2015 Woman of the Year Gala
Thursday, May 14, 2015
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Ayres Hotel | 14400 Hindry Avenue | Hawthrone, CA 90250
Please join WHA in honoring Elaine Batchlor, MD, MPH, Chief Executive Officer of Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital.
Elaine Batchlor, MD, MPH, is the Chief Executive Officer of Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital. Dr. Batchlor is the driving force behind efforts to open a new, state-of-the-art, community-oriented, safety net hospital that will provide compassionate, quality care and improve the health of the South Los Angeles community.
Throughout her career, Dr. Batchlor’s number one priority has been to improve access and quality of care for underserved communities utilizing innovative and collaborative approaches. Her work to increase access for underserved populations has been recognized as an example of leading best practices and adopted throughout California.
Before assuming the helm of Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital, Dr. Batchlor most recently served as Chief Medical Officer of L.A. Care Health Plan, the nation’s largest public health plan that provided care to the County’s most vulnerable residents. In that role, she was instrumental in developing a care delivery model that expanded access and resources to more than a million individuals throughout the County. Dr. Batchlor spearheaded provider adoption of health information technology, physician usage of electronic health records and telemedicine to improve access and provide integrated, patient- centered care for Los Angeles’ Medi-Cal (Medicaid) population.
Prior to L.A. Care, Dr. Batchlor served as Vice President of Health Care Finance, Organization and Operations at the California HealthCare Foundation, where she developed and oversaw research, policy analysis and programs aimed at improving health care financing and delivery. She served as Medical
Director for the Los Angeles County Office of Managed Care and as a Chief Medical Officer for Prudential
Health Care, with responsibility for a five state western region. Dr. Batchlor also taught as a clinical instructor at the UCLA School of Medicine.
Dr. Batchlor is an active community volunteer, serving on multiple community and health care boards. She further shares her experience with participants in the UCLA Robert Woods Johnson Clinical Scholars program where she is an advisory board member. The Harvard graduate also serves as an interviewer for potential applicants, many of whom are minorities. While at the California HealthCare Foundation, Dr. Batchlor created a leadership development program for early to mid-career clinicians in administration, which is still in existence today.
She served as the past chair and is currently on the board of Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA), the Public Health Institute, and on the advisory board for the California HealthCare Foundation Leadership program. Dr. Batchlor is also on the editorial board of Health Affairs, a leading peer-reviewed journal of health policy thought and research.
Dr. Batchlor received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University, a Masters of Public Health degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Doctorate of Medicine degree from Case Western Reserve University. She completed her internship, residency, and fellowship in internal medicine and rheumatology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and is board-certified in both specialties.
WHA is dedicated to the professional growth and development of women in the healthcare industry.
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