s mission and continue to find new and innovative ways to provide care to the underserved to improve overall health outcomes. Please join the staff, the patients and the Board of Directors in extending an enthusiastic welcome to Mike Johnson to the Watts Healthcare community.

Brian McIndoe is a Chief Financial Officer at WILLIAM F RYAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC and President & CEO at WILLIAM F RYAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC and is based in 110 W 97 St, New York City, New York. He studied at Long Island University between 1998 and 2002 and Montclair State University between 1978 and 1981.