New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai competitors

Richard Lofgren works at UC Health and a Chief Executive Officer at UC Health, Professor at University of Kentucky, and President/CEO at University of Cincinnati Acade and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has worked as VP:Health Care Ops/Chief Clinical at University of Kentucky. Richard works or has worked as FELLOW at Organization of Chinese-Americans Inc. He studied at University of Minnesota School of Public Health and University of Michigan.

Pat Lewis is a Chief Executive Officer at Rapides Primary Health Care Center Inc and is based in Région De Alexandria, Louisiane.

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.

Miriam Vega, PhD is the Chief Executive Officer of the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, Inc. An experienced executive of non-profit organizations, including Federally Qualified Health Centers and AIDS service organizations, Dr. Vega created the CHANGE model of capacity-building assistance which helps to build culturally-responsive programming, quality improvement and organizational infrastructure at community-based organizations across the Nation. Before coming to Addabbo, Dr. Vega most recently served as the Executive Vice President of Total Health Care, a large FQHC in Baltimore, MD. She has also held the position of Chief Operations Officer at Kedren Community Health Center in Los Angeles, CA where her focus was the full integration of mental health and primary care services. Prior to that, Dr. Vega served as the Chief Executive Officer of the University Muslim Medical Association (UMMA) Community Clinic in south Los Angeles, the Executive Director of the AIDS Project of the East Bay and the Vice President of the Latino Commission on AIDS where she founded the Institute for Hispanic Health Equity. Dr. Vega received her BA in Psychology from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY and earned her doctoral degree in Social Psychology from the University of California, Berkley. She completed her post-doctoral fellowship at both SUNY Downstate Medical (the first HIV/AIDS clinic in NYS) and at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At the United Nations, Dr. Vega served as Secretary of the Psychology Coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and as the United Nations’ main representative of the ECOSOC-accredited Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. She is currently a HOPE fellow and chair of American Public Health Association’s PHA’s Committee on Health Equity. Dr. Vega maintains an active line of research focusing on issues of identity, stigma, culture, social marketing and social media. She recently co-authored a book chapter on the role of psychology in global health equity and she has presented her Twitter and HIV stigma research at various national and international conferences.